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05 May 2009 

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Roxana Saberi in a 2004 National Press Photographers association file image
Iran Says Appeal of Jailed US Journalist to be Heard Next Week  Audio Clip Available
Roxana Saberi's family, in Tehran to help win her freedom, says she is very weak from an ongoing hunger strike
Pig farm
Swine Flu Stigma Hurts US Hog Farmers  Video clip available
So far there's no evidence of new H1N1 influenza virus in US pig population, though a case has been confirmed on a Canadian hog farm
United Nations Relief and Works Agency has provided humanitarian assistance in the Gaza Strip for 60 years
Gibran Award Recipients Honored for Promoting Cross-Cultural Understanding  Video clip available
Awards named for famed Lebanese-American poet recognize humanitarians who embody his ideals
Peter Diamandis (undated photo)
X Prize Offered for Health Care Innovation  Audio Clip Available
X Prize Foundation sponsors incentives for technical innovation
Jack Kemp (2007 photo)
Obama Praises Life of Late Politician Kemp
Jack Kemp - former congressman, housing secretary dies of cancer at 73
Members of media watchdog Reporters Without Borders demonstrate at the Iranian Embassy in Paris to call for the liberation of three journalists including reporter Roxana Saberi, 03 May 2009
International Pressure Grows on Iran to Release Jailed Journalist  Audio Clip Available
Japan's foreign minister presses case in Tehran; demonstrations in Paris, New York
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates testifying on Capitol Hill, 30 Apr 2009
3 US Servicemen Killed in Iraq
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates blames recent surge of violence in Iraq on al-Qaida
US Supreme Court Justice David Souter (July 2008 file photo)
Supreme Court Justice David Souter Retiring  Audio Clip Available
President Obama expected to nominate a liberal-leaning replacement, but experts predict women, Hispanic candidates will get a lot of attention in nominee search
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Capitol Hill in Washington,30 Apr 2009
Clinton Concerned About Health of Journalist Jailed by Iran
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says US is appealing to Iran through public and private channels
Catherine Rohr
Catherine Rohr Helps Prisoners Become Entrepreneurs  Audio Clip Available  Video clip available
Her privately funded program in Texas has helped hundreds of prisoners become entrepreneurs after release
Drew Altman
Survey Finds Americans Less Concerned About HIV/AIDS  Audio Clip Available  Video clip available
Head of Kaiser Family Foundation says six percent of Americans consider HIV/AIDS to be the country's top health problem, down from 44 percent in 1995
Roxana Saberi in a 2004 National Press Photographers association file image
Iran: Jailed US-Iranian Journalist Not on Hunger Strike
Iran's judiciary spokesman and deputy prosecutor say hunger strike issue raised by people seeking propaganda
High school students test their knowledge of the US Constitution
American Students Compete in Constitutional Championship  Video clip available
Final round of Constitutional competition held in Washington DC
Sen. Arlen Specter addresses a news conference in Washington, DC., on 28 Apr 2009
Top Republican Senator to Switch Parties  Audio Clip Available
Senator Arlen Specter says Republican party 'has not defined who I am'; announces he will run as a Democrat in 2010
NCCC volunteers work in teams
Young Americans Serve Nation in Successor of Roosevelt-Era Program  Audio Clip Available  Video clip available
National Civilian Community Corps inspired by Civilian Conservation Corps
Goldman Environmental Prize Awardees
7 Awarded Goldman Environmental Prize  Video clip available
Winners from all around the world recognized for work on environment in their communities
US Elections Politics and Religion
Poll says Half of all Americans Change Religious Affiliation
Survey indicates a fluid and diverse religious life in US marked by people moving among faiths and denominations
Savage shortly after her arrival at the dock at Waikiki Yacht Club in Honolulu. She is the first woman to row solo from California to Hawaii
Solo Female Rower Crosses Oceans With Environmental Message  Audio Clip Available
Pull Together campaign links sea adventure with climate action
Willis Conover at work at VOA
VOA Jazz Promoter Honored by US Congress  Video clip available
Willis Conover's 'music of freedom' was broadcast around world to more than 100 million listeners during Cold War years
North Korea
North Korea to Charge US Journalists  Audio Clip Available
Reporters Euna Lee and Laura Ling detained on March 17 while reporting on North Korean refugees in China