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Saturday, May 31, 2014
US soldier held in Afghanistan freed
Turkish police tears gas protesters
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India gang rape inquiry stepped up
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Daily International News - May 30, 2014
Ukraine's Military to Continue Eastern Offensive Acting defense minister says his forces have completely cleared separatists out of southern, western Donetsk, northern part of Luhansk More US Official: Russia Has Withdrawn Most Troops from Ukraine Border Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says withdrawal of thousands of Russian troops is a promising sign, but all troops positioned there need to be moved back More Syrian Air Raids Reportedly Kill 14 Civilians a Day in Aleppo The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Friday 567 children and 283 women were among those killed in the northern city this year More VOA EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Policeman Tells How Corruption Hampers Fight Against Boko Haram Nigerians are increasingly fed up with militant Islamic group's audacious attacks - and the government's inability to stop them More More Suspects Detained in India Gang Rape Case Police report two more arrests after sexual assault of two teenage cousins found hanging from a tree Thursday More 4 Arrested in Pakistan Honor Killing Farzana Parveen, 25, was beaten to death outside a courthouse as she waited to tell a judge she married a man of her own free will More Cambodia Court Convicts, then Releases Labor Activists Court convicts 23 garment workers and unionists who were arrested during violent protests in January - and then suspends their sentences and releases them More Thousands Flee Bangui After Church Attack Up to 9,000 internally displaced people were sheltering at Bangui's Notre Dame de Fatima when the attack occurred More Obama Accepts Veterans Affairs Chief's Resignation President names Sloan Gibson, deputy, to be interim head of agency plagued with complaints about delays in care More Alaska Scientists Work to Save Polar Bears The zoo in Anchorage, Alaska, has been taking care of orphaned or abandoned polar bears since the 1970s More |
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Friday, May 30, 2014
Daily Africa News - May 30, 2014
Rioting Ahead of Malawi Election Ruling Demonstrators burn tires, damage shops in the capital ahead of expected High Court ruling on disputed election results More Peacekeepers, Protesters Clash in CAR At least two killed in gunfire exchange More Gunmen Kidnap 2 Traditional Rulers in Northern Nigeria Borno state official confirms Emir of Gwoza, Alhaji Idriss Timta, and the Emir of Uba, Alhaji Ismaila Mamza, snatched from vehicles on remote road Friday More NGO Urges SEC to Act on Transparency Publish What You Pay calls for speedy action on rule-making More VOA EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Policeman Tells How Corruption Hampers Fight Against Boko Haram Nigerians are increasingly fed up with militant Islamic group's audacious attacks - and the government's inability to stop them More Hilde Johnson to Step Down as UNMISS Head More |
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Daily Africa News - May 29, 2014
Nigeria's Leader Orders Full-Scale Assault on Boko Haram Goodluck Jonathan vows to 'do everything possible to bring our daughters home,' although he gave no details of what is being done to rescue the girls More Egypt's Sissi Wins Presidential Vote by Landslide Preliminary results from the three-day extended vote, which ended Wednesday, give ex-military chief more than 93 percent of ballots cast More Oral Cholera Vaccine is Success in Guinea MSF releases study in New England Journal of Medicine. More Muslim Gunmen Attack Church in CAR At least 11 killed in attack on church in Bangui More Sierra Leone Changes Strategy to Fight Ebola Outbreak Health official says 'we have moved our activities from preparedness to response' as disease becomes epidemic in country More |
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Thursday, May 29, 2014
Ukraine helicopter 'shot down'
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Daily International News - May 28, 2014
Obama: US Isolationism Not an Option In commencement speech at West Point, president says America cannot ignore what happens beyond its borders, but not every problem has a military solution More VOA Foreign Policy Analysis: Obama Speech Comes at Critical Moment Experts warn that United States risked emboldening tyrants and leaving a vacuum in some regions that could result in more instability More Kabul Lawmakers Denounce US Combat Mission Timetable But Afghan president, defense ministry express support for decision announced by President Barack Obama on Tuesday More Snowden: I Was 'Trained as a Spy' Reacting to former NSA contractor's latest revelations, US Secretary of State John Kerry says he should 'man up' and return to US to face espionage charges More Uneasy Calm Returns to East Ukraine No major fighting reported a day after massive government assault left dozens of pro-Russia separatists dead More Chechen Leader Denies Sending Fighters to Ukraine Ramzan Kadyrov issued statement on Instagram Tuesday 'officially' denying claim in Financial Times report More Voting Light in Extra Day of Egypt's Presidential Election High turnout seen as key to legitimizing Sissi's long-assumed win in a process that began when he ousted former president Mohamed Morsi More US Cannot Confirm Nigerian Claim About Locating Kidnapped Girls Officials speaking on condition of anonymity say they have no credible information on girls' location More Seoul: China Strengthens Resolve Against N. Korea Nuclear Test Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se says he and Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, agree Pyongyang's nuclear activities are a serious threat to peace and stability in the region More US Poet, Author Maya Angelou Dies at 86 Prolific writer had received numerous awards, including Presidential Medal of Honor in 2011, for incisive takes on race, gender and living life fully More |
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Ukraine's Military to Continue Eastern Offensive
US Official: Russia Has Withdrawn Most Troops from Ukraine Border
Syrian Air Raids Reportedly Kill 14 Civilians a Day in Aleppo
VOA EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Policeman Tells How Corruption Hampers Fight Against Boko Haram
More Suspects Detained in India Gang Rape Case
4 Arrested in Pakistan Honor Killing
Cambodia Court Convicts, then Releases Labor Activists
Thousands Flee Bangui After Church Attack
Obama Accepts Veterans Affairs Chief's Resignation
Alaska Scientists Work to Save Polar Bears
Rioting Ahead of Malawi Election Ruling
Peacekeepers, Protesters Clash in CAR
Gunmen Kidnap 2 Traditional Rulers in Northern Nigeria
NGO Urges SEC to Act on Transparency
Hilde Johnson to Step Down as UNMISS Head
Nigeria's Leader Orders Full-Scale Assault on Boko Haram
Egypt's Sissi Wins Presidential Vote by Landslide
Oral Cholera Vaccine is Success in Guinea
Muslim Gunmen Attack Church in CAR
Sierra Leone Changes Strategy to Fight Ebola Outbreak
Obama: US Isolationism Not an Option
VOA Foreign Policy Analysis: Obama Speech Comes at Critical Moment
Kabul Lawmakers Denounce US Combat Mission Timetable
Snowden: I Was 'Trained as a Spy'
Uneasy Calm Returns to East Ukraine
Chechen Leader Denies Sending Fighters to Ukraine
Voting Light in Extra Day of Egypt's Presidential Election
US Cannot Confirm Nigerian Claim About Locating Kidnapped Girls
Seoul: China Strengthens Resolve Against N. Korea Nuclear Test
US Poet, Author Maya Angelou Dies at 86