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By Leslie Boctor Cairo 28 February 2007 An Egyptian Canadian man accused of spying for Israel appeared in an Egyptian court where he denied many of the allegations that have swirled around the unusual case. Leslie Boctor has more for VOA from Cairo.
Viktor Bout, a former Soviet military officer accused by the United States of offering to sell weapons to terrorist groups, appeared in federal court in New York on Thursday. Bout's lawyer asked the government to provide his client with better prison
美国民权首脑马丁路德金逝世50周年 We're starting with a look back at an event from April 4th, 1968, an event that changed a nation. Fifty years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis Tennessee. He was a Baptis
By Stephanie Ho Washington 29 November 2006 A German man who was detained in Macedonia and who says he was tortured while in CIA custody, is in Washington seeking support for his campaign to obtain an explanation and an apology from the U.S. governm
By Alan Silverman Hollywood 26 September 2007 The short life of 24-year-old self-styled adventurer Chris McCandless, chronicled in a best-selling book by Jon Krakauer, became an inspiration for young people seeking to reconnect with nature and face t
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 16 February 2006 U.N. human rights investigators are calling for the immediate closure of the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Sign at entrance of Camp Del
The independent U.N. expert on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, says torture is practiced frequently in many countries, and that prison conditions are often so poor they can be considered cruel and inhuman treatment. From Uni
海伦米伦支持归还纳粹掠走艺术品法案 Helen Mirren got interested in the subject during the making of the movie Woman in Gold,in which she portrayed a Jewish woman who fought successfully to reclaim a piece of art that was stolen from h
By Zulima Palacio Hawaii 11 June 2007 Monk seals are one of the most endangered mammals in the world. In the Caribbean, they already are extinct. Off the African coast of Mauritania, they are down to a few hundred. In the remote northwestern islands
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: He was wrongfully accused - set up, actually - beaten within an inch of his life, confined to solitary in New York's notorious Rikers Island, and even now, a decade later, former police officer Joe King Oliver is still trying to
A very public plea center stage at the Emmys by Michael Douglas, saying he wants to see his son. Cameron Douglas is behind bars right now for dealing drugs, and his father used his Emmy win to speak out against the American prison system. ABCs Ceceli
By Steve Herman New Delhi 27 December 2007 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination following a political rally Thursday ended a life that was filled with great privilege and steeped in family tragedy. VOA Correspondent Steve H
Manning Guilty of Espionage, But Not Aiding the Enemy曼宁被定间谍罪,但援助敌方罪名不成立 FORT MEADE, MD A military judge in Maryland has found Army Private Bradley Manning guilty of espionage - but not aiding the enemy - by leaking h
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By Kane Farabaugh Dayton, Ohio 13 November 2009 Like slaves on an auction block waiting to be selected, victims of human trafficking have to perform as they are told or risk being beaten (2005 File) The U.S. State Department estimates that 800,000 h
A Word Warrior: Maxine Hong Kingston 文字勇士:汤婷婷 Kingston was born in Stockton, California 1940, she was the 3rd of eight children to a Chinese immigrant parents, and the first to be born in America. Her American name, Maxine, was after a