Obama Calls Human Trafficking 'Slavery,' Announces New Measures Calling the fight against human trafficking one of the great human rights causes of our time, Obama announced new steps to deal with a problem he called barbaric and evil with no place i

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North Korea Bids A Snowy, Dramatic Farewell to Kim Jong Il Snowy streets and wails of grief dominated the live broadcast from North Korea state television Wednesday, as the reclusive state bid farewell to its absolute leader, Kim Jong Il. Internation

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South Korea says North Korea is enhancing its military strength by deploying a new missile and increasing its number of light and mobile elite forces. As analysts warn of an imminent missile test by the North, officials in Seoul say Pyongyang's mili

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South Korea and the European Union have agreed to what they call a provisional agreement to open each others' markets up to freer trade. However, some sticking points remain to be finalized on the sidelines of a global summit next month. S. Korea's

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South Korea's government is getting ready to open up its wallet again, in hopes of staving off the worst effects of the global economic slowdown. Seoul is adding billions to a planned budget. S. Korean Minister of Strategy and Finance Yoon Jeung-hyu

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Premature Babies Have Higher Death Rates in Young Adulthood 早产儿成年后死亡风险高 Premature babies have more than their share of health problems early in life and now a new study finds they also face an increased risk of premature death w

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US, China Facing Increasingly Belligerent North Korea With North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un threatening a pre-emptive nuclear strike to stop what Pyongyang says are plans for a U.S. and South Korean attack, Washington is again calling on Beijing to he

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By Deborah Tate Washington 17 January 2007 watch Leta Hong Fincher's report From left, US Senators Hagel, Biden and Levin A group of U.S. senators has drafted a resolution opposing President Bush's plan to increase troop levels in Iraq. Among them i

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By Jim Fry Washington 07 September 2007 The man the Democratic Party nominated for vice president in 2004 is running for president now. John Edwards of North Carolina -- the son of a mill worker, a successful trial lawyer and former U.S. senator -- f

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By Steve Herman Tokyo 09 December 2006 News reports indicate that planning is under way to re-start the long-stalled North Korean nuclear talks on December 16. There has been no official confirmation from any of the six governments involved in the t

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By Zulima Palacio Washington, DC 03 February 2006 watch Lassa report When it comes to dangerous jobs, we usually think of things like racing cars, testing explosives or exploring space. Actually, one

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By Scott Stearns White House 14 September 2006 President Bush and South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun say they are committed to resolving the nuclear stand-off with North Korea diplomatically. Mr. Bush says the United States wants security on the Ko

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By VOA News 08 June 2006 watch Peacekeepers report U.N. peacekeepers in Congo (file photo) The African Union will send more peacekeepers to Darfur because of continuing violence in the Sudanese province. The United Nations is holding talks with the

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By Barbara Schoetzau New York 09 August 2006 A delegation from the League of Arab Nations has met with the U.N. Security Council to push for revisions to the U.S.-French draft resolution aimed at a truce in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah

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By Michael Drudge London 08 June 2006 Tony Blair (file photo) British Prime Minister Tony Blair says the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq is a strike against the al-Qaida terrori

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By Roger Wilkison Beijing 18 December 2006 North Korea says it will not abandon nuclear weapons until all sanctions US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, right, and US Ambassador to China Clark Randt at the opening of six-party talks on

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By Jim Malone Washington 09 August 2006 In a major upset, veteran Senator Joseph Lieberman was narrowly defeated Tuesday by a political newcomer in the Democratic Party primary in the northeastern state of Connecticut. As VOA National Correspondent

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By David Gollust State Department 05 January 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she believes Israeli support for peace with the Palestinians is broad-based despite the potential de

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 16 November 2006 Democrats in the U.S. Congress have completed the process of choosing leaders to guide them when they return as the majority in the new congress in January. A senior Democrat who emerged over the last ye

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North Korea has met for the first time in years with senior officers in the United Nations Command that monitors the heavily armed border dividing the Korean peninsula. The meeting comes days before the scheduled start of US - South Korea military d

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