New claims for unemployment benefits are down sharply. NPR's Paul Brown reports economists see the drop as another good sign for the job market next year, but they warn a major recovery is still a long time off. The Labor Department's latest numbers,

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Yemens Ex-President Saleh Killed Houthi rebels in Yemen say former president Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed. The death was announced Monday by a Houthi-run television station. An official with Yemens internationally recognized government confirme

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The man who has been named to be Iraqs Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi is trying to find a way to reduce corruption in government. To build his government, he opened a website where anyone can apply to run one of Iraqs 22 ministries. These jobs have

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Last week, an American court ruled against three members of a militia in the state of Kansas. The jury found the three men Curtis Allen, Patrick Stein and Gavin Wright -- guilty of two charges: plotting to use a weapon of mass destruction and conspir

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Russia Must Fix Crisis it Caused in Ukraine On February 27th, 2014, Russian military forces, wearing masks and no military insignia, infiltrated Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula, took over the Supreme Council of Crimea and proceeded to capture strategic s

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US President Obama's Remarks at July 4 Naturalization CeremonyEast Room, the White HouseJuly 4, 2012奥巴马总统在美国新公民在入籍仪式上的讲话白宫东厅2012年7月4日THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Good morning, everybody. 奥

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. A plane carrying eleven people aiding the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia crashed Friday near the capital, Mogadishu. Officials say it was shot down by a missile shortly after takeoff from the

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BBC news with Steward Makintosh. The US says the Syrian government has installed a crematorium in the military prison near Damascus in order to dispose of thousands of murdered prisoners. The top US diplomat for the Middle East said that up to 50 det

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THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Earlier this week, I spoke with Prime Minister Maliki of Iraq. We discussed the recent increase in violence in his country. Attacks have grown significantly during the first weeks of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The

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THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week the international community continued to build a political and security framework to confront the crisis in the Middle East, a crisis that began with Hezbollah's unprovoked terrorist attacks on Israel. Secretar

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Ivory Coast Fighters Hopeful for Peace Rebels, the army, militias, and supporters of Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo are all hopeful a new peace deal struck in South Africa will finally end two-a

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JUDY WOODRUFF: We take a closer look now at the world's surging refugee problem, which the United Nations point person on the issue calls a mega-crisis. He spoke to chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner earlier today. MARGARET WARNER: F

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27 研究小组发出警报 小心刚果战火重燃 Research Group Warns about Renewed Fighting in DRC Katy Salmon Nairobi 14 Jun 2001 22:23 UTC The peace process in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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Business 商业报道 Business in Libya 在利比亚做生意 A post-Qaddafi pause 后卡扎菲时代的停滞 Despite the opportunities, most foreign investors are so far staying away 尽管满地的机会,但外国资本还是敬而远之 A DRIVE

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WASHINGTON, May 27 (Xinhua) -- The United States suggested on Tuesday that its citizens leave Libya immediately due to unpredictable and unstable security situation in the North African nation. The State Department issued an updated travel warning, a

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By Noel King Kigali 19 October 2007 Congo's 2006 democratic elections were intended to usher in a new era of peace in the once war-torn nation. And while improvements have been seen in certain areas across the vast country, holdout armed groups in th

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HARI SREENIVASAN: For the latest on the events in Ramadi, we are joined now via Skype from Baghdad by Nour Malas of The Wall Street Journal. First of all, what is the significance of the fall of Ramadi? NOUR MALAS, The Wall Street Journal: This puts

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GWEN IFILL: Earlier this week, special correspondent Jane Arraf traveled to Northern Iraq to interview Masoud Barzani. She began by asking him about the arms issue. JANE ARRAF, Special Correspondent: You have said in the past that the U.S. should be

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Now: Mosul and the start of operations to retake Iraq's second largest city from the Islamic State group. Jeffrey Brown will speak with a former U.S. ambassador to Iraq in a moment, but, first, chief foreign affairs correspondent Marga

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HARI SREENIVASAN: The Reuters news agency reports that the 17- month U.S. effort to train and build up the Iraqi army has fallen short. Current and former U.S. officers and officials told Reuters that despite U.S. efforts, the army's combat capacity

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