By Barry Newhouse Baghdad 11 March 2007 At a regional security conference in Baghdad, Iraqi leaders focused on the positive role Iraq's neighbors can play in improving security, but they also warned the country must not be used as a battleground for

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By Larry London Washington, D.C. 18 December 2006 watch report on Leigh Nash When Leigh Nash was 16, she found herself on stage in front of thousands of adoring fans performing a number one hit. That song, Kiss Me, topped the charts internationally.

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By Jim Malone Washington 30 January 2006 President Bush President Bush has an opportunity to seize the political spotlight Tuesday when he delivers the annual State of the Union address to Congress an

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By John Featherly Washington 28 October 2006 European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana visited Beirut Saturday to meet with Lebanese officials and the commander of the United Nations peacekeeping force there. European Union foreign policy ch

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By Challiss McDonough Beirut 01 December 2006 Hundreds of thousands of opposition protesters rallied in central Beirut on Friday, in a Hezbollah-organized demonstration aimed at bringing down the government of Prime Minister Fuad Siniora. Thousands

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By Amy Katz Washington, DC 27 April 2006 watch Opus Dei report The best selling novel The DaVinci Code has been made into a major Hollywood movie, which arrives in American theaters on May 19th. The C

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With Sri Lanka's economy stifled by 25 years of war, many here are weighing the benefits of a peace dividend, as the conflict nears an end - just in time for the global economic slump. Rebels examine their weapons in this handout picture released by

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 08 February 2007 Crime in South Africa, as in many countries, is a daily occurrence. But a series of attacks on prominent citizens, following some dismissive remarks by senior officials, has intensified an emotional nation

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By Melinda Smith Washington, D.C. 03 April 2007 Watch Cancer report The World Health Organization projects that cancer mortality rates are on the rise. More than 70 percent of the seven and a half million deaths from cancer in 2005 occurred in low a

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 16 June 2007 Gunmen from the Palestinian Fatah faction have seized institutions of the rival Islamic militant group Hamas in the West Bank. Fatah went on the offensive after Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip earlier th

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By Naomi Schwarz Dakar, Senegal 17 October 2006 Senegal and Spain's government say thousands of would-be illegal immigrants have been repatriated in the past month, after trying to get to Europe by boat. After their forced return, many are now deman

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 05 September 2006 East African heads of state meeting in Kenya are vowing to send a regional peacekeeping force into volatile Somalia, a move that could undermine an agreement signed Monday between the Union of Islamic Cour

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Hunter Smith, 5, drowned in a swimming pool after apparently wandering away from two teenagers, one of whom was his babysitter. Paramedics and hospital staff members spent several hours trying to revive Hunter. Police pulled the unconscious boy from

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 04 July 2007 Suspected militants in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta have abducted five foreign oil workers in the latest attack on the oil industry. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports the attack occurred hours after the countr

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By Sarah Simpson Lagos 07 April 2007 Nigerian police have confirmed that two foreign oil workers have been seized by gunmen, the latest in a series of kidnappings in the troubled delta region. Sarah Simpson reports for VOA from Lagos. The men were s

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By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 16 June 2007 Hours before the first South African-mediated talks between Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) were due to begin in Pretoria, police in Harare seized the

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By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 02 July 2007 Police in Senegal are investigating the largest ever drug bust in the West African nation. Several tons of cocaine have been seized and four South Americans and three Senegalese arrested in the seaside region of Mb

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With tensions increasing in the disputed Kashmir region, the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan met in the Sri Lankan capital for a closed-door discussion on the sidelines of a regional summit. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports from Colomb

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By Tendai Maphosa Harare 10 August 2006 In Zimbabwe, a lawyers' organization is preparing to challenge the widespread seizure of cash from Zimbabweans, in the wake of the revaluation of the country's currency and introduction of new bills. ---------

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 16 October 2009 Vietnam's economic recovery from the global financial downturn has been marked by large increases in government spending. Much of the expenditure has been directed towards infrastructure. But economists say the

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