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U.S. immigration officials questioned a Voice of America journalist Tuesday to determine whether he could apply for asylum based on a "credible fear" of being tortured or persecuted in his native Pakistan.

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In the United States, airing a program produced by a U.S. public diplomacy radio or television station such as VOA is illegal. Oddly, though, airing similar programs produced by foreign governments -- or even terrorist groups -- is not.

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Voice of America beams a youth-oriented TV show into Iran each evening, usually a mix of Hollywood releases, music videos and tips on high-tech gadgets. This week's show featured a weightier topic: how to evade a crackdown on free speech.

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Rape, sex slavery used 'to correct genes'

A 23-year-old woman school teacher forced into sex slavery by the Pakistan army is among 429 people, including 70 women, who were abducted by Pakistani soldiers from the renegade Baluchistan province in 2005 and are officially still missing, a key human rights group in Asia has d …

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A New York-based human rights group is asking the Russian Federation to suspend all arms sales to Sudan following media reports that Moscow recently sold 12 MiG-29 fighter jets to Khartoum.

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Voice of American (VOA) reports on global financial meltdown.

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A spokesman for the Taliban in Pakistan is quoted Saturday as denying a U.S. media report that Osama bin Laden's chief deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has been killed or wounded.

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On the eve of the International AIDS Conference, which begins in Mexico City Sunday, researchers at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston claim to have discovered a way to destroy the HIV virus that causes AIDS.

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The top U.S. military official says setting a fixed timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq could create instability and jeopardize political and economic progress in the country.

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has described Saturday's nuclear talks with world powers in Geneva as a step forward.

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South Africa's elder statesman Nelson Mandela is marking his 90th birthday Friday in a private celebration with his family at his home in the Eastern Cape. However, the rest of the country is celebrating very publicly.

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Israeli intelligence says it has arrested six people suspected of links to al-Qaida, including one who allegedly inquired about shooting down a helicopter carrying U.S. President George Bush.

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VOA reports: U.S. and Afghan troops have pulled out of an outpost in eastern Afghanistan where militants killed nine American soldiers this week.

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VOA reports: Knife attacks on the streets of Britain are a growing problem, raising fears in communities up and down the country.

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VOA reports: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he is willing to consider a U.S. diplomatic office in Tehran.

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Heads of state from North Africa, the Middle East and Europe launched a new Euro-Mediterranean Partnership Sunday, aimed to bring the region closer politically, economically and culturally.

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VOA reports: Flanked by Israeli and Palestinian leaders, French President Nicolas Sarkozy described Sunday's euro-Mediterranean summit in Paris as an historic event because it gathered almost all the Arab heads of state along with the Israeli Prime Minister.

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VOA reports: China's official Xinhua news agency says police broke up the suspected terrorist groups in the first half of this year in northwest Xinjiang province.

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VOA reports: Iran tested yet more missiles overnight. Iranian state television showed pictures of missiles streaking through the night sky. Iranian media said the test launch included medium and long-range missiles and torpedoes.

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VOA reports: Israel has responded to Iranian war games, saying they show Iran's belligerent intentions. Israel is especially concerned about Iran's test firing of long-range missiles capable of hitting the Jewish state.

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Sri Lanka's military says government forces killed at least 19 Tamil Tiger rebels and wounded more than 27 during fighting Saturday in the country's north. Defense officials said Sunday the fighting broke out in the Vavuniya, Mannar, Jaffna and Welioya areas.

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Iraqi officials say bombings in two parts of the country have killed at least 13 people, including seven in an attack against a senior Iraqi Kurdish official.

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Security officials in Pakistan say a suicide bomb attack targeting police has killed at least 15 people, and injured more than 22 others, near the Red Mosque in Islamabad. Officials say most of the victims were police.

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