The World Health Organization has raised its pandemic alert level from three to four, as health officials around the world take steps to prevent the spread of the swine flu that has caused at least 149 deaths in Mexico and illnesses in several other

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By Mike O'Sullivan Seattle 04 October 2007 Concerns with smuggling and terrorism have led to heightened security along U.S borders. Mike O'Sullivan reports from Seattle. The U.S. border with Canada, 6,400 kilometers from the Atlantic to the Pacific o

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By Jim Randle Baghdad 26 September 2007 U.N. health officials say there is a strong possibility that a cholera outbreak in Iraq that has already caused at least 11 deaths will spread to new areas of the country. But as VOA's Jim Randle reports from B

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By Amberin Zaman Ankara 16 February 2006 Turkey has joined Russia in becoming the second non-Arab country to open its doors to Hamas officials. A five-man delegation, headed by Hamas leader Khaled Mas

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U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke and Pakistani Foreign Minister Mahmood Qureshi say they are focusing on building up trust and putting together a plan for taking on the al Qaida and Taliban militants that threaten both nations. Officials in Islamabad al

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Officials Say New Orleans is Better Protected This Time Around Seven years ago, Hurricane Katrina hammered the U.S. Gulf Coast with a storm surge eight and a half meters high and winds that blew apart buildings. The storm overwhelmed the levees that

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U.S. authorities report that the number of confirmed swine flu cases in the United States has reached 286 across 36 states. But the Obama administration says it is cautiously optimistic that the outbreak of swine influenza A H1N1 virus will be mild

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Thai Officials Say Bangkok Still Threatened By Flooding Thai authorities say the capital Bangkok is still facing a threat of flooding if it is hit with more heavy rains. Intense relief efforts are underway after the worst flooding in decades swept tw

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As Military Moving Costs Rise, It's Difficult For Officials To Keep Track play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0004:46repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update y

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By Bill Gasperini Moscow 10 April 2006 Alexander Lukashenko takes presidential oath placing his hand on the Belarusian Constitution during inauguration ceremony at the Palace of the Republic in Minsk

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By VOA News 18 February 2008 U.S. schools and fast-food restaurants are taking one brand of beef off their menus Monday as part of the largest beef recall in American history - 65 million kilograms. The meat was produced by a California processor acc

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 18 May 2006 Senior Israeli and Palestinian officials could hold informal talks in the next few days at an economic summit in Egypt. If the talks go forward, it will be the firs

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By Phuong Tran Nouadhibou, Mauritania 02 August 2007 International drug officials continue to worry that West Africa's porous borders and weak law enforcement are attracting drug smugglers shipping to Europe. They say they have evidence criminals are

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Chinese officials say the Beijing Olympics should bring a welcome boost to China's tourist industry. Mike O'Sullivan reports from Beijing, that while bureaucratic requirements and natural disasters have slowed tourism, officials say an upgraded infr

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 04 September 2007 Afghan officials say police have killed one of the Taleban leaders responsible for the kidnapping of 23 South Korean volunteers last month. From Islamabad, VOA correspondent Benjamin Sand reports. Provinci

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 08 November 2007 Senior Israeli officials are expressing alarm over the news that Iran says it has3,000 gas centrifuges working to enrich uranium. VOA's Jim Teeple reports one senior Israeli official says the head of the U.N.

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By David Gollust State Department 10 December 2007 The State Department says U.S. and Iranian officials will meet next week in Baghdad to discuss Iraq security issues. U.S. officials say attacks in Iraq thought to be Iranian-supported have declined i

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 18 November 2007 Israeli officials say the United States is pushing Israel to offer a key concession to the Palestinians as a long-waited peace conference approaches. Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau. Israe

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By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 08 August 2007 Officials with Somalia's transitional government are promising not to begin searching for oil until after parliament adopts a new petroleum law and their shattered country achieves peace. But as Nick Wadhams rep

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More than a million people remain without electrical power and other normal services nearly five days after Hurricane Ike passed over the Houston-Galveston area. As VOA's Greg Flakus reports from Houston, tensions are growing between various governm

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