Sunday, February 17, 2013

Voice of America: Horse Meat Scandal Spreads Across Europe

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Horse Meat Scandal Spreads Across Europe
Feb 18th 2013, 00:02

A horse meat scandal that started in Britain and Ireland is now unnerving consumers around Europe. DNA tests have revealed that beef tainted with horse meat has made it into supermarkets in 13 European Union nations. Stores, schools, and hospitals are scrambling to remove some meat. And there are calls for tighter regulation of Europe's complex food supply chain. The scandal started in Ireland and the United Kingdom in January, but has since spread all around the EU. DNA checks on beef ...

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Voice of America: Horse Meat Scandal Spreads Across Europe

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Horse Meat Scandal Spreads Across Europe
Feb 18th 2013, 00:02

A horse meat scandal that started in Britain and Ireland is now unnerving consumers around Europe. DNA tests have revealed that beef tainted with horse meat has made it into supermarkets in 13 European Union nations. Stores, schools, and hospitals are scrambling to remove some meat. And there are calls for tighter regulation of Europe's complex food supply chain. The scandal started in Ireland and the United Kingdom in January, but has since spread all around the EU. DNA checks on beef ...

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Voice of America: Horse Meat Scandal Spreads Across Europe

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Horse Meat Scandal Spreads Across Europe
Feb 18th 2013, 00:02

A horse meat scandal that started in Britain and Ireland is now unnerving consumers around Europe. DNA tests have revealed that beef tainted with horse meat has made it into supermarkets in 13 European Union nations. Stores, schools, and hospitals are scrambling to remove some meat. And there are calls for tighter regulation of Europe's complex food supply chain. The scandal started in Ireland and the United Kingdom in January, but has since spread all around the EU. DNA checks on beef ...

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Voice of America: Exit Polls - Ecuador's Correa Wins Re-election

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Exit Polls - Ecuador's Correa Wins Re-election
Feb 17th 2013, 23:41

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa proclaimed victory in Sunday's presidential election, which handed a third term to the socialist leader, after two private exit polls showed him leading by a wide margin. Official results have not been released. Mr. Correa hugged jubilant supporters at the presidential palace less than an hour after polls closed Sunday. One exit poll gave him 61 percent against 20 percent for his closest challenger, former banker Guillermo Lasso, whose showing was ...

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Voice of America: Horse Meat Scandal Spreads Across Europe

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Horse Meat Scandal Spreads Across Europe
Feb 18th 2013, 00:02

A horse meat scandal that started in Britain and Ireland is now unnerving consumers around Europe. DNA tests have revealed that beef tainted with horse meat has made it into supermarkets in 13 European Union nations. Stores, schools, and hospitals are scrambling to remove some meat. And there are calls for tighter regulation of Europe's complex food supply chain. The scandal started in Ireland and the United Kingdom in January, but has since spread all around the EU. DNA checks on beef ...

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Voice of America: Exit Polls - Ecuador's Correa Wins Re-election

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Exit Polls - Ecuador's Correa Wins Re-election
Feb 17th 2013, 23:41

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa proclaimed victory in Sunday's presidential election, which handed a third term to the socialist leader, after two private exit polls showed him leading by a wide margin. Official results have not been released. Mr. Correa hugged jubilant supporters at the presidential palace less than an hour after polls closed Sunday. One exit poll gave him 61 percent against 20 percent for his closest challenger, former banker Guillermo Lasso, whose showing was ...

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Voice of America: Horse Meat Scandal Spreads Across Europe

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Horse Meat Scandal Spreads Across Europe
Feb 18th 2013, 00:02

A horse meat scandal that started in Britain and Ireland is now unnerving consumers around Europe. DNA tests have revealed that beef tainted with horse meat has made it into supermarkets in 13 European Union nations. Stores, schools, and hospitals are scrambling to remove some meat. And there are calls for tighter regulation of Europe's complex food supply chain. The scandal started in Ireland and the United Kingdom in January, but has since spread all around the EU. DNA checks on beef ...

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Voice of America: Exit Polls - Ecuador's Correa Wins Re-election

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Exit Polls - Ecuador's Correa Wins Re-election
Feb 17th 2013, 23:41

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa proclaimed victory in Sunday's presidential election, which handed a third term to the socialist leader, after two private exit polls showed him leading by a wide margin. Official results have not been released. Mr. Correa hugged jubilant supporters at the presidential palace less than an hour after polls closed Sunday. One exit poll gave him 61 percent against 20 percent for his closest challenger, former banker Guillermo Lasso, whose showing was ...

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Voice of America: Exit Polls - Ecuador's Correa Wins Re-election

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Exit Polls - Ecuador's Correa Wins Re-election
Feb 17th 2013, 23:41

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa proclaimed victory in Sunday's presidential election, which handed a third term to the socialist leader, after two private exit polls showed him leading by a wide margin. Official results have not been released. Mr. Correa hugged jubilant supporters at the presidential palace less than an hour after polls closed Sunday. One exit poll gave him 61 percent against 20 percent for his closest challenger, former banker Guillermo Lasso, whose showing was ...

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Voice of America: Exit Polls - Ecuador's Correa Wins Re-election

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Exit Polls - Ecuador's Correa Wins Re-election
Feb 17th 2013, 23:41

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa proclaimed victory in Sunday's presidential election, which handed a third term to the socialist leader, after two private exit polls showed him leading by a wide margin. Official results have not been released. Mr. Correa hugged jubilant supporters at the presidential palace less than an hour after polls closed Sunday. One exit poll gave him 61 percent against 20 percent for his closest challenger, former banker Guillermo Lasso, whose showing was ...

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Voice of America: Libyans Celebrate Uprising's 2nd Anniversary

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Libyans Celebrate Uprising's 2nd Anniversary
Feb 17th 2013, 22:26

Thousands of Libyans took to the streets Sunday to celebrate the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Libyan National Congress leader Mohammed Magarief addressed flag-waving crowds in the North African nation's second city, Benghazi, where he urged his countrymen to "join ranks and resolve our differences to build our nation." The country has been roiled by instability and violence since the ouster of Gadhafi's government in late ...

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Voice of America: Libyans Celebrate Uprising's 2nd Anniversary

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Libyans Celebrate Uprising's 2nd Anniversary
Feb 17th 2013, 22:26

Thousands of Libyans took to the streets Sunday to celebrate the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Libyan National Congress leader Mohammed Magarief addressed flag-waving crowds in the North African nation's second city, Benghazi, where he urged his countrymen to "join ranks and resolve our differences to build our nation." The country has been roiled by instability and violence since the ouster of Gadhafi's government in late ...

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Voice of America: Libyans Celebrate Uprising's 2nd Anniversary

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Libyans Celebrate Uprising's 2nd Anniversary
Feb 17th 2013, 22:26

Thousands of Libyans took to the streets Sunday to celebrate the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Libyan National Congress leader Mohammed Magarief addressed flag-waving crowds in the North African nation's second city, Benghazi, where he urged his countrymen to "join ranks and resolve our differences to build our nation." The country has been roiled by instability and violence since the ouster of Gadhafi's government in late ...

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Voice of America: Libyans Celebrate Uprising's 2nd Anniversary

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Libyans Celebrate Uprising's 2nd Anniversary
Feb 17th 2013, 22:26

Thousands of Libyans took to the streets Sunday to celebrate the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Libyan National Congress leader Mohammed Magarief addressed flag-waving crowds in the North African nation's second city, Benghazi, where he urged his countrymen to "join ranks and resolve our differences to build our nation." The country has been roiled by instability and violence since the ouster of Gadhafi's government in late ...

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Voice of America: Conservative Candidate Tops Cyprus Election, But Faces Rival in Runoff

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Conservative Candidate Tops Cyprus Election, But Faces Rival in Runoff
Feb 17th 2013, 21:40

Conservative Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades will have to face leftist rival Stavros Malas in a runoff poll next week after failing to win a sufficient majority in the first round of the presidential poll. Final results Sunday show that Anastasiades won about 45 percent of the vote, almost 20 points ahead of Malas. The independent Giorgos Lillikas was a close third with about 25 percent of the vote. Analysts say that the 66-year-old lawyer looked likely to win the February 24 run-off, even ...

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Voice of America: Libyans Celebrate Uprising's 2nd Anniversary

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Libyans Celebrate Uprising's 2nd Anniversary
Feb 17th 2013, 22:26

Thousands of Libyans took to the streets Sunday to celebrate the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Libyan National Congress leader Mohammed Magarief addressed flag-waving crowds in the North African nation's second city, Benghazi, where he urged his countrymen to "join ranks and resolve our differences to build our nation." The country has been roiled by instability and violence since the ouster of Gadhafi's government in late ...

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Voice of America: Conservative Candidate Tops Cyprus Election, But Faces Rival in Runoff

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Conservative Candidate Tops Cyprus Election, But Faces Rival in Runoff
Feb 17th 2013, 21:40

Conservative Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades will have to face leftist rival Stavros Malas in a runoff poll next week after failing to win a sufficient majority in the first round of the presidential poll. Final results Sunday show that Anastasiades won about 45 percent of the vote, almost 20 points ahead of Malas. The independent Giorgos Lillikas was a close third with about 25 percent of the vote. Analysts say that the 66-year-old lawyer looked likely to win the February 24 run-off, even ...

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Voice of America: After a Short, Rocky Campaign, Armenians Vote Monday for President

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After a Short, Rocky Campaign, Armenians Vote Monday for President
Feb 17th 2013, 21:15

Armenians are voting for president on Monday. In a rarity for the former Soviet Union, Armenia will have a genuine multi-party contest. But the race has been rocky for this landlocked nation of 3.2 million people in the southern Caucasus. Of the eight original candidates, one has dropped out, a second refuses to vote, a third refuses to vote and is on hunger strike, a fourth was shot in an apparent assassination attempt, and a fifth fears arrest after Monday's vote because he knew the ...

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Voice of America: Brahimi Urges Syria's Government, Opposition to Meet at UN Offices

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Brahimi Urges Syria's Government, Opposition to Meet at UN Offices
Feb 17th 2013, 21:09

International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is urging Syria's government and opposition to meet on U.N. premises to discuss a political solution to the two-year rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad. Speaking Sunday in Cairo, Brahimi said a U.N.-hosted dialogue between the Syrian opposition and an "acceptable" government delegation would help Syria to start emerging from what he called its "dark tunnel." He did not specify a location for such talks. The leader of ...

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Voice of America: Washington Week: Focus Turns to US-Pacific Ties

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Washington Week: Focus Turns to US-Pacific Ties
Feb 17th 2013, 20:58

U.S.-Pacific ties take center stage in Washington this week, as Japan's prime minister visits the White House on Friday.   North Korea's latest nuclear test will be a prime topic of discussion between President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. "The actions taken by North Korea cannot be permitted or condoned by the international community, and I believe it is essential that Japan and the United States work together to adopt a new U.N. Security Council resolution ...

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Voice of America: After a Short, Rocky Campaign, Armenians Vote Monday for President

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After a Short, Rocky Campaign, Armenians Vote Monday for President
Feb 17th 2013, 21:15

Armenians are voting for president on Monday. In a rarity for the former Soviet Union, Armenia will have a genuine multi-party contest. But the race has been rocky for this landlocked nation of 3.2 million people in the southern Caucasus. Of the eight original candidates, one has dropped out, a second refuses to vote, a third refuses to vote and is on hunger strike, a fourth was shot in an apparent assassination attempt, and a fifth fears arrest after Monday's vote because he knew the ...

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Voice of America: Conservative Candidate Tops Cyprus Election, But Faces Rival in Runoff

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Conservative Candidate Tops Cyprus Election, But Faces Rival in Runoff
Feb 17th 2013, 21:40

Conservative Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades will have to face leftist rival Stavros Malas in a runoff poll next week after failing to win a sufficient majority in the first round of the presidential poll. Final results Sunday show that Anastasiades won about 45 percent of the vote, almost 20 points ahead of Malas. The independent Giorgos Lillikas was a close third with about 25 percent of the vote. Analysts say that the 66-year-old lawyer looked likely to win the February 24 run-off, even ...

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Voice of America: Washington Week: Focus Turns to US-Pacific Ties

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Washington Week: Focus Turns to US-Pacific Ties
Feb 17th 2013, 20:58

U.S.-Pacific ties take center stage in Washington this week, as Japan's prime minister visits the White House on Friday.   North Korea's latest nuclear test will be a prime topic of discussion between President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. "The actions taken by North Korea cannot be permitted or condoned by the international community, and I believe it is essential that Japan and the United States work together to adopt a new U.N. Security Council resolution ...

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Voice of America: Brahimi Urges Syria's Government, Opposition to Meet at UN Offices

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Brahimi Urges Syria's Government, Opposition to Meet at UN Offices
Feb 17th 2013, 21:09

International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is urging Syria's government and opposition to meet on U.N. premises to discuss a political solution to the two-year rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad. Speaking Sunday in Cairo, Brahimi said a U.N.-hosted dialogue between the Syrian opposition and an "acceptable" government delegation would help Syria to start emerging from what he called its "dark tunnel." He did not specify a location for such talks. The leader of ...

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Voice of America: After a Short, Rocky Campaign, Armenians Vote Monday for President

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After a Short, Rocky Campaign, Armenians Vote Monday for President
Feb 17th 2013, 21:15

Armenians are voting for president on Monday. In a rarity for the former Soviet Union, Armenia will have a genuine multi-party contest. But the race has been rocky for this landlocked nation of 3.2 million people in the southern Caucasus. Of the eight original candidates, one has dropped out, a second refuses to vote, a third refuses to vote and is on hunger strike, a fourth was shot in an apparent assassination attempt, and a fifth fears arrest after Monday's vote because he knew the ...

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Voice of America: Conservative Candidate Tops Cyprus Election, But Faces Rival in Runoff

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Conservative Candidate Tops Cyprus Election, But Faces Rival in Runoff
Feb 17th 2013, 21:40

Conservative Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades will have to face leftist rival Stavros Malas in a runoff poll next week after failing to win a sufficient majority in the first round of the presidential poll. Final results Sunday show that Anastasiades won about 45 percent of the vote, almost 20 points ahead of Malas. The independent Giorgos Lillikas was a close third with about 25 percent of the vote. Analysts say that the 66-year-old lawyer looked likely to win the February 24 run-off, even ...

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Voice of America: Brahimi Urges Syria's Government, Opposition to Meet at UN Offices

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Brahimi Urges Syria's Government, Opposition to Meet at UN Offices
Feb 17th 2013, 21:09

International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is urging Syria's government and opposition to meet on U.N. premises to discuss a political solution to the two-year rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad. Speaking Sunday in Cairo, Brahimi said a U.N.-hosted dialogue between the Syrian opposition and an "acceptable" government delegation would help Syria to start emerging from what he called its "dark tunnel." He did not specify a location for such talks. The leader of ...

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