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Deadly Attacks In Donetsk Test Ukraine Peace Deal MARIUPOL, UKRAINE After a series of attacks by pro-Moscow militia, Ukraines prime minister has accused Russia of failing to honor the cease-fire agreement signed on September 5. At least nine Ukrainia
Our first report: soldiers with the U.S. National Guard, part of the military, are headed to the border between America and Mexico. President Donald Trump signed a memorandum earlier this week to deploy the guard there. He wrote that under former Pre
By Luis Ramirez Beijing 23 January 2006 King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, right, and Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, inspect the guard of honor during the welcome ceremony at Beijings Great Hall of th
By Luis Ramirez Beijing 10 January 2006 The giant Chinese state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation, CNOOC, has reached a deal to buy a 45 percent stake in a Nigerian oil field for more than
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 25 May 2007 Tens of thousands public sector workers are demonstrating in major centers across South Africa to highlight their rejection of a government pay offer and their plan to embark on an indefinite strike startin
By Efam Dovi Accra 12 June 2006 In Ghana, about 20 percent of teenage girls drop out of school, or fail to finish their exams. Authorities say many of them leave school because they have become pregnant. Activists say the girls are ostracized by soc
By Nico Colombant Port Harcourt 22 May 2007 Refinery workers in one of the main cities in Nigeria's Niger Delta have started a protest action over the last-minute sell-off of refineries by the outgoing government. Meanwhile, motorists line up for hou
President Obama has lifted restrictions on the use of federal money for research using embryonic stem cells. Some researchers are already making progress using stem cells from umbilical cord blood, which entails no controversy since there is no dest
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 28 October 2006 In Nigeria, hundreds of villagers are occupying four oil pumping stations in the troubled Niger Delta. The protesters insist on written commitments by Shell oil company to supply jobs to the local population
Greeks Face Decisive Vote as Anti-German Sentiment Soars Athens oldest university has become a canvas for citizens venting their anger. Anger at the government... anger at capitalism...calls for banks to be burned. There is much anger too at Germany.
Wartime Resistance Fighter Leads Greek Anti-Austerity Battle At 90 years of age, Manolis Glezos is still putting himself on the front line. During anti-government protests in March 2010 and again in February this year, he was tear-gassed by riot poli
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice continued telephone diplomacy on the issue Thursday while a senior Israeli envoy was in Washington. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (file) Rice spoke by telephone with top Israel leaders Thursday as she contin
Libyan head of state Moammar Gadhafi is in Mauritania, where he opened multi-lateral talks aimed at resolving the months-old political crisis there. Libya's leader Moammar Gadhafi (file photo) In his capacity as current head of the African Union, Li
U.S. President Barack Obama welcomes Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the White House Tuesday, during the first state visit of his presidency. Paula Wolfson | Washington 24 November 2009 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India delivers his wel
Our first report: soldiers with the U.S. National Guard, part of the military, are headed to the border between America and Mexico. President Donald Trump signed a memorandum earlier this week to deploy the guard there. He wrote that under former Pre
Iraq's prime minister is considering alternatives to a long term security deal that would define U.S. troops' presence in Iraq beyond 2008. VOA's Suzanne Presto reports from the northern city of Irbil. The Iraqi government and the United States have
U.S. President Barack Obama has lifted restrictions on federal funding for medical research using human embryonic stem cells. Mr. Obama says it is part of a broader effort to limit political interference in science. President Barack Obama signs an E
U.S. President Barack Obama is mandating higher energy efficiency standards for common household appliances as part of a broader effort to overhaul the nation's use of fuel and electricity. Mr. Obama says the economic recovery package before Congres