Africa - Voice of America: Report: Rwanda Arming Rebels in Eastern DRC

Africa - Voice of America africa

Report: Rwanda Arming Rebels in Eastern DRC Jun 4th 2012, 13:53 A human-rights group says Rwandan military officials have been arming rebels fighting the government in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. U.S.-based Human Rights Watch says it has evidence the officials have provided weapons, ammunition and up to 300 new recruits to the rebel forces of renegade DRC General Bosco Ntaganda. It says some of the 300 are civilians recruited by force and include children under 18. The Rwandan government has denied providing support for ... Media files: E4717F8C-97B8-45DE-ABAB-8FFA7017C95A_cx11_cy0_cw89_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Africa - Voice of America: Kenyan Teachers Threaten Strike Over School Funding

Africa - Voice of America africa

Kenyan Teachers Threaten Strike Over School Funding Jun 4th 2012, 14:35 NAIROBI, Kenya - The Kenya National Union of Teachers is threatening a nation-wide strike if the Kenyan government does not release funds for primary and secondary school education. The government says the money is on its way to the schools. The teachers' union has given the Kenyan government until Friday to release more than $127 million to the education system or face countrywide closures of primary and secondary schools.   Kenya National Union of Teachers Chairman Wilson ... Media files: 68BE9AF8-FB76-4B79-90BC-350C4BA4F9FA_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Asia - Voice of America: Hong Kong Leads Tiananmen Remembrance

Asia - Voice of America asia

Hong Kong Leads Tiananmen Remembrance Jun 4th 2012, 11:24 HONG KONG - This week marks the 23rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. With the social and political freedoms Hong Kong enjoys as a special administrative region of China, the city remains a cradle for democracy activists seeking to preserve the spirit of the 1989 student protests - despite Beijing's growing influence over the former British colony. June 4, 1989, the student democracy movement in Tiananmen Square was crushed by the Chinese military. Twenty-three years later, ... Media files: BCEAD04F-7CEE-4242-ABE5-96C355CCDBDF_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Asia - Voice of America: China Rejects US Call to Release Tiananmen Prisoners

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China Rejects US Call to Release Tiananmen Prisoners Jun 4th 2012, 13:52 China's foreign ministry has expressed "strong dissatisfaction" with a U.S. call for Beijing to free all those still imprisoned for the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations. Foreign ministry spokesman Liu Weimin told reporters that the U.S. State Department call was a gross intervention in China's internal affairs and a groundless accusation against the Chinese government. "I knew you would ask this question for sure. There has been a clear conclusion by the Chinese ... Media files: 6B4AA614-F859-40B3-8285-2BDD3A975F64_cx0_cy20_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Middle East - Voice of America: Dozens of Syrian Soldiers Killed as Diplomacy Stalls

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Dozens of Syrian Soldiers Killed as Diplomacy Stalls Jun 4th 2012, 13:31 Diplomacy again stalled on Syria as clashes continued Monday, with rights groups saying dozens of people were killed in recent days in battles between Syrian government forces and rebels.               The opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports more than 75 government soldiers were killed over the weekend as rebels intensified attacks on government checkpoints. State media has not acknowledged the casualties and ... Media files: C05226B6-8A05-4F02-923A-94202A18405C_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.png (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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USA - Voice of America: Former Enemies Vietnam, US Ramp Up Defense Ties

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Former Enemies Vietnam, US Ramp Up Defense Ties Jun 4th 2012, 12:16 HANOI, Vietnam - Defense chiefs from former foes Vietnam and the United States met Monday in Hanoi to ramp up ties at a time of rising tensions in the South China Sea. In Hanoi's searing hot mid-morning sunshine, defense chiefs of two nations once at war took part in a poignant exchange of war memorabilia, the diary of a Vietnamese soldier killed in action and letters written by an American officer serving in Vietnam. The symbolic gesture was part of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's ... Media files: 6DBF8E04-19E4-4505-9996-56105DD68770_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Africa - Voice of America: Nigeria Begins Day of Mourning Following Plane Crash

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Nigeria Begins Day of Mourning Following Plane Crash Jun 4th 2012, 12:53 Nigeria has begun three days of mourning for the victims of the plane that crashed in Lagos Sunday, killing all 153 people on board. The wreckage of the commercial airliner continued to smolder early Monday as emergency workers carried bodies and debris from the crash site in a residential neighborhood. In an interview with VOA English to Africa, presidential adviser Reuben Abati said it was too soon to say what caused the crash. "What the president has done, in addition also, is ... Media files: 9C4FF710-F529-4DDF-95BA-88ED66AB7C92_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Asia - Voice of America: Former Enemies Vietnam, US Ramp Up Defense Ties

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Former Enemies Vietnam, US Ramp Up Defense Ties Jun 4th 2012, 12:16 HANOI, Vietnam - Defense chiefs from former foes Vietnam and the United States met Monday in Hanoi to ramp up ties at a time of rising tensions in the South China Sea. In Hanoi's searing hot mid-morning sunshine, defense chiefs of two nations once at war took part in a poignant exchange of war memorabilia, the diary of a Vietnamese soldier killed in action and letters written by an American officer serving in Vietnam. The symbolic gesture was part of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's ... Media files: 6DBF8E04-19E4-4505-9996-56105DD68770_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Middle East - Voice of America: 18 Killed in Iraq Blast

Middle East - Voice of America middle-east

18 Killed in Iraq Blast Jun 4th 2012, 11:10 Iraqi officials say a car bomb has exploded in central Baghdad, killing at least 18 people and wounding 50. The Monday morning blast in the Baab al-Muadham neighborhood damaged an office for Shi'ite religious affairs that manages religious and cultural sites. The explosion follows a series of attacks that killed 17 people in Baghdad last week. The spike in attacks coincides with a ratcheting-up of months-long political tensions in which several political parties have called ...

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Asia - Voice of America: North Korea's Military 'Targets' Media Outlets in the South

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North Korea's Military 'Targets' Media Outlets in the South Jun 4th 2012, 09:57 SEOUL -  South Korea's government is chiding the North for a specific threat made by its military against some of the media in Seoul. North Korea's military Monday threatened South Korea's major conservative media outlets, saying its soldiers had entered the latitude and longitude coordinates of their Seoul headquarters for possible attack. South Korean reports say it is unprecedented for North Korea to publicly speak of map coordinates for specific targets. This ... Media files: D6AD8C66-3478-439D-9441-37886F0708FC_cx0_cy8_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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