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NATO, Afghan Forces Retake Taliban Stronghold
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 11:24 pm | VOA News
NATO and Afghan forces have driven out Taliban fighters from their stronghold in southern Afghanistan after days of fighting. Coalition forces held their control over Musa Qala in Helmand province Tuesday, a day after militants retreated. More >>
Cuba To Allow UN Human Rights Monitoring
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 8:44 pm | VOA News
Cuba says it will allow U.N. monitoring of its human rights starting in 2009, as authorities broke up a small protest by dissidents calling for improved human rights on the communist-run island. More >>
Qadhafi Signs Deals On Controversial France Trip
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 5:54 pm | VOA News
The two countries signed contracts for the Libyan purchase of 21 Airbus planes along with a nuclear reactor from France. The initial deals are worth nearly $15 billion - and Paris is hoping for more to come during the five-day stay here of Libya's Moammar ... More >>
Two Koreas Open Rail Link After More Than 50 Years
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 5:52 pm | VOA News
South and North Korea started their first regular train service in several decades across the border Tuesday. The 12-car South Korean train carrying raw materials crossed the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone into the North will return back later Tuesday. More >>
Lebanon's Presidential Vote Delayed Again
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 5:51 pm | VOA News
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri issued a statement Monday, saying the election scheduled for Tuesday has been postponed until December 17. The delay (the eigth) gives rival political leaders more time to reach a consensus. More >>
Gadhafi's Visit To France Brings Storm Of Protest
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 5:50 pm | VOA News
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi arrives in Paris Monday for a five-day visit that has already generated a storm of protest from those who have not forgotten Libya's reputation as a supporter of terrorism. The visit is also expected to generate business. More >>
Laura Bush To Burma Junta: Open Democratic Path
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 5:49 pm | VOA News
The normally soft-spoken first lady repeatedly blasted Burma's rulers as brazen despots. Mrs. Bush said the Burmese people have been denied "nearly every right" contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. More >>
Future Kosovo PM: Serbs, Don't Fear Independence
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 10:45 am | VOA News
Kosovo's incoming Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has urged the province's minority Serbs not to be afraid of independence that the ethnic-Albanian majority wants to declare soon. More >>
Archbishop In Britain Cuts Up Collar In Protest
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 10:44 am | VOA News
"This is what I wear to identify myself that I am a clergyman," he said. "Do you know what Mugabe has done? He has taken people's identity and literally, if you do not mind, cut it to pieces. More >>
Ebola Outbreak Appears To Be Contained In Uganda
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 10:23 am | VOA News
Health officials in Uganda say laboratory tests have shown that an outbreak of the deadly Ebola disease in the western part of the country has not spread to the east, as officials had feared. More >>
Gore Urges US, China To Do More On Global Warming
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 10:22 am | VOA News
Gore spoke Monday in Oslo after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. He urged the two largest carbon-emitting countries - the United States and China - to make what he called the "boldest moves" to fight global warming. More >>
UN Focuses On Persecution Of Somalia Journalists
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 10:21 am | VOA News
The United Nations marked the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Nairobi by highlighting the persecution of journalists in Somalia. More >>
UN Calls For Respect For Human Rights
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 9:35 am | VOA News
To mark Human Rights Day on 10 December, the United Nations kicked-off a year-long campaign leading up to the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in December 2008. More >>
Sudan, Eritrea Accused Of Deporting Refugees
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 9:34 am | VOA News
An Eritrean human rights group is accusing the governments of Sudan and Eritrea of working together to round up and deport Eritreans who have sought refuge from Eritrea's authoritarian government. More >>
US, Iranians To Discuss Iraq Security Issue
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 8:26 am | VOA News
The discussions in Baghdad, which are limited to Iraqi security issues, are the first regular talks between the two governments since diplomatic ties were broken after Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution. More >>
Fewer Children Dying From Preventable Causes - UN
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 8:05 am | VOA News
A new report finds that last year the number of children dying before their fifth birthday fell below 10 million for the first time since the United Nations has been keeping records. More >>
World Running Out Of Patience With Burma Junta
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 8:04 am | VOA News
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the international community is running out of patience with Burma's repressive military government. The top U.N. official spoke on his way to a climate change conference in Indonesia. More >>
US Rejects Greenhouse Gas Targets At Conference
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 8:03 am | VOA News
Delegates to the U.N. climate change conference are locked in debate over whether to set tough new limits on greenhouse-gas emission, with the United States leading the fight against firm limits. Delegates are trying to draft a successor to Kyoto. More >>
UN Asks For Nearly $4 Billion To Aid Disaster Vict
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 8:02 am | VOA News
The United Nations is launching a $3.8 billion appeal to provide urgent support to 25 million people in humanitarian emergencies in 24 countries. Nine of the 10 countries in the 2008 Humanitarian appeal are in Africa. The 10th is occupied Palestinian. More >>
Putin Supports Medvedev For President
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 8:02 am | VOA News
President Putin says the nomination of Dmitri Medvedev offers Russia a chance to establish a stable new government that will continue policies that have proven successful during the eight years of his administration. More >>
