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Egyptian Military Seeks to Consolidate Role Egypt has rarely been without demonstrations in recent weeks, but Friday's is the first openly called for by the military. They come out to give me the mandate and order that I confront violence and potenti
On Mondays we bring you our series: This I Believe. For thirty years, Catherine Royce of Dore Chester Massachusetts was a dancer. 3 years ago at the age of 55, she was diagnosed with ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease. She has developed her belief as she has
President Obama is confirming he has authorized targeted air strikes in Iraq and said US planes conducted delivery of humanitarian aid to a wreckage trapped by Islamic militants. The President entered an address from the White House State Dining Room
Inside the Senate talks, they hammered out a deal to end a fiscal impasse and the Senator end the close charge. It's also very new in kind of a bill away in from sight lines. Let's get started. We begin a fast moving day on Capital Hill with a timeta
I reiterate our call for, inter alia, the immediate ending of the State of Emergency and the freeing of all, and not only some, political prisoners. Only such a normalized situation, which allows for free political activity, can allow us to consult o
We face the arduous days that lie before us in the warm courage of national unity, in the clearest consciousness of seeking all and precious moral values, with the clean satisfaction that comes from the stern performance of duty by old and young alik
By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 01 November 2007 Japan's defense agency has ordered ships supporting U.S.-led military operations in Afghanistan to return home from the Indian Ocean, after the country's main opposition party refused to back an extension of
Iran, US Talked Big, Now Take it Slow WASHINGTON A hoped-for thaw between the U.S. and Iran is not taking hold as quickly as some had hoped. Both U.S. President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke at the United Nations Tuesday, bu
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Singapore 06 May 2006 Singapore's ruling People's Action Party won Saturday's general election with a landslide victory, securing a strong mandate for the two year old leadersh
By Ernest Leong Washington, D.C. 02 January 2006 watch report on Syria A United Nations commission has asked to interview Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Foreign Minister Farouq al-Shara regardin
Nigeria's acting President Goodluck Jonathan (R) takes the oath of office to become the nation's next leader, at the Presidential villa in Abuja, Nigeria, 06 May 2010 Goodluck Jonathan is Nigeria's new president. He was sworn in Thursday, hours after
By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 13 March 2008 The Zimbabwe state media has been accused of bias in favor of the ruling ZANU-PF party by media monitors observing the run up to national elections on March 29. And as Peta Thornycroft reports, monito
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 06 November 2007 United Nations officials say Congolese soldiers have obstructed food distribution to displaced families in the Democratic Republic of Congo by trying to register their own families for U.N. aid. Dozens were in
The U.N. Security Council has renewed the mandate of its joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur, Sudan, for another year. The decision came less than three hours before the mandate was to expire. From United Nation's headquarters in N
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
This is the second anniversary of the truce ending the Lebanon War between Israel and the Islamic guerrilla group Hezbollah. Israel is pessimistic about the results, as we hear from Robert Berger at the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. A fireman extinguishe
For the next six weeks, the Democratic presidential race between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will focus on the state of Pennsylvania. The northeastern state holds its presidential primary on April 22. 民主党总统参选人联邦参议员
Pro-Russian activists in eastern Ukraine have decidedto go ahead with a referendum on self-determination on Sunday, ignoring a call fromPresident Putin to postpone it. Steve Rosenbergreports from Moscow. His proposal yesterday to postpone the referen
The European Union has named 12 Russians who willbe targeted by new sanctions aimed at PresidentPutin's inner circle following the crisis in Ukraine. Themove comes on the day President Putin signed a lawformalizing Russia's annexation of Crimea from
Greek voters has decisively rejected the term of bailout deal offered by international lenders. With all the votes now accounted,more than 61% of people said no,thousands of supporters of no campaign celebrated in front of the parliament in Athens,wa