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India's government is requiring documentation from people to prove they are legal citizens. Some critics of the policy say it discriminates against a local minority Muslim population. The policy is being carried out in Indias northeastern state of As
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 20 December 2007 An observation mission from the Commonwealth group of nations has arrived in Kenya before presidential and parliamentary elections on December 27. Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, where the head of the team,
Israel Set to Implement Gaza Pullout Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has cleared the last major legislative hurdle to the planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. Mr. Sharon has won enough support
By Uma Ramiah Dakar 16 April 2008 Four people are dead and seven missing after a jet carrying officials from Equatorial Guinea's ruling political party plunged into the Gulf of Guinea Wednesday morning. Uma Ramiah reports for the VOA from our West Af
India Seeks to Balance Growth, Landowners Rights GURGAON, INDIA Lawmakers in India are expectedto begin debating changes to the countrys antiquated land acquisitions laws in an effort to better balance industrial growth and landowners rights. The lan
U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to sign the $787 billion economic stimulus plan into law at a ceremony in the western city of Denver, Colorado on Tuesday. Mr. Obama calls it a major milestone on the road to recovery for the U.S. economy, whi
Hong Kong is preparing for a crucial vote on election reform. The special administrative regions Legislative Council will debate a reform package that will give as many as five million people a more direct say in who will become the citys next chief
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 15 April 2008 Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter traveled to the West Bank, where he met with a leading Hamas politician. VOA's Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem, a request by Mr. Carter to travel to the Hamas-controlled Gaza
President Barack Obama traveled to St. Louis, Missouri on Wednesday, continuing his outreach to Americans to support approval by the U.S. Congress of legislation to reform the U.S. health care system. The president is intensifying his efforts to ensu
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 04 September 2007 The Ukrainian parliament has convened, despite a presidential warning that the fall legislative session is illegitimate. VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports the issue involves larger constitution
By Nico Colombant Dakar 04 January 2008 Angry youth in Guinea have taken to the streets in the capital Conakry, burning tires and building barricades, after the president fired the communications minister. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from our West A
President Bush is sending U.S. lawmakers a controversial free-trade agreement with Colombia. The move forces Congress to vote on the agreement within 90 legislative days. 布什总统星期一向美国国会递交了一份跟哥伦比亚签署的引起
A group of private Russian citizens is seeking to establish a network of corruption victims as a means of advancing President Dmitri Medvedev's plans to battle the country's oppressive bureaucracy and courts. Participants at an organizational meeting
Indonesians voted Thursday in legislative elections across the vast nation of islands. Results are not yet in, but opinion polls show President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party may be the big winner. 印度尼西亚今天在全国范围举行
South Korean lawmakers from mainly liberal parties say they will block ratification of a major free-trade deal with the United States amid a panic about American beef imports. The political stalemate ends hopes for a speedy implementation of the pact
Brisbane police have released a CCTV footage of the final hours of the murdered French student Sophie Collombet as the hunt for the killer intensifies. Collombet's body was found in the riverside Park in south of Brisbane. And police have been now pa
Top legislator Zhang Dejiang briefed over three thousand lawmakers on the achievements in legislative work last year. The NPC Standing Committee enacted five laws, revised 37 laws and passed 17 reports. The law is of great value in the governance of
The plan is due to be sent to the Legislative Council for review on Wednesday. A vote will then follow, possibly on Thursday at the earliest. Chief Secretary for Administration Carrie Lam says a no vote will surely disappoint millions of Hong Kong ci
Police in the United States are searching for a white gunman, who shot dead nine people during a prayer meeting at an African-American church in the southern city of Charleston. From Washington, here is Tom Bakemen. Officers are now searching for the