Friday, January 11, 2013

Voice of America: CAR Rebels Agree to Ceasefire During Peace Talks

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CAR Rebels Agree to Ceasefire During Peace Talks
Jan 11th 2013, 15:00

The rebel coalition that has seized one-third of the Central African Republic (CAR) during its month-long rebellion has agreed to a temporary, one-week ceasefire. The agreement was reached during peace talks with the government that are underway in Gabon. Residents of CAR's capital, Bangui, say they want peace at any cost.  President Francois Bozize is offering to form a unity government with the rebel coalition that has come dangerously close to the capital and headed into talks ...

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Voice of America: Minister: Zambia Losing Too Many Lions and Leopards

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Minister: Zambia Losing Too Many Lions and Leopards
Jan 11th 2013, 16:01

Zambia's tourism minister has announced a partial ban on the hunting of lions and leopards. She warns their numbers may be too low to allow safari hunting to continue for now. What's more, there'll be a study of the lucrative industry following reports of corruption and lack of compensation for the government and local communities. Tourism Minister Sylvia Masebo said the government is breaking from the past and is "putting conservation at the core" of its management policies.  She said ...

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Voice of America: Changes in the 2013 Cabinet

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Changes in the 2013 Cabinet
Jan 11th 2013, 15:13

President Obama is expected to make some changes to key positions in his cabinet as he begins his second term in office.

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Voice of America: Changes in the 2013 Cabinet

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Changes in the 2013 Cabinet
Jan 11th 2013, 15:13

President Obama is expected to make some changes to key positions in his cabinet as he begins his second term in office.

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Voice of America: Rangoon's Historic Buildings Face Threat of Development

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Rangoon's Historic Buildings Face Threat of Development
Jan 11th 2013, 12:27

Rangoon's downtown is an architectural time capsule, filled with distinctive century-old colonial-style buildings, many severely weathered by the tropical climate. Now that the country is opening up and new money and developers are coming in, the buildings could be knocked down to make way for skyscrapers and shopping malls. Will Rangoon choose modern replacements or its historic architecture?   One building in downtown Rangoon was built 98 years ago by Indian traders, seized by the ...

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Voice of America: Changes in the 2013 Cabinet

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Changes in the 2013 Cabinet
Jan 11th 2013, 15:13

President Obama is expected to make some changes to key positions in his cabinet as he begins his second term in office.

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Voice of America: Rangoon's Historic Buildings Face Threat of Development

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Rangoon's Historic Buildings Face Threat of Development
Jan 11th 2013, 12:27

Rangoon's downtown is an architectural time capsule, filled with distinctive century-old colonial-style buildings, many severely weathered by the tropical climate. Now that the country is opening up and new money and developers are coming in, the buildings could be knocked down to make way for skyscrapers and shopping malls. Will Rangoon choose modern replacements or its historic architecture?   One building in downtown Rangoon was built 98 years ago by Indian traders, seized by the ...

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Voice of America: Rangoon's Historic Buildings Face Threat of Development

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Rangoon's Historic Buildings Face Threat of Development
Jan 11th 2013, 12:27

Rangoon's downtown is an architectural time capsule, filled with distinctive century-old colonial-style buildings, many severely weathered by the tropical climate. Now that the country is opening up and new money and developers are coming in, the buildings could be knocked down to make way for skyscrapers and shopping malls. Will Rangoon choose modern replacements or its historic architecture?   One building in downtown Rangoon was built 98 years ago by Indian traders, seized by the ...

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Voice of America: Rangoon's Historic Buildings Face Threat of Development

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Rangoon's Historic Buildings Face Threat of Development
Jan 11th 2013, 12:27

Rangoon's downtown is an architectural time capsule, filled with distinctive century-old colonial-style buildings, many severely weathered by the tropical climate. Now that the country is opening up and new money and developers are coming in, the buildings could be knocked down to make way for skyscrapers and shopping malls. Will Rangoon choose modern replacements or its historic architecture?   One building in downtown Rangoon was built 98 years ago by Indian traders, seized by the ...

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Voice of America: Rangoon's Historic Buildings Face Threat of Development

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Rangoon's Historic Buildings Face Threat of Development
Jan 11th 2013, 12:27

Rangoon's downtown is an architectural time capsule, filled with distinctive century-old colonial-style buildings, many severely weathered by the tropical climate. Now that the country is opening up and new money and developers are coming in, the buildings could be knocked down to make way for skyscrapers and shopping malls. Will Rangoon choose modern replacements or its historic architecture?   One building in downtown Rangoon was built 98 years ago by Indian traders, seized by the ...

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Voice of America: India Replaces Subsidies for the Poor with Cash Transfers

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India Replaces Subsidies for the Poor with Cash Transfers
Jan 11th 2013, 13:21

In India, the government has begun rolling out an ambitious plan to replace subsidies with direct cash payments in a bid to eliminate graft. The government says the cash transfer plan will benefit millions of poor people, but questions have been raised about how it will work. Since the start of the new year, 245,000 people across 20 districts in India are getting pension and scholarship money transferred directly into their bank accounts, instead of having to wait to receive it from post ...

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Voice of America: Obama, Karzai Set to Meet at White House

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Obama, Karzai Set to Meet at White House
Jan 11th 2013, 13:48

U.S. President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai meet Friday at the White House to discuss the future role of the U.S. in Afghanistan, their first meeting since Obama's re-election.  The two leaders will hold a joint afternoon news conference. Current plans call for the U.S. to withdraw nearly all of its nearly 70,000 troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.  But that plan hinges on a number of conditions, including whether Afghan forces will be able to take ...

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Voice of America: Austrian Neo-Nazi Sentenced

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Austrian Neo-Nazi Sentenced
Jan 11th 2013, 12:51

An Austrian court has convicted a well-known member of the far-right to nine years in prison for propagating Nazi ideology online, in violation of the country's strict anti-Nazi laws. Gottfried Kuessel, who had been arrested in April 2011, was sentenced late Thursday in Vienna. Two convicted accomplices were given lesser sentences - seven years and four-and-a-half years. Prosecutors said Kuessel was the leader of the now-banned neo-Nazi group, VAPO (Extra-parliamentary Opposition ...

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Voice of America: Obama, Karzai Set to Meet at White House

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Obama, Karzai Set to Meet at White House
Jan 11th 2013, 13:48

U.S. President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai meet Friday at the White House to discuss the future role of the U.S. in Afghanistan, their first meeting since Obama's re-election.  The two leaders will hold a joint afternoon news conference. Current plans call for the U.S. to withdraw nearly all of its nearly 70,000 troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.  But that plan hinges on a number of conditions, including whether Afghan forces will be able to take ...

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Voice of America: India Replaces Subsidies for the Poor with Cash Transfers

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India Replaces Subsidies for the Poor with Cash Transfers
Jan 11th 2013, 13:21

In India, the government has begun rolling out an ambitious plan to replace subsidies with direct cash payments in a bid to eliminate graft. The government says the cash transfer plan will benefit millions of poor people, but questions have been raised about how it will work. Since the start of the new year, 245,000 people across 20 districts in India are getting pension and scholarship money transferred directly into their bank accounts, instead of having to wait to receive it from post ...

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Voice of America: Austrian Neo-Nazi Sentenced

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Austrian Neo-Nazi Sentenced
Jan 11th 2013, 12:51

An Austrian court has convicted a well-known member of the far-right to nine years in prison for propagating Nazi ideology online, in violation of the country's strict anti-Nazi laws. Gottfried Kuessel, who had been arrested in April 2011, was sentenced late Thursday in Vienna. Two convicted accomplices were given lesser sentences - seven years and four-and-a-half years. Prosecutors said Kuessel was the leader of the now-banned neo-Nazi group, VAPO (Extra-parliamentary Opposition ...

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Voice of America: India Replaces Subsidies for the Poor with Cash Transfers

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India Replaces Subsidies for the Poor with Cash Transfers
Jan 11th 2013, 13:21

In India, the government has begun rolling out an ambitious plan to replace subsidies with direct cash payments in a bid to eliminate graft. The government says the cash transfer plan will benefit millions of poor people, but questions have been raised about how it will work. Since the start of the new year, 245,000 people across 20 districts in India are getting pension and scholarship money transferred directly into their bank accounts, instead of having to wait to receive it from post ...

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Voice of America: Obama, Karzai Set to Meet at White House

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Obama, Karzai Set to Meet at White House
Jan 11th 2013, 13:48

U.S. President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai meet Friday at the White House to discuss the future role of the U.S. in Afghanistan, their first meeting since Obama's re-election.  The two leaders will hold a joint afternoon news conference. Current plans call for the U.S. to withdraw nearly all of its nearly 70,000 troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.  But that plan hinges on a number of conditions, including whether Afghan forces will be able to take ...

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Voice of America: Erdogan: Kurdish Slayings Stem from Internal Dispute

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Erdogan: Kurdish Slayings Stem from Internal Dispute
Jan 11th 2013, 12:34

Turkey's prime minister says the killings of three Kurdish activists in Paris may have been the result of an internal feud. The bodies of the three women -- one of them a founding member of a Kurdish group fighting for greater autonomy in Turkey -- were found inside a Kurdish information center in Paris Thursday. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the lock on the door of the center could only be opened from the inside and the women would not have opened the door to someone they ...

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Voice of America: Erdogan: Kurdish Slayings Stem from Internal Dispute

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Erdogan: Kurdish Slayings Stem from Internal Dispute
Jan 11th 2013, 12:34

Turkey's prime minister says the killings of three Kurdish activists in Paris may have been the result of an internal feud. The bodies of the three women -- one of them a founding member of a Kurdish group fighting for greater autonomy in Turkey -- were found inside a Kurdish information center in Paris Thursday. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the lock on the door of the center could only be opened from the inside and the women would not have opened the door to someone they ...

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Voice of America: Austrian Neo-Nazi Sentenced

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Austrian Neo-Nazi Sentenced
Jan 11th 2013, 12:51

An Austrian court has convicted a well-known member of the far-right to nine years in prison for propagating Nazi ideology online, in violation of the country's strict anti-Nazi laws. Gottfried Kuessel, who had been arrested in April 2011, was sentenced late Thursday in Vienna. Two convicted accomplices were given lesser sentences - seven years and four-and-a-half years. Prosecutors said Kuessel was the leader of the now-banned neo-Nazi group, VAPO (Extra-parliamentary Opposition ...

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Voice of America: India Replaces Subsidies for the Poor with Cash Transfers

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India Replaces Subsidies for the Poor with Cash Transfers
Jan 11th 2013, 13:21

In India, the government has begun rolling out an ambitious plan to replace subsidies with direct cash payments in a bid to eliminate graft. The government says the cash transfer plan will benefit millions of poor people, but questions have been raised about how it will work. Since the start of the new year, 245,000 people across 20 districts in India are getting pension and scholarship money transferred directly into their bank accounts, instead of having to wait to receive it from post ...

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Voice of America: Obama, Karzai Set to Meet at White House

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Obama, Karzai Set to Meet at White House
Jan 11th 2013, 13:48

U.S. President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai meet Friday at the White House to discuss the future role of the U.S. in Afghanistan, their first meeting since Obama's re-election.  The two leaders will hold a joint afternoon news conference. Current plans call for the U.S. to withdraw nearly all of its nearly 70,000 troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.  But that plan hinges on a number of conditions, including whether Afghan forces will be able to take ...

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Voice of America: Austrian Neo-Nazi Sentenced

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Austrian Neo-Nazi Sentenced
Jan 11th 2013, 12:51

An Austrian court has convicted a well-known member of the far-right to nine years in prison for propagating Nazi ideology online, in violation of the country's strict anti-Nazi laws. Gottfried Kuessel, who had been arrested in April 2011, was sentenced late Thursday in Vienna. Two convicted accomplices were given lesser sentences - seven years and four-and-a-half years. Prosecutors said Kuessel was the leader of the now-banned neo-Nazi group, VAPO (Extra-parliamentary Opposition ...

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Voice of America: India Replaces Subsidies for the Poor with Cash Transfers

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India Replaces Subsidies for the Poor with Cash Transfers
Jan 11th 2013, 13:21

In India, the government has begun rolling out an ambitious plan to replace subsidies with direct cash payments in a bid to eliminate graft. The government says the cash transfer plan will benefit millions of poor people, but questions have been raised about how it will work. Since the start of the new year, 245,000 people across 20 districts in India are getting pension and scholarship money transferred directly into their bank accounts, instead of having to wait to receive it from post ...

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Voice of America: Obama, Karzai Set to Meet at White House

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Obama, Karzai Set to Meet at White House
Jan 11th 2013, 13:48

U.S. President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai meet Friday at the White House to discuss the future role of the U.S. in Afghanistan, their first meeting since Obama's re-election.  The two leaders will hold a joint afternoon news conference. Current plans call for the U.S. to withdraw nearly all of its nearly 70,000 troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.  But that plan hinges on a number of conditions, including whether Afghan forces will be able to take ...

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