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Check out our latest new series on Technology in the Developing World.  On Wednesday's Daily Download: Lebanon's feuding factions form a breakthrough deal, tributes to Sen. Ted Kennedy spill onto YouTube, and the dangers of running a restaurant in the era of pricey petroleum.  Don't miss our special reports on Burma's Continuing Challenges and the Sichuan Earthquake.  In our VOA News Blog, we consider What's in a Country's Name?  And you might want to check out our VOA Election Blog or our coverage of the U.S. elections. 

People celebrate as Prime Minister Fuad Saniora talks on TV, after Lebanese politicians came to an agreement in Beirut, Lebanon, 21 May 2008 Factions Negotiate End to Lebanese Political Crisis
Representatives of the Hezbollah-led opposition and the pro-Western government signed the deal Wednesday in Doha, Qatar, after five days of negotiations

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan (File) Israel, Syria Confirm Holding Peace Talks Mediated by Turkey  Audio Clip Available
Both countries confirm they are holding indirect peace talks mediated by Turkish officials

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., his wife Michelle walk on the stage at a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, 20 May 2008 Obama Wins Oregon Primary, Declares Nomination 'Within Reach'  Audio Clip Available  Video clip available
But with a big win in the Kentucky primary, Senator Hillary Clinton vows to stay in the race for the White House

South Korean rescuers search for survivors amid ruins of sewage treatment plant in Hongbai, 21 May 2008 Chinese Woman Found Alive More Than a Week After Earthquake
Doctor says woman, pulled out from tunnel of hydropower plant, suffered multiple fractures, but her injuries are not life-threatening

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, 08 May 2008 UN Secretary-General Talks Relief in Burma  Audio Clip Available
Ban Ki-Moon says he hopes new cooperation will allow relief efforts to expand quickly in Burma

Senator Edward Kennedy, 31 Jan 2008 Senator Ted Kennedy Diagnosed With Malignant Brain Tumor  Audio Clip Available
Diagnosis comes days after 76-year-old Democratic senator suffered a seizure and was rushed to a hospital in his home state of Massachusetts

Rescuers search for earthquake survivors amongst the rubble of collapsed buildings in Beichuan county, Sichuan province, 17 May 2008 Tibetans Call Temporary Halt to Anti-China Protests  Audio Clip Available
Government-in-exile calling on Tibetans, around the world, to help raise donations for victims of last week's massive Chinese earthquake

Georgians protest outside Russian embassy in Tbilisi, 25 April 2008 Georgia-Russia Tensions Continue to Simmer  Audio Clip Available
Tensions between both countries increased last month when Moscow decided to step up commercial and political ties with breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia - moves that infuriated Georgians

Desmond Tutu displays an AIDS shirt while delivering his speech during 61st World Health Organization annual assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, 20 May 2008 Desmond Tutu Urges Governments to Do Better for World Healthcare  Audio Clip Available
In a rousing speech to delegates attending annual World Health Assembly, South African archbishop urges governments, policymakers to do better to fulfill promise of health for all

Handout photo shows two-week-old mouse fetus with blue colour showing expression or function of thylacine Col2A1 gene promoter in developing cartilage of mouse Australian, US Scientists Bring Extinct Gene Back From Dead  Audio Clip Available
Scientists have successfully inserted gene from extinct Tasmanian tiger into mouse embryo

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