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Join the T2A Live Web Chat Wednesday, 21 May at 1800 UTC, to talk with James Wolfensohn, former President of the World Bank about Emerging Markets and Global Development.  On this weekend's Daily Download: Host Doug Bernard takes you on a tour of some of the cool new things the Download has come across over the week. Among the items: a galactic telescope you can see right from your computer, a global ranking measuring peace, and a creative solution to a buggy problem. Don't miss VOA's new Special Report on Burma.  In our VOA News Blog, we consider Journalism Moments.  And you might want to check out our VOA Election Blog or our coverage of the U.S. elections. 

Quake survivors walk among rubble of collapsed houses in Yinghua town, Sichuan province, 17 May 2008 Chinese Quake Death Toll Nears 29,000  Audio Clip Available
Toll expected to surpass 50,000

US Marines fill water bladders aboard USS Essex US Ships in Frustrating Wait Off Burma's Coast to Deliver Aid  Audio Clip Available
Relief groups say as many as two million people remain in desperate need of food, water, medicines, other relief supplies

Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai speaks at Liberal International Congress in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on May 16, 2008 Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Cancels Return Over Alleged Death Plot
Spokesman for Movement for Democratic Change says it has received information from 'credible source' about assassination plot against Morgan Tsvangirai

US President Bush, left, meets with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm El-Sheik, 17 May 2008 Bush: Saudi Oil Production Hike Not Enough
US president says modest increase in oil production by Saudi Arabia will not solve problem of soaring gasoline prices in US

Portrait of missing Pakistani Ambassador Tariq Azizuddin is shown to media in Kabul, 12 Feb 2008 Pro-Taliban Militants Release Kidnapped Pakistani Ambassador  Audio Clip Available
Pakistani officials confirm Tariq Azizuddin was freed unharmed Saturday but decline to discuss circumstances of release

210_iran_nuclear-April-21 Major Powers Finish Nuclear Incentives Offer for Iran
US will not be part of delegation delivering plan to Tehran

General view of meeting of Lebanese politician rival leaders in Doha, 17 May 2008 Lebanese Political Leaders Begin Talks on Unity Government
High-level talks held in Qatar's capital, Doha

Sudan Violence Escalates in Eastern Chad Near Sudan Border
UN refugee agency says increase probably linked to attack on Sudanese capital Khartoum last weekend by rebels from Darfur 

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama listens to a question during a news conference after a town hall meeting in Watertown, South Dakota, 16 May 2006 Obama Accuses Bush, McCain of Launching Divisive Attacks  Audio Clip Available
US Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama's comments come one day after president compared those who would negotiate with terrorists and radicals to appeasers of Nazi Germany before World War II

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson speaks to the morning news shows at the White House in Washington, 18 Mar 2008 US Treasury Secretary Says Credit Markets Slowly Returning to Normal
But Secretary Henry Paulson expects further weakness in housing

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