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RFA Reports on Jailed Chinese Dissident and Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo

January 14, 2011

RFA’s Mandarin, Cantonese, and Tibetan services aired daily reports from Oslo, site of the award ceremony for imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, accompanied by videos and photos. Liu Xiaobo, 54, is currently serving an 11-year prison term on subversion charges for urging reforms to China’s Read more »

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RFE Marks Successful First Year of Broadcasts to Pakistan

January 12, 2011

This week, RFE’s Radio Mashaal marks the first anniversary of the launch of its Pashto-language broadcasts in Pakistan’s Pashtun heartland. “Our listeners are desperate for reliable news,” says Radio Mashaal Director Amanullah Ghilzai. “Last month, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called Pakistan ‘the world’s Read more »

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Alhurra Interviews Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer

January 12, 2011

On Jan. 8, Alhurra’s Inside Washington aired a rare in-depth interview with Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer. Taped at the Inside Washington’s studio, Justice Breyer discussed democracy, the U.S. Constitution and the role of the Supreme Court within the American branches of government. Hosted Read more »

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RFE/RL President Jeffrey Gedmin to Depart

January 11, 2011

The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has accepted, with regret, the resignation of Jeffrey Gedmin, who has served for four years as president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). Gedmin announced his plans to depart RFE/RL at the end of February 2011. The BBG, which Read more »

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Board Continues Strategic Review

January 10, 2011

The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the Agency that oversees U.S. international broadcasting, continues its strategic review with the first in a series of regional assessments. This month’s regional review will focus on Africa and will engage internal and external experts in discussions to be Read more »

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Alhurra Interviews Rep. Payne on Sudan

January 7, 2011

Alhurra’s Congressional Correspondent Rana Abtar conducted an interview with Congressman Donald M. Payne (D-NJ), Chairman of House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health regarding Sudan’s upcoming referendum vote. Rep. Payne said that the government of Sudan should respect the outcome of the referendum Read more »

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U.S. International Broadcasting Provides Comprehensive Coverage of Historic Sudan Referendum

January 7, 2011

The U.S. International broadcasting networks of the Voice of America (VOA), Alhurra TV, Radio Sawa, and Afia Darfur, will provide extensive coverage in English and Arabic, of the historic independence referendum that begins Jan. 9 in southern Sudan. The referendum will give residents from southern Read more »

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Cuban Blogger Tells VOA Alternative Information Networks are Growing in Cuba

January 5, 2011

Well-known Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez tells Voice of America she hopes the growth of information networks in Cuba will lead to an end of the state’s information monopoly in 2011. In an interview with VOA’s Spanish Service, Sanchez said “the Cuban blogosphere had a gradual Read more »

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Broadcasting Board of Governors

January 5, 2011

Barry Zorthian, a veteran U.S. diplomat, media advisor during the Vietnam War, Time Inc. executive, and former Voice of America (VOA) Program Manager, died on December 30 at the age of 90. The Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees all U.S. international broadcasting including VOA, Read more »

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