Africa Terrorism Threat Remains 恐怖主义仍然威胁非洲 DAKAR 2013 appears to have been the year the world woke up to African terrorism. Military gains against Islamist extremists in places like Mali and Somalia were followed by major terroris

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Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo are threatening to walk away from peace talks later on this Friday. The M23 rebels are demanding the government sign an official ceasefire. The talks are scheduled today in neighboring Uganda. Jean-Marie Run

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Aid Groups Help Nigerians Recover From Boko Haram Conflict 援助组织帮助尼日利亚人从博科圣地冲突中恢复过来 Nigerians, suffering from six years of conflict between Boko Haram Islamist militants and Nigerian troops, are getting re

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Secretary of State John Kerry returned to Iraq for the second day in a row for talks with the leader of Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdish region. Kerry is trying to convince Iraq's political leaders that an overhaul of the government is the best way

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By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 13 September 2007 Somalia's interior minister has ridiculed opposition leaders meeting in Eritrea who have formed a new group that has promised war with Ethiopian troops that are backing the government. Nick Wadhams has more f

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Somalia government policemen guard a street in southern Mogadishu during a raid in which 60 people suspected of creating violence in the capital were arrested (File) French Foreign Legion Training Ugandan Troops for Peacekeeping Mission in Somalia Re

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By Bill Rodgers Washington 17 March 2008 Five years ago, on March 20, 2003, U.S.-led forces invaded Iraq to overthrow a dictatorship that President Bush accused of developing weapons of mass destruction. No WMD were ever found. As VOA's Bill Rodgers

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A delegation from the U.N. Security Council has just returned from Afghanistan, where they say there has been some progress on several fronts, giving them a sense of cautious optimism for the future. Italian Ambassador Giulio Terzi, head of the U.N.

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As U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Kabul Tuesday, the top U.S. and NATO commander there said he needs well over 10,000 more troops, in addition to several thousand President Bush announced last week. The commander, Army General David

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 18 October 2007 Somalia's interim parliament, which was expected to hold a no-confidence vote on Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi's 30-month-old government, is in recess, while Mr. Gedi consults with leaders in Ethiopia. VOA Corr

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 12 June 2008 International donors pledged billions of dollars in aid for Afghanistan at a meeting in Paris, but also urged Kabul to do more to fight corruption and instability. Lisa Bryant has more from the French capital. Deleg

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The widower of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been sworn in as Pakistan's president, formally returning the country to civilian rule nearly nine years after Pervez Musharraf seized power in a military coup. VOA's Barry Newhouse

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By Sean Maroney Islamabad 16 October 2009 The Pakistani government is defending the $7.5 billion U.S. aid package, saying Washington has addressed Islamabad's concerns over some of the controversial clauses. Late Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obam

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By Al Pessin The Pentagon 16 October 2009 General Richard Myers talks about US strategy in Afghanistan, 16 Oct. 2009 The man who was the top U.S. military officer at the beginning of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars says the United States needs to reco

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At least eight soldiers are dead after what authorities in Thailand say was an attack by Islamic militants in the country's south. 泰国当局说,穆斯林激进分子在泰国南部发动的袭击造成至少8名士兵死亡。 Thai army official

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NATO ministers meeting in the Belgian capital have thrown their weight behind a U.S. plan to reorganize the military command in Afghanistan, to better handle an influx of new troops. 在比利时首都布鲁塞尔举行的北约外长会议支持美国

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The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan are meeting in Islamabad on Wednesday, May 21, for the fourth round of the so-called composite dialogue process. It is the first high level bilateral talks between the two countries since the civilian gover

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By Al Pessin Washington 01 November 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he believes the top Iranian leader is aware of the effort by the country's elite Quds Force to help Shiite insurgents in Iraq. And he confirmed that Iran's president ha

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Just hours after Russian and Crimean leaders signed a treaty incorporating the Black SeaPeninsula into the Russian Federation, there have been clashes at a military base in Simferopol.The Ukrainian military says one of its servicemen has been killed

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It's been criticism of the decision by the United States to withdraw all funding from the UN agency that provides assistance to Palestinian refugees amid fears it could further destabilize the region, a spokesman for President Mahmoud Abbas described

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