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Friday, 17 July 2009

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Today's headlines from VOANews.com






Manmohan Singh enters vehicle on his way to attend second day of Non-Aligned Movement summit in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, 16 Jul 2009 Indian PM Says No Peace Talks With Pakistan Until Mumbai Attacks Solved
Manmohan Singh tells reporters investigating, preventing terrorist attacks remains India's top issue


US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton India Hopes Clinton Visit Will Demonstrate US Commitment to Strategic Partnership Audio Clip Available
US secretary of state arrives in India Friday for four-day visit during which she will hold talks with senior leaders


Afghanistan Afghan Taliban Threatens to Kill Captured US Soldier
Taliban commander demands end to US military operations in Paktika, Ghazni provinces


Peshawar, North West Frontier in Pakistan UN Worker Killed at Pakistan Refugee Camp
Officials say employee was working at Kacha Garhi camp near Peshawar when gunmen tried to kidnap him, then shot him in chest


Germany's Angela Merkel (R) and Russia's Dmitry Medvedev (L) at a news conference in Munich suburbs in southern Germany, 16 Jul 2009 German Chancellor Expresses Shock at Russian Activist Murder
Angela Merkel asks visiting Russian President Dmitri Medvedev to clarify murder circumstances


China export China's Second Quarter Economic Growth Rate Accelerates
World's third largest economy expanded by 7.9 percent April through June, compared with a year earlier


Iranian workers search at the site where a Russian-made Iranian passenger plane crashed, 15 Jul 2009 Iran Recovers Black Boxes from Crashed Plane
Russian experts are due to arrive in Iran Friday to help with crash investigation


Sonia Sotomayor listens to Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., pictured on TV screen, during testimony on Capitol Hill, 15 Jul 2009 Sotomayor Enters Final Day of Questioning
Full US Senate to vote on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation in August


Filipino family wears protective masks against swine flu in East Avenue hospital compound in Quezon City, Philippines, 22 Jun 2009 Thailand Puts Flu Cooperation on ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Agenda Audio Clip Available
Officials call for stepped up cooperation from regional governments to contain spread of H1N1 flu


Rebiya Kadeer China Demands Australian Film Festival Dump Uighur Documentary Audio Clip Available Video clip available
Beijing's dismay at film about exiled Uighur businesswoman Rebiya Kadeer follows violent ethnic disturbances in Xinjiang region on July 5


Craig Nelson Author of Book About Apollo Moon Landing Discusses US Space Program Audio Clip Available
Craig Nelson talks with VOA's Art Chimes about the challenges of space exploration