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By Nico Colombant Dakar 04 December 2007 Burkina Faso's cotton production this year has decreased due to inconsistent rains and high oil prices, frustrating executives and farmers in sub-Saharan Africa's leading cotton producer. VOA's Nico Colombant
By Al Pessin Pentagon 27 June 2006 The U.S. Army general in charge of training Iraq's new security forces says the new Iraqi army will be fully in place by the end of the year, but it will need additional time to become fully capable. The general sp
By Amberin Zaman Ankara 04 January 2006 In December a private Turkish airline began flying between Istanbul and Irbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdish-controlled northern region. Company officials say b
By Al Pessin Pentagon 23 January 2007 The U.S. Army general named by President Bush as the new coalition commander in Iraq told a Senate committee Tuesday he believes the new Baghdad security plan can work, but it will not be easy. VOA's Al Pessin r
By Kari Barber Dakar 29 December 2006 The West African diamond industry was thrust into the limelight this year with the Hollywood movie Blood Diamond. The film depicts atrocities committed during Sierra Leone's 10-year civil war. Some analysts say
By Ben Gilbert Baghdad 05 January 2006 An attack near one of the holiest sites in Shiite Islam killed at least 49 people in Iraq's southern city of Karbala, about 80 kilometers south of Baghdad. Anoth
By Al Pessin Pentagon 24 March 2006 The U.S. general in charge of training Iraqi forces says they will take control of all of the country's borders by July, as part of his focus on transitioning to mo
By Jim Malone Washington 24 January 2007 President Bush made an impassioned plea for support for his new Iraq strategy in his State of the Union Address Tuesday. But many political experts are skeptical that Mr. Bush will have much success in turnin
The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former U.S. President George W. Bush during a farewell visit to Baghdad has been sentenced by an Iraqi court to three years in prison. Muntader al-Zaidi (File) The trial of Iraqi journalist Muntader al-Zai
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 24 March 2006 The U.N. refugee agency says it is concerned about the situation of Palestinians in Baghdad. It says over 100 Palestinian families reportedly had received written
By Scott Stearns Amman, Jordan 30 November 2006 Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and U.S. President George Bush say they are working together to stop sectarian violence in Iraq. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports the men discuss
By Jim Malone Washington, DC 15 March 2006 watch Iraq US Politics President Bush Three years after the U.S.-led invasion, Iraq continues to dominate American politics like no other issue. Recent publi
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By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 08 January 2007 The trial for men accused of carrying out Saddam Hussein's brutal campaign against the Kurds in the 1980s has resumed in Baghdad. Prosecutors are pressing ahead even though the chief defendant, Saddam Hussei
By Al Pessin Pentagon 08 December 2006 The second ranking U.S. military commander in Iraq says it might be possible to implement the Iraq Study Group's call for the withdrawal of most U.S. combat forces from Iraq by early 2008. But in a news confere
By Deborah Tate Washington 17 February 2007 The U.S. Senate is to hold a procedural vote on a nonbinding resolution expressing disapproval with President Bush's decision to send more troops to Iraq in a rare Saturday session. The action comes a day
By Paula Wolfson White House 05 January 2006 President Bush is reaching out beyond his usual circle of advisers for suggestions on the way forward in Iraq. He invited a group of former secretaries of
Economics Report - Limits on Rare Earth Exports Get China in Trade Dispute 经济报道 - 稀土限制使得中国陷入贸易纠纷 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。 The United States,
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 27 December 2006 watch Iraq Prayers and Politics Sectarian violence in Iraq mostly involves mutual attacks by the country's Sunni and Shia Muslims. But Monday's Christmas holiday highlighted the plight of nearly one
By Al Pessin Washington 19 December 2006 2006 was a difficult year in Iraq, with increasing violence and a shift toward more sectarian clashes and more civilian casualties. The result was a defeat for President Bush's Republican Party in congression