Marco Rubio is becoming the third major Republican seeking his partys nomination in 2016. NPRs Mara Liasson reports after releasing an emotionally charged video last week, Rubio formally launches his campaign with the speech tonight in his home base

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Israel and Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip have agreed to an Egyptian proposal for a long-term ceasefire. The truce is ending seven weeks of fighting leaving more than 2,100 people mostly Palestinians dead. Hamas says the deal represents a vic

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U.S. troops will begin their drawdown in Iraq at the end of this month, but there still is no government in place and violence is on the rise. On Wednesday, the U.N. Security Council urged Iraq's recently-elected legislature to form a government quic

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The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, says more than 200 child soldiers held by rebels have been demobilized following seven months of negotiations. UNICEF says the children, including one girl, were being held by a dissident group that broke w

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By David Gollust Washington 21 November 2007 The United States Wednesday expressed serious concern about the humanitarian situation in Somalia, where an estimated one million people have been displaced by civil warfare, mainly around the capital Moga

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By Stephanie Ho Washington 05 August 2007 Senior Bush administration officials say the surge of U.S. troops in Iraq is showing some military success. At the same time, they say they are concerned with the slow pace of movement toward national politic

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By Catherine Maddux Washingron 10 April 2006 Maxwell Fornah, and Musa Vandi, who are both war amputees, battle for the ball in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Saturday, April, 1, 2006 The arrest of former Lib

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By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 12 October 2007 There is growing concern in Zimbabwe that presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for next March will not live up to the expectations of the people. Peta Thornycroft reports that one of t

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 27 October 2007 A senior United Nations official says the humanitarian situation in Sudan's conflict-ridden province of Darfur is deteriorating. He says an improvement of the situation is dependent on a political settlement bet

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By Peta Thornycroft 22 November 2007 The political future of Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of Zimbabwe's divided opposition Movement for Democratic Change, is facing challenges. As Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA, many of his closest associates are

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 26 December 2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross says aid workers are facing greater difficulties and dangers in efforts to reach displaced people in Sri Lanka with essential relief. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA fr

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By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 21 February 2008 The United Nations Mission in Congo says it has evidence rebels killed around 30 civilians in eastern Congo in an incident in mid-January. The region, a long-standing site of instability in Congo, was then in t

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Nigeria's Boko Haram Remains Persistent, Mysterious Threat DAKAR The United States has formally designated the Nigerian militant sect, Boko Haram, and a splinter group, Ansaru, as foreign terrorist organizations. Boko Haram's propaganda videos have b

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Tea Party Drives Republican Hardline on Government Funding 茶党等保守势力施压共和党致政府关门 A one-page letter - signed by almost one-fifth of the legislators in the U.S. House of Representatives - was a factor leading to a politica

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Obama Appeals to Wary Lawmakers on Syria 奥巴马在叙利亚问题上呼吁议员 CAPITOL HILL As members of Congress return to Washington from their summer recess, President Barack Obama is lobbying skeptical lawmakers for the authority to use mil

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told the U.N. Security Council Tuesday that Israel has agreed to open a humanitarian corridor into Gaza starting Wednesday. Meanwhile, Egypt's president has invited Israel and the Palestinian factions to talks in C

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By Brian Padden Washington, DC 18 December 2006 watch Civil War report There has been much talk about whether the level of sectarian violence in Iraq has risen to the point where it should be called a civil war. Why is it important to make such a di

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As the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor prepares to issue new arrest warrants in an investigation into the conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan, there is growing speculation that Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir will himself be targ

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 14 November 2006 A spokesman for the Hamas militant group says a new Palestinian government will not recognize Israel or accept a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict. The comments could complicate efforts to form a

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By David Gollust Washington 22 October 2007 The State Department says the United States is making an all-out diplomatic effort to defuse the crisis spawned by cross-border attacks into Turkey by Iraq-based Kurdish PKK militants. Secretary of State Co

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