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451. The Correspondents December 09, 2016 The Correspondents is VOA’s weekly discussion of the world’s top stories, as seen through the eyes of our dedicated reporters in the US and around the globe. Hosted by Mil Arcega, our panel of journalists goes beyond the headlines to give listeners and viewer real context and understanding of what’s driving the story.... (read more) Author: VOA News

452. Obama Orders Review of Election Hacking December 09, 2016 President Barack Obama has ordered intelligence officials to conduct a broad review on the election-season hacking that rattled the presidential campaign and raised new concerns about foreign meddling in U.S. elections, a White House official said Friday.  White House counterterrorism and Homeland Security adviser Lisa Monaco said Obama ordered officials to report on the hacking of Democratic officials' email accounts and Russia's involvement. The report is due to be...... (read more) Author: webdesk@voanews.com (Associated Press)

453. China Fails to Block UN Meeting on North Korea Rights December 09, 2016 The U.N. Security Council discussed the situation of human rights in North Korea on Friday, despite efforts by China to block it. It was only the third time the 15-nation council has taken up the issue, usually reserved for other bodies, including the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly. The council has held what has become an annual meeting on the topic since December 2014. “China is against deliberations by the Security Council on DPRK’s human rights situation,” China’s...... (read more) Author: webdesk@voanews.com (Margaret Besheer)

454. Old School Approach Used to Build Workforce of the Future December 09, 2016 A rising tide of automation and some trade deals have cost the United States millions of manufacturing jobs in recent years, leaving many people unemployed or in jobs with poor pay, few benefits, and no future. At the same time, many U.S. companies say they cannot find enough people with technical skills to fill critical jobs that pay well. Many advanced nations, like Germany and Denmark, make wide use of apprenticeships, but U.S. firms have cut back sharply on them. One major U.S....... (read more) Author: webdesk@voanews.com (Jim Randle)

455. Heroin Overdoses Now Kill More Americans than Gun Homicides December 09, 2016 In 2015, for the first time ever, the number of heroin overdoses in America outnumbered the number of gun homicide deaths, according to new government statistics released Thursday. Deaths from heroin overdoses spiked by 23 percent in 2015, up to 12,989, while the number of gun deaths, which also rose, landed at 12,979, according to data released by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention as part of its annual report on the number of deaths and death rates. In 1999, slightly more...(read more) Author: webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)

456. Pop-Up Libraries Promote Reading in Kenyan Slum December 09, 2016 Schools in Kenya are out for a holiday, but a group of 10 volunteers in Mathare, one of Nairobi's most dangerous slums, is encouraging children to come to pop-up centers to read donated storybooks.  The goal of the program, called Sauti ya Vitabu, which is Swahili for Voice of the Books, is to get children to dream big and broaden their minds. Betty Mutua and a group of friends started Sauti ya Vitabu to help schoolchildren in Mathare improve their learning and broaden their...... (read more) Author: webdesk@voanews.com (Rael Ombuor)

457. Refugee Story: Indignity, Danger for Women in IS-Held Mosul December 09, 2016 Women who have escaped Mosul, Iraq, where military forces have been battling Islamic State fighters, say amid the terror and suffering imposed on them by IS rule are more subtle, but deeply disturbing abuses. It was worth risking their lives, they say, to escape a world where strange men hurl insults and punishments at them for even the slightest infraction of IS 'rules.'   An ordinary shopping trip, for example, could be dangerous, says Issra, a 30-year-old mother of two...... (read more) Author: webdesk@voanews.com (Heather Murdock)

458. Africa 54 December 09, 2016 Vincent Makori heads up the reporting team to inform you about Africa, the U.S. and the world.... (read more) Author: VOA News

459. Russia Resumes Aleppo Bombings After Brief Pause December 09, 2016 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday Russia and Syrian government forces will continue their bombing raids in Aleppo until rebels vacate the city. "After a humanitarian pause, [the strikes] have resumed and will continue for as long as the bandits are still in Aleppo," Lavrov told reporters while attending a security meeting in Hamburg, Germany. Lavrov's comments come just a day after he said the Syrian government had stopped all active military operations...... (read more) Author: webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)

460. Trump May Signal Support for Michigan Republican as Next Party Chair December 09, 2016 Michigan Republican Party Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel has emerged as the consensus favorite to head the party with President-elect Donald Trump headed to Michigan on Friday as part of his post-election "thank you" tour. The Republican National Committee will soon have a vacancy at the top of the party when current chairman Reince Priebus becomes White House chief of staff when Trump takes office on January 20. With Trump to attend a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Friday...... (read more) Author: webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)

461. Glenn to Lie in State in Ohio Capital December 09, 2016 The late space hero and former U.S. Sen. John Glenn will lie in state in the Ohio Statehouse and a memorial service is being planned at Ohio State University.   Hank Wilson of the John Glenn School of Public Affairs in Columbus said the date and time are still being worked out but the public viewing and other services are expected to take place early next week. A "celebration of life' will be held at OSU's Mershon Auditorium.   Burial is being planned at...... (read more) Author: webdesk@voanews.com (Associated Press)

462. Kids Use Math, Science Skills to Solve One-Minute Mysteries December 09, 2016 It's a typical situation. A mother has to run an errand and leaves a note for her kids telling them to help themselves to lunch. There are eggs in the refrigerator, it says; but, some are hard-boiled and others are raw...and they look the same. How can the kids tell which is which without cracking them open? The students in the fifth grade science class at Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School in Washington, D.C. have to think scientifically to solve the mystery. Samadhi says...... (read more) Author: webdesk@voanews.com (Faiza Elmasry)

463. US Voters, Poll Workers Say They Trust American Voting Systems December 09, 2016 A newly released survey of U.S. voters and poll workers suggests that a slender majority of Americans say they generally trust the accuracy of voting systems and the count, but fully 20 percent do not have confidence in the national election voting tally. The survey of some 1,000 voters and more than 500 polling place workers and volunteers was sponsored by Smartmatic, one of the world’s oldest and largest providers of electronic voting systems. In addition to the one-fifth of voters...... (read more) Author: webdesk@voanews.com (Doug Bernard)

464. China Reaches WTO Milestone, Or Is It Millstone? December 09, 2016 This Sunday marks the 15-year anniversary of China’s entry into the World Trade Organization, a milestone originally anticipated to mark the communist-ruled country’s rise as a market economy. Beijing sees the date as the moment where it will become a market economy by default, as provisions in its accession agreement to the trade body will no longer apply.  But the European Union, United States and other countries do not agree. Japan and India are unlikely to immediately adopt...... (read more) Author: webdesk@voanews.com (William Ide, Saibal Dasgupta)

465. FT: Brexit Minister 'Not Really Interested' in Transitional Brexit Deal December 09, 2016 Britain's Brexit minister David Davis is "not really interested" in a transitional deal to cushion the country from the effects of leaving the European Union, he told a private meeting with the City of London Corporation, the Financial Times reported on Friday. The FT, citing a memo of a meeting on November 15 made by an unidentified City of London Corporation representative, said Davis would consider a transitional deal only in order to "be kind" to the...... (read more) Author: webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)

466. FAO Upgrades Irrigation to Fight Hunger in Zimbabwe December 09, 2016 In Zimbabwe, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has embarked on a $6-million program to rehabilitate irrigation schemes that President Robert Mugabe's government abandoned, leaving several communities exposed to drought. A tractor at Jalukange Irrigation Scheme — near Zimbabwe's border with Botswana, about 700 kilometers south of Harare — is tilling the land for farmers to plant crops. A 57-hectare plot last had activity almost a decade ago before the irrigation...... (read more) Author: webdesk@voanews.com (Sebastian Mhofu)

467. Fast-Food Baron, Critic of High Wages, Tapped as Trump's Labor Secretary December 09, 2016 U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Andrew Puzder, a wealthy businessman, a lawyer and an elite donor to Trump's campaign, to become the next Labor Secretary, pending Senate confirmation. Puzder is the head of CKE Restaurants Holdings, the parent company of Carl's Jr., Hardee's fast food restaurants and other chains. According to the Labor Department's website, the mission of the agency is "to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners,...... (read more) Author: webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)

468. Ghana's President Will Accept Election Outcome December 09, 2016 Ghanaian President John Mahama says he will accept the outcome of Wednesday's election, as the country waits for the electoral commission to declare a winner. News organizations in Ghana say that with most of the votes counted, Nana Akufo-Addo of the opposition New Patriotic Party, or NPP, is headed for a clear victory with about 53 percent. The electoral commission, however, has released results slowly, saying it wants to declare accurate results that reflect the will of the...... (read more) Author: webdesk@voanews.com (Dan Joseph)

469. Judge to Hold Hearing on Stopping Wisconsin Recount December 09, 2016 A federal judge is set to consider halting Wisconsin's presidential recount. Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton by more than 22,000 votes in the state. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein requested the recount to determine if election machines were hacked.   Two pro-Trump groups, the Great America PAC and the Stop Hillary PAC, filed a federal lawsuit Dec. 1, the day the recount began, seeking to stop the process. Judge James Peterson has scheduled a hearing Friday...... (read more) Author: webdesk@voanews.com (Associated Press)

470. China Charges Lawyer Treason After Recent Disappearance December 09, 2016 China is showing no sign of easing its crackdown on the nation’s rights defenders. Earlier this week, rights lawyer Li Heping was officially indicted, and the whereabouts of three other rights activists, including public interest lawyer Jiang Tianyong, are unknown more than two weeks after they disappeared. Li’s wife, Wang Qianling, learned of her husband’s indictment days after she and attorney Ma Lianshun began pressing authorities in Tianjin for an answer. Treason...... (read more) Author: webdesk@voanews.com (Joyce Huang)

471. McLaren Report: More Than 1,000 Russian Athletes Benefited from Doping Conspiracy December 09, 2016 More than 1,000 Russian athletes competing in summer, winter and paralympic sport were involved in or benefited from an institutional conspiracy to conceal positive doping tests, a WADA report said on Friday. Canadian sports lawyer Richard McLaren, who compiled the report, told a news conference: "We are now able to confirm a cover up that dates back until at least 2011 and continued after the Sochi Olympic Games. It was a cover up that evolved from uncontrolled chaos to an...... (read more) Author: webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)

472. Japan Doubles Cost Estimate for Fukushima Cleanup December 09, 2016 A cost estimate to clean up Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant has doubled to nearly 22 trillion yen ($190 billion), with decommissioning costs expected to continue to rise, according to a government panel Friday.  The estimate raises the decommissioning part of the total costs to 8 trillion yen ($70 billion) from the current 2 trillion ($17.5 billion) because of surging labor and construction costs. Panel officials said the numbers could still grow as experts learn more...... (read more) Author: webdesk@voanews.com (Associated Press)

473. When Neo-Nazis Have Doubts, There’s a Way Out December 09, 2016 Felix Benneckenstein was a rising star on Germany’s far-right scene, a young songwriter whose rousing guitar anthems made white nationalism sound romantic and rebellious.  But when fellow neo-Nazis attacked a friend, Benneckenstein found the doubts he’d ignored for years coming to the surface. “It was a rude awakening,” he recalled. “You have an idea of what’s wrong with the world and believe you’ve discovered hidden truths. ... And to then realize that everything you’ve done to...(read more) Author: webdesk@voanews.com (Associated Press)

474. Report: Cairo Blast Kills 6 Police Officers, Injures 3 December 09, 2016 Egypt's state-run news agency says an explosion in Cairo has killed six police and wounded another three. MENA says the explosion took place early Friday on Pyramids road, the main avenue leading from the city center out to the Giza pyramids. It says the blast targeted security forces, without elaborating on what caused the explosion. Reuters reported that the bomb was placed in a trash can and there was no immediate claim of responsibility. Four civilians were also...... (read more) Author: webdesk@voanews.com (Associated Press)

475. Police: Gunbattle in Kashmir Ends; 2 Suspected Rebels Killed December 09, 2016 A 42-hour gunbattle ended in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday after two suspected rebels were killed in the fighting, which triggered massive anti-India protests in the disputed region. A police officer said soldiers recovered the bodies of the two suspected militants from the debris of a destroyed house in southern Arwani village. The officer, speaking on condition of anonymity in keeping with department policy, said both of the bodies were charred beyond recognition and...... (read more) Author: webdesk@voanews.com (Associated Press)

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