By Naomi Schwarz Dakar, Senegal 29 August 2007 More than a 250,000 residents of Liberia's capital, Monrovia, have been overwhelmed by water from torrential rains and flooding from the nearby St. Paul River. The rains have left them without safe drink

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By Jim Stevenson Hangzhou, China 16 September 2007 Canada has picked up its first win at the Women's World Cup football tournament in China. VOA's Jim Stevenson was at the game Saturday in Hangzhou, where the Canadians scored often against Ghana to g

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 19 July 2007 A popular Islamic preacher in northwestern Nigeria has died, hours after being shot near a mosque. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports that confirmation of the cleric's death has set residents on edge. Residents o

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Pakistan's Supreme Court has granted bail to the hard-line cleric who led Islamabad's Red Mosque - a former hub for the country's militant groups. The military's deadly assault on gunmen barricaded inside Abdul Aziz's mosque in 2007 sparked a surge

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The political opposition in Iran says hundreds of thousands of people turned out for the funeral of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri. The dissident cleric, who died Sunday at the age of 87, had been a spiritual guide for opponents of the governm

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 10 July 2007 Pakistani security forces stormed Islamabad's Red Mosque Tuesday more than a week after hundreds of militants barricaded themselves inside. The operation began just before dawn Tuesday after negotiations broke

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