By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 27 April 2007 International rights groups are accusing the Pakistan government of muzzling the country's free press. From Islamabad, VOA correspondent Benjamin Sand reports the government is under fire for a series of alleg

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By Kari Barber Dakar 28 February 2007 Rape was a common means of abuse during Liberia's brutal civil war and it remains rampant despite the enactment of one of West Africa's toughest rape laws. Activists are calling for a specialized court to deal w

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By David McAlary Washington 15 February 2007 A U.S. spacecraft has provided fresh evidence that water once flowed on Mars. In this case, it is water that ran deep underground through rock fissures, places where scientists say life could have thrived

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By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 21 February 2007 U.S.-based Human Rights Watch says Indonesia should immediately release political prisoners in Papua. In a report released Wednesday, the rights group says Jakarta's actions in Papua are a stain on its democr

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By Jessica Berman Washington 28 December 2006 Egypt's boy king Tutankhamun probably died of an infection caused by a broken leg and not a blow to the head as commonly believed. The finding was reached by an international team ofscientists that perfo

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 27 November 2006 Indian Army soldier stands next to a Prithvi missile on display during a parade, 13 Jan 2006 India has carried out a test in which it used homegrown missile technology to intercept another missile. As An

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By Steve Herman Tokyo 01 November 2006 A privately produced report says international attention should be paid to the human rights situation in North Korea, which the report's authors say amounts to crimes against humanity. ----- North Korean boys e

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By Meredith Buel Washington 27 July 2006 Fierce fighting between Israeli troops and Hezbollah militants has entered its third week, in a conflict that has killed more than 400 Lebanese and at least 50 Israelis. Middle East analysts and Israeli milit

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 29 May 2006 Experts from around East Africa are meeting this week in Kenya's capital to discuss how to supply one of the continent's most basic needs, clean water. In many East African cities large areas have no access to r

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 28 March 2007 Human Rights activists from Burma are appealing to the U.N. Human Rights Council and the international community to maintain pressure on the government's military rulers to end their repression of the country's Ka

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By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 23 March 2007 Zimbabwean police this week launched attacks against activists in communities around Harare. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our southern Africa bureau in Johannesburg, that reports of the violence ar

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By Martin Secrest Washington, D.C. 26 January 2007 watch Bird Flu report New outbreaks of bird flu are causing concern in Asia. Since the beginning of the year, there have been new bird flu cases in Thailand, Vietnam, and China. Indonesian authoriti

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 21 June 2006 Indonesian Army soldiers watch from their armored vehicles during a security preparation in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, May 8, 2006 A new report by a human-rights group says the Indonesian military's busin

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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak hosted a summit of six top European leaders, including Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, in order to coordinate efforts to strengthen a ceasefire in Gaza and to help rebuild

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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 Andre de Nesnera Washington 11 April 2006 Iranian girl holds up a poster of Iran's president Mahmoud Ahamadinejad, during a gathering, April. 11, 2006 Iran has announced that it has successfully en

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 17 September 2006 Human-rights organizations are calling for the U.N. Human Rights Council to protect the victims of abuse by naming and shaming those countries that violate their rights. On the eve of its second session, righ

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By Jill Replogle Guatemala City 03 March 2006 Guatemalans have new hope for clearing up state-sponsored human rights violations that occurred during the 36-year civil war, which ended in 1996. Human r

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In South Africa, battle lines have firmed and campaigning is heating up for national elections in two months. South Africa moved a step closer Monday to national elections as political parties registered their candidates with the Independent Elector

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U.S. President Barack Obama has lifted restrictions on federal funding for medical research using human embryonic stem cells. Mr. Obama says it is part of a broader effort to limit political interference in science. President Barack Obama signs an E

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