Muslim Women Host Fundraiser for Sandy Victims Dancing, exotic food in abundance, camaraderie - all in an ambassador's residence in Washington, DC. But this is not a typical party. It is a fundraiser for the victims of superstorm Sandy, which devasta

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By Nico Colombant Bukavu, Congo 29 September 2006 watch Congo Rape Victims Even though the war is officially over in the Democratic Republic of Congo, rapes are still rampant in unstable parts of the mostly lawless country. The perpetrators are usua

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The annual monsoon rains have unleashed flooding in several parts of India, killing nearly 1,500 people and leaving millions of others homeless. The worst affected region is the eastern state, Bihar, where a river burst its embankment, last month, a

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Trafficking Victims Suffer Mentally, Physically A new study says victims of human trafficking suffer severe mental and physical health problems. Some estimates say at least 18-million men women and children worldwide are considered modern day slaves.

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By Meredith Buel Washington 17 April 2007 Leaders from countries throughout the world are offering their condolences to victims of the brutal massacre at a U.S. university that left 33 people dead, including the gunman. VOA correspondent Meredith Bue

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By Paula Wolfson White House 12 June 2007 President Bush has dedicated a new memorial in Washington to the victims of communism. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House. The statue was dedicated on this sun-drenched June morning - 20 years t

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By Jim Malone Washington 23 April 2007 Students and faculty returned to classes at Virginia Tech University, one week after the worst mass-shooting spree in U.S. history. VOA national correspondent Jim Malone reports from Washington. A white balloon(

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 14 February 2007 In Ivory Coast, lawyers for the victims of last August's toxic waste dumping incident say the millions of dollars a Dutch company offered the government Tuesday is not enough, and they will move forward with thei

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By Jim Malone Washington 20 April 2007 Friday was a day of mourning in southern U.S. state of Virginia and across the United States in memory of the 32 students and teachers who died Monday at Virginia Tech University in the worst mass shooting incid

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By Lisa Schlein Genava 23 August 2006 The World Food Program says devastating floods that hit Ethiopia earlier this month are continuing to cause problems. The United Nations reports that an estimated 48,000 people have been made homeless and hundre

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By Sarah Simpson Kano, Nigeria 22 March 2007 Northern Nigeria is one of the few regions in the world where polio remains endemic, despite efforts to eradicate this crippling and potentially fatal virus. Sarah Simpson reports from the north's largest

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By Lauren Comiteau Amsterdam 18 June 2008 Relatives of the victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia-Herzegovina have asked a Dutch civil court to wave U.N. immunity and allow them to seek damages for their loss. About 8,000 Muslims were mur

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Search Continues for Victims of Kashmir Avalanche Pakistani soldiers continue to dig, inch-by-inch, in search of 140 colleagues buried under this massive pile of rock. Rescuers using sniffer dogs and life-detection equipment have braved blizzard-like

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Terrorist Attack Victims and Heroes Remembered in New York On a day as clear as September 11, 2001, President Barack Obama and former president George W. Bush walked with their wives to the memorial pools built in the footprints of the former twin to

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Gun Violence Inflicts Emotional Toll on Victims' Families Oliver Smiths son was a police officer, shot execution style by three men during a robbery. Hes meeting with the Maryland Crime Victims Resource Center to write his victim's impact statement f

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Enroute to Asia, Obama Visits Landslide Victims in Western State WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is on a four-nation tour of Asia, visiting Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines. On his way to Asia, the president stopped in the northwest

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By Barry Newhouse Irbil 16 March 2007 Friday March 16 marks the 19th anniversary of Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons attack on the Kurdish village of Halabja. For the first time, Iraq's central government has marked the occasion by calling for a min

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Sixty-four years ago, the United States dropped the first nuclear weapon used in war on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. A few days later, another was exploded over Nagasaki. More than 200,000 people died in the bombings and many of them were Korean.

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By Sarah Simpson Kano 11 April 2007 Lawal Manesara, left, discuss with Ali Usman, centre, and sani Bako, right, all polio victims in a street of Lagos, Nigeria, 4 May 2005 Many polio victims in the northern Nigerian city, Kano, have turned their back

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 10 October 2009 Coffins draped with Italian flags are seen during the funeral service for the victims of massive mudslides in Sicily, in Messina's Cathedral, Italy, 10 Oct 2009 Thousands turned out in the cathedral of the

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