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Thursday, 16 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.


Photo released by semi-official Iranian Students News Agency shows scene of plane crash about 75 miles northwest of Tehran, 15 Jul 2009 Iran Plane Crash Kills All 168 Aboard Audio Clip Available
Rescuers combed through the smoldering wreckage of a Russian-made Tupolev aircraft that crashed in a field near Qazvin in northern Iran


The bodies of victims lie on the ground at the hospital morgue following a car bomb in the center of the western town of Ramadi, 15 Jul 2009 Iraq Car Bombing Kills 6
Authorities said Wednesday the attack targeted a police checkpoint in the provincial capital, Ramadi


In this 10 Jan 2009 file photo, Palestinians react after hearing news that their mother had been killed in Israeli shelling in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip Group of Israeli Soldiers Says Military Used Reckless Force in Gaza
Israeli defense officials rebuffed the accounts, saying the army operated according to the highest moral code


UN Sec. Gen. Ban Ki-moon (R), Egyptian, Cuban Pres. Hosni Mubarak (C), Raul Castro (L) at the 15th Non -Aligned Movement summit in Egypt, 15 Jul 2009 Non-Aligned Movement Leaders Meet in Egypt Audio Clip Available
Egyptian President Mubarak, next head of group, says movement must accommodate itself with existing international reality, be nimble and efficacious in tacking its goals


Undated photo of Henry Okah, a suspected leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), who was arrested in September 2007 Nigerian Rebel Group Agrees to Ceasefire
Comes after release of rebel leader Henry Okah, which had been one of MEND's key demands


Somalia, Eritrea Somali Government Working to Free French Hostages
Interior Minister Sheikh Abdulkadir Ali Omar tells VOA Somali service that he believes 'bandits' kidnapped the two men for ransom


Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram addresses a press conference in Hyderabad, 06 Mar 2009 Indian Official Says Maoist Threst Underestimated by Government Audio Clip Available
In the last month Insurgents were blamed for daring attacks targeting security forces


Chinese Police Patrolling in Xinjiang region Race Relations in Urumqi Face Uncertain Future Video clip available
Ethnic unrest in Xinjiang capital leaves scars that may not heal soon


Obama's cabinet includes Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Chu US, Chinese Officials Discuss Energy Cooperation Audio Clip Available
US Energy Secretary Stephen Chu told an overflow audience at Beijing's Tsinghua University that climate change is a growing and urgent problem


House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at a news conference, announcing the introduction of health care legislation, 14 Jul 2009 House Democrats Unveil Health Measure, Republicans Respond Audio Clip Available
Republicans immediately blasted proposal, which Democrats say they're determined to have House vote on before August recess