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In the secretive world of North Korean politics, it doesn't get much bigger than this, a rare meeting of the Workers' Party. And the expectation is it could set the scene for a handover of power from Kim Jong Il to his third and youngest son. He may
Rwandan president Paul Kagame holds a press conference in Kigali, Rwanda, as citizens vote for president Monday for the second time since the country's 1994 genocide, 9 Aug 2010 Voting is underway in Rwanda's second presidential election since the 19
Civil rights leaders and celebrities were among thousands of mourners who turned out for the funeral of 18-year-old Michael Brown. Brown was fatally shot August 9 by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. His funeral was held at a church in St
International AIDS Day provides an opportunity to examine the efforts to combat the deadly virus that attacks the human immune system. In South Africa, whose 5.7 million HIV victims make it the most affected country in the world, officials and activi
全球化经济对美国的影响 The air outside this factory in Northeast Philadelphia once smelled of cookies. But the aroma,along with the 350 workers who for decades made Oreos disappeared last year when snackfood giant Mondelez shift production
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Washington's ambassador to Pakistan says the United States is confidents Pakistan will launch an anti-insurgency offensive in its border region of North Waziristan identified as the epicenter of global terrorism, despite strains on Pakistan's armed f
A U.S.-based human rights group has raised an uproar with a report arguing that development assistance to Ethiopia may be doing more harm than good by strengthening a repressive government. The report has sparked condemnation in some quarters, praise
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U.S. President Donald Trump's upcoming state visit to China on Wednesday has been highly anticipated by observers on both sides, with experts saying that they expect Trump's first state visit to China to further consolidate bilateral ties and promote
By Jim Teeple Gaza Strip 24 December 2007 Six months ago, Hamas Islamic militants seized control of the Gaza Strip, ousting Fatah forces loyal to moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. VOA's Jim Teeple reports that the past six months have bee
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 01 December 2007 Voters in Russia go to the polls Sunday in a parliamentary election that follows a campaign dominated by President Vladimir Putin and his United Russia Party. VOA Moscow correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports M
By Daniel Schearf Bangkok 16 September 2009 The United Nations says maternal and child mortality rates in the Asia-Pacific region are not improving fast enough because of poor access to reproductive health care. U.N. officials say more resources are
By Kurt Achin Seoul 05 December 2007 The frontrunner in South Korea's presidential race has avoided what many political analysts describe as his only serious obstacle to victory. Prosecutors have cleared former Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak of fraud accu
The Iranian government has released a handful of detainees, including several prominent journalists, according to opposition Web sites. At the same time, the official Fars News agency reports two reformist newspapers, Etemaad and Irandokht, have been
By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 01 August 2006 The rise of hardliners in Somalia's Islamist group is fueling regional and western concerns that a Taleban-style regime will be established and the country will become a breeding ground for terrorists. The grou
Tensions remain high between Russia and Georgia, especially over the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and Georgia's bid to become part of NATO. In this report from Washington, Senior Correspondent Andr de Nesnera looks at why
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 12 November 2009 Many hotels around the United States are going green by recycling their waste and conserving water, power and other resources. The largest hotel in Los Angeles, the Westin Bonaventure, was recently cer
Premier Li Keqiang met with the heads of world's six major financial bodies, including the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization this morning. During the meeting, he outlined the current state of China's econom
DAVID GREENE, HOST: In this country, a partial government shutdown goes on. And it's affecting hundreds of thousands of federal workers and contractors across the U.S. It's also affecting some of their kids. That's because many child care centers ins