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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.   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. 

People offer three minutes of silence for Sichuan earthquake victims in Shanghai, China, 19 May 2008 34,000 Confirmed Dead in China Quake  Audio Clip Available
Air raid sirens, car, train and ship horns blared at 2:28 p.m. (0628 UTC) to mark exact time 7.9 earthquake struck Sichuan province seven days ago

Victims of Cyclone Nargis walk to receive donated goods from a local donor at a monastery outside the capital of Rangoon, Burma, 19 May 2008 ASEAN, UN Press Burma to Speed Up Assistance for Cyclone Victims  Audio Clip Available
Burma has agreed to allow foreign medical teams into regions hit by cyclone ahead of visit this week by UN secretary-general

Israeli President Shimon Peres shakes hand with Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives speaker at presidential residency in Jerusalem, 18 May 2008 US House of Representatives Speaker to Address Israeli Parliament
Nancy Pelosi leading congressional tour in show of support for Jewish state

Lebanese parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri, left, walks with bodyguards in Doha, Qatar, 19 May 2008 Lebanon Opposition Ignores Qatar Compromise Proposal at Talks
Opposition issues short statement restating existing demands: control of more than one third of Cabinet posts

Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai addresses Liberal International Congress in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on May 16, 2008 Zimbabwe Opposition Says Military Plotting to Kill Tsvangirai
Movement for Democratic Change says military was planning to use 18 snipers against Morgan Tsvangirai, who delayed his return from abroad because of alleged plot

Barack Obama gestures during campaign stop in state of Oregon, 18 May 2008 Clinton, Obama Campaigning Ahead of Kentucky, Oregon Primaries
Senator Barack Obama is in Montana while rival, Senator Hillary Clinton holds events in Kentucky

Pakistan's former PM Nawaz Sharif gestures during a press conference in Islamabad, 12 May 2008 Pakistan's Sharif Says Resolving Judiciary Key to Addressing Problems  Audio Clip Available
Pakistan Muslim League-N party leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif spoke with with VOA's Barry Newhouse in Lahore, Pakistan

Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom addressing SARPSCO, 19 May 2008 9 Indian Ocean Nations Partner in Security Cooperative  Audio Clip Available
South Asia Regional Port Security Cooperative, known as SARPSCO, brings together many of the countries sharing the waters of the Indian Ocean

Engineers work at the control room of the National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) in Toulouse, in southwestern France (File) European Space Agency Recruiting Astronauts  Audio Clip Available
For first time in more than 15 years, European Space Agency is recruiting new astronauts to expand its staff for missions to International Space Station

Reluctant bus commuter Ibrahima Suwareh, Dakar, Senegal, 19 May 2008 High Price of Gasoline Affecting Senegalese Motorists  Audio Clip Available
As every month progresses, and salaries cover fewer and fewer daily expenses, private vehicles are becoming less visible on streets of  Dakar

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