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A supporter of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) holds an image of the Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani as he shouts slogans during a protest against a Supreme Court verdict in Karachi, April 26, 2012.
Photo: Reuters

Defiant Pakistan's PM Refuses to Resign

Yousuf Raza Gilani challenges opposition lawmakers to bring no-confidence vote against him

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Undated photo of former al-Qaida chief, Osama bin Laden.

Bin Laden Was Worried About Arab Spring, Says US Intelligence Chief

Former al-Qaida chief concerned about being marginalized, says James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, in VOA exclusive

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor in the court room of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, near The Hague, Netherlands, April 26, 2012

Former Liberian Leader Convicted of War Crimes

Charles Taylor looked somber as verdict was read at UN tribunal in The Hague

India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C-19 blasts off, carrying the country's first radar imaging satellite RISAT-1 from the Satish Dhawan space centre at Sriharikota, India, April 26, 2012.

India Successfully Launches 'All-Weather' Surveillance Satellite

RISAT-1 radar imaging satellite can effectively gather info regarding climate, disasters, agriculture, troop movements, terrorists

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani leaves Supreme Court building in Islamabad, April 26, 2012.

Pakistan's Supreme Court Convicts Prime Minister of Contempt

Gilani spared prison, but faces growing calls for resignation

An Indian woman walk past carts loaded with sacks of food items at a wholesale market in New Delhi, India, June 9, 2011.

In India, Inadequate Storage Could Mean Wasted Food

Government criticized for holding on to huge food stocks while millions go hungry

Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed poses for a picture at the poolside of a hotel in New Delhi, India, April 18, 2012.

Maldives' Ex-President Calls for International Sanctions

Mohamed Nasheed, who says he was forced out of power in violent coup, met with India's PM and says world should sanction his nation

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches a military parade held to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the North's founder Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012.

N. Korea Threatens South With Special Military Action

Perceived insults trigger threat to take 'quick action' against Seoul as war of words escalates

Professor Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize winner, speaks during the opening ceremonies of the 12th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Chicago, Illinois, April 23, 2012.

Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Gather in Chicago for Summit

12th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates will feature messages of peace, human rights, individual responsibility to students

Socialist Party candidate for the presidential election Francois Hollande

Challenger Hollande Emerges as Frontrunner in French Election

He places first in first round voting and will face Sarkozy in a May 6 runoff