Africa - Voice of America: Somali Leaders Race to Meet August 20 Transition Deadline

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Somali Leaders Race to Meet August 20 Transition Deadline May 21st 2012, 21:34 ADDIS ABABA - The leaders of Somalia's competing political factions are meeting with international mediators to tackle critical issues standing in the way of the formation of a post-transition government. All of Somalia's top political leaders are attending the closed door talks, which are expected to last at least two days.  President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed is here, along with Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, as well as the speaker of the House and the president of the ... Media files: 89D780DB-F9B9-4B7D-AFEA-759755CE5AC6_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Africa - Voice of America: UN Human Rights Chief Pillay Visits Zimbabwe

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UN Human Rights Chief Pillay Visits Zimbabwe May 21st 2012, 20:10 HARARE - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has begun a five-day visit to Zimbabwe at the invitation of President Robert Mugabe. The president invited the U.N. human rights chief in hopes of clearing his government, which for years has been accused of being a gross violator of human rights. Civil society groups say Pillay will not see Zimbabwe's actual human rights situation during her visit. Pillay, a former South African High Court judge who also ... Media files: 10B8F941-D558-4C80-BE96-96311029CCA8_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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USA - Voice of America: NATO Commits to Leaner, More Effective Command

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NATO Commits to Leaner, More Effective Command May 21st 2012, 20:47 CHICAGO - In addition to pledging an "irreversible transition" in Afghanistan, NATO's 28 partner nations agreed at their Chicago summit on steps to ensure the alliance's viability, and its ability to respond effectively to future threats and challenges in tight economic times.   NATO leaders came to Chicago with the objectives of improving the efficiency of NATO operations, increasing burden-sharing and positioning the alliance as a reliable global security hub. ... Media files: 897378A3-ED19-4B51-9064-99E6B4057B6A_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Europe - Voice of America: NATO Commits to Leaner, More Effective Command

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NATO Commits to Leaner, More Effective Command May 21st 2012, 20:47 CHICAGO - In addition to pledging an "irreversible transition" in Afghanistan, NATO's 28 partner nations agreed at their Chicago summit on steps to ensure the alliance's viability, and its ability to respond effectively to future threats and challenges in tight economic times.   NATO leaders came to Chicago with the objectives of improving the efficiency of NATO operations, increasing burden-sharing and positioning the alliance as a reliable global security hub. ... Media files: 897378A3-ED19-4B51-9064-99E6B4057B6A_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Middle East - Voice of America: Turkish Actors Protest State Control of Theaters

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Turkish Actors Protest State Control of Theaters May 21st 2012, 19:26 ISTANBUL - Hundreds of actors and supporters of free expression recently demonstrated in the heart of Istanbul against what they call growing political control of the country's municipal and state theaters. Istanbul City Theater sparked controversy with its April 2012 production of Daily Obscene Secrets by Chilean playwright Marco Antonio de la Parra. Conservative media outlets condemned the play as "vulgarity at the hands of the state," after which Istanbul Mayor Kadir ... Media files: F3D470C6-BC0E-4428-B5A7-21E491464DF4_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Europe - Voice of America: Turkish Actors Protest State Control of Theaters

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Turkish Actors Protest State Control of Theaters May 21st 2012, 19:26 ISTANBUL - Hundreds of actors and supporters of free expression recently demonstrated in the heart of Istanbul against what they call growing political control of the country's municipal and state theaters. Istanbul City Theater sparked controversy with its April 2012 production of Daily Obscene Secrets by Chilean playwright Marco Antonio de la Parra. Conservative media outlets condemned the play as "vulgarity at the hands of the state," after which Istanbul Mayor Kadir ... Media files: F3D470C6-BC0E-4428-B5A7-21E491464DF4_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Economy - Voice of America: Facebook Stock Plunges in Second-Day Trading

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Facebook Stock Plunges in Second-Day Trading May 21st 2012, 19:17 The price of shares of social-media giant Facebook plunged on its second day of stockmarket trading. Investors quickly started selling the stock on the Nasdaq exchange Monday, sending the price of Facebook shares down 13 percent in the first hour. It later regained some strength, but still was down more than 10 percent in midafternoon trading at below $35 a share. Facebook shares traded publicly for the first time on Friday, when they edged up to $38.23, 23 cents above the initial ... Media files: 403400A9-5057-4FDC-B071-14437BA2A8B4_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Middle East - Voice of America: NGO Dispute Means Fewer Monitors for Egypt Vote

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NGO Dispute Means Fewer Monitors for Egypt Vote May 21st 2012, 17:13 ​​STATE DEPARTMENT - Egyptians go to the polls this week to choose their first democratically-elected president. A continuing legal dispute over the role of U.S. civil society groups means there will be fewer monitors to observe that vote. Egypt's historic presidential campaign comes to a close with the first round of voting to choose a new civilian leader. The Elections Commission says there will be monitors from the Arab League, the African Union, and the European Commission. ...

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Middle East - Voice of America: Egypt Elections: Amr Moussa Makes His Case

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Egypt Elections: Amr Moussa Makes His Case May 21st 2012, 17:13 Amr Mohamed Moussa is an Egyptian politician and diplomat who served as Secretary-General of the Arab League from 2001 until 2011. Prior to that, he served ten years as Egypt's minister of foreign affairs. He is viewed as a top contender for the presidency in Egyptian elections later this month; his prior experience under Hosni Mubarak is seen as both a strength and a political liability. (You can listen to the full podcast in Arabic here .) Elshinnawi: If you are elected ... Media files: 0FB5E4D9-0D5B-49C1-9479-EEB7DE9A8607_cx0_cy5_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Middle East - Voice of America: Al-Qaida Says Yemen Suicide Bombing Was 'Revenge'

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Al-Qaida Says Yemen Suicide Bombing Was 'Revenge' May 21st 2012, 18:47 Al-Qaida says a suicide bomber's attack in Yemen that killed at least 96 troops and wounded more than 200 on Monday was revenge for what it called a U.S.-backed war on its followers. Yemeni officials say a suspected rogue soldier detonated the explosives as hundreds of fellow troops were lining up for a military parade rehearsal in the capital Sana'a.  The soldiers were preparing for a parade on Tuesday to mark the unification of Yemen's north and south. ... Media files: 243DAFC0-D8B6-4D6F-B58F-DEFA6106AA77_cx0_cy6_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Africa - Voice of America: Hundreds of Malians Protest Extension of Interim Government

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Hundreds of Malians Protest Extension of Interim Government May 21st 2012, 18:33 BAMAKO - Hundreds of Malians took to the streets Monday to protest an agreement just signed between West African mediators and the leader of this March's military coup that keeps an interim civilian president in place for one year, to organize elections.  A mob forced its way into the presidential palace and attacked the interim president, who is being treated for injuries.  Hundreds of protestors forced their way into the office of Mali's interim president, Dioncounda ... Media files: 742555C7-2538-46D0-8815-E6B719A3B4F6_cx0_cy3_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Africa - Voice of America: NGO Dispute Means Fewer Monitors for Egypt Vote

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NGO Dispute Means Fewer Monitors for Egypt Vote May 21st 2012, 17:13 ​​STATE DEPARTMENT - Egyptians go to the polls this week to choose their first democratically-elected president. A continuing legal dispute over the role of U.S. civil society groups means there will be fewer monitors to observe that vote. Egypt's historic presidential campaign comes to a close with the first round of voting to choose a new civilian leader. The Elections Commission says there will be monitors from the Arab League, the African Union, and the European Commission. ...

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USA - Voice of America: Facebook Stock Plunges in Second-Day Trading

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Facebook Stock Plunges in Second-Day Trading May 21st 2012, 19:17 The price of shares of social-media giant Facebook plunged on its second day of stockmarket trading. Investors quickly started selling the stock on the Nasdaq exchange Monday, sending the price of Facebook shares down 13 percent in the first hour. It later regained some strength, but still was down more than 10 percent in midafternoon trading at below $35 a share. Facebook shares traded publicly for the first time on Friday, when they edged up to $38.23, 23 cents above the initial ... Media files: 403400A9-5057-4FDC-B071-14437BA2A8B4_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Europe - Voice of America: Putin Announces New Russian Cabinet

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Putin Announces New Russian Cabinet May 21st 2012, 19:00 MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed a new government and many of the leaders are Putin loyalists. Putin unveiled his new government, tightening his grip on the economy and his political control. Analysts say it will limit Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's ability to implement his reform agenda, which includes launching pro-growth policies and a privatization bid to wean Russia off its dependence on oil. Despite this, Putin announced that he and Medvedev agreed on ... Media files: 58AEB296-8D0C-4022-B060-4E4023381F52_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Africa - Voice of America: Mali Interim President Attacked, Taken to Hospital

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Mali Interim President Attacked, Taken to Hospital May 21st 2012, 17:33 Mali's interim president has been rushed to a hospital after being beaten by protesters who broke into the presidential palace. VOA correspondent Anne Look in the capital, Bamako, reports that interim president Dioncounda Traore was taken away in an ambulance after Monday's attack. She spoke to the president's chief of staff, Souleymane Niafo, who said Traore's life is not in danger, but that he is being treated for injuries.  The full extent of Mr. Traore's ... Media files: D275FD25-6C9E-4FBE-BFE6-7C5CFF5E6C70_cx0_cy14_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Asia - Voice of America: UN: Facing Eurozone Risks, Asia-Pacific Must Hasten Integration

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UN: Facing Eurozone Risks, Asia-Pacific Must Hasten Integration May 21st 2012, 16:38 BANGKOK -- A panel of the U.N. Economic Commission for Asia and Pacific says exports, which are historically the region's traditional growth driver, are slowing due to the Eurozone debt crisis and uncertainties in the United States. UNESCAP's panel has lowered the Asia-Pacific region's growth outlook to 6.5 percent in 2012, from last year's 7.0 percent, and the U.N. group's Executive Secretary Noeleen Heyzer said new economic drivers are needed in the increasingly uncertain ...

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Asia - Voice of America: State Media Blames Kachin Rebels for Electricity Shortage in Burma

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State Media Blames Kachin Rebels for Electricity Shortage in Burma May 21st 2012, 17:09 BANGKOK - Rare street protests of months of electricity cuts are being held in Burma's second-largest city, Mandalay. Burma's state media blames attacks by ethnic-Kachin rebels for worsening chronic power shortages.   Protesters gathered late Sunday in Mandalay, upset with power cuts that have left them with only several hours of electricity a day.  Hundreds of people held a peaceful candle-lit walk through the streets and outside the local electric authority, demanding regular ... Media files: 4D4D2C22-55E3-4953-9EF3-B38D82BA4F0A_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Africa - Voice of America: Mbeki Expects Sudans to Resume Talks Soon

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Mbeki Expects Sudans to Resume Talks Soon May 21st 2012, 17:07 NAIROBI -- The head of the African Union panel mediating talks between Sudan and South Sudan says he expects the two countries to agree on a date to resume negotiations this week. Speaking to reporters in Juba Monday, former South African President Thabo Mbeki said there is an urgent need to settle outstanding issues that have brought the two sides to the brink of war. Following talks with South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and other officials, Mbeki said he believes the two ... Media files: 8A87F0D5-4C96-483B-812E-89EB3420CDF1_cx0_cy2_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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USA - Voice of America: Obama: World Has Vital Interest in Success of Afghanistan Mission

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Obama: World Has Vital Interest in Success of Afghanistan Mission May 21st 2012, 16:02 CHICAGO - President Barack Obama said the world has a vital interest in the long-term success of the NATO mission in Afghanistan.   Obama and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen presided over discussions involving members of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).  The session included nations whose logistical and financial support will be crucial to sustaining Afghanistan's military after the scheduled December 31st, 2014 target to withdraw all ... Media files: A658D789-8B0F-4758-8E45-6135DC22BDE9_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Economy - Voice of America: UN: Facing Eurozone Risks, Asia-Pacific Must Hasten Integration

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UN: Facing Eurozone Risks, Asia-Pacific Must Hasten Integration May 21st 2012, 16:38 BANGKOK -- A panel of the U.N. Economic Commission for Asia and Pacific says exports, which are historically the region's traditional growth driver, are slowing due to the Eurozone debt crisis and uncertainties in the United States. UNESCAP's panel has lowered the Asia-Pacific region's growth outlook to 6.5 percent in 2012, from last year's 7.0 percent, and the U.N. group's Executive Secretary Noeleen Heyzer said new economic drivers are needed in the increasingly uncertain ...

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Asia - Voice of America: NATO Leaders Focus on Afghanistan Transition Plan

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NATO Leaders Focus on Afghanistan Transition Plan May 21st 2012, 16:02 President Barack Obama expressed confidence in Afghanistan's ability to take "full lead" for its security by 2014, as NATO leaders met for the second and final day of the alliance's summit in Chicago. The president said the transition is "well underway."   But vowed that the international community would not abandon Afghanistan as it seeks to take control of its own security. "As Afghans stand up," Mr. Obama said, "they will not stand ... Media files: 253E1FBA-6F6A-4F32-8BCC-F592CCB72561_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Africa - Voice of America: Heavy Rains in Kenya Kill Dozens, Displace Tens of Thousands

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Heavy Rains in Kenya Kill Dozens, Displace Tens of Thousands May 21st 2012, 15:26 NAIROBI - Continually heavy rains have wreaked havoc across Kenya, claiming dozens of lives and displacing tens of thousands people. . The Kenya Red Cross Society reports that at least 65 people have died since March because of landslides, flash floods and other effects of the heavy rains that have been pounding the country. The rains have displaced more than 100,000 people - almost 15,000 households - whose homes were washed away. The most affected ... Media files: 33B61116-19F4-426E-A1E8-C601B9695759_cx4_cy0_cw93_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Africa - Voice of America: Ethiopian Government, Muslims Clash about Ideology

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Ethiopian Government, Muslims Clash about Ideology May 21st 2012, 15:18 ADDIS ABABA - Unofficial committees within Ethiopia's 30-million strong Muslim community are organizing demonstrations to protest what they say is government interference in Islamic affairs. Tensions are rising as the government tries to preempt what it sees as the rise of a hardline strain of Islam. Worshippers arriving for Friday prayers at Addis Ababa's Awalia mosque found a notice posted at the entrance, which read: "They managed to get in through the back door before. ... Media files: 8B9B9303-1572-47E5-8DA4-3696C1AE941E_cx0_cy4_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Economy - Voice of America: German, French Finance Chiefs Meeting Focuses on Eurozone Discord

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German, French Finance Chiefs Meeting Focuses on Eurozone Discord May 21st 2012, 14:49 The German and French finance chiefs are meeting Monday to discuss their competing views about how to boost economic growth in the 17-nation euro currency bloc and resolve its governmental debt crisis. Germany's finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, is hosting his French counterpart, Pierre Moscovici, for talks in Berlin ahead of an informal summit of European Union leaders in Brussels on Wednesday. The meeting between the finance chiefs comes amid growing evidence that the German ... Media files: 08C79CF9-C565-4A6A-A9E1-120F804D1FE9_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Middle East - Voice of America: IAEA, Iran Discuss Inspection of Nuclear Sites

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IAEA, Iran Discuss Inspection of Nuclear Sites May 21st 2012, 14:23 The head of the U.N. nuclear agency is holding talks in Tehran with senior Iranian officials to try to reach an agreement on inspecting Iranian facilities suspected of being used for a covert nuclear weapons program. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukio Amano met the head of Iran's nuclear energy organization Fereydoon Abbasi-Davani on Monday, shortly after arriving in the Iranian capital for a one-day visit. Amano was due to meet the top Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed ... Media files: FA4D2E52-CF0F-41FF-99F7-6DAFE8462636_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Africa - Voice of America: Election Surge by Egypt's Old Guard Frustrates Revolutionary Youth

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Election Surge by Egypt's Old Guard Frustrates Revolutionary Youth May 21st 2012, 13:43 CAIRO - Egyptian youth are expected to turn out in high numbers for their country's first presidential election since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak.  Many of the young activists who took part in last year's uprising say they feel they are not fully represented in the vote.   Egypt's revolution primarily was an uprising of the young -- a rejection of the old, stifling, decades-long government.  So it is particularly galling to many activists that two of the ... Media files: 2E9A72B8-5A47-4A68-A4FA-34F21BDE7383_cx0_cy5_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Europe - Voice of America: German, French Finance Chiefs Meeting Focuses on Eurozone Discord

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German, French Finance Chiefs Meeting Focuses on Eurozone Discord May 21st 2012, 14:49 The German and French finance chiefs are meeting Monday to discuss their competing views about how to boost economic growth in the 17-nation euro currency bloc and resolve its governmental debt crisis. Germany's finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, is hosting his French counterpart, Pierre Moscovici, for talks in Berlin ahead of an informal summit of European Union leaders in Brussels on Wednesday. The meeting between the finance chiefs comes amid growing evidence that the German ... Media files: 08C79CF9-C565-4A6A-A9E1-120F804D1FE9_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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