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Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (file photo)

Turkey Flexes Muscles Before NATO Summit

Turkey objects to what Ankara perceives as a lack of equal treatment between NATO and EU officials More

Asia

Indonesian soldiers carry a victim of Wednesday's plane crash at Cijeruk in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Saturday, May 12, 2012.

Indonesia Predicts Slow Probe of Crashed Russian Jetliner

Russian jetliner slammed into side of a volcano last week near Jakarta, killing all 45 people on board More

Africa

A man buys fuel at a petrol station in Lagos, Nigeria, April 24, 2012.

Nigerian Activists Say Fuel Fraud Protests 'Last Resort'

Pastor Tunde Bakare says Save Nigeria Group, others will give Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission more time to probe More

Middle East

Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (file photo)

Turkey Flexes Muscles Before NATO Summit

Turkey objects to what Ankara perceives as a lack of equal treatment between NATO and EU officials More

USA Votes 2012

President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden at the White House, May 12, 2012.

Obama and Romney Locked in Tight Race

Some say its gay marriage, others point to economy More

Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama's likely challenger in the November election, speaks at the Liberty University commencement ceremony in Lynchburg in the US state of Virginia May 12, 2012.

Romney Hailed for Backing Traditional Marriage

In speech at conservative university, presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee defends traditional union between man, woman More

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at Lansing Community College in Lansing, Mich., May 8, 2012.

Romney Wins 3 States in Republican Primaries

Candidate now has more than 900 delegates, after winning in Indiana, North Carolina, West Virginia More

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Health

A doctor from an international cardiac mission examines the x-ray of a patient's heart in the Degand Clinic in Port-au-Prince, April 15, 2012.

Non-Communicable Diseases Cause Most Deaths Worldwide

The World Health Organization says non-communicable diseases cause two-thirds of all global deaths and mainly affect people in poorer countries More

Business

Europe Prepares for Dressing Down at G8

European Union will come to Camp David to discuss common solutions to pressing global challenges on the agenda More

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Video Jazz, Hip Hop, Broadway Taught in Bangkok, Beyond

A U.S.-funded arts program is training students in the Middle East and Asia with American style music, theater and dance. The "Yes Academy" strives to build bridges between the U.S. and countries emerging from conflict. As VOA's Daniel Schearf reports from Bangkok, one of their biggest programs is in Iraq.
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