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President Obama To Visit Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania

The White House says U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to Africa this summer, visiting three countries.In a statement Monday, the White House says President Obama along with his wife, Michelle, will travel to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania in ... [Published VOA News - 8 mins ago]

Entities: Senegal, Barack Obama, Tanzania, South Africa

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 8 mins ago - 4 reports

Burma's President Visits Washington

President Barack Obama shakes hands with Burma's President Thein Sein at their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, May 20, 2013. Thein Sein is the first Burmese president to be welcomed to the White House in almost 47 years. ... [Published VOA News - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Thein Sein, White House

First reported 27 mins ago - Updated 12 mins ago - 1 reports

National Weather Service

Tornado Hits Oklahoma Again

A huge tornado has torn through the central U.S. state of Oklahoma, destroying homes for the second day in a row Monday.The severe weather outbreak is expected to spread across other parts of the Plains and the Midwest.The National Weather Service has ... [Published VOA News - 27 mins ago]

Entities: Tornado, Oklahoma (United States), National Weather Service, Oklahoma City

First reported 27 mins ago - Updated 27 mins ago - 1 reports

Past Differences Hamper US-Russian Efforts to Help Syria

Public diplomacy experts say a difference in perceptions dating back to the Cold War era could hamper U.S. and Russian efforts to deal with the ongoing civil war in Syria.Heritage Foundation senior fellow Helle Dale said there is a "love-hate" relationship ... [Published VOA News - 27 mins ago]

Entities: Cold War, Syria, Russia

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

World Bank Group

Zimbabwe Launches Human Resource Website To Target Skilled Diaspora Community

WASHINGTON — In a bid to attract Zimbabweans living in the diaspora, the government has developed a website where people can log in to search for jobs and opportunities available in the country.Higher education permanent secretary, Dr. Washington Mbizvo, ... [Published VOA News - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Zimbabwe, Ghana, World Bank Group

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

In Rural Communities Children Living with HIV Lack Access to Treatment

HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Most children living with the HIV virus in Zimbabwes rural communities do not access life-saving anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) early because new technology that can detect the virus six weeks from birth is only available at hospitals ... [Published VOA News - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Owen Mugurungi, HIV/AIDS, Communities

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Zimbabwe Activists Urge Harare to Financially Support Human Rights Commission

WASHINGTON — Activists say it is a shame that institutions like the Human Rights Commission that were created to ensure rights abuses become are abolished in Zimbabwe, are not receiving budgetary allocations from the government to support their work.Last ... [Published VOA News - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Zimbabwe, Human Rights Commission, Harare

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Biti says Party Will Push for Debt Cancellation

WASHINGTON — Zimbabwes Finance Minister Tendai Biti says a government led by his MDC party will push for the cancellation of the countrys foreign debt, allowing it to launch a massive economic transformation program in what he called, the post-Mugabe ... [Published VOA News - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Tendai Biti, Zimbabwe, Push, Morgan Tsvangirai

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 2 reports

Kerry to Mideast for Syria Talks

US STATE DEPARTMENT — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry travels Monday to the Middle East for talks on holding a Syrian peace conference.Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said he doubts the U.S./Russian initiative can stop the fighting.The latest ... [Published VOA News - 15 hours ago]

Entities: John Kerry, Syria, Bashar al-Assad

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 2 reports

Chinese Premier in India, Discusses Borders, Trade

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his visiting Chinese counterpart have agreed to resolve a border dispute and other tensions, as Premier Li Keqiang continues his first trip abroad since taking office.Mr. Singh and Mr. Li met Monday in New Delhi ... [Published VOA News - 11 hours ago]

Entities: India, Manmohan Singh, China

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated 11 hours ago - 2 reports

Tunisians Fear Growing Threat of Radical Islamists

PARIS — Police in Tunisia fired tear gas to disperse stone-throwing Islamists in two cities after the government banned the hardline Ansar al-Shariah group from staging its annual congress Sunday. The events underscore the growing clout of Muslim extremists ... [Published VOA News - May 19 2013]

Entities: Tunisia, Radical Islam, Salafism

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 2 reports

Funeral Held for Slain Pakistani Politician

Hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of a Pakistani politician shot dead in Karachi.Zahra Shahid Hussain was killed late Saturday after being approached by two unknown gunmen outside her home in Karachi.Pakistani politician and former cricket ... [Published VOA News - May 19 2013]

Entities: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (Pakistan), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan), Karachi

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He said since the end of the Cold War, it has been difficult for Russia to adjust from being a super-power to a much lesser power. "At the end of the Cold War, with the United States emerging as number one, it has kind of made the world free for, you know, America to do whatever it wants, wherever it wants, and this was true with the wars of Yugoslav succession in the 1990s, and of course Iraq and elsewhere. And thats something that really grates on the Russians" he said. Kuchins said there are other differences that have caused a strain between Russia and the United States

Past Differences Hamper US-Russian Efforts to Help Syria [Published VOA News - 27 mins ago]

...Mabenge, of the Institute for a Democratic Alternative Zimbabwe (IDAZIM says the government should do more to support such important institutions. "Resourcing such important constitutional commissions is a matter of political will and what is needed is more the political will than the actual ascendence to the new constitution" said Mabenge...

Zimbabwe Activists Urge Harare to Financially Support Human Rights Commission [Published VOA News - 1 hour ago]

...for example those from the Phillipines, Ghana and Nigeria who are making a difference on the ground in their own countries in terms of investment. "We are impressed by the high level of interest from highly skilled Zimbabweans who want to be part of the team to revamp the economy back home" said Mbizvo...

Zimbabwe Launches Human Resource Website To Target Skilled Diaspora Community [Published VOA News - 1 hour ago]

...a Mayo Clinic hepatologist and senior study author, the research also revealed more differences between PSC and PBC than originally thought. "Moving forward, we can look at what this finding might tell us about the causes of these diseases and how to better treat them" he said. The findings were being presented at the Digestive Disease Week 2013 conference in Orlando, Fla

Coffee May Protect Against Liver Disease [Published VOA News - 3 hours ago]

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