Thursday, September 12, 2013

Voice of America: US, Russia in Tough Talks Over Syria's Chemical Weapons

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US, Russia in Tough Talks Over Syria's Chemical Weapons
Sep 12th 2013, 20:23, by webdesk@voanews.com (Scott Stearns)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry opened talks in Geneva Thursday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as international negotiations intensify to get Syria to dismantle its chemical weapons arsenal.   Kerry said before the first day of talks that he hopes diplomacy can avoid the need for a U.S. military strike on Syria for using chemical weapons against civilians last month.   Kerry said while the United States and Russia disagree over who was behind the poison gas attack, ...

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Voice of America: EU Could Punish Croatia Over Extradition Row

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EU Could Punish Croatia Over Extradition Row
Sep 12th 2013, 21:23, by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)

The European Commission is likely to punish Croatia next week in a row over extradition rules that has marred the former Yugoslav state's first months as a member of the European Union and may endanger EU aid for border control improvements. The Adriatic state's entry to the EU in July was celebrated as a mark of recovery from years of war during the bloody collapse of Yugoslavia. But Croatia has quickly fallen into disagreement with its new peers over amendments to its extradition ...

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Voice of America: Destroying Syria’s Chemical Stockpiles a Costly, Lengthy Process

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Destroying Syria's Chemical Stockpiles a Costly, Lengthy Process
Sep 12th 2013, 19:28, by webdesk@voanews.com (Cecily Hilleary)

President Barack Obama is holding off on a decision to attack Syria so he can explore a negotiated settlement on securing and destroying the country's arsenal of chemical weapons.  Twice in recent years - in Iraq and in Libya - the U.S. and its allies have dismantled and destroyed chemical weapons programs, but never in the middle of a war. But Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association, says the experience gained in Iraq and Libya shows that dismantling Syria's ...

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Voice of America: Researchers Say Vaccine 'Completely Clears' AIDS Virus from Monkeys

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Researchers Say Vaccine 'Completely Clears' AIDS Virus from Monkeys
Sep 12th 2013, 20:37, by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)

An experimental HIV/AIDS vaccine appears to have completely cleared a primate form of HIV from test monkeys. The primate version of HIV, called simian immunodeficiency virus, or SIV, causes AIDS in monkeys. Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University hope an HIV-form of the vaccine can soon be tested in humans. "To date, HIV infection has only been cured in a very small number of highly-publicized but unusual clinical cases in which HIV-infected individuals were treated with ...

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Voice of America: White House Responds to Putin, Says Military Aid Flowing to Syrian Rebels

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White House Responds to Putin, Says Military Aid Flowing to Syrian Rebels
Sep 12th 2013, 21:12, by webdesk@voanews.com (Dan Robinson)

President Barack Obama is hopeful that U.S.-Russian talks can bring about a diplomatic solution on Syria and its chemical weapons.  The White House meanwhile has responded to a newspaper commentary by Russian President Vladimir Putin, and discussed U.S. military aid to Syrian rebels.  Beginning a cabinet meeting Thursday, President Obama referred to the talks the United States and Russia are holding in Geneva. "I am hopeful that the discussions that Secretary Kerry had with ...

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Voice of America: Billy Joel, Shirley MacLaine Top Kennedy Center Honors List

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Billy Joel, Shirley MacLaine Top Kennedy Center Honors List
Sep 12th 2013, 21:49, by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)

Pop singer Billy Joel, Oscar-winning actress Shirley MacLaine and jazz composer Herbie Hancock on Thursday were among the annual recipients of this year's Kennedy Center Honors, one of the United States' top cultural awards.   Rock guitarist Carlos Santana and opera soprano Martina Arroyo also will be honored at the ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts on Dec. 8 in Washington, D.C.   The Kennedy Center Honors, which were created in 1978, recognize the ...

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Voice of America: Catalans Form Human Chain to Press for Independence From Spain

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Catalans Form Human Chain to Press for Independence From Spain
Sep 11th 2013, 22:05, by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)

Hundreds of thousands of Catalans held hands in a 400-kilometer human chain across their region on Wednesday to press the Spanish government to let them vote on breaking away and forming their own country. Demonstrators in yellow T-shirts, and draped in blue, red and yellow separatist banners raised their joined hands through cities and along rural roads, jumping and shouting in celebration when the chain was completed. "We want a referendum to see whether there's majority support for ...

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Voice of America: Satellite Image Suggests N. Korea Restarted Yongbyon Reactor

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Satellite Image Suggests N. Korea Restarted Yongbyon Reactor
Sep 11th 2013, 22:35, by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)

Satellite imagery suggests that North Korea has restarted a research reactor capable of producing plutonium for weapons at its Yongbyon nuclear complex, a U.S. research institute said on Wednesday.   U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies said a satellite image from Aug. 31 shows white steam rising from a building near the hall that houses the plutonium production reactor's steam turbines and electric generators.   "The white coloration ...

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Voice of America: Blue Man Group Reinvents Itself Through Classical, World Music

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Blue Man Group Reinvents Itself Through Classical, World Music
Sep 11th 2013, 21:01, by webdesk@voanews.com (Elizabeth Lee)

They are blue.  They are bald.  They are the iconic stars of Blue Man Group. Since their first show in New York more than 20 years ago, they have traveled the world, and millions of people have seen the blue men in action - beating on drums and each other, creating music and comedy.  Now the performers - in black unitards, their hands and faced painted bright blue - are on stage with an orchestra and musicians from other countries.  More than 25 million people around the ...

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Voice of America: CAR Crisis Opens Rift Between Muslims, Christians

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CAR Crisis Opens Rift Between Muslims, Christians
Sep 11th 2013, 21:56, by webdesk@voanews.com (Gabe Joselow)

As the security situation in the Central African Republic continues to deteriorate, a new unsettling rivalry between Muslim and Christian communities has started to take hold. Under the shade of a thatched roof, George Fakida and his workers are making knives from scrap metal at a small workshop in the Boeing neighborhood of Bangui. He says business is going well these days, but a few weeks ago the shop was forced to shut down, when soldiers from the ruling rebel coalition Seleka raided the ...

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