By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 28 June 2007 The recent release of Niger Delta militant Mujahid Dokubo-Asari has prompted calls for the immediate release of another separatist leader from the southeast. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports from Abuja. Ralph U

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 15 May 2008 The California Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry, overturning a state ban on gay marriage. Mike O'Sullivan reports, California will become the second U.S. state, after Mas

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By Siri Nyrop Kabul, Helmond And Nangahar Provinces, Afghanistan 27 May 2008 Afghanistan supplies virtually all of the world's illegal opium. Last year, the country's drug trade was a $4-billion business, half of which alone was produced in the south

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Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences Controversial in US In April of 1998, twins Lawrence and Lamont Garrison were about to graduate from Howard University in Washington. Both worked at the U.S. Justice Department and planned to attend law school. Then,

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An elderly victim holds a poster and waits for the verdict in the premises of Bhopal court in Bhopal, India, 07 Jun 2010 The Indian government is looking at the need for tougher laws to deal with industrial disasters, amid outrage in India about puni

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Begnino Noynoy Aquino is set to become the next president of the Philippines following last Monday's elections, 11 May 2010 Begnino Noynoy Aquino, who is on track to become the next president of the Philippines following last Monday's elections, has

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August 15 marks the fourth anniversary of peace in Aceh province in Indonesia. The tsunami that decimated the region in 2004, killing nearly 170,000 people, and the immense international relief effort that followed helped end a 30-year separatist wa

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Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor is spending a third day answering questions before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Lawmakers continued to ask Sotomayor about her past rulings as a federal judge, and statements she has made, as they consi

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Thousands of Hondurans have marched in support of the new government that replaced ousted leader Manuel Zelaya earlier this week. Officials have vowed to arrest Mr. Zelaya if he returns to the country. Demonstrators show support for new Honduras gov

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 02 November 2007 The UN Children's Fund says 103 children in Chad who it says were abducted by the French Charity, Zoe's Ark, will be kept in an orphanage in the town of Abeche, until their families are located. Lisa Schlein re

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Topic1 New urban dwellers surveyAs China further urbanizes, Cheng Shi Xin Yi Min, or literally new urbanites, are attracting more social attention. A recently released survey shows that new members joining big Chinese cities are basing their happines

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By Ravi Khanna Washington, DC 01 February 2008 Pakistan's deposed chief justice has called on Western leaders to stop backing President Pervez Musharraf, accusing the Pakistani leader of detaining him and his family in dire conditions. Iftikhar Muham

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 10 October 2006 A special court in the Nigeria Tuesday started a hearing on corruption charges filed against Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that the charges flow from a public dispute betwe

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By Barry Newhouse Uchrai Sar 26 February 2008 Last year much of Pakistan's scenic Swat valley had been taken over by a band of Islamic militants. Fighters loyal to radical cleric Maulana Fazlullah seized control of police stations and set-up crude co

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The Beijing Hour Morning Edition It's Paul James with you on this Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Welcome to the Beijing Hour, coming to you live from the Chinese capital. Coming up on our program this morning... Most of the Chinese nationals who had been l

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By Peterson Ssendi Kampala,Uganda 02 June 2007 Many Pentecostal churches in Kampala invite the afflicted to be cured. Mrs. Frances Adroa, who is HIV-positive, took them up on the offer. I am a sick person (I have HIV AIDS) so,she explains, I was prom

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 09 April 2008 Senegal's parliament has changed the constitution to make it possible for national courts to try crimes against humanity. This paves the way for a possible trial of exiled former Chadian leader Hissene Habre over

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The U.S. Senate has confirmed the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor as an associate justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. President Barack Obama welcomed the 68 to 31 vote, which came after three days of debate on Sotomayor's judicial recor

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