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Join a T2A LIVE web chat Wednesday, 30 April at 1800 UTC, with former VOA program host and ambassador Pat Gates Lynch, as they discuss journalism and diplomacy - it's your chance to ask questions! On Wednesday's Daily Download,  two good news stories from opposite ends of the Earth, bad news for the Barbie doll - at least in Iran, and races every bit as exciting as the Kentucky Derby...sort of. In our VOA News Blog, we consider the Future of News and VOA. Don't miss the latest special series, North Korea - Crossing the Border, by correspondent Luis Ramirez. And you might want to check out our VOA Election Blog or our coverage of the U.S. elections. 

Nawaz Sharif (file photo) Pakistan's Leaders Hold Last Ditch Talks to Break Deadlock Over Top Judges
Pakistan People's Party wants to link reinstatement to constitutional reforms, Pakistan Muslim League wants judges reinstated unconditionally

Tariq Aziz (2006 file photo) Tariq Aziz Goes on Trial in Baghdad  Video clip available
Former Iraqi deputy prime minister is accused of approving execution of scores of merchants

Olympic flame carried by Yang Shuan, executive vice president of Beijing Organizing Committee of 2008 Olympic Games, at Hong Kong airport 30 Apr 2008 China Begins 100-Day Countdown to Beijing Olympics  Audio Clip Available
Chinese holds celebrations in major cities across the country to mark Olympic countdown

Electoral officials count ballots in Domboshawa, near the Zimbabwean capital of Harare Saturday, 19 Apr 2008 Zimbabwe Invites Presidential Candidates to Watch Vote Verification
Electoral Commission says verification, collation of nation's presidential election results will start Thursday

Gas price signs are seen outside a station in Milwaukee, Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Asia Faces Financial Pinch From Higher Oil Prices  Audio Clip Available
With oil prices bouncing close to $120 a barrel, businesses, consumers in Asia are starting to feel some pain

Sen. Barack Obama pauses for a moment while campaigning at a town hall-style meeting in Hickory, North Carolina, 29 April 2008 Race Emerges as Complicated Issue in US Presidential Campaign  Audio Clip Available  Video clip available
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama's relationship with his controversial former pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, has put spotlight on race as issue in campaign

Indian PM Manmohan Singh, right, with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in New Delhi, 29 Apr 2008 Iran Assures India of Gas Supply Through Pakistan  Audio Clip Available
India says brief visit by Iranian leader is continuation of an attempt to build closer ties, including energy supply

Leroy Hubley of Toledo, Ohio, who lost his wife and son after they received Heparin, center, listens as his daughter-in-law Colleen Hubley, left, reads her opening statement on Capitol Hill, 29 April 2008 US FDA Officials Ask for Resources, Authorities to Improve Drug Safety  Audio Clip Available  Video clip available
Congressional hearing Tuesday includes dramatic testimony by family members of people whose deaths are thought to have been caused by contaminated doses of medication Heparin

Children wait for food at a UN distribution center in Port-au-Prince (file photo) Poverty in Haiti Places Children at Risk for Labor Exploitation  Audio Clip Available
Scores of children labor as unpaid domestic servants in homes across impoverished Caribbean nation

New Report Finds Global Media Freedom Down in 2007   Video clip available
North Korea rated world's most repressive, Finland and Iceland most free; USA takes 21st place among 195 countries surveyed

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