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Americas: Bolivian President Morales Agrees To Recall Vote
 | Evo Morales (file)Bolivian President Evo Morales has agreed to hold a recall election, two years after he was elected to... |
Friday, May 9, 2008 11:09 AM
Americas: Chile Forces Last Residents to Leave Region of Volcanic Eruption
 | A local resident wears a facial mask amid a landscape covered by ash near Futaleufu, some 170 km from Chaiten,... |
Thursday, May 8, 2008 8:10 PM
Americas: Haitian Senate Ratifies Nominee for Prime Minister
 | Ericq Pierre (2006 file photo)The Haitian Senate has approved President Rene Preval's choice of Ericq Pierre to become the Caribbean... |
Thursday, May 8, 2008 8:08 PM
Americas: Senior Mexican Police Official Shot Dead
 | Federal police officers patrol the entrance to the hospital where Mexico's acting Federal Police Chief Edgar Millan Gomez died in... |
Thursday, May 8, 2008 4:09 PM
Americas: Bush Says Cuba Has Made 'Empty Gestures' at Reform
 | U.S. President George Bush says he rejects calls to change his Cuba policy, now that Fidel Castro has ceded power... |
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 6:11 PM
Americas: Brazilian Rancher Convicted of Ordering US Nun Killing Acquitted in Retrial
 | A Brazilian court has acquitted a local rancher previously convicted of ordering the 2005 killing of a U.S. nun who... |
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 4:12 PM
Americas: Colombia Extradites Paramilitary Leader to US
 | Carlos Jimenez arrives for a court hearing in Medellin, Colombia, 12 June 2007 Colombia has extradited right-wing paramilitary leader Carlos... |
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 3:10 PM
Americas: Food Price Crisis Called Global Hunger Emergency
 | The head of the United Nations World Food Program, Josette Sheeran, Tuesday said the current food price crisis is the... |
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 7:12 PM
Americas: Bush, Torrijos Meet at White House
 | President Bush and Panama's President Martin Torrijos, left, speak to the media after their meeting in the White House, 6... |
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 7:08 PM
Americas: US Charges Russian Arms Dealer With 4 Terror Offenses
 | U.S. prosecutors have indicted an alleged Russian arms dealer, arrested earlier this year in Thailand, on four counts of terrorism.Viktor... |
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 5:27 PM
Americas: Bolivian State Votes for Autonomy
 | Early exit polls indicate more than 80 percent of voters in a referendum in Bolivia's eastern state of Santa Cruz... |
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 3:48 PM
Americas: Report Says Basic Medical Care Could Save Lives of 6 Million Children a Year
 | A new report says the lives of millions of young children could be saved each year if basic medical care... |
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 3:47 PM
Americas: Chilean Volcano Eruption Increases, Police Order Total Evacuation
 | Ash from the Chaiten volcano covers Futaleufu, southern Chile, 05 May 2008A volcano in southern Chile has started spewing lava again, prompting... |
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 3:46 PM
Americas: Bolivia's Wealthy Region Votes for Autonomy
 | A woman places her vote in a ballot box during an autonomy referendum in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 04 May 2008Voters... |
Monday, May 5, 2008 1:08 AM
Americas: Bolivia Autonomy Vote Seen as Threat to Stability
| Voters in eastern Bolivia are casting ballots in an autonomy referendum the federal government has declared as illegal. VOA's Brian... |
Sunday, May 4, 2008 1:09 PM
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Americas: Colombia Captures Twin Who Allegedly Led Major Drug Ring With Brother
 | Alleged drug lords Miguel Angel Mejia and his brother Victor Manuel seen in this reproduction of police leaflet offering reward... |
Friday, May 2, 2008 12:07 PM
Americas: Al-Jazeera Cameraman Freed From Guantanamo
 | Exterior of bunkhouse at Guantanamo The Arab satellite news channel, Al-Jazeera, says a Sudanese television photographer employed by the network... |
Thursday, May 1, 2008 11:08 PM
Americas: Immigrants Send Less Money to Families in Latin America
 | Although economists say the United States is not technically in a recession, the slowdown in economic activity is having a... |
Thursday, May 1, 2008 8:11 PM
Americas: Bolivia Takes Over Telecommunications Company, Energy Firms
 | Evo MoralesBolivian President Evo Morales has announced the state is taking control of the country's main telecommunications company and four... |
Thursday, May 1, 2008 8:10 PM
Americas: Cubans Hold May Day Rally; Speaker Praises Path Set by Fidel Castro
 | A man, right, holds up a sign portraying Cuba's leader Fidel Castro and President Raul Castro during a May Day... |
Thursday, May 1, 2008 5:09 PM
Americas: Hispanics Fastest Growing Minority Group in US
 | Maria Villareal (r) owner of Tamaleria Nuevo Leon and helper Margarita Gamino makes tamales in the Villareal's store in the... |
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 3:59 PM
Americas: CPJ Names 13 Countries Where Journalists' Killers Go Free
 | The Committee to Protect Journalists says governments in South Asia are among the worst in the world at prosecuting the... |
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 6:11 PM
Americas: US Warns of Terror Threat in Colombia
The United States says regionally based terrorist organizations in Colombia and remnants of radical leftist Andean groups are the primary...
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 5:09 PM
Americas: UN Task Force Seeks Solutions to Global Food Crisis
 | A senior U.N. official says a new task force set up to tackle the global food crisis hopes to have... |
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:10 PM
Americas: Wanted Colombian Drug Trafficker Killed in Raid
| Alleged drug lords Miguel Angel Mejia and his brother Victor Manuel seen in this reproduction of police leaflet offering reward... |
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:08 AM
Americas: Poverty in Haiti Places Children at Risk for Labor Exploitation
 | U.N. officials are working with Haiti's government to prevent scores of children from falling prey to forced labor. VOA's Brian... |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:14 PM
Americas: Scientists Identify Spread of Seasonal Influenza
 | Scientists tracking the most common type of flu say new bugs start out in China and Southeast Asia, then travel... |
Sunday, May 4, 2008 5:06 PM
Americas: US House Approves Measure Expanding Debt Relief
 | The House of Representatives has approved by a vote of 285 to 132 a measure supporting forgiveness of debt owed... |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:24 PM
Americas: Haiti's Rising Cost of Food Worries Aid Groups
 | Foreign aid groups in Haiti say they are hurt by the high cost of food just as much as ordinary... |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:24 PM
Americas: EU Split over Development Commissioner's Proposal to Normalize Relations with Cuba
 | In June, European Union member states are expected to consider whether to normalize relations with Cuba. This follows a call... |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:24 PM
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Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:29pm EDT | | Share | | [] [] By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration hopes to send a pact on civilian nuclear cooperation with Russia to Congress in...
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More than 30 killed in street battles as US troops face intense urban combat
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Trial Opens for Hussein Aide; 28 Dead in Sadr City
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Russia troop increase in Abkhazia "not wise"
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Tue Apr 29, 2008 2:39pm EDT | | Share | | [] [] LUXEMBOURG, April 29 (Reuters) - Russia's move to send extra peacekeepers to the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia risks adding to tensions...
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:48:17.000 PM
East Timor Rebel Leader Surrenders
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A leader of a rebel group blamed for an attempted assassination of East Timor's president has surrendered. Marianne Kearney reports for VOA from Jakarta where Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao confirmed the rebel's surrender. Gastao Salsinha...
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Check of votes in Zimbabwe election is postponed
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Serbia inches closer to the EU
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New Gaza tragedy threatens Cairo truce talks
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Palestinian officials met in Egypt Tuesday to hammer out possible terms for a six-month truce between the Islamist militants and Israel. By | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor from the April 30, 2008...
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Calls for Labour's Kate Hoey to resign over Boris Johnson support
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Labour MPs have called for Kate Hoey, the former sports minister, to be expelled from the party after she agreed to work for Boris Johnson. The Conservative candidate for London mayor invited Miss...
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Zahar: We have 200,000 suicide bombers
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Bush Discusses Report on Syria Strike
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The president called the release an effort to send a message to Iran, Syria and others about nuclear proliferation. Register for NYTimes.com. • Breaking news and award winning multimedia • New York Times newspaper articles...
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DNA Tests Proves Austrian Fathered Daughter’s Children
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Investigators continued their inquiries into Josef Fritzl, but the head of the criminal investigations unit in Lower Austria, Franz Polzer, called the DNA tests “decisive evidence.” Register for NYTimes.com. • Breaking news...
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Russia sends more troops to Georgia conflict
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Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:13pm IST | | Share | [] [] By Christian Lowe MOSCOW (Reuters) - Georgia accused Russia of fanning conflict on Tuesday after Moscow sent extra peacekeeping troops to Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia...
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Trial Opens for Hussein Aide; 28 Dead in Sadr City
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More British troops off to Kosovo
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Gas pipeline with Iran, Pakistan possible: India
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29 Apr 2008, 2256 hrs IST,PTI NEW DELHI: India has said the gas pipeline with Iran and Pakistan is a "doable" project though a "lot of work" needs to be done to ensure that it is commercially viable, secure...
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 2:18:15.859 PM
Suicide Bombing Kills at Least 18 in Afghanistan
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