Thursday, April 18, 2013

Voice of America: Analysts See Chance for Peace in New PKK Overture

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Analysts See Chance for Peace in New PKK Overture
Apr 18th 2013, 21:30

Turkey and the rebel Kurdistan Worker's Party, or PKK, are in the early stages of what could become negotiations to end nearly three decades of bloody struggle. Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan has called for a cease-fire and a withdrawal of armed PKK militants from Turkey. There have been previous attempts to end the conflict, but regional experts say the new peace overtures look promising. Analysts say both Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and PKK leader Ocalan are ...

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Voice of America: Boston Bombing Suspects

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Boston Bombing Suspects
Apr 18th 2013, 22:44

Photos released by the FBI on April 18, 2013 of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. The FBI is asking for the public's help in identifying the men.

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Voice of America: Bombings, Intimidation Mar Run-up to Pakistan Elections

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Bombings, Intimidation Mar Run-up to Pakistan Elections
Apr 18th 2013, 19:18

Next month, Pakistan holds its first election in five years and campaign-related violence is already having an impact. Deadly attacks have targeted secular politicians and their supporters.  Other candidates and voters have been intimidated by militants. Militants are hitting early election rallies hard in Pakistan. The victims of one blast: supporters of the secular Awami National Party. The Taliban has threatened the largely secular parties of ANP, its partner, the Pakistan People's ...

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Voice of America: South America Rushes to Back Venezuelan President-elect

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South America Rushes to Back Venezuelan President-elect
Apr 18th 2013, 20:28

South American leaders will make a collective show of support for Venezuelan President-elect Nicolas Maduro on Thursday in Lima, officials said, as the United States and his opponents call for a recount of the disputed vote.      Venezuela Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said he would attend the last-minute meeting of the regional group Unasur in Peru a day before Maduro's swearing in on Friday. Sources in Lima said Maduro would also attend, but there was no confirmation ...

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Voice of America: Analysts See Chance for Peace in New PKK Overture

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Analysts See Chance for Peace in New PKK Overture
Apr 18th 2013, 21:30

Turkey and the rebel Kurdistan Worker's Party, or PKK, are in the early stages of what could become negotiations to end nearly three decades of bloody struggle. Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan has called for a cease-fire and a withdrawal of armed PKK militants from Turkey. There have been previous attempts to end the conflict, but regional experts say the new peace overtures look promising. Analysts say both Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and PKK leader Ocalan are ...

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Voice of America: Man Charged with Threatening President Obama with Poisoned Mail

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Man Charged with Threatening President Obama with Poisoned Mail
Apr 18th 2013, 22:30

The Mississippi man accused of mailing letters with the poison ricin has been charged with threatening U.S. President Barack Obama and others. Forty-five-year-old Paul Kevin Curtis appeared in court on two federal charges of threatening the president, U.S. Republican Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi, and a judge. If convicted, he could face up to 15 years in prison. The FBI confirmed Thursday that the letters to Mr. Obama and Wicker contained ricin. Investigators said both letters were ...

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Voice of America: Israeli Visit Another Sign of Thaw With Turkey

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Israeli Visit Another Sign of Thaw With Turkey
Apr 18th 2013, 18:45

An Israeli delegation will visit Turkey for the first time in three years next week in another sign of thawing relations since the United States brokered a breakthrough in March, but any further advancement in ties was expected to be incremental. Israel apologized to Turkey over the killing of nine Turks in a 2010 naval raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla and the two agreed to normalize relations in phone calls arranged by President Barack Obama on his recent trip to Israel. Brokering a ...

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Voice of America: Rios Montt's Lawyers Walk Out of Guatemala Genocide Trial

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Rios Montt's Lawyers Walk Out of Guatemala Genocide Trial
Apr 18th 2013, 20:31

A session in the genocide trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt ended abruptly on Thursday, as his lawyers tried to suspend proceedings over a legal technicality and stormed out, leaving him sitting alone in court. Rios Montt, who ruled between 1982-83, was ordered to trial for genocide and crimes against humanity in January to answer for a counterinsurgency plan that killed more than 1,700 members of the Ixil indigenous group during Guatemala's long civil war. The ...

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Voice of America: France Says 1,800 Mauritania Troops Headed to Mali

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France Says 1,800 Mauritania Troops Headed to Mali
Apr 18th 2013, 20:15

Mauritania will send 1,800 troops to Mali as part of a planned U.N. force to keep the peace in the West African nation after a French-led offensive that has ousted Islamist rebels from the desert north, France's foreign minister said on Thursday.   Laurent Fabius said a U.N. Security Council resolution to approve the creation of a 12,600-strong U.N. peacekeeping force from July 1 should be approved as soon as next week.   That force, expected to be made up primarily of African ...

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Voice of America: Boston Bombing Suspects

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Boston Bombing Suspects
Apr 18th 2013, 22:44

Photos released by the FBI on April 18, 2013 of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. The FBI is asking for the public's help in identifying the men.

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Voice of America: Israeli Visit Another Sign of Thaw With Turkey

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Israeli Visit Another Sign of Thaw With Turkey
Apr 18th 2013, 18:45

An Israeli delegation will visit Turkey for the first time in three years next week in another sign of thawing relations since the United States brokered a breakthrough in March, but any further advancement in ties was expected to be incremental. Israel apologized to Turkey over the killing of nine Turks in a 2010 naval raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla and the two agreed to normalize relations in phone calls arranged by President Barack Obama on his recent trip to Israel. Brokering a ...

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Voice of America: Man Charged with Threatening President Obama with Poisoned Mail

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Man Charged with Threatening President Obama with Poisoned Mail
Apr 18th 2013, 22:30

The Mississippi man accused of mailing letters with the poison ricin has been charged with threatening U.S. President Barack Obama and others. Forty-five-year-old Paul Kevin Curtis appeared in court on two federal charges of threatening the president, U.S. Republican Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi, and a judge. If convicted, he could face up to 15 years in prison. The FBI confirmed Thursday that the letters to Mr. Obama and Wicker contained ricin. Investigators said both letters were ...

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Voice of America: France Says 1,800 Mauritania Troops Headed to Mali

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France Says 1,800 Mauritania Troops Headed to Mali
Apr 18th 2013, 20:15

Mauritania will send 1,800 troops to Mali as part of a planned U.N. force to keep the peace in the West African nation after a French-led offensive that has ousted Islamist rebels from the desert north, France's foreign minister said on Thursday.   Laurent Fabius said a U.N. Security Council resolution to approve the creation of a 12,600-strong U.N. peacekeeping force from July 1 should be approved as soon as next week.   That force, expected to be made up primarily of African ...

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Voice of America: South America Rushes to Back Venezuelan President-elect

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South America Rushes to Back Venezuelan President-elect
Apr 18th 2013, 20:28

South American leaders will make a collective show of support for Venezuelan President-elect Nicolas Maduro on Thursday in Lima, officials said, as the United States and his opponents call for a recount of the disputed vote.      Venezuela Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said he would attend the last-minute meeting of the regional group Unasur in Peru a day before Maduro's swearing in on Friday. Sources in Lima said Maduro would also attend, but there was no confirmation ...

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Voice of America: Boston Bombing Suspects

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Boston Bombing Suspects
Apr 18th 2013, 22:44

Photos released by the FBI on April 18, 2013 of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. The FBI is asking for the public's help in identifying the men.

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Voice of America: Israeli Visit Another Sign of Thaw With Turkey

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Israeli Visit Another Sign of Thaw With Turkey
Apr 18th 2013, 18:45

An Israeli delegation will visit Turkey for the first time in three years next week in another sign of thawing relations since the United States brokered a breakthrough in March, but any further advancement in ties was expected to be incremental. Israel apologized to Turkey over the killing of nine Turks in a 2010 naval raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla and the two agreed to normalize relations in phone calls arranged by President Barack Obama on his recent trip to Israel. Brokering a ...

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Voice of America: Boston Bombing Suspects

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Boston Bombing Suspects
Apr 18th 2013, 22:44

Pictures released by the FBI Apr. 19, 2013 of two suspects in the Boston bombing. The FBI asked for the public's help in identifying the men.

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Voice of America: South America Rushes to Back Venezuelan President-elect

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South America Rushes to Back Venezuelan President-elect
Apr 18th 2013, 20:28

South American leaders will make a collective show of support for Venezuelan President-elect Nicolas Maduro on Thursday in Lima, officials said, as the United States and his opponents call for a recount of the disputed vote.      Venezuela Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said he would attend the last-minute meeting of the regional group Unasur in Peru a day before Maduro's swearing in on Friday. Sources in Lima said Maduro would also attend, but there was no confirmation ...

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Voice of America: France Says 1,800 Mauritania Troops Headed to Mali

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France Says 1,800 Mauritania Troops Headed to Mali
Apr 18th 2013, 20:15

Mauritania will send 1,800 troops to Mali as part of a planned U.N. force to keep the peace in the West African nation after a French-led offensive that has ousted Islamist rebels from the desert north, France's foreign minister said on Thursday.   Laurent Fabius said a U.N. Security Council resolution to approve the creation of a 12,600-strong U.N. peacekeeping force from July 1 should be approved as soon as next week.   That force, expected to be made up primarily of African ...

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Voice of America: Man Charged with Threatening President Obama with Poisoned Mail

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Man Charged with Threatening President Obama with Poisoned Mail
Apr 18th 2013, 22:30

The Mississippi man accused of mailing letters with the poison ricin has been charged with threatening U.S. President Barack Obama and others. Forty-five-year-old Paul Kevin Curtis appeared in court on two federal charges of threatening the president, U.S. Republican Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi, and a judge. If convicted, he could face up to 15 years in prison. The FBI confirmed Thursday that the letters to Mr. Obama and Wicker contained ricin. Investigators said both letters were ...

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