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Voice of America journalist freed in Ethiopiaupdated: Sat May 26 2012 06:26:00

A Voice of America reporter detained while trying to cover a protest by Muslims has been freed, an Ethiopian government minister said Saturday.

Voice of America internet site hacked by Iraniansupdated: Tue Feb 22 2011 10:44:00

A group calling itself the "Iran cyber army" claimed responsibility Tuesday for hacking into a number of Voice of America internet pages, according to reports from both Voice of America and Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency.

Iraqi kids find musical escapeupdated: Wed Aug 04 2010 12:23:00

CNN's Arwa Damon meets a teacher passing on the language of music to young Iraqis.

Teaching Iraq's children the language of music, not warupdated: Wed Aug 04 2010 12:23:00

Behind blast walls, barricades, and heavy security Nashat Majeed, a guitar instructor, gently coaches his young students.

'For Neda' tells story of symbol of Iran's post-election protestsupdated: Sat Jun 12 2010 19:08:00

Music posters still hang on the walls; stuffed animals decorate a twin bed in the corner of the room. Clothes lie neatly folded in the closet.

'For Neda' blocked in Iranupdated: Sat Jun 12 2010 19:08:00

Filmmaker Antony Thomas talks about the making of "For Neda," his documentary about the death of protester Neda Agha-Soltan.

U.S. radio project aimed at Iran delayedupdated: Mon May 17 2010 11:16:00

A "high priority" part of U.S. efforts to reach out to Iranians has been silenced because of a two-year delay in building an important radio transmitter, according to a new government report.

U.S. criticizes Ethiopia for jamming VOA broadcastsupdated: Sun Mar 21 2010 03:16:00

American officials have condemned plans by the Ethiopian prime minister to block U.S.-funded Voice of America broadcasts in Amharic, the main local language.

Iran arrests 30 accused of U.S.-backed cyber warupdated: Sat Mar 13 2010 21:54:00

Iran has arrested 30 people for waging what it called an organized, U.S.-backed cyber war against the nation, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported Saturday.

Flying radio station broadcasts help to Haitiupdated: Tue Jan 26 2010 16:37:00

Sixty miles west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, an Air Force C-130 makes slow and lazy ovals over the Golfe de la Gonzave, a 264-foot weighted wire dangling from its belly like a plumb line.

Plane broadcasts radio to Haitiupdated: Tue Jan 26 2010 16:37:00

A U.S. military plane is circling Haiti daily, broadcasting informational radio messages to the stricken country.

Radio station in the sky warns Haitians not to attempt boat voyageupdated: Tue Jan 19 2010 18:15:00

A U.S. Air Force plane serving as an airborne radio station is broadcasting messages to Haitians urging them not to attempt ocean voyages to the United States, saying they will be intercepted and turned back home if they do.

Woman knocks down pope at Mass; Christmas celebrations beginupdated: Thu Dec 24 2009 22:00:00

A woman jumped a barrier at the start of Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter's Basilica and knocked down the pope, briefly disrupting ceremonies.

Disarming the Velvet Revolutionupdated: Wed Nov 18 2009 02:07:00

When I was a teenager and in my early twenties, I always discussed with my most trusted friends what it might be like to live in a free world. We were locked behind the Iron Curtain and none of us believed we would live to see the fall of the communist dictatorship. My father used to say: "Every dictatorship will fall one day because it is inhuman, it is not natural. But communism is here for a long haul. We are not going to see it in our life times." Thank God, we were all wrong.

Czecho-Slovak reconciliationupdated: Wed Nov 18 2009 02:07:00

CNN's Phil Black reports on how the broken union between Slovakia and the Czech Republic has turned into a friendship.

CNN responds to Iranian hacking accusationupdated: Mon Jun 22 2009 21:15:00

In a news conference Monday in Tehran, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi made some accusations about western media outlets.

Media group asks nations not to recognize Iran resultsupdated: Mon Jun 15 2009 16:03:00

Media rights group Reporters Without Borders is urging nations to not recognize the results of Iran's presidential election, citing censorship and a crackdown on journalists.

World reacts to Iran electionupdated: Mon Jun 15 2009 16:03:00

CNN's Ram Ramgopal looks at reaction from around the world to the election result in Iran.

Zimbabwe's top human rights activist releasedupdated: Mon Mar 02 2009 17:12:00

Jestina Mukoko, Zimbabwe's top human rights activist, was released from custody Monday, she announced.

Myanmar releases North Koreansupdated: Fri Jan 02 2009 03:10:00

Nineteen North Koreans have been released from detention in Myanmar and sent to Thailand, Burmese officials told the U.S.-funded Voice of America news service Thursday.

Dogs live the high lifeupdated: Tue Jan 01 2008 10:21:00

Three dogs were left almost $1 million when their owner passed away. WHAG's Lynne Ashminov reports.

Fortune: Voice of Americaupdated: Mon Jun 27 2005 00:01:00

According to a recent Gallup poll, a large majority of Americans believe rich folks and corporations pay too little in taxes (68% and 69%, respectively); a slim majority (51%) also think the poor p...

Public broadcasting chief under fireupdated: Fri Jun 10 2005 21:02:00

A top official at National Public Radio blamed a proposed $100 million federal budget cut for public broadcasting on "irresponsible" charges of political bias made by the head of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting itself.

FSB: The Mark Of An Expertupdated: Wed Dec 01 2004 00:01:00

There's a reason that you are not in the first sentence of this story—and that Fern Reiss is. Is it that she has authored five whole books? That she has been quoted in more than 100 publications, i...

Rice: U.S. using Cold War techniques in war on terrorupdated: Thu Aug 19 2004 15:17:00

National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said Thursday the United States is using techniques developed during the Cold War to support reformers in the Islamic world, sowing seeds she hopes will end Islamic terrorism.

Fortune: Mos-cow or Mos-coe?updated: Mon Nov 09 1998 00:01:00

Watching the national drama unfold in Russia, one question burns in TV viewers' minds: Why do Moscow correspondents say Mos-coe (as in "Roscoe") and not Mos-cow, as most Americans pronounce it? Nei...

Fortune: FATHER KNOWS BESTupdated: Mon Feb 05 1996 00:01:00

Columbia Records President James Conkling "lives like a TV program, on a split-second schedule," FORTUNE reported in "How Top Executives Live" (July 1955). "While he brushes his teeth, his wife sho...

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