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Join Talk 2 America  Wednesday, 1 August, at 18:00 UTC for a live chat with author Lawrence Otis Graham, who will give some historical perspective as Senator Barack Obama campaigns to become the nation’s first African-American U.S. president. Graham will discuss his book, "The Senator and the Socialite: The True Story of America’s First Black Dynasty", which tells how former slave Blanche Bruce rose in 1874 to become a wealthy U.S. Senator, laying the ground work for future black politicians in America.  Send questions in advance to chat@voanews.com - and you may get a free copy of the book.

 

Protesters hold pictures of 21 South Korean hostages held in Afghanistan during anti-war and anti-US rally, 01 Aug 2007 S. Koreans Asks for US 'Flexibility' in Afghanistan Hostage Ordeal  Audio Clip Available
Washington says its policy of not negotiating with insurgents won't be adjusted

A man walks past the site where a parked car bomb killed at leat 15 civilians and wounded 20, 01 Aug 2007 At Least 50 Killed in Baghdad Suicide Attack
Suicide bomber detonated fuel tanker near gas station in western Baghdad; earlier bomb blast in central Baghdad killed 17, wounded 30

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen, center, (Feb. 2007 file photo) US Probe Finds Waste, Fraud in Iraq Reconstruction Projects  Audio Clip Available
Latest audit says Iraqi government  failed to take responsibility for more than 2,000 reconstruction projects financed by US

Palestinians carry flour outside a United Nations food aid distribution center in the Jebaliya Refugee Camp, northern Gaza Strip, 18 July 2007 Gaza Economy on Verge of Collapse as Rice Visits Palestinian Territories  Audio Clip Available
Since the Hamas takeover in June, economic life has ground to a halt as more than 70 percent of factories have closed

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (file photo) UN Unanimously Approves Peacekeeping Force for Darfur
Resolution, which Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls unprecedented, follows eight months of negotiations over make-up and mandate of the force

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, center, poses with foreign ministers of ASEAN after opening the 40th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Manila, 30 Jul 2007 ASEAN Forum Begins Work on Nuclear Watchdog  Audio Clip Available
Southeast Asia regional bloc says it plans to work more closely with International Atomic Energy Agency, to improve its ability to strengthen nuclear safeguards

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, with Chinese President Hu Jintao, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, 1 Aug 2007 US Treasury Secretary Opposes Legislation Against Chinese Currency  Audio Clip Available
Henry Paulson told China's official Xinhua news agency that legislation is not the proper way to deal with the currency dispute

Indian activist reads 'safe-sex' booklet (file photo) School Sex Education Program Provokes Emotional Dispute in India  Audio Clip Available
Supporters say program will reduce spread of HIV by promoting safer sex, while critics say it will ruin Indian culture by corrupting young minds

WHO Breastfeeding awareness poster Study Finds Early Breastfeeding Can Save Babies' Lives  Audio Clip Available
Ghana study shows 16 percent of neonatal deaths could be prevented by breastfeeding infants from birth

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