Scheduled for April 11, Sudan's elections will be the country's first national vote since 1986
Powerful earthquake on Feb. 27 kills nearly 800 people, displaces an estimated two million
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International Red Cross says 7.0 magnitude quake has affected up to three million people, international relief effort under way
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Check out VOA's coverage of the 21st Winter Olympic Games 12-28 February and meet some of the US Olympic team members
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Every February, the United States honors the history and achievements of African immigrants and their descendants.
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Making a Difference - Stories about people working to help make the world a better place
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More profiles of Americans who are making a positive difference
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The earthquake in Haiti has created an on-going humanitarian crisis. Watch VOA's 30-minute video report
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The Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints faced off in this year's National Football League championship game, Superbowl XLIV
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On 20 January 2009 Barack Obama was sworn in. After a politically tumultuous year, has the 44th president accomplished his goals?
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VOA remembers the 1984 famine in Ethiopia and evaluates the region's progress in addressing the problems of hunger and food security
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President Barack Obama delivered his first State of the Union Address to Congress and the American people Wednesday, 27 January
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President Barack Obama announced a new Afghanistan war strategy in an address Tuesday, 1 December
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US President Barack Obama receives the Nobel Peace Prize
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VOA revisits the Union Carbide plant chemical leak that poisoned an estimated half million residents of Bhopal, India
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The Chesapeake Bay, the nation’s largest estuary, remains polluted, its tributaries largely unswimable and unfishable.
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UN officials, climate experts, environmental activists, and leaders of more than 100 nations gathered in Copenhagen, 7-18 December
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AIDS remains a global epidemic, even as efforts to treat HIV and AIDS move forward. World AIDS Day is 1 December
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In this series, VOA examines the history of the Berlin Wall and political and social effects since its fall.
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President Barack Obama's first Asia trip began November 12, taking him to Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea.
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The Islamic Republic of Iran has been under intense international scrutiny for its nuclear program.
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On October 1, China celebrates the founding of the People's Republic with great fanfare.
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Undersea earthquakes recently have been strong in the South Pacific, rocking the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the islands of Samoa.
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Leaders of 20 leading developed and emerging nations met in Pittsburgh 24-25 September
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On 20 August Afghans voted for president and councilors in elections crucial to defeating an increasingly violent Taliban insurgency
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U.S. President Barack Obama took his first trip to Sub-Saharan Africa as president 10-11 July.
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President Barack Obama addressed Muslims around the world from Cairo, Egypt, on 4 June.
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America Marks 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing
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