By Nico Colombant Dakar 31 December 2007 Another difficult year is coming to a close in Ivory Coast. The world's leading cocoa producer remains tense and divided between a government-run south and rebel-held north. Slowly, though, the main question

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 08 October 2007 Sudan's infant malnutrition and mortality rates are among the highest in the world. Wherever international aid agencies operate, they make a difference in saving lives and creating healthier babies. Lisa Schlein

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 01 February 2006 Communist Party of India (Marxist) politbureau member Brinda Karat, back to camera, addresses employees of the Airport Authority of India at the airport i

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By David Gollust State Department 14 June 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice defended Bush administration policy in Iraq, and American engagement abroad, in an address to a major Christian group. She told the convention of Southern Baptists in

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By Carolyn Weaver New York, NY 30 January 2007 watch Ayaan Hirsi Ali part 2 report In 1992, Somali-born feminist Ayaan Hirsi Ali was forced by her family into an unwanted marriage. On her way to live with her new husband in Canada, she claimed polit

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By Kate Woodsome Phnom Penh 09 January 2006 The World Bank has warned Cambodia that recent arrests of government critics could have a chilling affect on potential foreign investment. But pressure from

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By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 20 February 2007 watch Autism report Scientists working to solve the mysteries of autism say their research points to genetic causes. The results come from the largest study ever done on the disorder. The study looked

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By Meredith Buel Washington 20 September 2006 A key U.S. senator says sectarian militias are growing in Iraq and is reaffirming a plan he says will break the vicious cycle of violence and create conditions for multi-national forces to withdraw from

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By Meredith Buel Washington 25 September 2006 Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the upsurge of narcotics in his country is feeding terrorism and is an embarrassment to the Afghan people. In a speech in Washington, Mr. Karzai also called for Pakista

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 18 September 2006 U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on the U.N. Human Rights Council to focus as much attention on the tragic situation in Sudan's conflict-ridden province of Darfur as it has on the crises in the Mi

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By Tendai Maphosa London 21 September 2007 The Zimbabwean ambassador to the United Nations has accused British Prime Minister Gordon Brown of trying to dictate who should attend the European Union-African Union summit by threatening to stay away if P

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The Thai prime minister and his cabinet have defeated an opposition parliamentary no-confidence motion. The government's five-party coalition closed ranks against opposition accusations of economic mismanagement and a heated debate over national sov

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President-elect Barack Obama seized on more gloomy economic news Tuesday to prod Congress into passing an economic stimulus plan early in the New Year. President-elect Barack Obama introduces Education Secretary-designate Arne Duncan during a news c

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A new international initiative to increase grain crop yields could help raise incomes for six million farmers in South Asia and combat hunger in one of the poorest regions of the world. Indian farmer women winnow mustard crop at Baraikapurva village

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In his monthly news conference, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown laid out the groundwork he feels must be done before the important Group of 20 economic summit April 2 in London. Mr. Brown said global cooperation is key to speed the recovery from

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Recent public opinion polls show continuing faith in President Barack Obama, despite a daily drumbeat of bad economic news. But political experts warn that the public will not remain patient forever. President Barack Obama Americans cannot get away

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India's Congress-led coalition government and its political opponents are wooing support ahead of a crucial confidence vote to be held next week. As Anjana Pasricha reports, the vote was triggered by deep political divisions over a controversial civ

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington, D.C. 15 December 2006 watch Human Rights report Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has announced initiatives to protect human rights activists worldwide against government repression. As VOA's Peter Fedynsky reports, t

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By Daniel Schearf Beijing 11 April 2007 Christopher Hill (file photo) The U.S. envoy to six-nation talks has urged North Korea to begin shutting down its nuclear facilities after Pyongyang indicated it wants a Saturday deadline on the shutdown extend

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