By Lisa Schlein Geneva 25 June 2007 The United Nations says there is growing evidence that the worldwide epidemic of drug abuse is being brought under control. In this year's World Drug Report, the United Nations notes there have been significant and

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After a year of gut-wrenching losses, stock markets around the world recorded a positive day amid light trading to close out 2008. A trader talks on the phone at the Shanghai stock market on New Year's Eve in Shanghai, China, 31 Dec 2008 Modest gain

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By Mil Arcega Washington 02 July 2007 Digital entertainment and mobile media are expected to grow at a rapid pace over the next five years to nearly two trillion dollars by 2011. The five year forecast by an international accounting firm says the Int

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By Alan Silverman Hollywood 11 February 2007 Hannibal Lecter, one of the most intriguing and chilling characters from modern popular literature, gets his 'back story' in a dark thriller from the director of the art house hit Girl With A Pearl Earring

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By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 19 November 2006 Finance ministers and central bankers from 20 powerful economies meeting in Australia have urged an early resumption of stalled global trade talks and greater cooperation against illegal financing. ---- The

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By Stephanie Ho Washington 01 October 2006 President Pervez Musharraf Pakistan's president Pervez Musharraf is defending a recently-struck deal that critics say provides sanctuary to terrorists. He also voiced support for President Bush's handling o

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 27 July 2006 International trade talks have collapsed, stalling five years of effort to ease poverty in developing nations by liberalizing global commerce. The impasse may mean trade will become more complex and expensive, especi

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 26 September 2006 Democrats and Republicans in Congress continue to spar over the controversy sparked by a leaked U.S. intelligence document that describes the Iraq war as having increased the threat of terrorism. VOA's

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Supercommittee Failure to Rein In US Debt Threatens Global Recovery A so-called U.S. Congressional supercommittee has less than one week before a deficit-cutting deadline on November 23. Some economists say the prospects for success are poor while ot

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Global Leaders Condemn N. Korea's Latest Nuclear Test U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon described the move as deeply destabilizing. He said it is a clear and grave violation of sanctions banning Pyongyang from nuclear and missile tests. U.S. Preside

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Human Rights Trial in Guatemala Could Set Global Precedent Chanting justice, justice, protesters in Guatemala City reacted angrily to the suspension of the trial earlier this month. The protesters, mainly indigenous people, want the 86-year-old forme

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Health Experts Attend Global Conference on Infant Mortality When Kelvin was born, his 21-year-old mother said she had no clue how to care for an infant - let alone two, since Kelvin has an identical twin, Ken. It has not been easy, said their mother,

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Ohio's governor, John Kasich, is back on the national stage this week. He's out with a new memoir about his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. The book is called Two Paths: America Divided Or United. I spoke with

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By Michael Drudge London 09 March 2006 Britain and Brazil are calling for a summit of world leaders to break deadlocked world trade talks. The issue came up during a meeting in London between Brazilia

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By Chad Bouchard 2-337522 21 January 2007 A farmer carries buckets of water collected from a drying pond in Rembang, Central Java, Indonesia As Indonesia copes with one of its driest rainy seasons on record, a climate change study indicates global wa

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By Paul Sisco Washington, D.C. 15 August 2006 watch Solutions report Global warming -- you may accept or reject those who say it is a dangerous phenomenon. But if the planet is warming, and humanity is contributing to it, shouldn't someone be thinki

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Most Asia-Pacific stock markets closed lower on their first trading day of the week. Market analysts say investors have yet to see relief in the global economic gloom as more statistics point to a deepening downturn. Pedestrian walks past share pric

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By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 02 May 2007 As the latest World Trade Organization round of talks loses momentum, bilateral and regional free trade agreements are mushrooming in Asia. Claudia Blume reports from VOA's Asia News Center in Hong Kong. US Trad

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By Paul Sisco Washington 09 April 2007 Watch World Climate report Thousands of climate scientists and government policy administrators from more than 120 countries worked on the report for six years. After a reported all night session on April 5, the

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By Kurt Achin Kyoto 04 May 2007 Asia's economic development is a success story that has been decades in the making. But in the past decade, the region has become a key factor in a global imbalance marked by too much reliance on exports by countries i

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