Thursday, June 6, 2013

Voice of America: Brother of Afghan Victim Outraged at U.S. Soldier's Verdict

Voice of America
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
Brother of Afghan Victim Outraged at U.S. Soldier's Verdict
Jun 6th 2013, 22:24

The brother of an Afghan man killed last year in a shooting rampage by a U.S. soldier says he is outraged that Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales will not face the death penalty. Bales pleaded guilty to murder Wednesday, ensuring that the harshest sentence he will receive is life in prison. The former staff sergeant was charged with attacks in March 2012 on two villages near a remote military base in southern Afghanistan. Most of the victims were women and children, and investigators said some ...

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Voice of America: Parents of Boston Bombers Regret Coming to America

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Parents of Boston Bombers Regret Coming to America
Jun 6th 2013, 22:22

The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, who was shot and injured by police during the ensuing manhunt, has recovered to the point that he is able to walk and talk and be in contact with his mother in Dagestan. Wall Street Journal Moscow correspondent Alan Cullison has known the Tsarnaev family since 2003, years before the two brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev allegedly set off two bombs at the Boston Marathon that killed three people and injured more than 260.   ...

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Voice of America: Parents of Boston Bombers Regret Coming to America

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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
Parents of Boston Bombers Regret Coming to America
Jun 6th 2013, 22:22

The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, who was shot and injured by police during the ensuing manhunt, has recovered to the point that he is able to walk and talk and be in contact with his mother in Dagestan. Wall Street Journal Moscow correspondent Alan Cullison has known the Tsarnaev family since 2003, years before the two brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev allegedly set off two bombs at the Boston Marathon that killed three people and injured more than 260.   ...

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Voice of America: Brother of Afghan Victim Outraged at U.S. Soldier's Verdict

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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
Brother of Afghan Victim Outraged at U.S. Soldier's Verdict
Jun 6th 2013, 22:24

The brother of an Afghan man killed last year in a shooting rampage by a U.S. soldier says he is outraged that Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales will not face the death penalty. Bales pleaded guilty to murder Wednesday, ensuring that the harshest sentence he will receive is life in prison. The former staff sergeant was charged with attacks in March 2012 on two villages near a remote military base in southern Afghanistan. Most of the victims were women and children, and investigators said some ...

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Voice of America: New Vaccine Drives Africa Meningitis Cases to Lowest in Decade

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New Vaccine Drives Africa Meningitis Cases to Lowest in Decade
Jun 6th 2013, 21:38

Case numbers in Africa's meningitis season this year were the lowest in 10 years thanks to a cheap new vaccine designed to treat a type of the disease common in the so-called meningitis belt, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.   The vaccine, called MenAfriVac, was developed with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation specifically for use against meningitis A, a type which causes regular epidemics in Africa.   Detailing data for Jan. 1 to May 12, the ...

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Voice of America: Researchers Offer Promising New Treatment for MS

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Researchers Offer Promising New Treatment for MS
Jun 6th 2013, 21:31

Researchers have developed what's being hailed as a "breakthrough" in the treatment of multiple sclerosis, a crippling autoimmune disease that attacks the outer sheath of nerve cells, eventually disabling many of those with the neurological condition. The new treatment involves sweeping away immune system cells responsible for MS.  In multiple sclerosis, immune system white blood cells, called T cells, become misdirected, attacking the protective myelin sheath on the outside of nerve ...

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Voice of America: Brother of Afghan Victim Outraged at U.S. Soldier's Verdict

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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
Brother of Afghan Victim Outraged at U.S. Soldier's Verdict
Jun 6th 2013, 22:24

The brother of an Afghan man killed last year in a shooting rampage by a U.S. soldier says he is outraged that Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales will not face the death penalty. Bales pleaded guilty to murder Wednesday, ensuring that the harshest sentence he will receive is life in prison. The former staff sergeant was charged with attacks in March 2012 on two villages near a remote military base in southern Afghanistan. Most of the victims were women and children, and investigators said some ...

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Voice of America: Bikinis Banned at Miss World Pageant in Indonesia

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Bikinis Banned at Miss World Pageant in Indonesia
Jun 6th 2013, 20:22

Miss World contestants will not wear bikinis when they vie for the pageant's crown in Indonesia this September to avoid causing offense in the world's most populous Muslim country. Miss World organizers said the 137 women in the competition instead will wear one-piece swimwear, some of which also will have sarongs over the top. "This is perfectly reasonable in a country that prefers one-piece swimwear," London-based Miss World Organization Chairwoman Julia Morley told Reuters on ...

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Voice of America: Parents of Boston Bombers Regret Coming to America

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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
Parents of Boston Bombers Regret Coming to America
Jun 6th 2013, 22:22

The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, who was shot and injured by police during the ensuing manhunt, has recovered to the point that he is able to walk and talk and be in contact with his mother in Dagestan. Wall Street Journal Moscow correspondent Alan Cullison has known the Tsarnaev family since 2003, years before the two brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev allegedly set off two bombs at the Boston Marathon that killed three people and injured more than 260.   ...

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Voice of America: Children of Deported Push Congress to Reunite Immigrant Families

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Children of Deported Push Congress to Reunite Immigrant Families
Jun 5th 2013, 21:56

The son of a Mexican woman who became a symbol of the U.S. immigration reform movement by taking sanctuary in a Chicago church to try to avoid deportation pushed lawmakers in Washington Wednesday to help families like his. Saul Arellano and other young U.S. citizens whose parents have been deported, or are in detention for immigration violations, shared their stories with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, just days before the Senate is set to debate a possible overhaul of the U.S. ...

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