By Amberin Zaman Istanbul 13 May 2007 Demonstrators attend a rally in support of secularism in Izmir, western coastal city of Turkey, 13 May 2007 Tens of thousands of secular Turks massed in the Aegean port city of Izmir Sunday to protest Turkey's Is

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By Katy Migiro Nairobi 06 June 2007 The Somali government has closed down three main FM stations in the capital, Mogadishu. Katy Migiro reports for VOA that the media clampdown follows a surprise visit by the Ethiopian Prime Minister aimed at shoring

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By David McAlary Washington 20 March 2007 Black Americans do not live as long as white Americans, but a new study shows that the gap in life expectancy is slowly closing. VOA's David McAlary says the findings explain some of the reasons why. Life exp

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By Raymond Thibodeaux Srinagar 25 June 2007 There has been a slow but steady thaw in relations between India and Pakistan in the past two years, with improvements in intergovernmental communication and cross-border transportation. But there has been

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By Sabina Castelfranco Naples 19 April 2006 Chouimet Amirouche, front at center, and Mellouk Djelloul, rear at center with his face covered, both of Algeria, are detained by Italian police officers, i

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By Scott Bobb Bangkok 23 April 2006 Dressed up in black, women voters tear up their ballots in a protest against the Thai election commission in Songkhla province, April 23, 20 Voters in 40 Thai distr

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 20 March 2007 Democrats in the House of Representatives face uncertainty as they proceed with plans to bring legislation to the floor later this week to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and provide billions in domes

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By Suzanne Presto Irbil 17 June 2008 Iraqi government forces are preparing for the next phase of a planned crackdown on militants and outlaws in the capital of southeastern Iraq's Maysan province. VOA's Suzanne Presto reports from the northern city

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 19 June 2008 Somali Islamist opposition leader Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed says his group signed a U.N.-mediated peace agreement with Somalia's interim government last week because the accord provides a specific timetable for an E

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who will stay in office in the new administration, has ordered his staff to take a fresh look at issues related to closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center. His spokesman said the secretary wants to be ready i

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US Government, Sotheby's Battle over Ancient Khmer Warrior Statue U.S. prosecutors and the Cambodian government say the 1,000-year-old sandstone statue, depicting a warrior in the Hindu saga The Mahabharata, was looted from the temple of Prasat Chen

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By Carol Pearson Washington, D.C. 15 January 2007 watch Infant Mortality report Every year, four million newborns die in their first month of life. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest infant mortality rate of any region of the world. Now there is a n

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By Joe Bavier 2-329675 11 January 2006 Daagbo Hounon Houn, the voodoo chief, is seen at the Benin National Voodoo festival held in Ouidah, Benin Once stigmatized, traditional religions and voodoo have

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 05 February 2007 People gather outside Catania's Duomo Cathedral, Sicily, during the funeral service of Police officer Filippo Raciti, 5 Feb 2007 A funeral for a policemen killed in clashes following a soccer game in Sicil

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 06 November 2006 Supporters of Northern league party stage a protest in front of 'Nagib Mahfouz' school, in Milan, October 10, 2006 An Arabic school in Milan, which has sparked debate about religious versus seculareducati

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By Steve Herman New Delhi 12 June 2007 Temperatures in northern India, soaring above the 50-degree Celsius mark, are heightening the discomfort of widespread power cuts and raising fears of a wider power-grid breakdown. VOA's Steve Herman reports fro

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 15 March 2007 The appropriations committee of the House of Representatives has voted [36 to 28] to approve Democratic-crafted legislation calling for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq no later than September of 200

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 04 July 2006 Just hours to go for the Italian and German national soccer teams to face off against each other in the World Cup semifinal in Germany. Fans are getting ready for what they hope will be a great game of soccer

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 07 June 2007 A massive security operation is being organized in Rome for the arrival of U.S. President Bush on Friday evening. Thousands of police officers will be deployed in the city and the air space will be closed as a

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President Barack Obama met Wednesday with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and his special envoy for the Middle East, George Mitchell, who has just returned from his first official visit to the region, to discuss ways to bring stability to the Mid

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