Africa - Voice of America: Liberia Closes Border With Ivory Coast

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Liberia Closes Border With Ivory Coast Jun 12th 2012, 12:03 Liberia's foreign minister says his country will take every measure to ensure there is peace in neighboring Ivory Coast, after Liberia closed its border between the two nations. The closing followed Friday's killing of seven United Nations peacekeepers and eight civilians in the Ivory Coast town of Tai.  Ivorian officials said Liberia-based gunmen carried out the attack, while the U.N. says it is still not clear who was responsible. Liberian Foreign Minister Augustin ... Media files: 012A2854-E4F3-4AD5-AC1F-608D1456B24D_cx0_cy3_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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USA - Voice of America: Street Fair Aims to Enthrall Children with Science

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Street Fair Aims to Enthrall Children with Science Jun 12th 2012, 13:07 Children hammered fern leaves to make chlorophyll impressions on t-shirts while learning about photosynthesis and plant cells at the Ultimate Science Street Fair in New York recently. ​​​ That was one of several outdoor offerings at the event, which also included life-sized dinosaur puppets, plant parasites and face painting booths where kids were painted in the form of butterfly heads or galaxies. Nobel Prize winning physicist William Phillips was also there talking about Albert ...

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USA - Voice of America: China Defiant on Iran Oil Purchases

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China Defiant on Iran Oil Purchases Jun 12th 2012, 12:27 BEIJING - The Chinese government has indicated it has no plans to change its position on oil purchases from Iran, a day after the United States left Beijing off a list of economies that are exempt from U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil imports. Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin Tuesday rejected a question about whether China will reduce its oil imports from Iran and said these purchases are necessary. China needs to import crude oil from Iran, Liu said, because of its economic ... Media files: 9CB9F3C3-594A-49B1-BFAC-813B7757005B_cx10_cy9_cw90_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Asia - Voice of America: China Defiant on Iran Oil Purchases

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China Defiant on Iran Oil Purchases Jun 12th 2012, 12:27 BEIJING - The Chinese government has indicated it has no plans to change its position on oil purchases from Iran, a day after the United States left Beijing off a list of economies that are exempt from U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil imports. Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin Tuesday rejected a question about whether China will reduce its oil imports from Iran and said these purchases are necessary. China needs to import crude oil from Iran, Liu said, because of its economic ... Media files: 9CB9F3C3-594A-49B1-BFAC-813B7757005B_cx10_cy9_cw90_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Africa - Voice of America: UN: Disarmament a Priority for Ivory Coast Peace

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UN: Disarmament a Priority for Ivory Coast Peace Jun 12th 2012, 11:42 ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - It has been one year since political violence formally ended in Ivory Coast, but at least 60,000 ex-combatants are still armed. The United Nations says it was a failure to disarm fighters from the 2002 -2003 civil war which helped fuel last year's conflict and the country cannot afford to make the same mistake again.  Chief of the U.N.'s DDR operation (disarmament, demobilization and reintegration) in Ivory Coast, Sophie Da Camara, says taking a weapon away ... Media files: 40932E7B-CCC2-4BCA-90AE-6CB41F0A04CF_cx0_cy47_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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USA - Voice of America: China Defiant on Iran Oil Purchases

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China Defiant on Iran Oil Purchases Jun 12th 2012, 12:27 BEIJING - The Chinese government has indicated it has no plans to change its position on oil purchases from Iran, a day after the United States left Beijing off a list of economies that are exempt from U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil imports. Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin Tuesday rejected a question about whether China will reduce its oil imports from Iran and said these purchases are necessary. China needs to import crude oil from Iran, Liu said, because of its economic ... Media files: 9CB9F3C3-594A-49B1-BFAC-813B7757005B_cx10_cy9_cw90_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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USA - Voice of America: Apple Opens Developers Conference

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Apple Opens Developers Conference Jun 12th 2012, 10:41 U.S. computer giant Apple Inc. has announced a new advanced operating system for its products that will include an Apple-made mobile mapping service for iPhones and iPads, a smarter Siri voice-interaction feature and more FaceTime, or instant videophone communications. Apple software chief Scott Forstall told the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference in California that the new in-house mapping service in the forthcoming iOS 6 operating system is "built from the ground ... Media files: 54D75535-C650-4E68-BC12-A38AF585431D_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Asia - Voice of America: UN: N. Korea Aid Efforts 'Seriously Underfunded'

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UN: N. Korea Aid Efforts 'Seriously Underfunded' Jun 12th 2012, 11:57 The United Nations is calling for the international community to put aside political differences and boost funding to help address what it says are the dire humanitarian needs of North Koreans. The U.N. said Tuesday that aid efforts in North Korea remain "seriously underfunded," even as it unveiled a funding request for an additional $198 million to respond to "key humanitarian priorities" in the impoverished communist state in 2012. International donors provided ... Media files: 10B41469-85AE-4E9B-80DD-CCADB21CD909_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Asia - Voice of America: Burmese Troops on Patrol as Ethnic Violence Continues

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Burmese Troops on Patrol as Ethnic Violence Continues Jun 12th 2012, 10:28 Armed security forces presided over an uneasy calm in western Burma Tuesday, as international pressure mounts for an end to a week of deadly violence between Muslims and Buddhists. President Thein Sein has already deployed army troops and declared a state of emergency in Rakhine state, where at least 17 people have been killed and hundreds of homes destroyed since last week. But rights groups fear the death toll may be significantly higher and are calling for Burma's government to ... Media files: 40AE6FAA-9D56-4569-9865-6A49F96D4CE8_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Africa - Voice of America: Malawi Opposition Leader Supports Decision to Cancel AU Summit

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Malawi Opposition Leader Supports Decision to Cancel AU Summit Jun 12th 2012, 05:54 While some Malawian opposition members have criticized President Joyce Banda for making what they call a hasty decision in canceling next month's African Union summit, one opposition leader said the decision is in Malawi's national interest.   The African Union decided Monday to move the July 9-16 summit to Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, after Banda refused to let Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, under indictment by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, to ... Media files: 5695D8EA-1BA6-4422-9831-A0DAA326E728_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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