By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 30 September 2007 A Nigerian ruling party official says the legal challenge against President Umaru Yar'Adua's election is a distraction and should be dropped. From the Nigerian capital, Abuja, Gilbert da Costa reports the t

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By Mil Arcega Washington 31 May 2007 The State of California is delaying the sale of more than five billion dollars in forgotten and unclaimed assets. A property rights group is suing the state, claiming it has not tried hard enough to find the legal

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Sudan has launched a diplomatic offensive against an attempt to bring Sudan's president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir before the International Criminal Court in The Hague on charges of genocide and war crimes stemming from the conflict in Darfur. Tendai Ma

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By Teresa Sullivan Washington 30 May 2008 The U.S. national baseball team will be seeking its second gold medal - and redemption - at the Beijing Olympics in August. The United States won the gold medal in 2000, but failed to qualify for the 2004 Ath

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By Deborah Block Washington, D.C. 20 June 2007 The National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington, D.C. works to protect historic sites in the United States. Each year the private group identifies America's most endangered places. This year t

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By Scott Stearns White House 03 January 2006 President Bush says some opposition Democrats are playing politics with U.S. national security by delaying the long-term extension of controversial anti-te

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Ministers and civil society leaders from 18 African countries, U.N. disarmament officials, and arms-control advocates are meeting in the Kenyan capital Nairobi to try to form a united position on a proposed treaty to regulate the global arms trade.

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. On Wednesday, President Obama proposed major changes to rebuild government supervision of the financial industry. President Obama announces his plan at the White House BARACK OBAMA: So today, my admi

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Health care reform was a big subject this week at the White House. President Obama held a series of meetings, including with Democratic leaders from the House of Representatives. Speaker Nancy Pelosi

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 26 December 2006 A Nigerian court in Abuja is expected to hear Wednesday, a motion seeking to set aside the removal of the vice president by President Olusegun Obasanjo. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports Nigeria - which is

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 23 October 2006 Tensions in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta have flared in recent months as local communities accuse foreign oil companies and the government of reneging on promises to provide jobs and social amenities. Gilb

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 11 January 2008 South Korea's newly-elected president is signaling new policy directions with regard to North Korea and the United States. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul, the incoming Lee Myung-bak administration hopes for

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By Brian Wagner Miami 11 January 2008 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he wants to resume peace efforts in Colombia following the release of two hostages held by leftist rebels. VOA's Brian Wagner reports Mr. Chavez also called on Colombia to re

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By Barry Newhouse Washington 23 April 2006 Top officials of the International Monetary Fund say the organization must reform to be able to respond more quickly to crises in the changing global economy

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 20 February 2006 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is holding talks with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on forming a new Palestinian government. The talks are taking place amid

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Top executives from the three major U.S. automakers pressed Congress for aid to prevent their beleaguered industry from collapsing and causing additional harm to the U.S. economy. Lawmakers are considering an aid package to automakers, but prospects

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President Dmitri Medvedev is again proposing major international economic reforms even as he acknowledges that over-reliance on extractive industries, corruption, and inflation are hampering modernization of the Russian economy. Russian President Dm

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By David Gollust Jerusalem 13 January 2007 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is meeting senior Israeli and Palestinian officials in what she says is an effort to empower moderate political forces in the region and re-start Middle East peacemaking.

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Ethiopia's fractious political opposition is planning a unified parliamentary campaign to demand a complete withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia. But as VOA's Peter Heinlein reports from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is under pressure by the internat

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By Naomi Schwarz Ouagadougou 12 June 2007 In Africa, the number of private technology companies is increasing as entrepreneurs and technology workers cash in on this growing sector. For VOA Naomi Schwarz tells the story of one such entrepreneur from

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