Asia - Voice of America: Activists Urge NATO to Protect Afghan Women's Rights

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Activists Urge NATO to Protect Afghan Women's Rights May 21st 2012, 01:59 CHICAGO - As world leaders gather in Chicago to discuss the future of Afghanistan, human rights groups say Afghan women are being left out of the conversation. Afghan activists say they fear gains made in women's rights since the fall of the Taliban will be erased after foreign troops leave the war-torn country.   Like so many Afghans, Manizha Naderi has concerns about the fate of her country after 2014, when international forces complete their withdrawal from ... Media files: C76E0CF0-D708-418D-9F07-F665D743484E_cx0_cy10_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Asia - Voice of America: Checklist Improves Health Practices in Childbirth

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Checklist Improves Health Practices in Childbirth May 20th 2012, 23:27 More women die in the developing world from complications during pregnancy and childbirth than from any other cause, according to the World Health Organization.  But, a group of scientists thinks it can change that with the help of a simple paper checklist. "We know when they're dying – most deaths are clustered right around the time of birth for both moms and babies," said Jonathan Spector, a research scientist at the Harvard School of Public Health, "and we know what they're dying ... Media files: 2D93BD9D-DF89-4C72-80FC-3F2DD5BC1F62_cx0_cy11_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Asia - Voice of America: No Meeting With Obama for Pakistan's President

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No Meeting With Obama for Pakistan's President May 21st 2012, 01:41 CHICAGO - Hopes for a meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit bringing together the U.S., Afghan and Pakistani presidents appear to have dimmed, and analysts say this is due to the lack of a full agreement with Pakistan on reopening NATO supply lines into Afghanistan.     President Barack Obama met on Sunday in Chicago with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, but his schedule includes no one-on-one interaction with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, and White House ... Media files: 87AB7A1F-FBAC-48D0-83E7-0EFD21F4564B_cx0_cy2_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Africa - Voice of America: Checklist Improves Health Practices in Childbirth

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Checklist Improves Health Practices in Childbirth May 20th 2012, 23:27 More women die in the developing world from complications during pregnancy and childbirth than from any other cause, according to the World Health Organization.  But, a group of scientists thinks it can change that with the help of a simple paper checklist. "We know when they're dying – most deaths are clustered right around the time of birth for both moms and babies," said Jonathan Spector, a research scientist at the Harvard School of Public Health, "and we know what they're dying ... Media files: 2D93BD9D-DF89-4C72-80FC-3F2DD5BC1F62_cx0_cy11_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Africa - Voice of America: Mali Interim President to Lead Post-coup Transition

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Mali Interim President to Lead Post-coup Transition May 21st 2012, 00:56 Mali's military junta has agreed with the Economic Community of West African States to allow interim president Dioncounda Traore to lead the country's post-coup transitional process. The agreement, just two days before the 40-day transition period prescribed by Mali's constitution was set to expire, also gives coup leader Captain Amadou Sanogo all the benefits and privileges of a former head of state. Hamadoune Toure, Mali's communication minister and government spokesman, says he ... Media files: 57D09301-E590-49B4-80B3-2F2E58AF86E4_cx0_cy8_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Arts & Entertainment - Voice of America: Disco Era Icon Robin Gibb Dies of Cancer at 62

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Disco Era Icon Robin Gibb Dies of Cancer at 62 May 21st 2012, 00:14 British singer Robin Gibb, an iconic voice of the disco era of the 1970s, died Sunday in London after a long fight against cancer. He was 62 years old.   Gibb and his brothers Barry and Maurice formed their band, appropriately named the Bee Gees, for the Brothers Gibb, in the late 1950s.   The band was a success. But the brothers did not become global superstars until disco was born in the mid 1970s, becoming the defining sound of the era.   ... Media files: EAE9C8DC-C99C-42DD-BE7F-75FDC70B7FF2_cx0_cy2_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Africa - Voice of America: River Blindness Spread Believed Stopped Sudan Area

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River Blindness Spread Believed Stopped Sudan Area May 20th 2012, 22:10 When the government of Sudan decided to ramp up efforts to eradicate river blindness, they looked to the nation's women. This month the country's Ministry of Health announced the strategy appears to have worked in at least one region, Abu Hamad. The key innovation to eliminating the disease was when the government decided to include women and families in distributing drug treatments, said partner aid agency The Carter Center. When the new program was introduced in 2006, 100 percent of the ... Media files: 16975F91-D577-44C8-A85D-2E98036134E5_cx0_cy10_cw0_w800_r1.JPG (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Africa - Voice of America: Somali Capital Experiences Post-Shabab Building Boom

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Somali Capital Experiences Post-Shabab Building Boom May 20th 2012, 19:37 MOGADISHU - Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, is experiencing something of a building boom.  After throwing off the shackles of al-Qaida-linked radicals, its citizens have begun carting away the rubble and repairing the damage of two decades as Africa's worst failed state.    ​​Eight months ago, Mogadishu's bombed out parliament building was a symbol of 20-years of anarchy.  Today, it is under reconstruction to house a new legislature expected to be ... Media files: F8E153D5-6E9D-48CA-AFF0-1EB6D3C5976A_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.png (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Middle East - Voice of America: Convicted Lockerbie Bomber Dies After Cancer Battle

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Convicted Lockerbie Bomber Dies After Cancer Battle May 20th 2012, 15:24 A former Libyan intelligence officer convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has died of cancer in Tripoli, nearly three years after Scottish authorities released him from prison on compassionate grounds.    Abdel Baset al-Megrahi died at his home Sunday at the age of 60.  He was the only man convicted of the Pan Am Flight 103 attack that destroyed a U.S. passenger jet over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing 270 people, 11 of them on the ground.  ... Media files: 55C01CBE-D5CF-449E-891C-95AF278BBA56_cx0_cy1_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Middle East - Voice of America: Israel Says African Migrants Pose Growing Threat

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Israel Says African Migrants Pose Growing Threat May 20th 2012, 16:54 JERUSALEM - There is growing concern in Israel about an influx of tens of thousands of migrants from Africa.  The flood of illegal African migrants entering Israel topped the agenda at the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the migrants are "threatening the fabric of Israeli society, its national security and its national identity." The issue has become the center of a heated national debate, after a series of violent crimes and ... Media files: 7B4FE08E-973C-40A9-8B5D-B2656883AB34_cx0_cy5_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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USA - Voice of America: Obama: World is Behind Strategy for Afghanistan

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Obama: World is Behind Strategy for Afghanistan May 20th 2012, 11:30 U.S. President Barack Obama says the NATO summit in Chicago shows that the world is behind the strategy to help Afghanistan achieve peace and development.   Mr. Obama spoke alongside Afghan President Hamid Karzai on the sidelines of the summit Sunday.  The U.S. president is hosting representatives from more than 50 countries to discuss NATO's future in Afghanistan, from transferring all security control to Kabul in 2014 to providing assistance in the long term. ... Media files: 33C94E11-E1FC-4595-9E39-93D34CED86AC_cx0_cy5_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Europe - Voice of America: Obama: World is Behind Strategy for Afghanistan

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Obama: World is Behind Strategy for Afghanistan May 20th 2012, 11:30 U.S. President Barack Obama says the NATO summit in Chicago shows that the world is behind the strategy to help Afghanistan achieve peace and development.   Mr. Obama spoke alongside Afghan President Hamid Karzai on the sidelines of the summit Sunday.  The U.S. president is hosting representatives from more than 50 countries to discuss NATO's future in Afghanistan, from transferring all security control to Kabul in 2014 to providing assistance in the long term. ... Media files: 33C94E11-E1FC-4595-9E39-93D34CED86AC_cx0_cy5_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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USA - Voice of America: Facebook Founder's Status Updated to 'Married'

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Facebook Founder's Status Updated to 'Married' May 20th 2012, 15:00 Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has married longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan, and he used his social networking site to publicly announce the special occasion. The 28-year-old billionaire married Chan in a small ceremony Saturday in Palo Alto, California one day after he took his company public in one of the most anticipated stock offerings in Wall Street History. Guests authorized to speak to the press said those attending thought they were going to the venue to celebrate ... Media files: BF4DBB56-7301-4FAE-901D-257228126DED_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Africa - Voice of America: Convicted Lockerbie Bomber Al-Megrahi Dies After Cancer Battle

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Convicted Lockerbie Bomber Al-Megrahi Dies After Cancer Battle May 20th 2012, 15:24 Family members of the convicted Lockerbie airliner bomber say the former Libyan intelligence officer has died in Tripoli after a long battle with cancer. Relatives of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi say he died at his home on Sunday at the age of 60. He was the only man convicted in the attack on Pan Am flight 103, which exploded over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing 270 people, including 11 on the ground. A Scottish court on neutral territory in the Netherlands found al-Megrahi guilty ... Media files: 55C01CBE-D5CF-449E-891C-95AF278BBA56_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Africa - Voice of America: Sudan Releases Captured Foreigners

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Sudan Releases Captured Foreigners May 20th 2012, 14:06 Sudan has released four foreigners who were detained last month in the disputed Heglig region and accused of spying for South Sudan. Khartoum's Defense Ministry said it handed the four on Sunday to former South African president and African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki. Mbeki is in the region to mediate talks between the two Sudans, who remain locked in bitter disputes more than ten months after the south formally split from the north. The foreigners include a Briton, a ... Media files: B7BFD966-79E2-47A6-813E-4227F2B0E4F9_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.png (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Asia - Voice of America: Taiwan President Pledges Close Ties With China

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Taiwan President Pledges Close Ties With China May 20th 2012, 13:02 TAIPEI - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou began his second term in office on Sunday with a forecast for deeper relations with old rival China. But he said a formal peace accord was not urgent. His comments came amid two days of street demonstrations.   The Taiwanese president, who was first elected in 2008 on pledges to ease tension with rising military power China, said he would stick to that course. President Ma Ying-jeou said he expected more deals like the 16 trade, transit and ... Media files: 4C80F340-BC9A-4AEF-B362-31D99E4DB1FF_cx0_cy4_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Europe - Voice of America: Serbians Vote in Presidential Runoff

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Serbians Vote in Presidential Runoff May 20th 2012, 13:47 Serbians are voting in a presidential runoff election pitting pro-Western incumbent Boris Tadic against nationalist Tomislav Nikolic for the right to lead a nation struggling to shed the legacy of the Balkan wars and the effects of 24-percent unemployment. Tadic, who is seeking a third term, finished slightly ahead of Nikolic earlier this month in a first round election.  But neither contender approached the majority needed to win the election, and Nikolic's populist Serbian ... Media files: 4324F36D-F95F-448A-BE37-08ECA16473C5_cx0_cy9_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Europe - Voice of America: Quake in Italy Kills 4

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Quake in Italy Kills 4 May 20th 2012, 12:18 A 6.0-magnitude earthquake has rattled northern Italy, killing at least four people, injuring dozens and damaging buildings. ​​The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake was centered about 35 kilometers north-northwest of the city of Bologna at a depth of 5 kilometers. It struck about 4 a.m. local time Sunday, sending panic-stricken residents running into the streets. Three people died when a ceramics factory collapsed in the town of Sant'Agostino.  Another person died in ... Media files: B925A84D-F088-4DF9-A110-B30EE2FBE0E6_cx0_cy10_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Middle East - Voice of America: Syrian Opposition Reports Clashes in Capital

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Syrian Opposition Reports Clashes in Capital May 20th 2012, 11:56 Syrian opposition groups say clashes have erupted overnight in the capital, Damascus. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees say fighting between government troops and rebels broke out in the Kfar Souseh district early Sunday. The LCC added that the government brought in "huge reinforcements" of troops. The number of casualties, if any, is unclear at this time. The latest violence came hours after a suicide bomber killed nine ... Media files: 7EB9E832-BFAE-4F1C-98E4-998A6EEA95B3_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Asia - Voice of America: Pakistan, Afghan Presidents to Meet NATO Allies

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Pakistan, Afghan Presidents to Meet NATO Allies May 20th 2012, 11:30 Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is to attend the NATO summit in Chicago at the invitiaion of NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen who says Pakistan plays an important role in resolving the conflict in Afghanistan.   Pakistan presidential spokesman Farhatullah Baber told VOA Deewa that Zardari will tell NATO that the war against terrror cannot be fought only with swords, guns or bullets.  Baber said economic development in tribal and border areas are of the utmost importance ... Media files: 87AB7A1F-FBAC-48D0-83E7-0EFD21F4564B_cx0_cy1_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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USA - Voice of America: Obama in Chicago for NATO Summit

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Obama in Chicago for NATO Summit May 20th 2012, 05:59 President Barack Obama is in his home town of Chicago, Illinois, where he will host leaders of the 28 trans-atlantic allies for the NATO summit beginning Sunday. Mr. Obama arrived in Chicago after discussions with leaders of the Group of 8 major developed economies in Camp David, Maryland. That G8 summit covered the Eurozone debt crisis, the Arab Spring and Syria, energy security and oil prices, food security, and Afghanistan, the key focus of the NATO summit. NATO leaders, along ... Media files: 628E9B9C-992E-4308-9423-7A571C922381_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Europe - Voice of America: Obama in Chicago for NATO Summit

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Obama in Chicago for NATO Summit May 20th 2012, 05:59 President Barack Obama is in his home town of Chicago, Illinois, where he will host leaders of the 28 trans-atlantic allies for the NATO summit beginning Sunday. Mr. Obama arrived in Chicago after discussions with leaders of the Group of 8 major developed economies in Camp David, Maryland. That G8 summit covered the Eurozone debt crisis, the Arab Spring and Syria, energy security and oil prices, food security, and Afghanistan, the key focus of the NATO summit. NATO leaders, along ... Media files: 628E9B9C-992E-4308-9423-7A571C922381_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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