Afghan President Hamid Karzai has condemned a U.S. airstrike in western Afghanistan that some Afghan officials say killed more than 70 civilians on Thursday. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that the U.S. military disputes the number of c

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By Challiss McDonough Beirut 25 May 2008 Former Lebanese army chief Michel Suleiman was sworn in as the country's new President Sunday, following a long-delayed vote in parliament. His election brings an end to the political crisis that has paralyzed

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Refugee Camps Spread Life-Threatening Diseases At a crowded camp in South Sudan, where thousands have come to escape the region's military conflict, officials report that an outbreak of Hepatitis E - a viral infection transmitted by contaminated food

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was welcomed in Beirut by thousands of Lebanese supporters and dignitaries. Children and teenagers waved Iranian flags and sang songs, welcoming President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's first visit to Lebanon. Lebanese of

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Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission is asking voters and the media to ignore claims by competing camps that their candidates captured a first-run victory in the presidential election. Meanwhile, a prominent U.S.-government funded institute

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By Andre de Nesnera Washington 08 November 2007 Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, who is mired in a deep political crisis, Thursday agreed to call early presidential elections and said he would lift the state of emergency. In this background re

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Hospitals around this country have been upgrading neonatal intensive care units to include personal webcams for each tiny patient. But Blake Farmer of member station WPLN in Nashville reports the video streams are for much more t

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Medical researchers are hoping that a smartphone can help to prevent Type 2 diabetes. A program that helps people is delivered by phone. And NPR's Allison Aubrey reports on how it works. ALLISON AUBREY, BYLINE: Sometimes a good m

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By Sarah Simpson Lagos, Nigeria 12 April 2007 In Nigeria, a last-minute decision by the government to declare Thursday and Friday national holidays is forcing a delay in a crucial court ruling on the upcoming presidential election. The court is decid

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By Derek Kilner Nairobi 21 December 2007 The European Commission and the United States are condemning the political violence that has been reported in Kenya in the run-up to next week's presidential and legislative elections. President Mwai Kibaki is

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By Douglas Bakshian Manila 11 June 2006 Police investigators take a look at the damage caused by a suspected homemade bomb or a grenade as it exploded in a bus being used as a mobile police station in Manila's suburban Quezon city Philippine police

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 11 April 2008 U.N. Human Rights Chief, Louise Arbour, says she is pleased former Chadian president Hissene Habre will finally face justice for human rights violations committed during his eight-year rule. She says the latest ch

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By Kari Barber Freetown 08 September 2007 Sierra Leoneans are voting in a landmark presidential runoff Saturday amid tensions in which the opposition party says their members are being harassed and intimidated. The first round of the presidential ele

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By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 22 February 2008 President Robert Mugabe has spoken out for the first time on the new presidential challenger, former finance minister Simba Makoni. Peta Thornycroft reports that Mr. Mugabe has accused Mr. Makoni o

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By Stephanie Ho Washington 11 June 2007 The chief prosecutor of the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone says he is confident the trial against Charles Taylor will proceed as scheduled, despite the former Liberian president's no show at the tri

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Norway's Nobel committee tapped former Finnish president and peace advocate Martti Ahtisaari as this year's peace laureate. Lisa Bryant has more on the 71-year-old politician - and his distinguished career. Martii Ahtisaari Norway's Nobel committee

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By Kent Klein Washington 06 April 2008 The leader of the world's Roman Catholics, Pope Benedict XVI, will visit the United States April 15-20 for the first time since becoming pope in 2005. As VOA's Kent Klein reports, officials of the Catholic Churc

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 10 November 2006 A senior Israeli official has suggested that Israel might launch a pre-emptive strike against Iran to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons. Israel wants tougher international action to stop Iran befor

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By Wang Yiru Washington 02 January 2008 In 1992, former President Bill Clinton accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for the nation's office with a speech in which he said, I believe in a place called Hope. Hope was more than Mr. Clinton's visio

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 14 June 2007 More than three million people around the world are being held in prison awaiting trial, nearly one-third of the world's total prison population. A recent study released in South Africa says pre-trial detention

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