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By Gary Thomas Washington 22 August 2007 The Central Intelligence Agency has released a report sharply critical of the CIA's senior leadership in the years and months leading up to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. As VOA correspondent Gar
Burmese Migrants in Thailand Await Changes Back Home In Thailand there are more than a million registered Burmese migrant workers. The number of unregistered is even greater, and many of them work jobs that Thai laborers are often unwilling to do. Wo
President-elect Barack Obama says he is concerned about the violence in Gaza, but that it would not be right for him to speak at length about the conflict until he takes office later this month. President-elect Barack Obama (l) and President Bush at
The Obama administration is signaling its intention to keep Ethiopia as a key strategic partner, despite concerns about the country's slide toward authoritarianism. The United States is seeking to expand development assistance to the Ethiopian gover
Kerry Travels to Turkey for Syrian Opposition Meeting The issue of refugees will be high on the meeting's agenda as Syrian government attacks continue to drive people across the border into Jordan. You can imagine the destabilizing impact and the pro
By Sonja Pace Heiligendamm 07 June 2007 G-8 Summit host German Chancellor Angela Merkel says leaders have reached what she described as a substantial compromise on climate change, by agreeing on the need for substantial cuts in greenhouse gas emissio
Turkey's Leader And Supporters Give Trump Benefit Of The Doubt For Now play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0003:32repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: After showing some reluctance, the nation's largest Protestant denomination is taking a stand against white nationalism after all. NPR's Nathan Rott reports on the Southern Baptist Convention. NATHAN ROTT, BYLINE: The controversy
Alright, you people cutting fifty basis points on the fed funds rate, / fifty basis points on the discount rate. And now the question did they get it right. Well, who better to ask than two people who have been in that room in their frist television
By Scott Bobb Bangkok 09 February 2006 United Nations and Cambodian officials who are coordinating the genocide trial of surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge have opened their offices in Phnom Penh. T
By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 25 October 2007 Ethiopia and Eritrea are blaming each other as a commission set up to adjudicate their border dispute prepares to finish its work without finding a mutually acceptable settlement. VOA's Peter Heinlein rep
By Colin McCullough Moscow 19 April 2008 Discussions continued Friday in Moscow on Russia's offer to host a second Middle East peace conference. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was in Russia's capital where he met with several officials, includin
Americans Express Skepticism About Syria Strikes Much of the world is watching and waiting to see whether the United States will respond to the chemical weapons attack that killed more than 1,400 Syrians, including hundreds of children. President Bar
Germanys Merkel Bids for 3rd Term as Tough EU Decisions Loom 德国的默克尔竞选第三任期 LONDON Germany will hold parliamentary elections Sunday, with current Chancellor Angela Merkels party riding high in the polls. Optimism over the econom
By Al Pessin Pentagon 11 March 2008 The senior U.S. military officer responsible managing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and U.S. military engagement throughout the Middle East, Central Asia and East Africa, has decided to retire this month after
The United Nations World Food Program's director for Somalia says attacks on aid workers and threats to ships delivering food aid to Somalia are putting in danger the lives of the millions who now need urgent food assistance. He also called for a bo
By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 19 July 2006 Turkey's prime minister says his military is moving forward in drafting plans for sending forces into northern Iraq to clear out Kurdish rebel bases, but added that officials are also holding talks with t
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 13 May 2008 The United Nations says tens of thousands of desperate survivors of the powerful storm that struck Burma 10 days ago are likely to die of hunger and disease because they are not receiving needed assistance. Lisa Sch
By Mil Arcega Washington 13 November 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed a Labor Department report Thursday that suggests the pace of job losses is slowing. But with the nation's unemployment rate at 10.2 percent, the president is asking busin
The U.N. Children's Fund estimates one-third of all those killed by Cyclone Nargis in Burma are children. Burmese authorities report more than 22,000 people lost their lives and more than 40,000 are still missing. 联合国儿童基金会估计,热带