The unrest in Egypt is sending shock waves throughout the Middle East, including in neighboring Israel. Israel is extremely concerned about the situation in Egypt because President Hosni Mubarak has preserved the peace treaty between the two countrie

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By Ana Ward Washington 05 September 2007 Thousands of American Indians converged on Washington, D.C. recently to celebrate the song and dance of their native culture. The National Museum of the American Indian organized the annual event called a poww

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By Raymond Thibodeaux Thimphu, Bhutan 25 March 2008 In Bhutan's landmark elections that ended a century of absolute monarchy, the party widely perceived as most loyal to the monarchy won by a landslide. Raymond Thibodeaux files this report for VOA fr

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By Margaret Besheer Irbil 19 July 2007 Sunni Arab legislators have ended their five-week boycott of Iraq's parliament, raising hopes the assembly can move forward on legislation viewed as crucial to national reconciliation. From Iraq, VOA's Margaret

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 30 March 2006 Kenyan officials Thursday launched preparations for an international assembly of parliaments to be held in Nairobi in May. This is the first time the assembly w

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Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has said that if the government moves forward with plans to convene parliament next week, it would violate a memorandum of understanding between the two sides on power-sharing negotiations. Tsvangirai m

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By Paul Sisco Washington 28 May 2008 The Goldman Environmental Prize is awarded to environmental activists around the world annually for what the Goldman foundation calls environmental grass roots heroism. The prize carries with it $150,000 and has b

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Paralympian Hopes to Lift Gold for Ghana Charles Teye is a disabled Ghanaian powerlifter who is headed to London in late August to show off his skills and try to win a medal. Teye has great hopes of winning a medal in the bench press in the 67.5 kilo

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Representatives from the world's top energy consuming and greenhouse gas emitting nations are through Tuesday in Paris for global warming talks before a major U.N. conference in December. Most energy use produces carbon dioxide and other greenhouse

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A new partnership is being launched to develop a malaria vaccine that would prevent parasites from entering the liver. Most of the symptoms of the disease develop after parasites have had time to replicate there. A new partnership is being launched t

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By Scott Bobb Nairobi 12 February 2008 The chief mediator in the Kenya reconciliation talks, Kofi Annan, has briefed the Kenyan parliament on the negotiations. VOA's Scott Bobb reports from Nairobi that the former U.N. secretary-general placed a medi

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Steve Baragona Polio is on the ropes. A $3 billion global campaign has driven the crippling and sometimes-fatal disease to just six source countries. Experts say the campaign has the potential to win

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By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 27 November 2007 Voters in Russia go to the polls Sunday in a parliamentary election that follows a campaign whose fairness is being called into question. VOA Moscow correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports. This television campa

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By Derek Kilner Nairobi 22 October 2007 Kenya's president has dissolved the country's parliament ahead of elections expected in December. Derek Kilner reports from VOA's Nairobi bureau, a firm date for elections is expected to be announced later this

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By Meredith Buel Washington 22 October 2007 Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney continues to lead other candidates for the Republican Party's presidential nomination in the early contest states of Iowa and New Hampshire, although he trails some

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By Melinda Smith Washington 09 August 2007 The World Health Organization says a mother's milk is the perfect food for a newborn baby. But worldwide statistics show that breastfeeding is frequently abandoned right after birth. VOA's Melinda Smith ha

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 06 March 2006 The Islamic militant group Hamas moved quickly on Monday to take control of the Palestinian parliament - voting to revoke a series of legislative measures passed

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Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim says he has enough support from lawmakers to bring down the government, a claim Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi denies. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins has more, from Jakarta. Malaysian opposition leader An

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By Challiss McDonough Cairo 14 March 2008 Voters in Iran are going to the polls for an election that is expected to solidify the conservative majority in parliament, but also possibly strengthen critics of Iran's controversial president. VOA correspo

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Thailand's government faces an escalating crisis after police repeatedly fired tear gas to break up protesters blockading the parliament building. The clashes led to the resignation of a deputy prime minister. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, the

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