Voice of America: US to Close Embassies August 4

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US to Close Embassies August 4 Aug 1st 2013, 22:53 The United States will close a number of its embassies and consulates around the world on Sunday for security reasons. In a written statement, the State Department did not specify which missions have been asked to close, nor the type of threat they face. The statement said the embassies and consulates that have been told to close are ones normally open on Sundays. That would include embassies in the Muslim world, where the work week generally is from Sunday to Thursday. Officials said the ...

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Voice of America: US Senate Confirms Obama Nominee to UN Post

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US Senate Confirms Obama Nominee to UN Post Aug 1st 2013, 22:37, by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News) The U.S. Senate has voted to confirm President Barack Obama's selection for ambassador to the United Nations, approving human rights advocate Samantha Power by a vote of 87-10. Power, a 43-year-old former journalist and National Security Council staff expert, was described Thursday by Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Robert Menendez as "a tireless defender of human rights."  Power won one of journalism's highest awards - the 2003 Pulitzer Prize - for a book ... Media files: EF480B81-D65F-4D58-A1E4-2FD9F53BA8F4_cx0_cy5_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Voice of America: Street Photographer Documents Urban Life, Art

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Street Photographer Documents Urban Life, Art Aug 1st 2013, 22:29, by webdesk@voanews.com (Mike O'Sullivan) Some Los Angeles photographers are documenting the life and urban art of their city.  Photographer Erwin Recinos focuses his camera on LA's street culture, with its decorated cars and graffiti art. Recinos crouches to get a photograph of lowriders at a neighborhood auto show.  Lowriders are classic cars that are customized to sit close to the ground, almost touching the road.  American auto models from 40 or 50 years ago, some even older, are modified by car clubs in ... Media files: c0438a96-3773-409f-a62d-eac9aab611f0.jpgx?w=800&h=450 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Voice of America: US 2nd Quarter GDP - Lackluster, But Better Than Expected

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US 2nd Quarter GDP - Lackluster, But Better Than Expected Aug 1st 2013, 21:58, by webdesk@voanews.com (Mil Arcega) The world's largest economy grew only slightly in the second quarter, expanding at an annualized rate of 1.7 percent between April and June.  Despite the lackluster growth and a downward revision in U.S. gross domestic output in the first quarter, the GDP numbers were still better than some analysts expected.  But the data also suggest the economy is still not growing fast enough for the central bank to change course on monetary policies that have kept interest rates at record ... Media files: F2EF46DF-E0BC-49C6-991A-15CCEFB6F520_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Voice of America: Berlusconi Jail Sentence Upheld by Italy Supreme Court

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Berlusconi Jail Sentence Upheld by Italy Supreme Court Aug 1st 2013, 23:13, by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters) Italy's supreme court on Thursday upheld a jail sentence against Silvio Berlusconi for tax fraud in a devastating blow to the four-times prime minister that could throw the country's fragile coalition government into crisis.   The former cruise ship crooner is Italy's most colorful and scandal-prone figure but it was his first definitive conviction in up to 30 court cases on charges ranging from fraud and corruption to having sex with an underage prostitute.   After a ... Media files: 453DAA75-818C-4422-91E3-1D1AA0E25593_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Voice of America: Armed Groups Impose 'Gun Law' in Eastern DRC

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Armed Groups Impose 'Gun Law' in Eastern DRC Aug 1st 2013, 18:43, by webdesk@voanews.com (Nick Long) People who have fled from the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern conflict zone say the armed groups that control their villages have imposed a new rule: each family must buy a firearm from the local armed group, or face unpleasant consequences.  There are many firearms in Masisi territory, the part of eastern Congo that saw the country's worst inter-ethnic violence last year.  Now, according to people who fled the territory, gun ownership has been made virtually ... Media files: BF133BC6-3B8D-44A6-B8AC-17D590BF57FE_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Voice of America: US to Close Embassies August 4

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US to Close Embassies August 4 Aug 1st 2013, 22:53 The United States will close a number of its embassies and consulates around the world on Sunday for security reasons. In a written statement, the State Department did not specify which missions have been asked to close, nor the type of threat they face. The statement said the embassies and consulates that have been told to close are ones normally open on Sundays. That would include embassies in the Muslim world, where the work week generally is from Sunday to Thursday. Officials said the ...

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Voice of America: NASA Maps 130 Years of Climate Change

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NASA Maps 130 Years of Climate Change Aug 1st 2013, 21:24, by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News) America's space agency, NASA, has produced a video showing how Earth's surface temperatures have been changing over the years. NASA scientists gathered temperature data from over 1,000 weather stations from around the world since 1880. The video below shows 130 years of temperatures changes relative to the local averages in the mid-1900s. In the video, red means warmer, and blue means colder. On average, NASA says, "the temperature on Earth has increased by nearly one degree Celsius ... Media files: EA8D6ABC-F9BE-4BDE-A6F4-B0C618F07BB2_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.png (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Voice of America: Polls Show Growing Frustration With Washington

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Polls Show Growing Frustration With Washington Aug 1st 2013, 20:25, by webdesk@voanews.com (Jim Malone) Politicians in Washington are no strangers to negative public opinion polls.  But a recent spate of dismal surveys suggests the political polarization and dysfunction in Washington is reaching new depths.  The numbers are mind-numbingly bad. In the latest Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll, Congress has a disapproval rate of 83 percent, an all-time high for that survey. President Barack Obama's approval rating is 45 percent, which matches that of George W. Bush at a similar point ... Media files: 3EA8F9EC-0CD2-4B5E-9AFA-FE1041DFDE47_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Voice of America: Snowden Not the First NSA Defector

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Snowden Not the First NSA Defector Aug 1st 2013, 21:32, by webdesk@voanews.com (Andre de Nesnera) Edward Snowden isn't the first National Security Agency insider to leave the United States and spill spy agency secrets.   It hasn't gone according to plan for Snowden, who fled to Hong Kong and then spent more than a month marooned in the transit zone of a Moscow airport before finally getting his temporary asylum papers on Thursday.   And it didn't go well for a couple of NSA defectors who came long before him.   William Martin and Bernon Mitchell were friends ... Media files: 9C83BE78-862A-4D18-8F3B-0A31606B9BF0_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Voice of America: Babies Given Away Live on Air in Pakistani Talk Show

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Babies Given Away Live on Air in Pakistani Talk Show Aug 1st 2013, 19:25, by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters) Pakistani television is showing what many call its most controversial content yet in a ruthless quest for ratings: a talk-show host who gives away babies live on air. Aamir Liaquat Hussain, a bespectacled 41-year-old with a neatly trimmed beard, gave away two abandoned infant girls to childless families last month and plans to give away a baby boy this week. "If we didn't find this baby, a cat or a dog would have eaten it," Hussain proclaimed during one broadcast, before presenting a ... Media files: 0DA4B143-D861-4E0A-B10E-D41EB843C214_cx0_cy1_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Voice of America: Liberian Government Talks with Striking Health Workers

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Liberian Government Talks with Striking Health Workers Aug 1st 2013, 20:33, by webdesk@voanews.com (Jennifer Lazuta) The Liberian government says negotiations are underway with more than 20,000 public health workers who have been on strike since July 23. The Ministry of Health has called on the health workers to return to work while the talks take place, but striking employees say they will stay home until their demands have been met. Patients, meanwhile, say they just want to receive treatment.   Negotiations between the Ministry of Health and leaders of the National Health Workers' Association of ... Media files: 70410EFD-EDAD-41D8-860A-63D6749059A0_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Voice of America: US 2nd Quarter GDP - Lackluster, But Better Than Expected

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US 2nd Quarter GDP - Lackluster, But Better Than Expected Aug 1st 2013, 21:58, by webdesk@voanews.com (Mil Arcega) The world's largest economy grew only slightly in the second quarter, expanding at an annualized rate of 1.7 percent between April and June.  Despite the lackluster growth and a downward revision in U.S. gross domestic output in the first quarter, the GDP numbers were still better than some analysts expected.  But the data also suggest the economy is still not growing fast enough for the central bank to change course on monetary policies that have kept interest rates at record ... Media files: F2EF46DF-E0BC-49C6-991A-15CCEFB6F520_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Voice of America: US Senate Confirms Obama Nominee to UN Post

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US Senate Confirms Obama Nominee to UN Post Aug 1st 2013, 22:37, by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News) The U.S. Senate has voted to confirm President Barack Obama's selection for ambassador to the United Nations, approving human rights advocate Samantha Power by a vote of 87-10. Power, a 43-year-old former journalist and National Security Council staff expert, was described Thursday by Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Robert Menendez as "a tireless defender of human rights."  Power won one of journalism's highest awards - the 2003 Pulitzer Prize - for a book ... Media files: EF480B81-D65F-4D58-A1E4-2FD9F53BA8F4_cx0_cy5_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Voice of America: Berlusconi Jail Sentence Upheld by Italy Supreme Court

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Berlusconi Jail Sentence Upheld by Italy Supreme Court Aug 1st 2013, 23:13, by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters) Italy's supreme court on Thursday upheld a jail sentence against Silvio Berlusconi for tax fraud in a devastating blow to the four-times prime minister that could throw the country's fragile coalition government into crisis.   The former cruise ship crooner is Italy's most colorful and scandal-prone figure but it was his first definitive conviction in up to 30 court cases on charges ranging from fraud and corruption to having sex with an underage prostitute.   After a ... Media files: 453DAA75-818C-4422-91E3-1D1AA0E25593_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Voice of America: NASA Maps 130 Years of Climate Change

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NASA Maps 130 Years of Climate Change Aug 1st 2013, 21:24, by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News) America's space agency, NASA, has produced a video showing how Earth's surface temperatures have been changing over the years. NASA scientists gathered temperature data from over 1,000 weather stations from around the world since 1880. The video below shows 130 years of temperatures changes relative to the local averages in the mid-1900s. In the video, red means warmer, and blue means colder. On average, NASA says, "the temperature on Earth has increased by nearly one degree Celsius ... Media files: EA8D6ABC-F9BE-4BDE-A6F4-B0C618F07BB2_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.png (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Voice of America: Babies Given Away Live on Air in Pakistani Talk Show

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Babies Given Away Live on Air in Pakistani Talk Show Aug 1st 2013, 19:25, by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters) Pakistani television is showing what many call its most controversial content yet in a ruthless quest for ratings: a talk-show host who gives away babies live on air. Aamir Liaquat Hussain, a bespectacled 41-year-old with a neatly trimmed beard, gave away two abandoned infant girls to childless families last month and plans to give away a baby boy this week. "If we didn't find this baby, a cat or a dog would have eaten it," Hussain proclaimed during one broadcast, before presenting a ... Media files: 0DA4B143-D861-4E0A-B10E-D41EB843C214_cx0_cy1_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Voice of America: Snowden Not the First NSA Defector

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Snowden Not the First NSA Defector Aug 1st 2013, 21:32, by webdesk@voanews.com (Andre de Nesnera) Edward Snowden isn't the first National Security Agency insider to leave the United States and spill spy agency secrets.   It hasn't gone according to plan for Snowden, who fled to Hong Kong and then spent more than a month marooned in the transit zone of a Moscow airport before finally getting his temporary asylum papers on Thursday.   And it didn't go well for a couple of NSA defectors who came long before him.   William Martin and Bernon Mitchell were friends ... Media files: 9C83BE78-862A-4D18-8F3B-0A31606B9BF0_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Voice of America: US Senate Confirms Obama Nominee to UN Post

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US Senate Confirms Obama Nominee to UN Post Aug 1st 2013, 22:37, by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News) The U.S. Senate has voted to confirm President Barack Obama's selection for ambassador to the United Nations, approving human rights advocate Samantha Power by a vote of 87-10. Power, a 43-year-old former journalist and National Security Council staff expert, was described Thursday by Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Robert Menendez as "a tireless defender of human rights."  Power won one of journalism's highest awards - the 2003 Pulitzer Prize - for a book ... Media files: EF480B81-D65F-4D58-A1E4-2FD9F53BA8F4_cx0_cy5_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Voice of America: US to Close Embassies August 4

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US to Close Embassies August 4 Aug 1st 2013, 22:53 The United States will close a number of its embassies and consulates around the world on Sunday for security reasons. In a written statement, the State Department did not specify which missions have been asked to close, nor the type of threat they face. The statement said the embassies and consulates that have been told to close are ones normally open on Sundays. That would include embassies in the Muslim world, where the work week generally is from Sunday to Thursday. Officials said the ...

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Voice of America: Tunisia's Ruling Party Refuses to Remove PM

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Tunisia's Ruling Party Refuses to Remove PM Aug 1st 2013, 17:40, by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News) The head of Tunisia's Islamist ruling party refused on Thursday to remove the prime minister from his post, a hardening of its position toward opposition demands that the government be dissolved.   Earlier this week, leaders from the ruling Ennahda party said they were willing to consider creating a new unity government to help ease the political crisis.   "We are open to new agreements ... but we are holding firm to Mr. Ali Larayedh as the head of the government," party chief ...

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Voice of America: US Lawmakers Introduce Child Sex-Trafficking Bill

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US Lawmakers Introduce Child Sex-Trafficking Bill Aug 1st 2013, 18:39, by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News) U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill to strengthen federal laws against child sex trafficking, a proposal that has broad bipartisan support and will be considered after members of Congress return from an August recess.   Earlier this week, the FBI announced the rescue of more than 100 sexually exploited children as a result of a nationwide sweep of sex traffickers. The FBI said the operation yielded 150 arrests, primarily of pimps — those who profit from the illegal enterprise.   ... Media files: 41F1F0E8-9FD8-4696-BD28-4432B251B129_cx0_cy4_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Voice of America: US, Afghans Stalled on Future Security

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US, Afghans Stalled on Future Security Aug 1st 2013, 19:22, by webdesk@voanews.com (Kokab Farshori) The Pentagon says Afghanistan will need U.S. support after the combat mission there is over in 2014. But for the U.S. troops to stay, there needs to be a bilateral security agreement. Talks were suspended in June by Afghan President Hamid Karzai in protest against U.S. overtures to the Taliban.  The United Nations says civilian deaths in Afghanistan are up 23 percent this year, with most coming at the hands of anti-government forces. The rising toll reflects the challenge Afghan security ... Media files: 8e46fba0-c81e-47c8-96e6-f8d018823ab1.jpgx?w=800&h=450 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Voice of America: UN Sets Up DRC Security Zone

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UN Sets Up DRC Security Zone Aug 1st 2013, 19:32, by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News) U.N. forces have established a security zone in two eastern Congolese cities to rid the area of what they call "unauthorized weapons." U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said Thursday that the goal of the zone is to provide better protection to the more than one million civilians living in the city of Goma and nearby Sake, including internally placed persons. On Tuesday, the U.N. mission in Congo said it was giving people in the zone who were not part of the national security forces 48 ... Media files: 7B91B2CE-804E-4056-901D-A42020F00233_cx0_cy10_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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