By Doug Levine Washington 08 April 2006 It's been 22 years since the untimely death of singer Marvin Gaye, but there's no forgetting the man who sang such classics as

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 06 February 2007 The Bush administration has announced the creation of a new U.S. military command for Africa by September of next year. The long-anticipated move will consolidate responsibility for U.S. military activities on t

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 11 December 2006 watch Rumsfeld Iraq The departure of U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld this month roughly coincides with the end of Lieutenant General Peter Chiarelli's tour as Commander of Multinational Forces

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By Sarah Simpson Lagos 02 June 2007 One of the main militant groups operating in the Niger Delta says it will suspend hostilities for one month to allow the government of new President Umaru Yar'Adua to create a plan for peace in the oil-rich Niger D

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 13 November 2006 Troops in the semi-autonomous and secular region of Puntland in Somalia have reportedly been placed on full alert, after they failed to stop Somali Islamists from capturing a town Sunday near Galkaayo. ---- Pun

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By Scott Stearns St. Petersburg 17 July 2006 President Bush and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have agreed to continue improving cooperation on alternative energy and trade. The leaders met in St. Petersburg, Russia, on the sidelines

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 13 July 2006 Nigerian authorities are investigating explosions at two crude oil pipelines, which are causing massive spills in the southern state of Bayelsa. State authorities are seeking to end a wave of kidnappings, hosta

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By Efam Dovi Accra 18 April 2007 Military communications experts from Africa, Europe and North America, are finalizing strategies for testing a continental communication network facility. Efam Dovi reports from the Ghanaian capital that the Ghana arm

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 03 August 2006 The commander of all U.S. forces in the Middle East told Congress Thursday that militants are trying to push Iraq into civil war, but he also said he believes the Iraqi government and military can prevent that if

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By Benjamin Sand Kandahar, Afghanistan 10 January 2007 watch Afghan Police report Afghan police trainees With violence on the rise throughout Afghanistan, the Kabul government is recruiting thousands of auxiliary police to combat a growing insurgenc

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 11 May 2007 The presidential guard in Guinea blocked hundreds of soldiers from marching on the presidential palace in Conakry Friday. The soldiers are demanding back pay and calling on top military officials to resign. VOA's N

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By Mil Arcega Washington, D.C. 08 June 2007 Oil producers in the Persian Gulf are breathing a sigh of relief as Cyclone Gonu weakened to a tropical storm. Shipping and port officials say the storm caused very little damage to major oil fields in the

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He made his fortune in oil, but energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens has now embarked on a national public relations campaign to move the country away from oil and towards a renewable energy future. But, as VOA's Greg Flakus reports from Houston, many ene

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Colombian officials say they have rescued 15 hostages held by leftist rebels, including a former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. defense contractors. VOA's Brian Wagner has this report from Miami. Released hostage Ingrid Beta

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Bangladesh's army has held a mass funeral to bury officers slain in last week's mutiny by paramilitary troops. The United States is expected to assist Bangladesh in probing the massacre while the military begins a manhunt for more than 1,000 suspect

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For two weeks, nearly 1000 troops from India and the United States, using heavy transport aircraft and battle tanks, have been taking part in a joint exercise in Babina in Uttar Pradesh state. The 18-day exercise, code named Yudh Abhyas or preparatio

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 12 March 2007 French Forces patrol buffer zone Officials at the United Nations Security Council are evaluating a new peace deal for Ivory Coast. The pact was reached earlier this month by President Laurent Gbagbo and rebel le

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 17 November 2006 The colonel who commands the U.S. Marines in and around Fallujah, west of Baghdad, says the key to transferring security responsibility to Iraqi forces, and eventually reducing the U.S. troop presence in the co

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By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 14 June 2007 A military court in southern Russia Thursday convicted four soldiers, three in absentia, for the murder of six Chechen civilians in 2002. The conviction comes after two civilian juries had found the men innocent.

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By Marissa Melton Washington 09 February 2007 The U.S. military released more details Friday about its plans for a new Africa Command center or AFRICOM. The center is going to coordinate U.S. military activities for almost all of the African contine

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