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By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: July 5, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, In the News. 1)Palestinian 2)militants are demanding that 3)Israel free thousands of Palestinians or r
AS IT IS 2013-12-27 Afghanistan Faces Election, Security Issues in 2014 阿富汗2014年面临选举及安全问题 From VOA Learning English this is As It Is. Welcome back to the show. Im Caty Weaver. After more than ten years of war, Afghanistan fa
At a high-level security conference in Munich, Germany Afghan President Hamid Karzai defended his country's progress toward peace Sunday and urged reconciliation with members of the Taliban that were not part of al-Qaida. President Hamid Karzai spea
By Selah Hennessy Goma 11 January 2008 Delegates from a rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo have returned to peace talks. The delegation from renegade general Laurent Nkunda's rebel militia pulled out of talks on Thursday saying they fear
Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey and Uganda have won non-permanent seats on the U.N. Security Council. They will serve two-year terms beginning in January. From United Nation's headquarters in New York, VOA's Margaret Besheer has more on Friday's elec
Report finds US often puts security interests ahead of Mideast democracy Mohamed Elshinnawi | Washington, DC 19 May 2010 A soldier and citizen at a security checkpoint in Yemen, one of the countries the study's authors believe should be urged to inst
The U.N. Secretary-General and members of the U.N. Security Council have expressed concern that resolution of the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region not be overlooked as international attention is focused on the upcoming North-South referendum. In a s
At the start of new Middle East peace talks, U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Tuesday's deadly shooting near the West Bank town of Hebron. Both leaders said Wednesday that they are determined that th
Those who oppose the cause of peace will try in every way possible to sabotage this process as we have already seen this week. - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has launched the first direct peace talks b
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 02 October 2007 The U.N. Security Council has condemned an attack on African Union peacekeepers in the Darfur region of Sudan, saying any attempt to undermine the peace process is unacceptable. The attack killed at
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 11 March 2008 The U.N. Security Council has expressed deep concern about the situation in the Darfur region of the Sudan, where violence has surged recently, and has called for all parties to observe a cease-fire. F
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 15 April 2008 Somalia's foreign minister says his government will ask the U.N. Security Council to send a multi-national force to his country to take over from African Union peacekeepers who are currently trying to
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 04 June 2008 Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama says that, if elected, he would defend Israel's security, pursue Middle East peace and firmly oppose any attempt by Iran to obtain nuclear weapons. VO
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 20 March 2007 The head of the African Union's Peace and Security Council is in Mogadishu to investigate the country's security situation and to meet with Ugandan troops who are stationed there as part of the A.U. peacekeepin
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 06 October 2007 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, warns that thousands of African Union and UN peacekeepers will be unable to guarantee security in Sudan's conflict-ridden province of Darfur w
The United States says it believes it has enough votes to move forward this week on a Security Council resolution sanctioning Zimbabwe's president and members of his inner circle. But some other council members are still expressing doubt over whethe
BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday called for the upcoming 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit to make positive contributions to international peace and security. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei made the remarks at a regular press bri
Uganda is set to be given a seat on the U.N. Security Council on Friday, when the General Assembly votes on picking five new non-permanent members for the body. As Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, Uganda may use its pos
WHITE HOUSEWith a handshake over the extraordinary bond between their two countries, U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought Monday to dispel the discord that was most visibly seen during the U.S.-led negotiat
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- A senior UN official on Monday called upon both Israeli and Palestinian leaders to make the difficult compromises that will promote stability and ensure long-term security in the region. Jens Anders Toyberg-Frandze