By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 05 July 2006 Members of Congress held coastal field hearings about immigration reform Wednesday on both U.S. coasts. From left: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Sen. Edward Kennedy, and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairm

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By Tendai Maphosa London 18 June 2007 Many Zimbabweans have left home in pursuit of better lives elsewhere, as the country's economic meltdown worsens. From London, Tendai Maphosa looks at how some of them are finding innovative ways to help those th

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A senior United Nations official said it will be very difficult for Afghanistan to hold credible elections earlier than July. Peacekeeping chief Alain Le Roy's comment on Monday echoed concerns raised by NATO, the United States, and Afghanistan's po

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Arab League Finds Limits to Pressure on Syria The Arab League meets again Saturday to deal with Syria's broken pledge to end a crackdown on anti-government protesters. But, there are limits to external pressure. Pressure is building on the Arab Leagu

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Europe Demands Answers on NSA Bugging Claims The German magazine Der Spiegel and Britains Guardian newspaper claim to have evidence showing that the U.S. National Security Agency bugged the European Union mission in New York and its embassy in Washin

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President Bush said Tuesday his administration is working on new sanctions against the Robert Mugabe government in Zimbabwe following the joint Russian and Chinese veto of a U.N. sanctions package last week. Senior members of the Harare government a

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 18 May 2007 A team of Australian malaria experts has been meeting in Canberra to find the most efficient ways to combat the disease in the South Pacific. Canberra has just announced a new multi-million dollar aid package to help

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By Peta Thornycroft Harare 08 February 2006 Zimbabwe's commercial farmers union has asked the government to issue orders to halt land seizures and work out a way to restore agricultural activity. The

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By VOA News 08 April 2006 President Bush (file photo) President Bush says the Senate Democratic Party leader is responsible for the failure of compromise legislation on immigration moving forward. ---

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By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 05 June 2006 East Timor's defense minister has met with disgruntled soldiers in a tentative step toward settling a dispute that has plunged the country into violent unrest. Au

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 07 March 2008 Demonstrators in Papua New Guinea tried to disrupt a visit by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Landowners staged protests as part of a dispute over proposed mining of the Kokoda Track, a trail where Australian

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By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 16 June 2007 Hours before the first South African-mediated talks between Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) were due to begin in Pretoria, police in Harare seized the

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The United States said it is withholding judgment on whether the unity government accord approved Thursday by Zimbabwe's parliament will lead to real power-sharing between President Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai. The State Department said it i

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By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 05 July 2006 An Australian soldier salutes after receiving an M-16 assault rifle handed over by a rebel soldier in Gleno, East Timor Rebel soldiers in East Timor have turned in a handful of weapons to international peacekeep

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By Tendai Maphosa Harare 10 August 2006 In Zimbabwe, a lawyers' organization is preparing to challenge the widespread seizure of cash from Zimbabweans, in the wake of the revaluation of the country's currency and introduction of new bills. ---------

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Leaders from the world's biggest industrial nations met with African heads of state to discuss the political crisis in Zimbabwe. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, African leaders are divided over calls for sanctions against Zimbab

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By Michael Bowman White House 20 May 2006 President Bush at the US Border Patrol station in Yuma, Arizona President Bush says it is time for Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform. Mr. Bus

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By Michael Bowman Washington 15 June 2006 Proponents of stricter U.S. immigration control say a bill passed by the Senate that provides a path to eventual citizenship for illegal aliens would do more harm than good. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 17 November 2006 In Zimbabwe, the association representing commercial farmers is reacting with caution to the government's latest offer to compensate white farmers for farms seized under a controversial land reform program

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The U.N. children's fund says infant morality around the world has dropped nearly 30 percent during the past two decades. But that improvement in child survival is far smaller in West and Central Africa where growing populations are straining health

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