By Jim Stevenson Indianapolis, IN 31 March 2006 LSU guard Darrel Mitchell The U.S. men's college basketball national championship tournament has surprises each year. But this year's competition has be

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By Michael Bowman Washington 29 June 2006 The Bush administration says it is taking effective steps to stem illegal immigration to the United States, but Congress must act to overhaul America's immigration system. Homeland Security Secretary Michael

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Dili, East Timor 02 July 2007 East Timorese workers carry sacks of rice at a WFP warehouse in Dili(File Photo) At least 20 percent of East Timor's people need food aid and are severely malnourished while 40 percent of the popu

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By Stephanie Ho Beijing 12 June 2008 Representatives from often bitter rivals China and Taiwan are meeting in Beijing for the first formal talks in nearly a decade. Stephanie Ho reports from Beijing. Following years of hostility, relations between T

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By Michael Bowman Washington 25 June 2006 An al-Qaida-linked group says it has executed four Russian Embassy workers, who were abducted earlier this month in Iraq. The terrorist group made the announcement on an Islamist Web site, and posted video f

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By Peta Thornycroft Harare 19 December 2006 In a year when Zimbabwe's economy continued to plummet and its death rate continued to soar, there was one piece of good news: the rate of infection of HIV/AIDS has dropped significantly. Peta Thornycroft

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By Tendai Maphosa Harare 23 October 2006 A Zimbabwean government minister reportedly lost thousands of dollars he had put down as part payment on a U.S. transaction through a local company. The U.S. government allegedly seized the money as a result

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 26 July 2006 Australian peacekeepers in East Timor have arrested a leader of rebel troops for illegal weapons possession, following the expiration of a gun amnesty. Alfredo Reinado, a former army major, headed a group that incl

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Dili 25 June 2007 A girl holds up an electoral poster featuring a picture of former President Xanana Gusmao in Dili, 25 June 2007 The head of the United Nations mission in East Timor says the nation's relatively peaceful parli

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By Tendai Maphosa Harare 24 May 2006 In May 2005 the Zimbabwean government launched a blitz on informal businesses and unauthorized housing, making thousands homeless when their houses were razed. A year later some are still homeless, despite govern

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Britain says Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe can expect more pressure from the international community due to the deteriorating situation in his country before Friday's presidential runoff vote. A senior official in London also says Britain supp

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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is pressing ahead with a presidential runoff election Friday, without an opponent and in the face of global calls, including from his neighbors, to postpone the poll. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our southern A

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By Tendai Maphosa London 16 June 2008 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and U.S. President George Bush have condemned the ongoing pre-election violence in Zimbabwe and urged the government in Harrare to accept international election monitors. Tend

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 21 May 2008 Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's cabinet took steps to deal with the growing garbage crisis in Naples and approved a package of measures to combat illegal immigration and crime. Sabina Castelfranco re

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Thursday, March 17, is Saint Patrick's Day, a time when native-born Irish and Irish-Americans will parade and pipe their way up Manhattan's famed Fifth Avenue. The 2011 event, which is expected to include well over 150,000 thousand marchers, will be

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By David Gollust State Department 31 October 2009 U.N. torture investigator Manfred Nowak speaks during a media conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, 29 Oct 2009 The United States Friday expressed regret over Zimbabwe's expulsion this week of a

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By Mary Morningstar Washington 16 April 2006 Country star Tim McGraw has a busy year planned. He recently appeared in his third network television special, and is about to launch a major concert tour

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By Deborah Tate Washington 06 April 2006 Senate leaders have announced a compromise on immigration reform, breaking a deadlock that had threatened to scuttle legislation on the issue. Sen. Edward Kenn

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The British government says it will not force Zimbabweans who have been refused asylum to return home, but they will not be allowed to work in Britain. Hundreds of Zimbabwean exiles marched in central London Friday to protest that restriction, as Te

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By Nazzy Belgari and Saman Arbabi Arabian Sea 18 May 2007 USS Nimitz The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz recently arrived in the Arabian Sea to support coalition forces fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. As one of two U.S. carriers in the region, it is a

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