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 Africa
African Finance Ministers Discuss Economic Impact of Surging Food and Fuel Prices  Audio Clip Available
Zimbabwe Opposition Condemns Election Run-off Delay  Audio Clip Available
Malawi Government Says It Will Continue With Coup Investigations  Audio Clip Available
 Americas
EU-Latin America-Caribbean Summit to Open in Peru
Venezuela's Chavez Says He Will Renew Efforts to Free Hostages in FARC Custody
Colombia Extradites Top Paramilitary Leaders to US
 Asia
China Says Quake Death Toll Could Top 50,000
US Commerce Secretary Encourages Chinese Investment  Audio Clip Available
Red Cross Warns of Further Misery for Burma's Cyclone Victims
 Europe
US House Panel Confirms Cuts to European Missile Program  Audio Clip Available
Russia, Europe Sign Deal for New Spacecraft
Illegal Immigrant Workers in Paris Want Resident Status in France  Audio Clip Available
 Iraq
Iraqi Troops Enforce Crackdown on Al-Qaida in Mosul
Iraqi Prime Minister in Mosul for Military Campaign  Audio Clip Available
Paris Court Sentences Seven for Aiding Iraqi Insurgents  Audio Clip Available
 Middle East
Iraqi Troops Enforce Crackdown on Al-Qaida in Mosul
Arab Mediators Expect to Finalize Deal on Lebanon Crisis
Bush Says US, Israel United Against Iran's Nuclear Ambitions
 United States
Bush Says US, Israel United Against Iran's Nuclear Ambitions
US Commerce Secretary Encourages Chinese Investment  Audio Clip Available
Bush Says Letting Iran Have Nuclear Weapons 'Unforgivable'
 TOPICS
 Arts and Entertainment
Cannes Film Festival Opens with Brazilian Drama
'The Visitor' Explores Cultural Barriers, Friendship Between Grief-Stricken Professor, Foreigners Who Inhabit His Home  Audio Clip Available
Influential American Artist Robert Rauschenberg Dead at 82
 Disasters and Accidents
China Says Quake Death Toll Could Top 50,000
Red Cross Warns of Further Misery for Burma's Cyclone Victims
UN Secretary-General to Send Humanitarian Chief to Burma
 Economy and Finance
US Commerce Secretary Encourages Chinese Investment  Audio Clip Available
US Senate Panel Considers Response to Global Food Crisis  Video clip available
Zimbabweans Government Waives Customs Duties On Food, Other Key Goods  Audio Clip Available
 Education
African Countries Seek Common Approach Against HIV/AIDS  Audio Clip Available
HIV-Affected Families in Malawi Benefit from Raising Fish  Audio Clip Available
Namibia Touts New Program to Fight AIDS  Audio Clip Available
 Environment
US Lists Polar Bears as Threatened Species
UN Initiative Calls for World's Citizens to Plant Seven Billion Trees by 2009  Audio Clip Available
High Crop Prices Squeezing US Farmland Conservation Program  Audio Clip Available
 Health
Triple-Drug Therapy Found Most Effective Against HIV  Audio Clip Available
Study Links Everyday Chemicals to Obesity  Audio Clip Available
HIV/AIDS Remains Unprecedented Challenge for Sub-Saharan Africa  Audio Clip Available
 Human Interest
Some Businesses Find Silver Lining in Weak US Economy  Video clip available
Former President Jimmy Carter Defends Recent Meeting with Hamas Leaders  Video clip available
Gas Prices Soar, Americans Buy Smaller Cars  Video clip available
 Human Rights and Law
UN Investigates New Accusations of Sexual Abuse by Peacekeepers in DRC
Charles Taylor's Former Deputy Testifies at Sierra Leone War Crimes Trial
Former President Jimmy Carter Defends Recent Meeting with Hamas Leaders  Video clip available
 Labor
Illegal Immigrant Workers in Paris Want Resident Status in France  Audio Clip Available
Burkina Faso Strikers Demand Pay Increase, Protest Rising Prices  Audio Clip Available
More Post-Election Violence In Zimbabwe; Army Denies Responsibility  Audio Clip Available
 Lifestyles
HIV-Affected Families in Malawi Benefit from Raising Fish  Audio Clip Available
New African Effort to Build AIDS Research Center in Ghana  Audio Clip Available
Growing Indian Economy Sparks Housing Boom  Video clip available
 Politics
Arab Mediators Expect to Finalize Deal on Lebanon Crisis
Bush Says US, Israel United Against Iran's Nuclear Ambitions
US Commerce Secretary Encourages Chinese Investment  Audio Clip Available
 Religion
New African Effort to Build AIDS Research Center in Ghana  Audio Clip Available
Pakistani Tribal Areas Pose Serious Challenges  Audio Clip Available
US Christian Evangelicals Lend Support to Israel  Video clip available
 Science and Technology
Russia, Europe Sign Deal for New Spacecraft
Scientists Discover Milky Way's Youngest Exploding Star  Audio Clip Available
Mars Probe Approaching Red Planet  Video clip available
 Social Issues
In Burkina Faso, One Hotel's Fight Against Sex Tourism  Audio Clip Available
African Countries Seek Common Approach Against HIV/AIDS  Audio Clip Available
HIV-Affected Families in Malawi Benefit from Raising Fish  Audio Clip Available
 Sports
US Coach, Star Runner Look Ahead to Beijing Olympics  Video clip available
Disasters, Turmoil Mar China's Year of Celebration  Audio Clip Available
Quake Disaster Won't Stop Olympic Torch Relay in Sichuan
 War and Conflict
Iraqi Troops Enforce Crackdown on Al-Qaida in Mosul
Arab Mediators Expect to Finalize Deal on Lebanon Crisis
Bush Says US, Israel United Against Iran's Nuclear Ambitions
 Weather
Red Cross Says as Many as 2.5 Million Affected by Burma Cyclone
Burma Rice Production Hurt by Cyclone, Adding to Humanitarian Crisis   Video clip available
70 Tornadoes Tear Through US Over Weekend; 22 Dead