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Greece Strikes Deal to End Financial Crisis

Bond swap agreement will help eliminate $142 billion debt and avoid a default on its financial obligations

An Emporiki Bank branch in Athens, March 9, 2012.

UN: Syria Stalling on Humanitarian Aid

UN's Valerie Amos says Syrian officials 'asked for more time' to consider deal that would allow United Nations to help crackdown victims

U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos addresses the media in Ankara, March 9, 2012.

Hope for Progress Dims in Sudan-South Sudan Talks

Khartoum's lead negotiator in oil talks says it would be a victory if both sides could agree to talk in a spirit of compromise

Map of Sudan and South Sudan

US Reaches Deal With Afghanistan to Turn Over Detainees

Agreement resolves a contentious issue that threatened long-term partnership between both countries

Afghan detainees, seen through a mesh wire fence, prepare for noon prayers inside the Parwan detention facility near Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan, March 23, 2011.

Cyberspace Pierces Putin Mystique

Russia's rapidly expanding Internet is piercing Putin's carefully maintained image as a 21st century czar

A song by Former Russian paratroopers against Vladimir Putin became an instant Internet hit and part of the wave of protest in Russia (file photo).

Nigerian Hostages Killed by Their Captors During Failed Rescue

Nigerian President Jonathan said that Boko Haram militants were behind the kidnapping, killing of the two men

Residents gather at the scene where Briton Chris McManus and Italian Franco Lamolinara were killed by their captors on Thursday when British-backed Nigerian troops surrounded their compound on the edge of the remote northern Nigerian city of Sokoto, Briti

For Japanese Farmers, Lessons From Chernobyl

Scientists from former Soviet Union arrive in Fukushima prefecture to advise locals on farmland decontamination

Local spinach on sale at a farmers cooperative in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima prefecture, where many still shun regional produce, March 7, 2012.

Nurses' Standoff in Kenya Leaves Patients Few Options

Government announced it was firing many of strikers Thursday, decision that may only prolong hardship for those in need of care

Striking public health workers participate in a demonstration as they enter the Ministry of Health headquarters in Kenya's capital Nairobi, March 9, 2012.

VOA Reporter Reflects on Devastation of Japan's Major Earthquake

Unprecedented physical destruction leaves world's third-largest economy with piles of debris, known as gareki

A guard keeps watch in front of piled debris of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, March 9, 2012, two days before the one-year anniversary of the disaster.

Tsvangirai Demands New Zimbabwe Constitution Before Elections

Zimbabwe's PM releases document outlining conditions in which his Movement for Democratic Change would take part in elections

Zimbabwe Prime Minister and Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai  present a booklet at the launch of Conditions for a Sustainable Election in Zimbabwe (COSEZ) in Harare, March 8, 2012.

China's Rural Decline Documented in Photos

He Chongyue examines how issues like old age, poverty are ravaging the Chinese countryside

Chinese Artist He Chongyue documents how issues like old age and poverty are ravaging the Chinese countryside.

Research on Cancer-Fighting Shark's Blood Gets Boost in Australia

Sharks have immune systems similar to humans, but their antibodies are different and extremely resilient

A Sand Tiger Shark swims in its aquarium, File November 9, 2010.
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