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By Gary Thomas Washington 22 May 2007 The growing political crisis in Pakistan has driven two onetime rivals into an alliance. Former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, who are both in exile, have teamed up to raise the pressure on Pres
By Brian Wagner Miami 26 June 2007 Two foreign oil firms have failed to reach a deal with Venezuela to hand over control of their operations in the country as required under the government's nationalization effort. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner repo
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 25 May 2006 Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, center, attends a Palestinian National Dialogue Conference in Gaza City Rival Palestinian factions have opened talks aimed at easing tensions, which have esca
By Joe Bavier Abidjan 24 May 2006 Activists in Burkina Faso are marking the 16th anniversary of their campaign to end the practice of female genital mutilation. Though progress has been made, many young girls still undergo the dangerous operation, w
By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 25 January 2006 Palestinian family look at a voting list outside a polling station in the West Bank City of Jenin, 25 January 2006 Palestinians are voting for a new parliament
By Jim Malone Washington 25 January 2007 An elderly white man in the southern state of Mississippi faces federal charges of kidnapping and conspiracy in connection with the 1964 murders of two African-American men. The case is the latest in a series
By Meredith Buel Washington 30 January 2007 A new report by an independent policy and research organization says Iraq is rapidly descending into an all-out civil war and urges U.S. officials to begin planning how to contain such a conflict to avoid w
Burma's Exiled Activists Consider Returning Home Political crackdowns were the once-defining images of Burma's notorious military regime. Since 1988, thousands of civilians were killed or thrown in prison. Many more escaped abroad. Activist Khin Ohma
Arab leaders and diplomats are engaged in an increasingly bitter quarrel over the need to hold an emergency summit to discuss a cease-fire in Gaza, where the death toll has now risen to more than 1,000. Diplomatic efforts continued Thursday in Cairo
Rising Violence Against Egyptian Women Worries Rights Activists Women played a major role in the revolution that brought down Egypt's old government. But nearly two years on, many say they have seen little reward. In terms of physical security, activ
US Experts Call for Debate on National Security, Civil Liberties The controversy has caused outrage - with critics claiming there is too much government overreach, that it goes too far and is too intrusive. Frank Sesno, director of the George Washing
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 13 May 2006 Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II died in 2005, but he nearly lost his life in an assassination attempt on this date 25 years ago. On Saturday in Rome the sho
By Lisa Schlein Washington 09 February 2006 Anti-tobacco campaigners accuse tobacco companies of undermining a global tobacco control treaty and national policies based on it. They are urging delegate
By Al Pessin Pentagon 10 January 2007 This week marks the fifth anniversary of the detention center for terrorism suspects at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The anniversary is rekindling the debate over the facility, with human rights
By Ron Corben Bangkok 16 May 2007 Burmese authorities have been arresting activists and opposition party members in the commercial capital Rangoon, as they staged vigils for the release of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. As Ron Corben reports fro
By Carolyn Weaver New York 09 February 2007 watch Human Trafficking report A coalition of women's and human-rights advocates in the United States is pressing New York state legislators to pass a law against human trafficking. Investigators say that
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 11 January 2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross is calling for respect for international humanitarian law in Somalia. It says it is deeply concerned about the plight of the civilian population, the war wounded, an
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 09 June 2006 At least seven Palestinian civilians have been killed in Israeli shelling in the Gaza Strip. Injured girl is treated by medics at hospital in northern Gaza Strip, Friday Israeli artillery shells slammed into a
By Joseph Mok Washington, DC 12 September 2006 watch Native American Comanche Comanche is a Native American people known as the Lords of the Plains in the Great Plains in the Central United States. From this tribe rose the famous Code Talkers of Wor
By Al Pessin Pentagon 03 August 2006 The commander of all U.S. forces in the Middle East told Congress Thursday that militants are trying to push Iraq into civil war, but he also said he believes the Iraqi government and military can prevent that if