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Holding a portrait of deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad
Chaudhry, lawyers chant slogans during an anti-President Pervez
Musharraf protest in Karachi, Pakistan, 21 Feb 2008 Pakistan Opposition Leaders Agree to Form New Government  Audio Clip Available
While parties appear united in their opposition to President Pervez Musharraf, they may have differences on crucial issue of reinstating  Supreme Court that he dismissed in November


The USS Lake Erie launches a Standard Missile-3 at a
non-functioning National Reconnaissance Office satellite as it
traveled in space at more than 17,000 mph over the Pacific Ocean, 20
Feb 2008 US Destroys Falling Satellite, Dangerous Fuel Likely Burned  Audio Clip Available
Senior US military officer says there is high degree of confidence warhead from missile fired by US Navy ship hit fuel tank of failed American satellite, eliminating any significant danger from satellite's fall to earth


President Bush, right, prepares to embrace Liberian President
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf after a review of Liberian troops, 21 Feb 2008 Bush Pledges New Aid for Liberian Schoolchildren  Audio Clip Available
Liberia's President says Mr. Bush's support shows country is back on track and open for business with America, the world


KFOR soldiers check vehicles from Serbia entering Kosovo after
reopening a checkpoint recently demolished and burnt by angry Kosovo
Serbs on the Serbia-Kosovo border, 20 Feb 2008 EU Launches Kosovo Mission Amid Tensions  Audio Clip Available
Operation needs support of NATO-led peacekeepers, following attacks by Serbs opposing Kosovo's breakaway


President of East Timor Jose Ramos-Horta (2007 file photo) East Timor's Wounded President Regains Consciousness  Audio Clip Available
President Jose Ramos-Horta was shot twice in the back and chest on February 11 in an attack by rebels in the East Timorese capital, Dili


Austrian army soldiers stand in formation during a farewell
ceremony before their departure to Chad, 29 Jan 2008, in Vienna Chad Rebels Cautiously Await European Force Deployment  Audio Clip Available
Chad rebel leader Mahamat Nouri spoke to VOA about rebel activities following their retreat from capital earlier this month


Raul Castro (December 2006) Defense Experience May Help Raul Castro As Next Cuban Leader  Audio Clip Available
As defense minister, Raul has wide experience with nation's economy and key government institutions


Mohammed Mahdi Akef, supreme leader of the Muslim Brotherhood (r)
and his deputy Mohammed Habib (2005 photo) Egyptian Police Detain Scores From Muslim Brotherhood  Audio Clip Available
Banned Islamist group says wave of arrests connected to upcoming local elections


Hillary Clinton takes the stage for a campaign rally in
Arlington, Virginia, 7 Feb 2008 Superdelegates May Be Key in US Democratic Presidential Race  Audio Clip Available
Some Democrats believe that so-called superdelegates could eventually play a major role in deciding who wins party's nomination


Iraqi refugee children (file) Sweden Home to More Iraqi Refugees Than Other European Countries  Audio Clip Available  Video clip available
One Swedish city offers sanctuary to more refugees than the entire US


An Afghan boy collects resin from poppies in an opium poppy field
in the Khogyani district of the Nangarhar province, east of Kabul,
Afghanistan, 17 May 2007 IMF Gives Afghanistan Mixed Economic Review  Audio Clip Available
IMF says country's overall reforms on track but corruption and dramatic rise in opium production pose significant problems


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