IN THE NEWS - John Kerry Chooses John Edwards for Vice President By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Saturday, July 10, 2004 This is Bob Doughty with In the News, in VOA Special English. The Democratic Nationa

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Lawmakers in Pakistan will elect a new president on September sixth. Officials set the date Friday. Presidents are elected by parliament and the assemblies of the four provinces. President Pervez Musharraf

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By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 29 November 2007 Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has been sworn in for a second five-year term, a day after he kept his promise to step down as army chief. Ayaz Gul reports from Islamabad, addressing the nation in a televis

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The host for the first presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain, the University of Mississippi, is attempting to showcase the campus that nearly half a century ago drew world attention for a violent racial conflict. VOA's Greg Flakus

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By Dorian Jones Istanbul 30 August 2007 Turkey's new president presided over a ceremony marking the 85th anniversary of the final battle in the 1922 Turkish War of Independence. As Dorian Jones reports for VOA from Istanbul, President Abdullah Gul sa

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 22 January 2008 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he remains committed to peace talks, despite the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip and heavy fighting there between Hamas militants and Israeli forces. VOA's Jim Teeple

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 17 March 2006 A group of exiled Syrian opposition leaders announced in Brussels Friday it had formed a united front aimed at toppling the government of President Bashar al-Assad t

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington, D.C. 22 January 2007 watch War Presidency report President Bush's State of the Union address on Tuesday will be delivered at a joint session of Congress, where a majority now opposes his call for a troop increase in Ira

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has condemned a U.S. airstrike in western Afghanistan that some Afghan officials say killed more than 70 civilians on Thursday. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that the U.S. military disputes the number of c

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Tens of thousands of people attend a national memorial service in Pilsudski Square in Warsaw, 17 Apr 2010 Sirens wailed and church bells rang as an estimated 100,000 people gathered in the Polish capital to say goodbye to their former president. Many

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Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki is considering whether to sign a price control bill into law that would allow the government to set prices on basic items such as maize, wheat, cooking oil and petrol. Kenya's parliament approved the measure in June. Supp

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was welcomed in Beirut by thousands of Lebanese supporters and dignitaries. Children and teenagers waved Iranian flags and sang songs, welcoming President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's first visit to Lebanon. Lebanese of

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By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 07 December 2007 Somalia's President Abdullahi Yusuf is declaring that he's in good health four days after he was admitted to a Nairobi hospital with bronchitis and his health forced him to skip out on a meeting with U.S. Secr

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By Andre de Nesnera Washington 08 November 2007 Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, who is mired in a deep political crisis, Thursday agreed to call early presidential elections and said he would lift the state of emergency. In this background re

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The widower of Pakistan's assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has won elections to become the country's next president. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad, where Asif Ali Zardari won an estimated 482 of the 702 votes from lawm

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By Bill Rodgers Washington 07 May 2007 Turkey's Islamic-rooted government is pushing for a constitutional amendment to allow the president to be elected by popular vote instead of by parliament, following two failed attempts to get its foreign minis

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By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 22 February 2008 President Robert Mugabe has spoken out for the first time on the new presidential challenger, former finance minister Simba Makoni. Peta Thornycroft reports that Mr. Mugabe has accused Mr. Makoni o

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 16 December 2007 A former Seoul mayor who bills himself as a pro-business conservative is expected to become South Korea's next president by an overwhelming margin when voters go to the polls on Wednesday. As VOA's Kurt Achin repo

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By David Gollust State Department 02 April 2008 The United States Wednesday pressed Zimbabwe's electoral commission to release results of country's presidential election without further delay. The State Department said presidential returns reflecting

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By Kari Barber Dakar 11 September 2007 Opposition party officials in Sierra Leone say they are pleased with preliminary results released Monday that give their candidate, Ernest Koroma, a 64 percent to 36 percent lead over Vice President Solomon Bere

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