Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Voice of America: Report: N. Korean Prison Camp Perimeter Spills into Villages

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Report: N. Korean Prison Camp Perimeter Spills into Villages
Mar 7th 2013, 06:20

A human rights group says new satellite imagery indicates North Korea is blurring the lines between its prison camps and the surrounding population.    Commercial satellite images obtained by Amnesty International reveal North Korea has apparently expanded the perimeter of a sprawling prison camp, 70 kilometers north of Pyongyang, in South Pyongyan province.   Amnesty International released a report Thursday accompanied by the images of the Camp 14 area. It says they ...

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Voice of America: Report: N. Korean Prison Camp Perimeter Spills into Villages

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Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries
Report: N. Korean Prison Camp Perimeter Spills into Villages
Mar 7th 2013, 06:20

A human rights group says new satellite imagery indicates North Korea is blurring the lines between its prison camps and the surrounding population.    Commercial satellite images obtained by Amnesty International reveal North Korea has apparently expanded the perimeter of a sprawling prison camp, 70 kilometers north of Pyongyang, in South Pyongyan province.   Amnesty International released a report Thursday accompanied by the images of the Camp 14 area. It says they ...

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Voice of America: Rejected Votes in Kenya Spur Controversy

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Rejected Votes in Kenya Spur Controversy
Mar 6th 2013, 23:17

Vote counting from Kenya's presidential election continued Wednesday as officers of the independent electoral commission delivered ballots from around the country to the national tally center in Nairobi. Debate now surrounds what to do with rejected votes, a decision that could determine whether someone wins in the first round. Two days after millions of Kenyans voted to elect the country's fourth president, the vote-tallying process has become embroiled in controversy. The point of ...

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Voice of America: Doctors Say Most Heart Disease Preventable

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Doctors Say Most Heart Disease Preventable
Mar 6th 2013, 23:36

Coronary heart disease is the number one killer, worldwide, of men and women over the age of 60. But people of all ages succumb to heart attacks each year. And while death rates have declined in the U.S. and many western European countries, mortality is on the rise in the developing world. Yet most heart disease is preventable.   No one would have guessed that Barbara Teng would have a heart attack. She was not overweight. She did not smoke. But she also did ...

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Voice of America: Rejected Votes in Kenya Spur Controversy

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Rejected Votes in Kenya Spur Controversy
Mar 6th 2013, 23:17

Vote counting from Kenya's presidential election continued Wednesday as officers of the independent electoral commission delivered ballots from around the country to the national tally center in Nairobi. Debate now surrounds what to do with rejected votes, a decision that could determine whether someone wins in the first round. Two days after millions of Kenyans voted to elect the country's fourth president, the vote-tallying process has become embroiled in controversy. The point of ...

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Voice of America: Doctors Say Most Heart Disease Preventable

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Doctors Say Most Heart Disease Preventable
Mar 6th 2013, 23:36

Coronary heart disease is the number one killer, worldwide, of men and women over the age of 60. But people of all ages succumb to heart attacks each year. And while death rates have declined in the U.S. and many western European countries, mortality is on the rise in the developing world. Yet most heart disease is preventable.   No one would have guessed that Barbara Teng would have a heart attack. She was not overweight. She did not smoke. But she also did ...

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Voice of America: Rejected Votes in Kenya Spur Controversy

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Rejected Votes in Kenya Spur Controversy
Mar 6th 2013, 23:17

Vote counting from Kenya's presidential election continued Wednesday as officers of the independent electoral commission delivered ballots from around the country to the national tally center in Nairobi. Debate now surrounds what to do with rejected votes, a decision that could determine whether someone wins in the first round. Two days after millions of Kenyans voted to elect the country's fourth president, the vote-tallying process has become embroiled in controversy. The point of ...

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Voice of America: Doctors Say Most Heart Disease Preventable

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Doctors Say Most Heart Disease Preventable
Mar 6th 2013, 23:36

Coronary heart disease is the number one killer, worldwide, of men and women over the age of 60. But people of all ages succumb to heart attacks each year. And while death rates have declined in the U.S. and many western European countries, mortality is on the rise in the developing world. Yet most heart disease is preventable.   No one would have guessed that Barbara Teng would have a heart attack. She was not overweight. She did not smoke. But she also did ...

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Voice of America: Rejected Votes in Kenya Spur Controversy

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Rejected Votes in Kenya Spur Controversy
Mar 6th 2013, 23:17

Vote counting from Kenya's presidential election continued Wednesday as officers of the independent electoral commission delivered ballots from around the country to the national tally center in Nairobi. Debate now surrounds what to do with rejected votes, a decision that could determine whether someone wins in the first round. Two days after millions of Kenyans voted to elect the country's fourth president, the vote-tallying process has become embroiled in controversy. The point of ...

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Voice of America: Doctors Say Most Heart Disease Preventable

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Doctors Say Most Heart Disease Preventable
Mar 6th 2013, 23:36

Coronary heart disease is the number one killer, worldwide, of men and women over the age of 60. But people of all ages succumb to heart attacks each year. And while death rates have declined in the U.S. and many western European countries, mortality is on the rise in the developing world. Yet most heart disease is preventable.   No one would have guessed that Barbara Teng would have a heart attack. She was not overweight. She did not smoke. But she also did ...

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Voice of America: Rejected Votes in Kenya Spur Controversy

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Rejected Votes in Kenya Spur Controversy
Mar 6th 2013, 23:17

Vote counting from Kenya's presidential election continued Wednesday as officers of the independent electoral commission delivered ballots from around the country to the national tally center in Nairobi. Debate now surrounds what to do with rejected votes, a decision that could determine whether someone wins in the first round. Two days after millions of Kenyans voted to elect the country's fourth president, the vote-tallying process has become embroiled in controversy. The point of ...

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Voice of America: New Navigation Technology Predicts Traffic Conditions

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New Navigation Technology Predicts Traffic Conditions
Mar 6th 2013, 22:55

From New Delhi to Beijing commuters spend more time than they would like stuck in traffic. In the United States, Los Angeles and San Francisco tie for second place for having the worst traffic jams, with Washington D.C. winning first place according to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. Some drivers depend on GPS navigation systems with real time traffic information to avoid congestion. There is now new navigation technology that claims it can provide the fastest route available by ...

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Voice of America: The Decline of Iran in Muslim Eyes

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The Decline of Iran in Muslim Eyes
Mar 6th 2013, 20:00

Iran, once admired by many many in the Middle East for resisting U.S. influence in the region, is rapidly losing support among the Arab and Muslim public, according to a new public poll. The survey was conducted by the Zogby Research Service of Washington D.C., for the Arab American Institute. It measured public attitudes about Iran and its nuclear program in 20 Arab and Muslim countries. According to the data, there was a collapse of support for Iran in most Arab countries in 2012 compared ...

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Voice of America: Doctors Say Most Heart Disease is Preventable

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Doctors Say Most Heart Disease is Preventable
Mar 6th 2013, 23:36

Coronary heart disease is the number one killer, worldwide, of men and women over the age of 60. But people of all ages succumb to heart attacks each year. And while death rates have declined in the U.S. and many western European countries, mortality is on the rise in the developing world. Yet most heart disease is preventable.   No one would have guessed that Barbara Teng would have a heart attack. She was not overweight. She did not smoke. But she also did ...

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Voice of America: The Decline of Iran in Muslim Eyes

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The Decline of Iran in Muslim Eyes
Mar 6th 2013, 20:00

Iran, once admired by many many in the Middle East for resisting U.S. influence in the region, is rapidly losing support among the Arab and Muslim public, according to a new public poll. The survey was conducted by the Zogby Research Service of Washington D.C., for the Arab American Institute. It measured public attitudes about Iran and its nuclear program in 20 Arab and Muslim countries. According to the data, there was a collapse of support for Iran in most Arab countries in 2012 compared ...

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Voice of America: Venezuela's Chavez Built Ties With Iran

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Venezuela's Chavez Built Ties With Iran
Mar 6th 2013, 20:59

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, who died Tuesday, developed a close relationship with the leaders of Iran, despite Western sanctions on Tehran because of its controversial nuclear program. Chavez and Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmedinejad visited each other, and called themselves allies, friends and even brothers. It was a friendship that was watched closely by many countries, especially the United States. The relationship between Iran and Venezuela began in the 1960s, in the early days of ...

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Voice of America: Women Play Increasingly Vital Role in Peace Missions

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Women Play Increasingly Vital Role in Peace Missions
Mar 6th 2013, 21:50

Along the border of Israel and Lebanon, female peacekeepers are playing a vital role in the United Nations unit that patrols the area.   Captain Annie - French soldiers don't use their last names - is examining Gomo, a working security dog from France who lives at a base of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.   The captain is a veterinary specialist and one of approximately 30 women who live on this French base of 700 peacekeepers, keeping the border secure and assisting ...

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Voice of America: US, Iraq Move Forward to Strengthen Trade Ties

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US, Iraq Move Forward to Strengthen Trade Ties
Mar 6th 2013, 20:33

An agreement between the United States and Iraq to boost trade and investment ties is expected go into force later this year, eight years after it was negotiated, the U.S. Trade Representative's office said on Wednesday. U.S. companies in the energy, defense, information technology, automotive and transportation sectors in recent years have become increasingly active in Iraq, which the United States invaded 10 years ago this month. The United States and Iraq negotiated a Trade and ...

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Voice of America: Nigeria to Switch to Clean Cooking Gas

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Nigeria to Switch to Clean Cooking Gas
Mar 6th 2013, 20:21

Aid agencies are teaming up with Nigeria's government to convert 20 million stoves from unwholesome fuel and firewood to clean cooking gas.  About 112 million Nigerians rely solely on firewood for cooking, producing fumes and smoke that put them at high risk of asthma, bronchitis, child pneumonia, and lung cancer. The World Health Organization says more than 95,000 Nigerians die annually due to complications caused by the inhalation of smoke from biofuels.  This makes it the ...

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Voice of America: Sudan, South Sudan Set to Resume Border Talks

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Sudan, South Sudan Set to Resume Border Talks
Mar 6th 2013, 21:33

Sudan and South Sudan will resume stalled talks on Thursday to set up a demilitarized border zone, Sudan's state news agency SUNA said on Wednesday, in a new attempt to resolve a conflict over oil and land. The African neighbors came close to war in April in the worst border clashes since South Sudan seceded from Sudan in 2011 under a 2005 deal which ended decades of civil war. After mediation from the African Union, both countries agreed in September to set up a buffer zone along their ...

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Voice of America: New Navigation Technology Predicts Traffic Conditions

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New Navigation Technology Predicts Traffic Conditions
Mar 6th 2013, 22:55

From New Delhi to Beijing commuters spend more time than they would like stuck in traffic. In the United States, Los Angeles and San Francisco tie for second place for having the worst traffic jams, with Washington D.C. winning first place according to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. Some drivers depend on GPS navigation systems with real time traffic information to avoid congestion. There is now new navigation technology that claims it can provide the fastest route available by ...

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Voice of America: New Navigation Technology Predicts Traffic Conditions

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New Navigation Technology Predicts Traffic Conditions
Mar 6th 2013, 22:55

From New Delhi to Beijing commuters spend more time than they would like stuck in traffic. In the United States, Los Angeles and San Francisco tie for second place for having the worst traffic jams, with Washington D.C. winning first place according to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. Some drivers depend on GPS navigation systems with real time traffic information to avoid congestion. There is now new navigation technology that claims it can provide the fastest route available by ...

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Voice of America: The Decline of Iran in Muslim Eyes

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The Decline of Iran in Muslim Eyes
Mar 6th 2013, 20:00

Iran, once admired by many many in the Middle East for resisting U.S. influence in the region, is rapidly losing support among the Arab and Muslim public, according to a new public poll. The survey was conducted by the Zogby Research Service of Washington D.C., for the Arab American Institute. It measured public attitudes about Iran and its nuclear program in 20 Arab and Muslim countries. According to the data, there was a collapse of support for Iran in most Arab countries in 2012 compared ...

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Voice of America: Sudan, South Sudan Set to Resume Border Talks

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Sudan, South Sudan Set to Resume Border Talks
Mar 6th 2013, 21:33

Sudan and South Sudan will resume stalled talks on Thursday to set up a demilitarized border zone, Sudan's state news agency SUNA said on Wednesday, in a new attempt to resolve a conflict over oil and land. The African neighbors came close to war in April in the worst border clashes since South Sudan seceded from Sudan in 2011 under a 2005 deal which ended decades of civil war. After mediation from the African Union, both countries agreed in September to set up a buffer zone along their ...

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Voice of America: Nigeria to Switch to Clean Cooking Gas

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Nigeria to Switch to Clean Cooking Gas
Mar 6th 2013, 20:21

Aid agencies are teaming up with Nigeria's government to convert 20 million stoves from unwholesome fuel and firewood to clean cooking gas.  About 112 million Nigerians rely solely on firewood for cooking, producing fumes and smoke that put them at high risk of asthma, bronchitis, child pneumonia, and lung cancer. The World Health Organization says more than 95,000 Nigerians die annually due to complications caused by the inhalation of smoke from biofuels.  This makes it the ...

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