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By Jim Teeple President Bush visited hurricane-damaged Florida on Wednesday. His trip came one day after the U.S. Congress approved $2 billion in emergency aid to help Floridians recover from the two
More than 250 million children have been immunized. And...five million deaths have been prevented with that kind of support. Those are phenomenal sums. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Friday pledged $10 billion dollars over the next 10 years to
President Barack Obama, and LaFourche Parish president Charlotte Randolph, center, get a briefing from U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen on a beach in Louisiana, 28 May 2010 President Barack Obama inspected areas of the U.S. Gulf coast on Friday, u
A senior UN official is suggesting Zimbabwe has made significant progress in preparations for the upcoming general elections, as well as in its reforms to attract investors to help revive the country's ravaged economy. Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrat
By Barry Wood Tirana, Albania 26 September 2006 US Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, left, listens to Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic as they hold a joint news conference U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld met Tuesday with Mont
The U.S. Army general nominated to be commander of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan says the conflict is winnable, but foreign forces need to be careful about how they go about defeating the Taliban. Lt. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, testifies
Firefighters, paramedics train with special equipment that accommodates heavier patients Priscilla Huff | Washington, DC 31 March 2010 This stretcher, ramp and winch system can load a patient weighing up to 680 kilograms into an ambulance. A call for
Syrian Rebels Welcome Arms Pledges Bab al-Salama camp near Syria's border with Turkey. Abdulhamid Assad arrived from Aleppo several months ago with his extended family of fighters with the Syrian rebels. They fled because they ran out of bullets. Ass
The United States Friday promised a full and open investigation of the allegation of Koran desecration at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility that has touched off anti-U.S. protests in the Muslim world. U.S. officials hope the demonstrations, some
Anjana Pasricha India's prime minister-designate Manmohan Singh is promising to balance economic reforms with development for the poverty-stricken. He also says he will continue the peace process with
During the visit to the Macao SAR government headquarters, Premier Li Keqiang hailed the contributions the region has made since its return to the motherland 17 years ago, calling them praise-worthy. Under the leadership of Chief Executive Chui Sai O
China pledges help to global refugees and migrants Addressing the Summit for Refugees and Migrants in New York, Li Keqiang has promised an additional 100-million US dollars in assistance to help deal with the migrant situation. In revealing the pledg
A senior official with the New Development Bank, the multilateral bank jointly launched by the BRICS countries, is pledging more efforts to promote the development of African countries. The BRICS-led New Development Bank has been committed to financi
U.S. President Barack Obama says the United States will do all it can to help the victims of the Haitian earthquake. American rescue teams have been dispatched to the disaster area. The president adds that the United States has launched a swift, aggr
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
Chinese President Xi Jinping has set himself an ambitious target. He wants to lift all 70 million people living in less than a dollar a day out of poverty within the next five years. That is roughly a million people coming out of poverty every month
China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine has pledged to keep 92 percent of the sample product quality above the state standards while reducing accidents of elevators and other mechanical devices. Improving the
In his long-awaited speech planned for months, David Cameron says Britain will seek repatriation of powers, such as criminal justice, environment and social and employment legislation, from the European Union as the single market is set to embrace re
As the world's largest coal producer and consumer, massive coal production has powered China's economic advance over the past few decades. But shrinking domestic demand amid an economic slowdown has made much of this capacity redundant. Wang Xianzhen
China's judicial authorities vow to maintain pressure on corruption and have pledged a firm offensive against threats of state security. The judicial chief and top prosecutor have vowed to intensify efforts to promote judicial reforms as they deliver