Laurie Kassman The latest World Refugee Survey issued by the U.S. Committee for Refugees estimates the global total of refugees and asylum seekers now reaches nearly 12 million. The survey this year h

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A -year-old baby who was abducted from this Florida hospital has been recovered. The child was found about an hour after it was taken by a police. Authorities say the baby appears to be in good condition. Police in Virginia say drivers can rest easy

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U.S. and Afghan soldiers together with Afghan policemen stand near the site of a car bomb explosion in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 26 May 2010. Thousands of U.S. troops are heading into southern Afghanistan in June to launch an offensive in Kandahar provi

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Hey, I'm Carl Azuz, for 10 minutes of commercial-free news for the classroom. First up, President Obama has issued a new executive order. Part of it will make it illegal for U.S. government agencies to provide local police forces with certain kinds o

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By Alisha Ryu Eldama Ravine, Kenya 24 March 2008 Despite political efforts in the Kenyan capital Nairobi to unite the country after two months of post-election violence blamed largely on tribal militias, new reports suggest the recruitment and build-

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By Noel King Kigali 25 September 2007 Tensions are growing in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, amid ongoing clashes between forces loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and the Congolese army. But a United Nations military spokesman said Tue

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AS IT IS 2016-03-20 Islamic State Terrorists Lose Large Areas of Syria, Iraq Military pressure against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq has cost the terrorist group 22 percent of its territory in the past 15 months. About half of the loss has happ

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By Bill Rodgers Washington, DC 11 January 2007 Watch Rodgers' report President Bush has announced he will send about 20,000 additional troops to Iraq to help break the cycle of violence in that country. Mr. Bush made the announcement in a televised

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 07 June 2006 East Timor Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri has agreed to an international investigation into the violence that has gripped his tiny country since last month.

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As vote tabulation proceeds in southern Sudan's independence referendum, its leaders are preparing for the day when the final results are in. Officials say whether the region chooses to separate or remain part of Sudan they face vast challenges. The

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An international HIV/AIDS advocacy group says the United Nations has failed the women of the Democratic Republic of Congo. AIDS-Free World says it's time for the U.N. to stop passing resolutions on the Congo and take action. The estimated number of r

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By Daniel Schearf Irbil 18 March 2008 Iraq's national reconciliation conference got off to a rough start when large Sunni and Shi'ite blocs boycotted the meeting or walked out. The conference, hosted by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, is designed to

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 08 April 2008 Opposition leaders in Zimbabwe say supporters of President Robert Mugabe have launched a campaign of violence in order to derail elections 10 days ago, which they say they won. The accusation comes as a court

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Senator Joseph Lieberman, right, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, 11 Feb. 2010 (file photo) The Chairman of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committee says extreme partisan anger on the left and right is increasing th

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has warned influential Shiite-militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr to disarm his militia or suffer being banned from elections and politics. This was the first time the prime minister singled out al-Sadr's Mahdi Army. 伊

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Opposition leaders in Zimbabwe say supporters of President Robert Mugabe have launched a campaign of violence in order to derail elections 10 days ago, which they say they won. The accusation comes as a court in Harare began hearings on the delayed r

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The U.N. refugee agency says it finally has succeeded in entering the so-called buffer zone north of the town of Gori in Georgia. The zone is controlled by Russian military forces and has been out of reach during the past weeks due to the unstable se

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The U.N. secretary-general is calling on all parties in Lebanon to show restraint, as a second day of sectarian clashes threatens to escalate that country's political crisis. 联合国秘书长潘基文呼吁黎巴嫩各方保持克制,与此同时,

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By Noel King Kigali 02 November 2007 Rwanda's Prosecutor General has condemned a statement by advocacy group Amnesty International that urged foreign governments not to extradite genocide suspects to Rwanda. The Amnesty statement questioned the impar

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Prosecutors in Germany are opening an investigation against persons unknown in connection with the alleged bugging of Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone by the US National Security Agency. The revelation came to light last year, damaging ties be

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