River otters, like other social animals, have to carefully weigh the costs and benefits of hanging out in large groups. A big group makes it easier to catch fish, which seems like a good deal, but there's a downside to social life too. More otters me

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 08 March 2006 India remained on high alert Wednesday to prevent sectarian violence in the aftermath of bomb attacks that killed 20 people and wounded more than 50 in a hol

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By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 23 April 2008 There are more billionaires living in Moscow these days than anywhere else in the world. Thanks to a booming economy fueled by record high oil prices, the Russian capital is awash in cash. Modern new buildings ar

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By Nico Colombant Abidjan 18 February 2006 Extra security forces have been deployed in parts of Nigeria after deadly rioting over cartoons of the prophet Muhammad spread to sub-Saharan Africa. Police

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By Nico Colombant Kaduna, Nigeria 20 April 2007 Nigeria's next president is almost certain to be a northerner, as the ruling party candidate and the two main opposition leaders for Saturday's election are from that region. But analysts say replacing

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By Kari Barber Dakar 19 December 2006 Liberia is preparing to allow logging, following a three-year, U.N.-sanctioned export ban. The post-war government has passed new logging legislation intended to prevent corruption and mismanagement, but some co

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By Nico Colombant Port Harcourt, Nigeria 27 May 2007 Happiness despite hardships in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 27 May 2007 A group of Nigerian artists and dancers from the Muslim north once dreamt of oil riches in the southern delta region, but instead

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Dili 30 May 2006 Violence continued in the East Timor capital Dili Tuesday as the fractured government entered a second day of talks on how to end days of fighting triggered by a split in the military. -----------------------

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Indian forces in Kashmir say they have killed one of three suspected Muslim militants who are holding about half a dozen hostages including women and children. Shahnawaz Khan reports for VOA from Srinagar police say the militants killed at least thr

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Police in Indian Kashmir fired tear gas and used batons to disperse protesters who defied a curfew imposed in Muslim-majority areas ahead of a planned separatist rally. Officials say one protester was shot dead by police. Dozens of people were injur

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 17 June 2008 A new report by the International Crisis Group warns of a growing risk of communal violence in Indonesia's eastern most province, Papua. From Jakarta, VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins has more. Papuanese studen

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In a new report on Iraq, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom says religious minorities in Iraq face persecution. The commission, which recommends that the U.S. government designate Iraq a country of particular concern because of r

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The vibrant seaport city, Mumbai, in southern India, usually is quick to bounce back from catastrophes like bombings, communal riots and monsoon floods. But the most recent terror attack is testing its reputation for resilience. Mumbai is limping ba

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There are more than 130 officially recognized ethnic minority groups in Myanmar. Each has its own culture, even language. The Rohingya Muslims are not one of them. Myanmar's government won't grant them citizenship. Its leaders won'

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: NPR's Invisibilia is back for a third season. The show about the unseen forces that shape human behavior is taking a look at concepts like reality, identity, emotion and how those concepts shape our experience - sounds kind of ab

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Police in Mumbai continue sifting through the wreckage left by the deadly terror attack that left more than 100 people dead and hundreds of others injured. Shocked residents and tourists at the city's luxury hotels watched in horror as the scene unfo

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By Efam Dovi Accra 05 March 2007 Thousands of tourists, as well as heads of state and dignitaries from around the world are arriving in Ghana, to celebrate the West African nation's 50th anniversary of political independence from British rule. As th

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By Al Pessin Washington 19 May 2006 U.S. military guards at the Guantanamo detention center fired rubber shotgun pellets and used batons and shields to put down a small but violent riot by detainees T

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 23 November 2007 Nearly simultaneous blasts outside courts in three northern Indian cities killed at least 13 people and injured dozens more. As Anjana Pasricha reports from VOA's New Delhi bureau, several cities have suf

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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is calling for tough action to stem a surge of terrorist and communal violence that has claimed hundreds of lives in recent months across the country. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, much of the violence

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