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Tuesday, 14 July 2009

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Pres Obama Address to Africa
President Barack Obama wrapped up a week-long international trip to Russia and the G8 summit in Italy with a historic visit to Ghana, 10-11 July. During his first visit to Sub-Saharan Africa as president, he addressed the Ghanaian parliament in a speech outlining U.S. policy towards Africa. If you missed it, check out our special coverage and listen or watch the speech on demand.


Displaced Pakistanis pack up their belongings as they prepare to leave refugee camp, in Charsadda, near Peshawar, 13 Jul 2009 Pakistan Starts Repatriating 2 Million Displaced Video clip available
Amid fears and uncertainty about living conditions in their war-hit towns, about 200 families left on trucks and buses from the Jalozai and Charsada camps near Peshawar


Pakistan Bomb Blast Kills 9 in Eastern Pakistan
At least 70 injured in explosion at home of Muslim cleric in eastern Punjab province


Afghanistan Four Afghan Policemen, NATO Soldier Killed in Afghanistan
Blast occurred in Wardak province


Xinjiang province in China Chinese Police Kill 2 Uighurs in Xinjiang
Shooting happened in the provincial capital, Urumqi, a little more than a week after bloody clashes broke out there between Uighurs and members of China's ethnic Han majority


An undated photo of a Shell Oil rig in the Niger Delta, Nigeria Five Killed In Nigerian Militant Attack in Lagos
Some oil pipelines damaged in attack


Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, right, and his defence lawyer Courtenay Griffits, at the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague, Netherlands, 13 Jul 2009 Charles Taylor Defense Case Opens in The Hague Audio Clip Available
Former president of Liberia charged with the murder, mutilation, rape and enslavement of civilians, and the recruitment and use of child soldiers in Sierra Leone's civil war


Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, in Tokyo Japanese Prime Minister Calls Snap Elections After Election Loss
Aso to dissolve parliament on July 21 ahead of August 30 elections


Turkey Turkey, EU Nations Sign Landmark Gas Pipeline Agreement
Gas pipeline will stretch from Caspian Sea region to Western Europe


Ousted Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya during a press conference at the international airport of Comalapa, El Salvador, 05 Jul 2009 Interim Honduran Leader: Ousted President May Get Amnesty
Honduran military deported president Manuel Zelaya to Costa Rica in a June 28 coup on orders from the Supreme Court, which accused him of trying to change the constitution illegally to seek another term


The bed is the central focus of most labor and delivery rooms Re-Thinking Delivery Room Design Eases Labor Audio Clip Available
Women give birth more easily when they aren't confined to beds, research suggests