The tropical night descends on a quiet beach, but just off shore, beneath the tranquil waves things are busy. A group of research scientists are scouring a coral reef looking for fish, or more accurately, the parasitic passengers attached to the fish

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By Sonja Pace London 05 April 2007 The 15 British sailors and marines detained in Iran for nearly two weeks have arrived home in Britain. VOA's Sonja Pace reports from London, Prime Minister Tony Blair welcomed their return, but says no deals were ma

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By Tom Rivers London 24 July 2006 British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Iraqi counterpart Nouri al-Maliki have met Monday, in London. Planned discussions on political and security developments in Iraq were instead dominated by the crisis in Leba

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By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 26 July 2006 As much of Iraq seeks security and stability, the Kurdistan Region in the north has enjoyed relative peace and growing prosperity. Since 1999, a young, charismatic politician from a prominent Kurdish fami

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By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 19 September 2006 watch Kurdish Filmmaker report Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is on trial for genocide. He is accused of ordering the Anfal campaign -- a military operation against Iraqi Kurds two decades ago. Pro

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By Sonja Pace London 24 May 2007 A group of British-based relief organizations has launched an urgent public appeal for funds to help some 4.5 million Africans affected by the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region and surrounding countries. VOA's Sonja P

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By Tom Rivers London 29 June 2007 A British police forensic officer leaves a blue operations tent that police placed over a vehicle which contains a suspected bomb in the Haymarket area near Piccadilly Circus in central London, 29 June 2007 British p

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By Simon Marks Diyarbakir, Turkey 27 March 2007 watch Marks report As violent instability convulses much of Iraq, the country's neighbors are keeping a watchful eye. In recent weeks, Turkey has warned Kurds in northern Iraq not to make any moves to

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By Gary Thomas Washington 28 March 2007 The United States is calling on Iran to immediately release the 15 sailors and marines seized in the waters of the Persian Gulf Friday. But, as VOA correspondent Gary Thomas reports, the United States is tryin

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Addressing parliament Thursday, Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveiled the specifics of next year's British military withdrawal from Iraq after what will be six years of deployment. Gordon Brown has rejected an early inquiry into why his country went

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British forces turned over command of military operations in the southern Iraqi city of Basra to US troops on Sunday. A truck bomb that exploded Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, however, indicates that the military situation in many plac

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Writing in Britain's Observer newspaper, Prime Minister Gordon Brown is calling for a return to old-fashioned, conservative banking practices. It is a change for Mr. Brown who as Treasury Secretary for a decade was a proponent of the light regulator

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Illegal Fishing Threatens Tonie Sap Lake Villagers' Livelihood Despite a government ban on commercial fishing across Tonle Sap Lake - the largest lake in Southeast Asia -- fishing communities say bribery of corrupt local officials has meant the illeg

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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron says he would like to see a United Nations resolution condemning Libya's use of force against anti-government protesters. He was speaking in Qatar during a tour of Gulf Arab states. Back in Britain, controversy

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By Michael Drudge London 15 May 2006 British Prime Minister Tony Blair says his country's criminal justice system is in disrepair, after judges gave freedom to a group of Afghan hijackers, and a convi

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By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington 20 June 2007 The Arab American Institute and the organization Americans for Peace Now have released the results of a joint survey that measures support for Arab-Israeli peace. The poll of Arab and Jewish Americans sho

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By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 13 February 2006 watch Political Cartoon report The violent outcry in the Muslim world over cartoon depictions of Islam's prophet is a reminder of the power - good and bad

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By Ivana Kuhar Washington 02 April 2008 U.S. President George W. Bush will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin April 6 at the Russian leader's Black Sea vacation home in Sochi. As VOA's Ivana Kuhar reports, cooperation on antiballistic missile

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By Tendai Maphosa London 12 June 2008 A senior intelligence official has been suspended following discovery that confidential documents related to Iraq and the activities of al-Qaida were left on a passenger train. The documents were were later hand

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In an address to a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has urged the United States to seize the opportunity to expand cooperation with Europe to solve the world economic crisis and tackle other issues. British Pri

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