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By David Gollust State Department 31 December 2007 The United States Monday appealed for calm in riot-torn Kenya and urged the prompt resolution of irregularities from last Thursday's presidential election. The State Department backed away from a st
Indian government officials quickly slammed the assertion of the Pakistani naval chief that there is no evidence the terrorist attack on Mumbai was carried out by gunmen who took a sea route from Pakistan. The fragile cooperation between India and P
And now a story from Los Angeles, where a radio station is putting itself in the middle of the debate over China and Taiwan. Reporter Rob Schmitz of member station KPCC sent this report. Kay Chao says Taiwanese and Chinese Americans in Los Angeles wo
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 21 February 2006 Local women dry tapioca near a flow station burning gas in Warri, Nigeria Hostage takers in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta want neutral negotiators to secure
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Summit in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, has urged an enhanced OSCE role in settling regional conflicts and promoting human rights. Clinton also sealed
By David Gollust State Department 25 February 2008 The United States said Monday the official transfer of power in Cuba from Fidel Castro to his younger brother Raul was a disappointment, though hardly an unexpected development. The White House said
By Greg Flakus Houston 26 January 2006 The U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Tony Garza, has sent a formal diplomatic note to the government of Mexico regarding an incident on the border with Texas on Januar
By Nico Colombant Zaria, Nigeria 20 April 2007 Even as the main opposition presidential candidates in Nigeria say they will take part in Saturday's elections, other opposition leaders and their supporters remain unconvinced about the usefulness of pa
At least 18 people were killed as India's voters cast ballots in the first part of a five-stage election in the world's largest democracy. More than 2.5 million security officers were on duty in the 15 Indian states and two territories where balloti
Olympics Blamed for Stoking Debt Crisis in Greece Eight years on from 2004, Athens Olympic Park is abandoned, overgrown, closed to the public. The fencing arena is now a rusting warehouse. The canoe slalom course was built at a cost of millions of do
Donald Walsh grew up near San Francisco in the 1930s. Among his earliest memories is the mega-construction project he saw from his home in the Berkeley hills. 唐纳德沃尔什上世纪30年代在旧金山附近长大。他的最早期记忆包括从他
This is the story of a country whose music has seduced the outside world and taken on an importance that goes far beyond entertainments. You want to learn about Brazilian history without going through the books? You can just listen to the music and y
By Lisa Bryant Paris 10 July 2006 France woke up to the grim reality of its defeat against Italy in the World Cup championship in Germany. For VOA, Lisa Bryant takes a look at the mood in Paris, where a disappointed French soccer team arrived from B
By Brent Latham Abuja, Nigeria 05 November 2009 Nigeria 2009, FIFA Under-17 World Cup Not everything at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Nigeria has gone according to plan. However, visiting players and coaches unanimously agree that Nigerians have re
By Franz Wild Ivory Coast 04 May 2006 People working at a local market slaughtering chickens in the city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast The government of Ivory Coast has announced that the lethal H5N1 strain
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 05 May 2008 Thousands of people have violently protested skyrocketing food costs made worse by the devaluation of the local currency in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. From our East Africa Bureau in Nairobi, Correspondent Alisha R
By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 13 November 2009 A new report from a Zimbabwe union says workers on the country's white-run farms were subjected to even greater violence than their employers during violent farms seizures under Zimbabwe President