Rwanda's President Paul Kagame warns of reprisals if France goes ahead with its indictment of his chief of protocol for alleged involvement in the assassination of former Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana in 1994. Mr. Kagame, who is attending a

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Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua dismissed 20 cabinet ministers in a government shake-up following growing criticism of the government's performance in the past 18 months. The administration has made little progress in the sectors the president set

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By Edward Yeranian Beirut 24 November 2007 Lebanon's outgoing president, Emile Lahoud, has asked the army to take charge of security in the country, after members of parliament again failed to elect a successor, shortly before he left office at midni

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By Anita Elash Paris 25 July 2007 French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in LibyaWednesday to meet with Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi in Tripoli. Mr. Sarkozy agreed to the visit as part of a deal made Tuesday to free six medical workers convicted o

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By Kari Barber Dakar 28 August 2007 Sierra Leone president Ahmed Tejan Kabbah (file photo) Sierra Leone President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah has said he will declare a state of emergency if clashes continue between supporters of the two main political partie

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 24 August 2007 Pakistani political experts say the country's president, General Pervez Musharraf, faces a decidedly uncertain future a day after the Supreme Court ended his chief rival's seven-year exile. With elections exp

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 28 November 2007 French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed to crack down Wednesday on rioters after two nights violence outside Paris. The rioting is reminiscent of the violence that swept the country in 2005, when youths staged vio

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By Brian Wagner Miami 24 February 2008 Cuba's leadership has chosen Raul Castro to become the nation's president, after nearly 50 years of leadership by his brother Fidel. VOA's Brian Wagner has this report from Miami. Cuba's National Assembly confir

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By Gary Thomas Washington 20 March 2008 Loyalists of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were big winners in the recent parliamentary elections. With many reformists locked out of the electoral process, the contests were primarily between different faction

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By Deborah Block Irbil 06 November 2007 Turkey's president says his country has decided on how to proceed against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq and has informed the United States. The comments by President Abdullah Gul Tuesday came a day after U.S.

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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 Jim Fry Washington 05 December 2007 Two Republican Party candidates for U.S. president disagreed sharply last week on the use a controversial interrogation technique known as waterboarding. While much of the campaign focuses on domestic issues, ca

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 06 December 2007 French President Nicolas Sarkozy again marked his hands-on diplomatic style by personally requesting the head of Colombia's FARC guerrillas release 45 hostages the group has been holding for years. For VOA, Lisa

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 01 January 2008 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has renewed his call for Hamas militants to accept early elections. VOA's Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem, internal Palestinian clashes in Gaza have killed at least six Pa

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By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 07 September 2007 Recent reports to the U.S. Congress about the situation in Iraq point to limited success by the Iraqi government in establishing security but continuing problems in bringing about political reconciliation.

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 14 May 2008 President George Bush has arrived in Israel, the first stop on his five-day trip to the Middle East. Mr. Bush comes to Israel to help celebrate the country's 60th anniversary, and advance the Mideast peace process,

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has given final approval to the establishment of diplomatic relations with Lebanon, after intense pressure from both France and the United States. Damascus had never formally recognized its smaller neighbor since bot

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By Greg Flakus Houston 18 February 2008 In Houston, former President George H.W. Bush, the father of the current president, stood beside Senator John McCain to offer his endorsement for the Republican presidential nomination. VOA's Greg Flakus report

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By Scott Stearns White House 18 December 2007 With fewer than 400 days left in office, President Bush says he is sprinting to the finish line. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns looks ahead to the president's final year. President Bush opene

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By Jim Fry Washington 18 December 2007 It has only happened twice in the last century in the race for president of the United States. There are no sitting or past presidents or vice presidents running for either of the two major political party nomin

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