By Derek Kilner Nairobi 29 November 2007 One month ahead of general elections in Kenya, a new report claims that government-controlled broadcast media are favoring President Mwai Kibaki in their coverage. As Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, Preside

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By Deborah Tate Washington 31 January 2007 Two former U.S. secretaries of state say the United States should step up diplomacy in the Middle East as a way to bring stability to Iraq. But in testimony before Congress, they disagreed on whether Presid

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By Gary Thomas Washington, D.C. 07 May 2007 Before the attacks of September 11, 2001, U.S. counterterrorist efforts were meager compared with those of today, and largely confined to a small cadre of specialists deep inside the intelligence community.

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By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 29 July 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived back in Israel Saturday for another round of diplomacy to end more than two weeks of relentless fighting between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. ---------- I

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The two major party candidates for president of the United States, Republican Senator John McCain and Democrat Senator Barack Obama met in a spirited debate over the financial crisis and foreign policy Friday at the University of Mississippi. As VOA

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 28 June 2007 In recent days, two prominent senators from President Bush's Republican Party have made strong statements opposing his new Iraq strategy and calling for a change, well before the first official assessment of the str

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By David Gollust State Department 26 June 2007 The United States Tuesday urged Somalia's transitional federal government to reach out as broadly as possible to clans and other factions for the national reconciliation conference planned for mid-July.

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 26 May 2006 United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on Burma's military government to release pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest. Mr. Annan issued the call in Thailand on the last stop of a f

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By David McAlary Washington 23 May 2006 Chickens at US farm Scientists have developed an efficient, cheap way to vaccinate birds against avian influenza and possibly prevent the spread of the deadly H

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By Jim Malone Washington 23 May 2006 Former Treasury Secretary and US Senator Lloyd Bentsen (Undated file photo) Former U.S. Senator and Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen has died in Texas at the age o

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By Efam Dovi Accra 24 January 2007 Kofi Annan (file photo) Former United Nations secretary-general, Kofi Annan, Tuesday retuned to his home country, Ghana, to a rousing welcome. It is the first time Mr. Annan has returned to Ghana, since leaving the

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The U.N.'s top envoy to Iraq says provincial elections scheduled for early next year are on track, but warned that violence could spike and spoilers could try to derail the vote. Meanwhile, the U.N. mandate authorizing U.S. forces to be in Iraq will

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The top U.S. military officer says he is concerned that the global economic crisis could create instability and, potentially, more terrorism around the world, particularly in African countries and other relatively poor areas. Chairman of the Joints

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World markets were mostly lower on Wednesday amid more dire U.S. economic news and a move by Germany to facilitate bank nationalization. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up one-tenth of a percent, while other U.S. indexes were just slightly lowe

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Secret Service Agents Open Up About Kennedy Assassination President John F. Kennedys trip to Dallas on November 22, 1963 was intended to boost support in Texas for his 1964 re-election campaign. An assassins bullet ended his life, however, remaining

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Kennedy Assassination Transformed US Secret Service The assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, 48 years ago, stunned the world. It was the first time since 1901- when President William McKinley was killed - that a U.S. presi

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Two trade pacts signed recently between India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and India and South Korea are expected to promote economic integration of one of the world's fastest growing regions. The pacts also signal that India is ke

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Obama Defends Secret Surveillance Programs Obama put forward his defense of the secret surveillance programs when asked by a reporter during a health care event in California. My assessment and my team's assessment was that they help us prevent terro

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By Mil Arcega Washington, D.C. 02 January 2007 watch After Saddam video 2006 ended with a powerful reminder of U.S. losses in Iraq. Although the Pentagon has not yet confirmed it, media reports say the death toll for American troops has reached 3000

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By Michael Bowman Washington 01 November 2009 US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner - File Photo The Obama administration says the U.S. economy is rebounding from a painful recession and a severe financial crisis, but the recovery will be slow and unev

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