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Talk 2 America is a new live weekly chat on VOANews.com. Join us on 18 July 2007 at 18:00 UTC in our exclusive on-line discussion with NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who recently returned to Earth after the longest space voyage ever by a woman.

 

Iraqi hospital workers wheel a wounded man into a hospital in the oil rich city of Kirkuk, north of Baghdad, 16 July 2007 Suicide Bombers Kill 80 in Northern Iraqi City of Kirkuk
In one attack, a car bomber struck the local office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the party of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani

A rescuer walks outside collapsed houses following a powerful quake that hit Japan's northwest coast in Kashiwazaki, 16 July 2007 Powerful Quake Strikes Northwestern Japan; 7 Dead, 700 Injured
Hundreds of buildings collapsed in the morning quake and its aftershocks

IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei talks to members of the media during the meeting on science and technology assembly in Bangkok, Thailand, 16 July 2007 UN Nuclear Agency Confirms North Korea Has Shut Down Reactor  Audio Clip Available
Mohamed ElBaradei says the move is positive but that there is still a long way to go before its nuclear arsenal is dismantled

Police detain former Bangladeshi Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, 16 July 2007 Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Arrested
Detention comes just months after the military-backed interim administration tried unsuccessfully to exile the powerful woman, who heads the Awami League party

Nepalese Maoist rebels train at a camp in Makwanpur, south of Kathmandu (File) UN Remains Hopeful on Nepal Peace Deal Despite Delays by Maoists  Audio Clip Available
Nepal's former Maoist rebels are refusing to allow United Nations officials to continue verifications called for in the agreement that brought peace to the Himalayan nation

House with solar panel unit Poverty Undermines Solar Power Project for Remote Philippine Villages  Audio Clip Available
Residents, making a dollar a day, say they cannot pay $3.70 per month for system's maintenance 

Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, left, with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, at Olmert's Jerusalem residence, 16 Jul 2007 Olmert, Abbas Meet to Discuss Support for West Bank Government
Israel to free 250 Fatah prisoners from Israeli jails

Turkish lawmakers raise their hands in favor of a closed session in parliament,23 Jan 2007 Women Pushing for Increased Representation in Turkey  Audio Clip Available
Political analysts predicting that next parliament could see near tripling of women deputies

US assistant secretary for African affairs Jendayi Frazer (05 June 2007 file photo) US-Africa Trade Increases As AGOA Forum Opens in Ghana  Audio Clip Available
U.S. official says the real power for economic growth and poverty alleviation comes from trade

Rev. Richard Elwood, blesses the grave at the burial for Lady Bird Johnson at the Lyndon Baines Johnson National Historical Park in Stonewall, Texas, 15 July 2007 Former US First Lady Buried in Texas  Audio Clip Available
Lady Bird Johnson, who died of natural causes, Wednesday, at the age of 94, was buried next to her husband, President Lyndon Johnson, who died in 1973

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