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Spain Struggles as Europe Questions Austerity Drive Protest marches have become a common sight in Spain - but this was one of the most colorful. Wearing masks and exotic costumes, prostitutes demonstrated in Barcelona Friday against the city's plans
Ukrainian Town Cut Off by Fighting Struggles to Survive KRASNOHORIVKA, EASTERN UKRAINE In eastern Ukraine, villages cut off by military front lines are on the brink of a humanitarian crisis. Ukraine's Kyiv government can't seem to get supplies in sup
By Kari Barber Washington 01 October 2007 Sierra Leone's long civil war was especially brutal, with children serving as soldiers and rebels hacking off the limbs of civilians. When it ended, the country lay in ruin, a once thriving tourist industry
By Franz Wild Seguela, Ivory Coast 22 December 2006 Men look into their sifter to find a diamond stone (File) Diamonds coming out of the rebel-held north of Ivory Coast are the only ones in the world the United Nations still describes as conflict di
By Benjamin Sand Kabul 30 March 2006 Afghan woman walks past a ravaged building destroyed during the civil war in Kabul After more than three decades of war and civil unrest, Afghanistan remains one o
Sri Lanka's government and the international community have been pouring tens of millions of dollars into the country's Eastern Province. The area was liberated by the army from rebel Tamil separatists a year ago during the country's on-going civil
The chief of the United Nations refugee agency is in Afghanistan to highlight the difficulty in resettling the millions of Afghans displaced by decades of war. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Kabul. In a makeshift camp north of Kabul about 20 fami
Zimbabwe's unity government is struggling to win financial support from western countries because very little progress is being made to resolve key outstanding issues, including those involving the Movement for Democratic Change, that prevent the go
Chinese economic authorities have signaled that fighting rising prices will be their top priority next year. China's government set an average inflation rate target this year of 3 percent, but some economists expect the rate to top that figure. Last
Italy Growth Struggles to Bridge North-South Divide Italy is one of the most economically divided countries in Europe. The north - with cities like Milan and Turin - accounts for a large majority of the country's GDP, while the south often is viewed
Afghan Resort Struggles to Recover from Taliban Attack Like many of the Taliban's high-profile sieges, the Qargha Lake attack played out on TV. Viewers who witnessed it will never forget the images of people clinging to the wall of the Spozhmai resta
Aleppo Hospital Struggles With Rising Number of Civilian Casualties Dar al-Shifa Hospital in Aleppo. Staff treat soldiers of the rebel Free Syria Army wounded in various battles this morning. They are also treating civilians. This boy was hit by a bu
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: General Electric is one of the most storied corporations in American history co-founded by Thomas Edison and redefined by legendary CEO Jack Welch. For more than a century, GE's products, from dishwashers to MRI machines, c
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Fifty years ago today, the Supreme Court's Loving decision legalized interracial marriage. Right about that time, shooting wrapped up on a movie dealing with that very topic. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner would become a huge hit.
By Nico Colombant Bamako, Mali 04 April 2006 Against a backdrop of financial difficulties and suspect security in Africa's aviation industry, one of the world's poorest countries, Mali, has a new airl
By Phuong Tran Dakar 18 August 2007 The West African country of Togo recently announced more bird flu infections outside its capital, making it the seventh West African country to report finding the deadly H5N1 virus in its poultry. Bird flu experts
Lebanon is a fractured land that has a long-standing struggle among a mixture of Christian sects, Sunnis, Shias, Druze and other religious factions. Since a resurgence of hostilities in 2006, when Israel launched a major military campaign against th
Haiti Struggles to Begin Free Public Education One out of every two Haitians is illiterate. Haiti's President, Michel Martelly, has made free public education one of his top priorities. On the first day of school in Haiti, adding to the normal chaos
By Peter Heinlein Harerge Region, Eastern Ethiopia 15 October 2009 A dry field of sorghum in Ethiopia Hunger is again stalking East Africa. The United Nations says 20 million people will need emergency food aid before the end of this year in six nat
By Steve Herman New Delhi 02 April 2008 Bangladesh is seeking three million tons of rice and wheat, in the next several months, to counter the lingering effects of a devastating cyclone amid soaring prices for staple foods. VOA Correspondent Steve He