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　　NEW YORK Bassoons have been called the clown of the orchestra, an ill wind, and even a burping bedpost.

　　It seems the one-and-a-quarter meter tall wooden tubes get no respect. Except, perhaps, at the annual meeting of the IDRS - the International Double Reed Society. Hundreds of professional, amateur and student bassoonists joined their brethren - oboe, English horn and contra-bassoon players - at New York University for their 43rd annual convention.

　　Most people dont even know what a bassoon is, says IDRS president - and bassoonist - Keith Sweger.

　　Well, first they ask what I play and I say bassoon, and they usually describe an oboe. so, that is typical, he said. But I do try to say, oh, well, [it represents] the grandfather from Peter and the Wolf.

　　This family of musical instruments gets that distinctive sound from its reed, which is made from two wafer-thin pieces of bamboo cane bound together. When the player blows into the reed, the two pieces vibrate together, just like human vocal cords do.

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　　KIBBUTZ NAHAL OZ, SOUTHERN ISRAEL A temporary three-day cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian fighters in Gaza has brought a few days of peace to southern Israel but many residents have yet to return home. They say that in addition to the threat of rockets from above, the latest conflict brought a new fear: from under the ground.

　　An uneasy quiet has settled over Nahal Oz. Eighty of the communitys residents stayed during the recent conflict. They keep in close touch, but mostly stay indoors.

　　The communitys 300 cows survived the shells that fell here for one month. They still provide the dairy products the kibbutz is known for.

　　But the fields outside the perimeter go largely unattended. And most of the 400 residents who evacuated at the start of the conflict have yet to return.

　　This 60-year-old farming community lies 800 meters from the Gaza Strip. Even in quieter times, it is hit regularly by rockets and mortars from across the border.

　　Dov Hartuv, the kibbutz archivist, has lived here for more than 50 years. He says the conflict was different this time.

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　　WASHINGTON Afghanistans troubled presidential election continues to be rocked by turmoil as an audit of the ballots drags on. The U.N. says the recount will not be completed before September 10. Observers say repeated disputes and delays are threatening the orderly transfer of power and could have dangerous consequences.

　　Afghan President Hamid Karzai thought he would be out of office weeks ago, but an audit of the bitterly contested election continues, and no winner has been announced. The president is losing patience.

　　The Afghan nation is waiting impatiently to see an outcome for the agreements reached by our two brothers for the welfare of the people of Afghanistan, so Afghanistan can have a government which all the people feel a part of, said Karzai.

　　Former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah won the first round of voting in April. Preliminary results from a June runoff showed former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani in the lead.

　　Disorganized situation

　　The recount of ballots has been chaotic.

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　　KYIV, UKRAINE Ukraine and Russia, former Soviet allies, are scheduled to jointly celebrate 70 years since the end of World War ll, but after Moscows aggression in Crimea, some Ukrainian veterans are reluctant to take part.

　　The veterans of Kyivs Golosiivskyy district never imagined Ukraine would be the target of Russian aggression. Veterans organization council head Sergei Koropov says they are still stunned by their former allys annexation of Crimea.

　　And the new Moscows continued military threats, plans to join Russia in marking the end of the so-called war against fascism are being questioned.

　　That is why all veterans are now worrying how are we going to celebrate and get ready for this date, Koropov said. Because, on the border of our dear and beloved Ukraine are brothers - Russian soldiers. There are tanks, armored vehicles. And, in my consciousness, in my mind, I cannot imagine how this could have happened.

　　World War II Navy veteran Dmitriy Prohorov, who fought with the Soviets to defend Crimea and lost an arm in battle, says Russias taking back the Black Sea peninsula by force is absurd.

　　This question should have been negotiated at a round table and decided for both countries, Russia and Ukraine, Prohorov said. Both should own Crimea and work together to develop the territory and the Black Sea Navy. This would have been smarter.

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　　Ukrainian producers say they are eager to get their products on European shelves. Ukraines wages are cheaper than in the European Union, giving Ukrainian producers an advantage but they also have to adhere to strict EU consumer guidelines.

　　Not all Ukrainian goods will be cheap.

　　A pair of locally made speakers can sell for upward of $650, but entrepreneurs like Veronica Sinitsa of Pototskiy Sound Systems looks forward to the agreement opening new doors.

　　This [creates] some new possibilities. This [opens for us] new markets, some ways to develop without corruption, without some taxation problems. We are very excited because we want our product to be seen, to be bought, and we want people to like it, Sinitsa said.

　　Some of the Ukrainian products on offer are of the more mundane kind, like cat food, soap, and tampons.

　　But their producers, too - among them Alexander Vorobey of Luxus Detergents, have high hopes.

　　Today, Ukraine may become a second China for the EU and the world, because you can produce goods of high quality and affordable price here, Vorobey said.

　　Many producers of Ukrainian products say they have developed and tested their products to meet high European standards.

　　A box of 16 Malva tampons, named after the national flower of Ukraine, sells for just under $1, about a quarter of the price in Europe. Oleksandra Salnykova of Malva Tampons says their products are en par with European ones.

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　　Since 2009, when it began a campaign to overthrow the government of Nigeria and replace it with a regime based allegedly on a strict interpretation of Islamic law, the criminal terrorist group commonly known as Boko Haram has wreaked death and destruction across much of that nations northern half.

　　The groups insurgency has claimed the lives of more than 4,000 people and forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes. At first targeting police and other government officials and facilities, Boko Haram has broadened its attacks to churches, mosques, schools, media outlets, markets, and other civilian sites, leaving a trail of blood wherever it strikes.

　　On April 14 the group varied its tactics yet again, attacking a school for girls in the northern state of Borno and abducting more than 250 students, some as young as 15-years old. The groups leader, Abubakar Shekau, released a video brazenly claiming credit for the raid and threatening to sell the girls, saying they should not have been in school, but rather should get married.

　　Even then the attacks on civilians continued, with hundreds feared dead in a community on Nigerias border with Cameroon where Boko Haram fighters stormed the town, setting fire to shops and houses and shooting residents as they tried to escape.

　　Long a close friend of the Nigerian people, the United States has been aiding the government in its fight with the militants, providing law enforcement training, communications equipment and intelligence assistance. Boko Haram leaders have been sanctioned and a reward of up to $7 million for information leading to Shekaus location. With the kidnapping of the Chibok students, more assistance still will be provided.

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　　STATE DEPARTMENT The United States along with European and Mideast allies are considering a broader assault against Islamic State fighters who have spread from Syria into Iraq and risk further destabilizing an already troubled region. But, confronting those militants could end up helping the embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

　　Losing ground to Islamic State fighters, Syrias government says it is ready to cooperate with the international community to combat these resurgent militants.

　　Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem says Damascus welcomes even the United States, which is backing Syrias more-moderate opposition.

　　The coming few days will judge the seriousness of regional and international countries in fighting terrorism. Until now we have not sensed this seriousness, said al-Moallem.

　　Getting that sort of cooperation would be a big boost for Assad, says American University professor Akbar Ahmed.

　　It would exonerate him and in a sense it would also establish his legitimacy in the eyes of his own regime that look, We did all this because it was necessary. There may have been some bloodshed, but it was necessary. And here is the proof, that even the West - who are the biggest critics of what we are doing - even the West, the United States and the U.K. have now come onboard, said Ahmed.

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　　Most people suffering from multiple sclerosis or spinal cord injuries can still move their eyes because they are directly connected to the brain. Some existing technologies already allow severely disabled people to stare at arrows on a computer and direct the movement of a wheelchair.

　　But there are problems with that system, including a delay between the movement of the eyes and the wheelchair.

　　Current tracking software often uses a screen-based system where you have a screen open and you look at locations on the screen. The problem with that is that its very simplistic and also diverts the users attention from the outside world and therefore theres more risk of not noticing obstacles or other things in the way, said Kirubin Pillay, a PhD student at Imperial College London.

　　A team led by Aldo Faisal at Imperial College London has developed software that allows users to maneuver the chair just by looking in the direction they want to take.

　　Our eyes are not only a window into our soul, theyre also a window to our intentions. So if you want to go somewhere, for example if I want to go there, or go there, I will look there and I will look there in a specific manner, and we can build a computer system that can decode our eye movements, and so we observe eye movements with an eye tracker, and we then try to make sense of them, and the computer interprets these commands and drives the wheelchair accordingly, said Fasial.

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　　KRABI, THAILAND Environmental activists in Thailand are protesting plans to reopen an 800-megawatt coal plant in a coastal region, Krabi, that is popular with eco-tourists. The controversy pits Thailands growing energy needs against its image as a seaside paradise.

　　Along Thailand the southwestern coast, tourism is big business, worth more than $40 million a year.

　　Despite rapid development, Krabi, a coastal province, is still recognized as a green tourism zone and its wetlands are included on an international conservation list.

　　To meet rising demand for electricity, authorities are planning to restart a local power plant, which will bring ships hauling coal near parks and beaches popular with tourists.

　　Near the power plants location in Krabi town, fisherman Manit Bootpheaw remembers the health problems from the 90s when it was last active.

　　In the past when they burn the coal through the stacks, the smoke would completely cover my house. It affected our family eight months a year, and during the rainy season we couldnt use the rainwater because it was acid rain, Manit recalled.

　　The public is hungry for more information, and many attended recent meetings between officials from Electric Generating Authority of Thailand and local leaders. But critics say EGAT is only telling one side of the story.

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　　WASHINGTON Outside of Latin America the anti-government street protests in Venezuela have been receiving relatively little news coverage, especially when compared to the crisis in Ukraine. Even though the South American nation is a major oil producer, and its deteriorating economic and political stability could affect the world, restrictions on the press and a seeming lack of engagement by U.S. officials are keeping Venezuela out of the headlines.

　　Demonstrations in Venezuela that often turn into violent and deadly confrontations with police, the National Guard and pro-government militias have been going on for weeks.

　　This situation is similar to the crisis in Ukraine that forced President Viktor Yanukovych to flee the country and culminated in Russias takeover of Crimea.

　　Venezuela is getting less international media attention, in part, however, because its government has refused or revoked journalist visas, and made it difficult and dangerous for reporters.

　　Cynthia Romero, who is with the Freedom Forum, a press freedom organization, said There are several cases of intimidation, of attacks, not only of journalists, local journalists, but also as international journalists, which also makes it very difficult for the international press to get the news out about what is happening.

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　　This is the Top Five Countdown! Were hitting the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart, for the week ending May 17, 2014.

　　I was happy last week, Im walking on air this week: all the songs change places, with two new titles and a new champion! I just dont know what to do with myself.

　　Lets begin in fifth place, where Katy Perry and Juicy J fall two slots with Dark Horse. Is Katy feuding with Lady Gaga?

　　Last week, Lady Gaga took to Twitter to point out certain similarities between her stage show and Katys setup on her new Prismatic tour. Well see where this possible feud goes over the next few months - both women are on the road well into November.

　　Taking this weeks chart by storm is Australian newcomer Iggy Azalea - who jumps three slots to fourth place with Fancy featuring British singer Charli XCX. Iggy was born Amethyst Amelia Kelly in Australia. She traveled to the United States at age 16 and stayedwith the intention of becoming a rap star. Shes done just that: her debut album The New Classic opened in third place on the U.S. chart, and thats just the beginning

　　...because she shares this weeks Hot Shot Debut slot with another promising newcomer, Ariana Grande. They start strong in third place with Problem.

　　No problems here: written by Swedish hitmaker Max Martin, this cut came within a hairs breadth of snagging the championship: less than one tenth of one percent.

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　　The Panama Canal turns 100 this week. Officially opened in 1914, the 77-kilometer channel joins the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean at the isthmus of Panama. It made the world smaller, creating a shortcut for cargo ships that ply their trade from east and west. But 100 years later the canal is straining from the demands of expanding global trade.

　　It may also be facing some serious competition as it navigates the next 100 years.

　　Taking over 30 years to build, tens of thousands of workers - and more than 27 million kilograms of dynamite - it is considered one of the biggest engineering feats of the 20th century.

　　The Panama Canal is one of those phenomenal moments in history. A terrific example of engineering and technological strength of the United States, and really the coming of age of the United States as a global power, said University of Maryland Professor Julie Greene, author of the book Canal Builders.

　　But the work exacted a heavy toll. By the time the first ship crossed the canal, nearly 26,000 workers had died, some from accidents, many from malaria.

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　　Jenny Scheinman first gained national attention in 2003 as a jazz performer, when she was voted the #1 Rising Star violinist for three years running in DownBeat Magazines Critics polls. Today, shes collaborated with artists ranging from Lou Reed to Norah Jones and has released eight CDs of her own. Scheinman recently released her second CD of mainly vocal compositions, The Little Prisoner.

　　The songs on The Littlest Prisoner, Scheinmans eighth record - but only the second to feature her singing - are ones she toured with before taking them into the studio. While she was impatient to make another record, she says, for her, its important to first try out the songs before an audience. And while its thrilling to play them in public for the first time, its also very challenging because her songs are often so personal.

　　Things are half done until you play them for people, she said. I get songs to the point where I think theyre probably okay, theyre probably good, but until I get a response and feel the character with a group of people in a performance, I dont really know it.

　　The songs on The Littlest Prisoner started as personal stories, but as they evolved, Scheinman says the characters took on lives of their own and stopped being about her. For example, she wrote the title track while she was pregnant and suffering from a very high fever. Unable to take any medication, she sat in an icy bath, hoping the cold water would bring her fever down. The Littlest Prisoner was originally the baby trapped inside her feverish body. By the time the song made it into the studio, it was a totally different story.

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　　SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND Polo, the ancient team competition typically played on horseback, is known as the sport of kings. However, the royal version for one annual event, now underway in Thailand , swaps the horse for the kingdoms national symbol - the elephant. The Kings Cup Elephant Polo tournament in Samut Prakan is all for a good cause.

　　The star athletes of this tournament are 51 teenage females, each weighing about three tons .

　　Mounted on each elephant on the polo field are two relatively miniscule humans - the mahout, who steers, and the player, who gives directions.

　　This is the 13th year the tournament, created and organized by the Anantara resort hotel chain, has been played in Thailand. The only other games played under the auspices of the World Elephant Polo Association are the annual world championships in Nepal.

　　For those who also participate in the more conventional version on horseback, the slower game of elephant polo requires a significant adjustment, as Dubai-based player Wael Soueid, explains.

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　　Save the Children says that over a million babies die each year on their birthday. These are preventable deaths. However, some Asian countries are bright spots in this sad reality. In its newest report, Ending Newborn Deaths, Bangladesh figures prominently. Its the regions greatest success at making successful strides in reining in this statistic.

　　Ishtiaq Mannan told s Frances Alonzo that the deaths happen because of premature birth and complications during birth.

　　MANNAN: These newborn deaths happen on the first day of life, actually, [they] can be attributed to intra-partum complications, which is mostly known as birth asphyxia, then prematurity is one of the leading causes of the first day deaths and also infection. So these are the three major causes that contribute to the first day deaths.

　　ALONZO: In this report, Bangladesh figures prominently. Tell me why.

　　MANNAN: There are two sides of Bangladesh being featured in this report as one of the focus countries. Bangladesh has made tremendous progress over the last several decades in terms of reducing child mortality. Now, when I say child mortality, that means we consider under five mortality, children under five. So, over the last two decades child mortality has come down significantly to a level of 41 per 1,000 live births. And Bangladesh is one of the very rare countries which are on track for achieving Millennium Development Goal 4 [which is to reduce child mortality.]

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　　SEVASTOPOL, CRIMEA Russian forces have been seizing Ukrainian military bases and warships in Crimea as Moscow finalizes its annexation of the Black Sea peninsula. While Ukraine prepares to move its forces out of Crimea, however, some Ukrainian military holdouts are not bowing to pressure and are refusing to leave.

　　The Slavutich is the last remaining navy ship under the Ukrainian flag in the bay of Sevastopol.

　　Russian ships are blocking it, as the Russian military quickly takes over Crimea.

　　Local fishermen, just meters from the standoff, do not mind if the Ukranian navy stays or leaves, said fishermen Igor. Russia used to pay for Sevastopol, for their ships anchored here. Now, let them [Ukrainian navy] pay.

　　A short drive away at Belbek Airforce base, pro-Russia forces are pressuring Ukraines remaining military to pack up and leave.

　　Colonel Yuliy Manchur, commander of the base, said, Currently on the airfield there are 10 to 12 armored personnel carriers trained on us. They are staying and waiting for an order. The probability of storming is very high. So we are staying here and waiting.

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　　NEW YORK The deadly Ebola virus in West Africa has taken the lives of more than 1,000 people, according to the World Health Organization. In New York City, many Africans worry about their relatives and friends as the unprecedented outbreak sweeps through the region a continent away.

　　Haunting scenes of Ebola victims in West Africa are a common sight on television news. But for many West African immigrants living in New York City, the deadly outbreak is personal.

　　New York City is home to more than 70,000 people born in Western Africa. Many hail from countries hardest hit by Ebola, including Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Many still have family and friends in those nations.

　　Like Leo Fraser, whose aunt who lives in Sierra Leone.

　　Right now the family is figuring out how to get her more supplies, so she wont have to leave the home. You know, because the more she interacts with the general population the more she is at risk for contracting Ebola, said Fraser.

　　Ebola has no known cure. And the current West African outbreak is on pace to infect more people than all the previous outbreaks combined.

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　　As Russia continues to raise its natural gas prices to Ukraine, some people are looking to American gas as a way to ease Europes energy dependence on Russia. But its a solution thats still several years off.

　　In their home near Kyiv, Svetlana Kuleshova and Yuri Kuleshov are paying the price for more expensive Russian gas.

　　It will directly affect our budget. We will simply stop buying all the things we are buying now, the pensioner explained, because in any case we will be forced to pay the gas bill as we have to at least heat the house in order not to freeze. We will start looking for alternatives, of course.

　　Their worry is familiar to many Europeans. Ukraine and six other European countries get all their gas from Russia.

　　Meanwhile, threats of Western economic sanctions against Russia have been shrugged off. Russias First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov says Moscow can find other places to sell its gas and that will cost Europe even more.

　　It will force Europeans to invest in new infrastructure to buy gas from the United States and other parts of the world. You will pay for this more, noted Shuvalov. It will mean that the consumers will pay more, but Russian gas will be consumed by someone else in other regions of the world.

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　　LONDON NATO, the United States and Ukraine say Russian forces are taking a more significant role in fighting in eastern Ukraine, bolstering separatist groups that have lost considerable ground to the government forces in recent weeks.

　　The cultural center of rebel-held Donetsk became a casualty of the fighting when it was hit by artillery shells. Ukrainian troops are pressing their offensive in the east, even amid reports of Russian forces joining separatists to rout other Ukrainian forces farther south.

　　Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says Russian troops have entered his country and the security situation has deteriorated. He wants a meeting of the U.N. Security Council.

　　NATO and U.S. officials agree that unmarked military vehicles, seen just inside Russian territory, are crossing the border to provide equipment, ammunition and perhaps 1,000 fighters to help the separatists.

　　The prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Peoples Republic acknowledged the presence of as many as 4,000 Russians over the last several months, but said they are not regular military units. He claimed some of them are soldiers on vacation, but Ukrainian and Western officials say it is an organized invasion, designed not to look like one, similar to what Russia did in Crimea in February.

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　　2014 is a crucial year for Afghanistan. The security transition will be complete by the end of the year, and a profound political transition is also underway that will shape Afghanistan for decades to come.

　　On April 5th, men and women across Afghanistan voted in presidential and provincial council elections. As Secretary of State John Kerry stated, the April 5th vote demonstrated how committed the Afghan people are to protecting and advancing their democracy.

　　Election Day was a triumph for the Afghan people. Millions of Afghan men and women participated in the elections despite the Taliban violence directed at disrupting Afghanistans democratic process. With great preparation and dedication, the Afghan National Security Forces provided the security that allowed these elections to take place. As the EU Observation Assessment Team stated, We dont know who has won, but we know the Taliban have lost.

　　These elections are critical to securing Afghanistans democratic future, as well as continued international support. The U.S. government looks to Afghan electoral bodies to carry out their duties in coming weeks to tally votes, adjudicate complaints, and finalize the results. At this time we must give the Afghan electoral bodies the time they need to do their work in processing the outcome of these elections.

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　　U.S. congressional elections are less than six months away but Democrats are already worried their voters will not be able to match the intensity of Republicans in November.

　　Light voter turnout is the norm in non-presidential election years and its already a concern for President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats in 2014.

　　Were going to have to make sure that we are coming out with the same urgency and the same enthusiasm that we typically show during presidential years, he said. Thats what we are going to need.

　　Republicans are counting on dissatisfaction with the president and his signature health care law to drive their voters to the polls, and analyst Charlie Cook said, for the moment, that gives them the upper hand looking ahead to November.

　　Cook said one of the keys to recent midterm elections is that Republican voters are much more likely to turn out than Democrats.

　　Democrats, he said, do much better in presidential election years like 2008 and 2012.

　　In a presidential election year the turnout is big, its diverse and it looks more or less like the country, Cook said. But in midterm elections when the turnout is smaller, it is whiter, it is more conservative, its more Republican. Its just real different.

　　Cook said that Democrats have been trying to turn around the publics negative perception of the Obama health care law, known as the Affordable Care Act.

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　　Concerned about the continuing violence in South Sudan, the United States has established a new authority to sanction those who are contributing to the crisis.

　　President Barack Obama signed an order on April 3 authorizing economic sanctions to be imposed on those in the troubled East African nation who threaten its stability or who commit human rights abuses. Specific individuals are not named, but the action grants the U.S. Treasury Department and U.S. State Department the authority to designate for sanctions those who obstruct the peace process, violate the January 23rd Cessation of Hostilities agreement, or commit human rights abuses.

　　Under the order, any property held in the United States by an offending party would be blocked and its assets here frozen. Individuals and businesses receiving payment or assets from those sanctioned would also see those monies and assets blocked.

　　The action is needed, President Obama said, because the ongoing, widespread violence in South Sudan, the atrocities, human rights abuses, recruitment and use of child soldiers, attacks on peacekeepers and obstruction of humanitarian operations constitute a national emergency.

　　We call on all of South Sudans leaders to honor their commitments by working quickly and earnestly toward an inclusive and comprehensive political dialogue. With the International Authority on Development and other partners in the region, we will continue to support the expedited release of those detained in Juba and elsewhere, and to ensure their meaningful participation in a political dialogue. Given the needs of the thousands of South Sudanese who have been displaced by the fighting, we also call on the parties to facilitate aid by humanitarian groups to all in need, regardless of location.

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　　KABUL kabul Afghanistans presidential vote is being hailed as a success, with seven million voters braving Taliban threats to go to the polls. But Afghans say the true success of the election lies with the candidates accepting the results.

　　For one rare weekend Afghans like Ismail Qoreshi were happy. Standing outside Golds Gym in central Kabul, Qoreshi says the weekend presidential elections were a huge success.

　　He says, this is a happy moment for Afghans, we have voted for a new leader. ... 95 percent of the people are happy that things were quiet and they cast their votes. It is good for our people.

　　About seven million voters braved Taliban death threats to cast their ballots for a new president Saturday.

　　The vote, says Andrew Wilder of the United States Institute of Peace, was a decisive message to the militants.

　　If seven million Afghans turned out to vote, despite all these threats, I think there is only to interpret that as a real significant defeat for the Taliban, he said.

　　But while the voting is over, the election process is not. Allegations of fraud have begun to come in and the Taliban on Sunday attacked a convoy carrying boxes full of ballots to be counted. The election workers were killed, and the boxes destroyed.

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　　August 12 is World Elephant Day. Its estimated there are 500,000 elephants remaining in Africa. Thats down from 1.2-million in the 1980s, as poaching continues to take its toll.

　　African Wildlife Foundations Beatrice Karanja says World Elephant Day is an attempt to save an iconic animal.

　　What we hope to accomplish is to raise awareness to the plight of the elephants in Africa and the rate at which were losing them, which is quite phenomenal. Africa lost 35,000 elephants last year. And it is predicted that if we continue on the trajectory that we are on now we will see no elephants in the wild by 2025.

　　Speaking from Nairobi, Karanja said raising awareness about the plight of elephants begins at home.

　　Even here in Kenya when you talk to [the] general public they are not aware of the rate at which we are losing them and the rate at which they could be extinct. So, we are appealing to Kenyan brothers and sisters and our African brothers and sisters to take more of a cognizant role in calling for drastic changes in policy and legislation that can assure that we dont lose our iconic species, she said.

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　　Racial tensions remain high in a suburb outside Saint Louis, Missouri days after an unarmed black teenager was shot to death, allegedly by a white police officer. Civil rights leaders and President Barack Obama are calling for calm. Federal authorities are investigating other recent altercations between African Americans and police.

　　Police used tear gas to break up angry protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, Tuesday.

　　The predominantly African American suburb outside Saint Louis has been a hotbed of racial tension since Saturday, when 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot by a police officer. Witnesses said Brown was unarmed.

　　His mother Lesley McSpadden wants answers.

　　My son did not cause this, somebody just did this to him, she said.

　　Demonstrations over his death turned violent as stores were looted and buildings burned. President Obama called Browns death heartbreaking and asked the community to honor the young man through reflection and understanding.

　　Al Sharpton and other civil rights leaders also called for peace.

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　　WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is calling the nomination of a new Iraqi prime minister a promising step forward. Obama took time out of his vacation at Marthas Vineyard on Monday to express support for the prime minister-designate and urged him to quickly form an inclusive government to counter the threat posed by the Sunni militant group Islamic State, also known as ISIL.

　　Ever since Islamic State militants began their bloody campaign in Iraq, the United States has called on the countrys leaders to put aside their sectarian differences and form a new government that would unite Iraqis against the threat.

　　On Monday, Iraqi President Fouad Massoum nominated Deputy Parliament Speaker Haider al-Abadi as new prime minister and gave him 30 days to a form a new government, potentially ending the divisive eight-year rule of current Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

　　Although both men are members of the Shiite Dawa Party, Malikis supporters remained defiant, saying they would fight the decision.

　　The veteran Iraqi leader has vowed to sue the president for failing to nominate him for a third term.

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　　In far eastern Ukraine near the Russian border, pro-Russian activists have set up protest camps and checkpoints to monitor Ukrainian government troop movements and to try to protect weapons stockpiles.

　　On the outskirts of Artemovsk in the far east of Ukraine, a group of pro-Russian activists has set up a protest camp and checkpoint outside what looks like a salt mine. But all is not as it seems. Local people say its common knowledge that 150 meters under this facility is a top secret Soviet-era military base, which still houses to an enormous stockpile of weapons.

　　The protesters say they are here to stop this arsenal from falling into the hands of what they see as the new fascist government in Kyiv.

　　We dont want those guys from right sector and other extremists to get these weapons; that is why were here. This is a peaceful demonstration, said retired steel worker Alexander Malinovsky.

　　Irina Popova, a local government deputy, says shes here because she fears the current crisis could be the start of a civil war between eastern and western Ukraine.

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　　WASHINGTON Dark chocolate is known to help prevent heart disease, but eating too much of it may be not so good for your body weight. But never fear! Scientists are looking for a way to concentrate dark chocolates helpful ingredients in supplemental pills.

　　Cocoa contains chemicals called flavanols that may help reduce the risk of strokes and heart attacks by lowering blood pressure and bad cholesterol levels and improving the bodys use of insulin.

　　Washington chocolatier Steve Koumanelis said that is one reason dark chocolate is increasingly popular among his customers.

　　A lot of people are gravitating towards dark chocolate because they just decide they love it, and they also have been reading all about the health benefits of dark chocolate, said Koumanelis.

　　But those benefits have not been confirmed by studies involving large numbers of people. Also, during the manufacture of chocolate, many flavanoids are destroyed, while sugar and saturated fats are added to contribute to flavor.

　　Scientists now want to learn the benefits of flavanols in their unadulterated form. They plan a four-year study of 18,000 adults, who will take capsules of pure cocoa flavanols, in what is being called the largest test of its kind.

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