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Today’s VOA60 Africa

Nigeria: More than 150 are dead in Nigeria’s worst air disaster in almost 40 years.

Ghana: Cargo jet overshoots runway and crashes into minivan at Accra airport, killing at least 10.

South Sudan: Over 5,000 refugees who fled Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army find shelter in South Sudan.

Libya: Tripoli military court sentences more than 20 East Europeans to prison for supporting pro-Gadhafi forces during last year’s uprising.

Egypt: Angry over what they considered weak verdicts in trial of Mubarak and his top aides demonstrators escalate their protests in Tahrir Square.

Kenya: Prize-winning author Binyavanga Wainaina talks about his most recent book, a memoir of his life, with an audience in Nairobi.

VOA60 Extra: The Changing Classroom

Today’s VOA60 Elections

The Obama campaign held a news conference Thursday in Massachusetts attacking Mitt Romney’s record as governor of the state. But the Los Angeles Times says the Obama strategist took key facts out of context, leaving a distorted picture of how Romney handled taxes, spending and debt.
CBS News reports that Romney is attacking Obama for providing $535 million in loan guarantees to a California solar company that went bankrupt. Solyndra received the guarantees in 2009 and went bankrupt two years later. The loan program started under the administration of former President George W. Bush.
The US Labor Department says the unemployment rate in May rose to 8.2 percent from 8.1 percent in April.  The New York Times reports it was the third mediocre performance by the job market in three months. With the economy the main issue for many Americans, the news will not be welcomed by the Obama team.
That’s all for today. See you next time.

Today’s VOA60 USA:

President Obama and his wife welcome former President George Bush and his wife back to the White House for unveiling of their official portraits.

North Carolina jury acquits former presidential candidate John Edwards of one charge of misusing campaign funds and fails to reach a verdict on five others. 

To fight obesity, New York City Mayor Bloomberg wants to ban the sale of large sodas because they contain so much sugar.

US scientists run simulations showing how, millions of years from now, our galaxy, the Milky Way, will collide with Andromeda Galaxy.
 
A 14-year-old eighth grader from San Diego wins  the Scripps National Spelling Bee on by correctly spelling “guetapens,” a French word for an ambush.

Today’s VOA60 Africa:

Ethiopia: At peace negotiations in Addis Ababa, South Sudan dismisses Sudan claim that it has withdrawn its troops from Abyei, which Khartoum seized a year ago.


Turkey: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon tells Istanbul conference that international community needs to bolster security in Somalia.



Madagascar: Two of Madagascar’s four Olympic athletes prepare for the London games. 



Kenya: New creative arts space opens in Nairobi, boasting fast Internet connection and training for professionals.
 
USA: US scientists run simulations showing how, millions of years from now, our galaxy, the Milky Way, will collide with Andromeda Galaxy.

Today’s VOA60 USA

Republican residential candidate Mitt Romney attends a fundraiser in Hillborough, California.
Demand for cyber security jobs rise in Texas with schools scrambling to train more students .
A tornado destroys 5 homes on its way through North Carolina
A recent convict enters an airplane with no ticket and avoiding security check by using emergency door to access runway .
University of Illinois Medical Center support staff walk strike for better pay conditions .
Actors Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer reveal details about Season 5 of True Blood series.

Today’s VOA60 Africa

Egypt:  Human rights campaigners and members of the opposition urge parliament to end the state of emergency in the country.
 
Nigeria: A Nigerian theatre company stages “Rubiewe” an adaptation of the popular fairytale Beauty and the Beast.
 
Morocco: For the first time in its gastronomic history Morocco participates in prestigious cookery competition the Bocuse d’Or in France.
 
Ethiopia: The fifth International African Child Policy Conference opens focusing on the inter Country adoption of African children.
 
Sudan/South Sudan: African Union-led peace talks between top negotiators progress slowly  despite reports of fresh fighting.
 
UK: Kidnappers  release a British aid worker from the World Food Programmed in Darfar who was held hostage for 86 days in the western Sudan region.

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Today’s VOA 60 Africa

Netherlands: Special Court for Sierra Leone at The Hague sentences former Liberian President Charles Taylor to 50 years in jail for supporting rebels in Sierra Leone who murdered, raped and mutilated thousands.  
South Africa:  Torch marking 100 years of the ANC is presented to its most famous member, Nelson Mandela, at his rural home of Qunu.
Kenya: Nairobi’s Innovation Africa Summit brings technology and business leaders together to discuss continent’s future in innovations.
Nigeria:  With oil thievery widespread in the Niger Delta army is stepping up effort to stop it. 
Libya: Election kits arrive in Tripoli in time for June 19 vote for National Assembly.
Ethiopia:  Belachew Girma, who has set an unofficial world record by laughing over three hours, runs a laughing school in Addis Ababa.

Today’s VOA60 USA:

Presidential candidate Mitt Romney campaigns with billionaire businessman Donald Trump.
 
USA and Brazil football teams prepare to face-off in Washington.
 
Severe storm hits a small town in Pennsylvania, leaving widespread wreckage behind.

Texas waiter receives $5000 tip from customers, who tell him to buy a new car after a storm destroyed his old one.

President Obama awards Medal of Freedom to singer Bob Dylan.