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By VOA News Havana, Cuba 15 February 2007 watch Inside Cuba: pt 3 Now to the third and final report in our special series, Inside Cuba - Reporter's Notebook. It is an in-depth look at life on the island as President Fidel Castro remains out of the p
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 19 December 2006 A study released Tuesday by the U.N. children's agency and the Kenyan government says Kenyans top the list of tourists who sexually exploit and abuse children 18 years of age and under at Kenya's coast. Mea
By Steve Herman Islamabad 25 March 2008 Pakistan's president has sworn in a political enemy as prime minister. Meanwhile, two top U.S. State Department officials arrived in the country and held talks with the embattled president and the new governmen
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 20 April 2006 Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN, have failed to reach a consensus on how to push ASEAN member Burma towards democ
A radical Somali Islamist leader has condemned attacks on humanitarian workers in Somalia. As Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, aid workers have increasingly become a target in the conflict pitting Islamist and clan-base
Bangladesh has compiled a new voters list that is expected to pave the way for fair elections scheduled to be held later this year. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, past elections in the country have been marred by allegations that ruling
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says he expects this weekend's talks in Geneva that will include the participation of a U.S. diplomat will bring significant progress in negotiations over Iran's nuclear program. His comment was made durin
If you're going to come up with a practical solution to any problem, Paul Polak observes, you have to first talk to the people who have the problem and listen to what they have to say. So that's what I did. Paul Polak is dedicated to developing prac
College Makes Human Rights a Major Issue For years, Southern Methodist University Professor Rick Halperin pushed for a human rights degree program. The former chairman of Amnesty International USA taught his first human rights on campus 21 years ago,
Scientists Identify Deafness Gene in Mice Scientists have identified a gene that causes deafness in mice, and they say it could lead to a better understanding of hereditary deafness in humans and maybe new treatments in the future. Scientists had pre
Jailed Activists Mostly Left Out of Burma's Latest Prisoner Amnesty Burma's President Thein Sein has won international praise for recent political reforms and engagement with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. But the country's traditional prisoner
International donors meeting in Japan have pledged more than $5 billion to help the Pakistani government shore up its shaky economy and shrink the pool of militant recruits. President Asif Zardari said the world continues to underestimate the threat
Scientists Develop Test for Fake Whiskey St. Andrews is famous for many things. Its the home of golf - the Old Course, and the Royal and Ancient Golf Club by the sea - some of the most recognizable images in world sports. It's also famous for being h
Syrian Activists: Women, Children Massacred in Homs Activists say the bodies of at least 45 women and children have been discovered in the central city that has been a flashpoint for an anti-government uprising and retaliatory attacks and shelling by
IndiaSeekstoCounterInternalTerroristThreat Top Indian officials say they need to prepare for terrorism threats that may arise both within and outside the country. Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday described recent terror attacks on Indi
Scientists Unravel Potato's Genetic Blueprint Scientists have decoded the genetic blueprint of the world's third most important food crop: the potato. Researchers from 26 institutions around the world worked on the project to sequence, or map, the po
European Economic Crisis Persists as EU Questions Greek Commitment Thousands of Greeks, many of them prosperous and middle class until recently, crowded into the streets outside the parliament and clashed with police. Inside, parliament members adopt
Arab health ministers, meeting in Cairo, have agreed to impose restrictions on this year's Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca in a bid to control the spread of the H1N1 swine flu virus. The ministers are forbidding those under age 12 and over age 65 from pa
Australia has upgraded its travel advisory to Indonesia after the fatal hotel bombings in Jakarta. The Department of Foreign Affairs in Canberra warns Australians to reconsider their need to travel to Indonesia because of the possibility of further
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 13 June 2006 Somalia President Abdullahi Yusuf, center, leave a meeting of IGAD, June 13, 2006 in Nairobi, Kenya In east Africa, members of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) are discussing ways of punis