The United Nations war crimes court for the former Yugoslavia has acquitted a former Serbian president of atrocities committed in Kosovo but jailed five others on Thursday. It was the court's first ruling on Serbian crimes committed during the Kosov

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 December 2006 Africa has the highest infant and under-five child-mortality rate in the world. It also has the lowest life expectancy at birth. The statistics paint a grim picture of what it means to be a child in Africa. Th

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By Michael Bowman Grand Rapids 02 January 2007 The body of former President Gerald Ford has arrived in his home town of Grand Rapids, Michigan, after a state funeral Tuesday in Washington. VOA's Michael Bowman reports, residents turned out in large

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By Mary Morningstar Washington 28 May 2006 Many musicians have used their celebrity to bring attention to the ongoing needs of Hurricane Katrina victims in the southeastern United States. Folk-rock singer Shawn Mullins has a personal connection to N

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By Amanda Cassandra New York 08 September 2006 A small clothing store that became a makeshift shrine after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center is now the centerpiece of an exhibit commemorating the fifth anniversary o

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By Paula Wolfson Washington 27 December 2006 President Bush says former U.S. President Gerald Ford will be remembered as a man of great integrity, who led the nation at a time when it needed healing. VOA White House correspondent Paula Wolfson repor

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By Paula Wolfson White House 12 June 2007 President Bush has dedicated a new memorial in Washington to the victims of communism. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House. The statue was dedicated on this sun-drenched June morning - 20 years t

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By Mary Morningstar Washington 15 June 2007 It's been four years since Country legend June Carter Cash died of complications from heart surgery. Her husband of 35 years, Johnny Cash, lost his battle with diabetes less than four months later. June and

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By Gary Thomas Washington 22 March 2007 Sign at entrance of Camp Delta On March 26 Australian terror suspect David Hicks will become the first detainee held by the United States to be tried in the new military commissions created by the Bush administ

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By Peter Heinlein United Nations 29 May 2007 The U.N. Security Council is to vote Wednesday to create an international tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. VOA's Peter Heinlein at U.N. headquar

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By Nina Maria Potts Brussels 21 June 2007 The first international trial of an African leader is set to reconvene June 25th, despite a faltering start after the defendant, former Liberian President Charles Taylor, refused to show up in court. Undeter

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U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, on the eve of his inauguration, is paying tribute to the late civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Mr. Obama also used the day to urge Americans to become involved in community service. President-el

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Kenyan lawmakers are ready to again take up a bill to create a tribunal for trying those suspected of organizing the violence which erupted following the December 2007 elections. A deadline for the bill's approval has passed, meaning suspects' names

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