By Cathy Majtenyi Rwimiyaga, Rwanda 19 July 2007 Many women in Rwanda are struggling to lift themselves out of poverty. The 1994 genocide left large numbers of them widows. With the support of international agencies, one group of women in northern Rw

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 31 August 2007 A United Nations fact-finding mission is in Ethiopia's restive Ogaden region to assess the food, water and health needs of civilians caught amid a military campaign against local separatist rebels. Human rights gr

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Transcript of VOA Interview with Laura Bush By VOA News Washington 17 January 2008 Interview Transcript of US First Lady Laura Bush by VOAs Afghan Service VOA: From your point of view, how has life changed for the people of Afghanistan in the last si

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By Carol Pearson Washington 16 July 2007 Midsection fat can lead to many health problems Medical researchers have been looking for what some people call a magic bullet (magic pill) in their hunt to fight rising obesity rates worldwide. In less than

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By Scott Bobb Huambo, Angola 17 September 2007 International civic groups are in Norway to mark the 10th anniversary of the treaty banning anti-personnel landmines. The Treaty has been signed by 155 countries and activists say it has brought thousand

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 09 August 2007 Mauritania's legislature has approved a law that will criminalize slavery. Anti-slavery lobbyists say enforcement will determine if this law can end slavery in the West African country where it has continued despit

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Despite long-standing opposition to NATO, Russia cooperated with the Western defense alliance on a number of military, political and humanitarian projects. But Russia says it feels threatened by NATO's eastward expansion and the prospect of possible

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Two more deadly car bombings have rocked Algeria, killing at least 11 people according to state radio. This follows a suicide car bomb attack on Tuesday which officials say killed more than 40 people and injured 45. VOA's Nico Colombant has more fro

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After recent attacks on newspaper offices in Senegal and ongoing detentions of journalists in Gambia, international attention is yet again being focused on the state of journalism in West Africa. Journalists in Gambia describe their daily fear of re

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At the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting last month, the mayor of Albuquerque, N.M., asked a provocative question: How would his citizens feel if the city bought thousands of ordinary writing pens the kind that cost about $1 each in most stores and

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Delegations from the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the rebel National Congress for Defense of the People, or CNDP, gathered for a second day of talks at the U.N. compound in Nairobi. Mediators have expressed high hopes for the

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Zimbabwe Prime Minister-Designate Morgan Tsvangirai says he may not take part in Monday's planned summit of southern African leaders to resume Zimbabwe crisis talks. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA from Harare the MDC says the government of Preside

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 17 August 2007 The second-ranking U.S. commander in Iraq says he is trying to convince Iraqi Shi'ite extremists that working with Iran will have long-term negative consequences for Iraq. Lieutenant General Ray Odierno spoke via

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New website makes it easier to donate directly to specific Haiti reconstruction projects Emma Jacobs | Boston, Massachusetts 02 June 2010 Concrete blocks transformed into livestock pens on the organic farm in Haiti that Boston physician Arielle Adrie

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People hold placards bearing images of Iranian Neda Agha Soltan during a demonstration against Iran's clampdown on opposition activists, at the Trocadero near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, 25 Jul 2009 Iran last weekend blocked VOA's airing of a

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By Liz Noh Tokyo 14 September 2007 Almost 40 years after the U.S. moon missions, Japan's Space Agency has launched its much-delayed lunar orbiter. Liz Noh reports from Tokyo. A domestically-developed H2-A rocket, carrying a lunar orbiter, lifts off f

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A second journalist is dead of gunshot wounds fired under suspicious circumstances in Russia's volatile Caucasus region this week. VOA Moscow correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports the death of the first journalist sparked an anti-government demonstra

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Exactly a month after Zimbabwe's power sharing agreement was signed, the signatories are still bickering over Cabinet posts. Tendai Maphosa took to the streets of Harare for VOA to hear what the people think about the deal, which represented some ho

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The former Soviet republics of Georgia and Ukraine are allies engaged in similar attempts to establish democratic rule, to join NATO and realign themselves with the West, much to the displeasure of Russia. During the conflict in Georgia, Ukrainian P

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By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 12 September 2007 The United States yesterday marked the sixth anniversary of the September, 11th 2001 terrorist attacks with ceremonies and tributes across the country. Leta Hong Fincher brings us this report. Tears w

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