By Wang Yiru Little Rock, Arkansas 13 November 2007 U.S. Presidential Libraries are not typical libraries. They are archives and museums where a president's documents and artifacts are preserved for public study and discussion. The libraries are buil

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By George Dwyer Washington 02 November 2007 Afghanistan, a nation once renowned for its artists and intellectuals, has again begun to sprout a vibrant arts movement. For years, artistic expression was stifled in the war-torn nation by religious extre

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By Cindy Saine Washington 08 November 2007 Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says measures, such as hiring more agents and installing hi-tech detectors, have resulted in 22 percent decrease in arrests of illegal immigrants along the southe

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By Derek Kilner Nairobi 01 November 2007 The international organization Human Rights Watch is calling on the Sudanese government to put an end to forcibly relocating people displaced by conflict in the Western region of Darfur. As Derek Kilner report

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 15 November 2007 The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House of Representatives gave his formal farewell to Congress on Thursday. Dennis Hastert presided over the House for nearly a decade, a period that included

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By Phillip Wellman Abidjan 08 November 2007 Leading non-governmental organizations and the United Nations have recently expressed concern over the pace of the peace process in Ivory Coast. But after visiting a community of northerners living in the s

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By Carolyn Presutti Washington 09 November 2007 Lebanon has postponed presidential elections twice in the past two months.A group of Christian bishops in Lebanon worries that the election deadlock is affecting national unity. As VOA's Carolyn Presutt

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By Kari Barber Dakar, Ougadougou 14 November 2007 On a stop in Burkina Faso, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte talked about U.S. plans for a new military command for Africa. The command has been controversial on the continent where some

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 06 November 2007 An anti-terrorism operation ordered by Italian prosecutors has led to the arrests of 17 Algerians and Tunisians in Italy, Britain, France and Portugal. Sabina Castelfranco reports from Rome. Milan prosecut

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By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 15 November 2007 Pakistan's parliament is scheduled to dissolve itself at midnight Thursday to make way for a new caretaker government to oversee January elections. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that while Pr

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 08 November 2007 The European Union has announced a plan to admit 20-million skilled workers during the next 20 years in order to meet projected labor shortages. The proposal has drawn protests from leaders in developing na

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By Victoria Cavaliere New York 10 November 2007 A Masters Degree in Business Administration, or MBA, was once considered a key to having a successful business career. In recent years, enrollment in full-time MBA programs has dropped, and some busines

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 14 November 2007 Public transportation ground to a virtual halt across much of France as workers went on strike for the second time in a month to protest proposed government reforms. For VOA, Lisa Bryant has more in this report f

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By Navbahor Imamova Washington 16 November 2007 In most of Central Asia women are still struggling to find their place in the political arena. Despite the Soviet legacy of gender equality, women are still underrepresented in the highest levels of gov

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By Tom Rivers London 06 November 2007 In time-honored British tradition, Queen Elizabeth presided over the state opening of parliament, and unveiled several government proposed pieces of legislation, including new anti-terrorist measures the governme

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By Derek Kilner Nairobi 07 November 2007 Representatives of Sudan's ruling party and former southern rebels are meeting this week to discuss implementation of a 2005 peace agreement. As Derek Kilner reports for VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, th

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By Tendai Maphosa London 19 November 2007 Commonwealth heads of government meet this week in Uganda, for a gathering the 53 nation group holds once every two years. Tendai Maphosa in London looks at why an organization dismissed by some as an irrelev

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By Scott Stearns Washington 15 November 2007 U.S. President George Bush met Thursday at the White House with Sudan's First Vice President Salva Kiir to discuss efforts to keep the country's peace process on track and end violence in the troubled Darf

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By Paul Sisco Washington 02 November 2007 In the wake of the devastating Southern California wildfires last month, climate scientists Thursday linked such events to global warming. While scientists say no single calamity can be attributed to climate

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By Bill Rodgers Washington 14 November 2007 There are signs that more foreign fighters are joining the Taliban in Afghanistan. These foreign militants are believed responsible for the upsurge in suicide bombings -- and some experts say they have stre

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