By Jim Randle Baghdad 23 September 2007 An Iraqi government official says throwing the Blackwater security company out of Iraq would leave a security vacuum and divert troops from battle to security duties. VOA's Jim Randle reports from Baghdad. Two

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By Jim Randle Baghdad 21 September 2007 The U.S. Embassy resumed limited travel by road with Blackwater USA protection in Baghdad on Friday. As VOA's Jim Randle reports, the move came just days after all travel by land by U.S. officials was suspended

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 21 September 2007 Last Sunday during a shoot-out in Baghdad, American security contractors from the Blackwater company, who were protecting a U.S. diplomatic convoy, killed several Iraqi civilians. Blackwater says its guards wer

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A suicide bomber targeted a German embassy vehicle in the Afghan capital, Kabul, but killed three Afghan civilians and wounded six others instead. VOA's Barry Newhouse has this report from Kabul. A German security man stands guard after a suicide at

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Ethiopia Awaits Influx of Refugees from Sudan and South Sudan Humanitarian agencies are preparing for an influx of refugees into Ethiopia from both Sudan and South Sudan. Civilians, mostly women and children, are fleeing fighting and violence in bord

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At Least 55 Killed in Damascus Suicide Car Bombings The twin blasts, not more than a minute apart, rocked the Syrian capital during morning rush hour, crushing and burning dozens of vehicles and sending plumes of black smoke into the air. The blasts

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US Soldiers Close Bases, Head Out of Iraq The U.S. military has almost completed the huge job of packing up all of its bases and equipment and moving out of Iraq. After almost nine years in Iraq, thousands of U.S. troops have already left the country

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Afghan National Army soldiers march during training exercise in Kabul [file photo] NATO has discovered it is not well equipped to train a new national police force for Afghanistan and has turned to the European Union and private contractors for guida

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U.S soldiers wait after collecting the body of an insurgent from a vineyard near the Bagram airbase after insurgents launched a brazen pre-dawn assault against the giant U.S.-run Bagram Air Field, in Bagram, Afghanistan. At least 10 insurgents have b

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US Woman's Afghan Experience Inspires Novel Farishta means 'angel' in Dari, the widely spoken language in northern Afghanistan. It's also the title of a novel by Patricia McArdle, a retired American diplomat who spent a year in Afghanistan. Over her

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Five bodyguards were killed. Earlier in the day, a suicide bomber killed at least 16 people in southwestern Afghanistan, while two roadside bombs killed 4 others in eastern Afghanistan. Sean Maroney | Kabul 20 November 2009 Photo: AFP Afghan policem

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Deadline on Syria Chemical Weapons Unlikely to be Met 叙利亚化学武器难以在限定期限内销毁 International efforts to remove and destroy Syria's chemical weapons are hitting more roadblocks. December 31 for the most deadly chemicals to s

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Investigators Finally Reach MH17 Crash Site 调查人员终于赶到MH17失事地点 LONDON A team around 100 international investigators and police was able to visit Friday the crash site of Malaysian Airlines flight 17 in eastern Ukraine. The inspe

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Libyan Displaced Receive Emergency Aid 利比亚流离失所人们接受紧急援助 A U.N. truck convoy carrying emergency supplies for nearly seven-thousand displaced people arrived Monday in western Libya. The number of displaced is growing as fig

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By Nico Gnecchi Dadaab, Kenya 14 September 2006 The recent takeover of much of southern Somalia by the Islamic courts has cast a shadow on some Somali refugees heading home. New arrivals keep surging across the border, and more than 21,000 so far th

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By Al Pessin Santiago, Chile 04 October 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he wants to give the coalition military command in Iraq a larger role in coordinating the activity of private security contractors that operate in the country. He s

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Leading the news this morning.Tony Abbott is expected to announce his new ministry today. The prime minister elect meets replaced Sophie Mirebella who has ruled herself out of contention, while she battles to retain her seat. Julie Bishop is likely t

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By Selah Hennessy Dakar 17 September 2007 Military leaders in Mali say the national army is ready to retaliate after Tuareg rebels carried out a deadly ambush on Sunday. Government officials say the rebels are fighting to take control of the region's

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Afghan Interpreter Finally Lands in US 阿富汗翻译员最终抵达美国 Janis Shenwary, who worked as an interpreter for the U.S. military in Afghanistan, is said to have saved the lives of five American soldiers. But when Shenwary tried to come

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By Jim Randle Irbil 10 October 2007 Iraqis are reacting angrily to the shooting on Tuesday of two women in Baghdad by foreign security contractors, the second such shooting in the past month. VOA's Jim Randle reports from northern Iraq. Guards workin

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