Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Voice of America: Kismayo on Edge as AU Forces Patrol City Streets

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Kismayo on Edge as AU Forces Patrol City Streets
Oct 2nd 2012, 15:05

Kenyan forces say they have extended their control over the Somali city of Kismayo, days after al-Shabab militants retreated from the town. A bomb blast targeting African Union troops underscores the threat of violence hanging over the city.   Kismayo residents say Kenyan forces entered into the city for the first time Tuesday, firing their guns into the air to disperse the crowds as they patrolled the streets of the city.   One witness said he saw Kenyan troops, who are part of the ...

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Voice of America: Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Tensions Flare Amid Bombardment Claims

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Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Tensions Flare Amid Bombardment Claims
Oct 2nd 2012, 15:39

Afghan forces say they are ready to retaliate against Pakistan for cross-border shelling along the country's northeastern border. Analysts in both countries are extremely concerned about what the situation means for the future of the region. Afghanistan Defense Minister General Bismillah Mohammadi said that if diplomacy fails to stop Pakistan's alleged shelling of Afghan soil, his forces are ready to react accordingly. "Afghan forces," he said, "are ready to sacrifice their lives and ...

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Voice of America: Kismayo on Edge as AU Forces Patrol City Streets

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Kismayo on Edge as AU Forces Patrol City Streets
Oct 2nd 2012, 15:05

Kenyan forces say they have extended their control over the Somali city of Kismayo, days after al-Shabab militants retreated from the town. A bomb blast targeting African Union troops underscores the threat of violence hanging over the city.   Kismayo residents say Kenyan forces entered into the city for the first time Tuesday, firing their guns into the air to disperse the crowds as they patrolled the streets of the city.   One witness said he saw Kenyan troops, who are part of the ...

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Voice of America: Billionaire Philanthropist Poised to Become Georgia's PM

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Billionaire Philanthropist Poised to Become Georgia's PM
Oct 2nd 2012, 15:35

Georgian opposition leader Bidzina Ivanishvili is known in the former Soviet republic as a once-poor, now-billionaire philanthropist who backed President Mikheil Saakashvili before his crackdown on public dissent and the 2008 territory war with Russia. Ivanishvili, who leads the opposition Georgian Dream coalition, is now poised to become prime minister, a position that will gain much more power when  Saakashvili finishes his final term next year. The Georgian constitution mandates that ...

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Voice of America: Billionaire Philanthropist Poised to Become Georgia's PM

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Billionaire Philanthropist Poised to Become Georgia's PM
Oct 2nd 2012, 15:35

Georgian opposition leader Bidzina Ivanishvili is known in the former Soviet republic as a once-poor, now-billionaire philanthropist who backed President Mikheil Saakashvili before his crackdown on public dissent and the 2008 territory war with Russia. Ivanishvili, who leads the opposition Georgian Dream coalition, is now poised to become prime minister, a position that will gain much more power when  Saakashvili finishes his final term next year. The Georgian constitution mandates that ...

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Voice of America: Kismayo on Edge as AU Forces Patrol City Streets

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Kismayo on Edge as AU Forces Patrol City Streets
Oct 2nd 2012, 15:05

Kenyan forces say they have extended their control over the Somali city of Kismayo, days after al-Shabab militants retreated from the town. A bomb blast targeting African Union troops underscores the threat of violence hanging over the city.   Kismayo residents say Kenyan forces entered into the city for the first time Tuesday, firing their guns into the air to disperse the crowds as they patrolled the streets of the city.   One witness said he saw Kenyan troops, who are part of the ...

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Voice of America: Kismayo on Edge as AU Forces Patrol City Streets

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Kismayo on Edge as AU Forces Patrol City Streets
Oct 2nd 2012, 15:05

Kenyan forces say they have extended their control over the Somali city of Kismayo, days after al-Shabab militants retreated from the town. A bomb blast targeting African Union troops underscores the threat of violence hanging over the city.   Kismayo residents say Kenyan forces entered into the city for the first time Tuesday, firing their guns into the air to disperse the crowds as they patrolled the streets of the city.   One witness said he saw Kenyan troops, who are part of the ...

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Voice of America: Billionaire Philanthropist Poised to Become Georgia's PM

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Billionaire Philanthropist Poised to Become Georgia's PM
Oct 2nd 2012, 15:35

Georgian opposition leader Bidzina Ivanishvili is known in the former Soviet republic as a once-poor, now-billionaire philanthropist who backed President Mikheil Saakashvili before his crackdown on public dissent and the 2008 territory war with Russia. Ivanishvili, who leads the opposition Georgian Dream coalition, is now poised to become prime minister, a position that will gain much more power when  Saakashvili finishes his final term next year. The Georgian constitution mandates that ...

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Voice of America: Georgia Shifts to Transition After Ruling Party's Election Defeat

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Georgia Shifts to Transition After Ruling Party's Election Defeat
Oct 2nd 2012, 14:59

Georgia is heading into a political transition after voters used parliamentary elections to knock the ruling party of President Mikheil Saakashvili from power. One day after claiming victory at the polls, President Saakashvili conceded defeat Tuesday to the Georgian Dream coalition led by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili. Saakashvili pledged in a televised statement to help the opposition with the process of forming a new government.  Saakashvili will remain Georgia's president ...

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Voice of America: Turkey Exhumes Former President's Body

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Turkey Exhumes Former President's Body
Oct 2nd 2012, 14:06

Turkey is exhuming the body of former president Turgut Ozal for a probe into his April 1993 death. Officially Ozal died of a heart attack, but controversy about the circumstances of his death persist. Early Tuesday, the deputy public prosecutor, senior forensic officials, and a bomb disposal team were at the Istanbul mausoleum where President Ozal is buried. The head of Istanbul's forensic department Haluk Ince said a thorough inquiry would be carried out. He said the pieces of bones ...

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Voice of America: Once Muffled, Scottish Fiddling Thrives in US

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Once Muffled, Scottish Fiddling Thrives in US
Oct 2nd 2012, 13:36

Many people associate Scottish music with one instrument:  bagpipes. But Scotland's folk tradition is so much richer and fiddler Alasdair Fraser hopes to bring that musical message to the world. The California-based performer and composer runs popular Scottish fiddling camps to encourage young and old to take up the instrument.  The Valley of the Moon Scottish fiddle camp is nestled amidst towering redwood trees in the Santa Cruz mountains. In that bucolic setting, more than ...

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Voice of America: Georgia Shifts to Transition After Ruling Party's Election Defeat

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Georgia Shifts to Transition After Ruling Party's Election Defeat
Oct 2nd 2012, 14:59

Georgia is heading into a political transition after voters used parliamentary elections to knock the ruling party of President Mikheil Saakashvili from power. One day after claiming victory at the polls, President Saakashvili conceded defeat Tuesday to the Georgian Dream coalition led by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili. Saakashvili pledged in a televised statement to help the opposition with the process of forming a new government.  Saakashvili will remain Georgia's president ...

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Voice of America: 26 Killed in Attack at Northern Nigeria College

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26 Killed in Attack at Northern Nigeria College
Oct 2nd 2012, 14:15

​​Officials said gunmen have killed at least 25 people at a student housing area in northeastern Nigeria. The attack took place late Monday at Federal Polytechnic College in the town of Mubi.             Police spokesman Mohammed Ibrahim, in the city of Bauchi, said the dead include 19 Polytechnic students.   ​​The radical Islamist group known as Boko Haram has carried out many deadly shootings and bombings in Nigeria's ...

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Voice of America: Once Muffled, Scottish Fiddling Thrives in US

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Once Muffled, Scottish Fiddling Thrives in US
Oct 2nd 2012, 13:36

Many people associate Scottish music with one instrument:  bagpipes. But Scotland's folk tradition is so much richer and fiddler Alasdair Fraser hopes to bring that musical message to the world. The California-based performer and composer runs popular Scottish fiddling camps to encourage young and old to take up the instrument.  The Valley of the Moon Scottish fiddle camp is nestled amidst towering redwood trees in the Santa Cruz mountains. In that bucolic setting, more than ...

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Voice of America: Gunmen Attack Northern Nigeria Students

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Gunmen Attack Northern Nigeria Students
Oct 2nd 2012, 14:15

Nigerian officials say gunmen opened fire at a student housing area in the northeast Tuesday, killing at least 10 people. ​​The attack took place at Federal Polytechnic college in the town of Mubi, in Adamawa state. A spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency, Yushau Shuaib, says the final casualty toll was not immediately clear. The radical Islamist group known as Boko Haram has carried out many attacks in northeastern Nigeria.  But authorities say the motive behind ...

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Voice of America: Turkey Exhumes Former President's Body

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Turkey Exhumes Former President's Body
Oct 2nd 2012, 14:06

Turkey is exhuming the body of former president Turgut Ozal for a probe into his April 1993 death. Officially Ozal died of a heart attack, but controversy about the circumstances of his death persist. Early Tuesday, the deputy public prosecutor, senior forensic officials, and a bomb disposal team were at the Istanbul mausoleum where President Ozal is buried. The head of Istanbul's forensic department Haluk Ince said a thorough inquiry would be carried out. He said the pieces of bones ...

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Voice of America: Burma Working to Change Image

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Burma Working to Change Image
Oct 2nd 2012, 14:13

Burmese President Thein Sein's visits this past week to the United States and the United Nations appear to be moving the country's image in the right direction.  Now the question is how soon the country itself will follow. At the airport in Rangoon this week, supporters waited for Thein Sein, already proclaiming his U.N. visit a success. "I came here to welcome Mr. President because I love the speech he gave at U.N. I think I should welcome him, because he is our president ...

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Voice of America: Greek Leaders, Lenders Meet Again

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Greek Leaders, Lenders Meet Again
Oct 2nd 2012, 14:08

Greece and its international lenders staged a new round of talks Tuesday over deeply unpopular austerity measures the creditors are demanding that the Athens government impose before they will agree to hand the country more bailout money. One government negotiator said the lenders were questioning the effectiveness of the government's $17 billion plan. Athens needs approval for its latest round of budget cutting in order to collect another segment of the rescue package it needs to avoid ...

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Voice of America: Georgia Set for Transition as Ruling Party Concedes Election Defeat

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Georgia Set for Transition as Ruling Party Concedes Election Defeat
Oct 2nd 2012, 14:59

Georgia is heading into a political transition after voters used parliamentary elections to knock the ruling party of President Mikheil Saakashvili from power. One day after claiming victory at the polls, President Saakashvili conceded defeat Tuesday to the Georgian Dream coalition led by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili. Saakashvili pledged in a televised statement to help the opposition with the process of forming a new government.  Saakashvili will remain Georgia's president ...

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Voice of America: Burma Working to Change Image

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Burma Working to Change Image
Oct 2nd 2012, 14:13

Burmese President Thein Sein's visits this past week to the United States and the United Nations appear to be moving the country's image in the right direction.  Now the question is how soon the country itself will follow. At the airport in Rangoon this week, supporters waited for Thein Sein, already proclaiming his U.N. visit a success. "I came here to welcome Mr. President because I love the speech he gave at U.N. I think I should welcome him, because he is our president ...

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Voice of America: Once Muffled, Scottish Fiddling Thrives in US

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Once Muffled, Scottish Fiddling Thrives in US
Oct 2nd 2012, 13:36

Many people associate Scottish music with one instrument:  bagpipes. But Scotland's folk tradition is so much richer and fiddler Alasdair Fraser hopes to bring that musical message to the world. The California-based performer and composer runs popular Scottish fiddling camps to encourage young and old to take up the instrument.  The Valley of the Moon Scottish fiddle camp is nestled amidst towering redwood trees in the Santa Cruz mountains. In that bucolic setting, more than ...

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Voice of America: Turkey Exhumes Former President's Body

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Turkey Exhumes Former President's Body
Oct 2nd 2012, 14:06

Turkey is exhuming the body of former president Turgut Ozal for a probe into his April 1993 death. Officially Ozal died of a heart attack, but controversy about the circumstances of his death persist. Early Tuesday, the deputy public prosecutor, senior forensic officials, and a bomb disposal team were at the Istanbul mausoleum where President Ozal is buried. The head of Istanbul's forensic department Haluk Ince said a thorough inquiry would be carried out. He said the pieces of bones ...

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Voice of America: Greek Leaders, Lenders Meet Again

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Greek Leaders, Lenders Meet Again
Oct 2nd 2012, 14:08

Greece and its international lenders staged a new round of talks Tuesday over deeply unpopular austerity measures the creditors are demanding that the Athens government impose before they will agree to hand the country more bailout money. One government negotiator said the lenders were questioning the effectiveness of the government's $17 billion plan. Athens needs approval for its latest round of budget cutting in order to collect another segment of the rescue package it needs to avoid ...

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Voice of America: Chinese Ships Re-Enter Disputed Waters

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Chinese Ships Re-Enter Disputed Waters
Oct 2nd 2012, 14:13

Four Chinese surveillance ships have entered waters near disputed Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea, further intensifying a bitter territorial dispute.  Japan's Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba said Tuesday authorities have called on the ships to leave the Japanese waters, and that a complaint has been lodged with China's government.  ​​In Beijing, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said the four surveillance ships were patrolling waters near the islands, ...

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Voice of America: Gunmen Attack Northern Nigeria Students

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Gunmen Attack Northern Nigeria Students
Oct 2nd 2012, 14:15

Nigerian officials say gunmen opened fire at a student housing area in the northeast Tuesday, killing at least 10 people. ​​The attack took place at Federal Polytechnic college in the town of Mubi, in Adamawa state. A spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency, Yushau Shuaib, says the final casualty toll was not immediately clear. The radical Islamist group known as Boko Haram has carried out many attacks in northeastern Nigeria.  But authorities say the motive behind ...

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