By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 02 May 2007 Majority Democrats intend to maintain pressure on President Bush over Iraq in coming months, despite the president's veto of war funding legislation containing a timeline for withdrawing U.S. forces. VOA's Dan

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By Stephanie Ho Washington 10 September 2006 U.S. and Afghan officials acknowledge that Taleban forces are posing serious challenges to security in Afghanistan. But they add that, although Taleban fighters are fueling some of the country's worst vio

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 26 November 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is calling for a significant expansion in the budgets of government agencies that promote U.S. interests through diplomacy, foreign aid, information and other aspects of what

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By Scott Stearns Washington 17 July 2007 Terrorism topped the agenda for U.S. President George Bush as he met Tuesday with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. President Bush, right, listens t

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 21 December 2007 The United Nations refugee agency says there has been a steep increase in the number of people seeking asylum in Poland since July. The agency says many of the new arrivals are from Russia's troubled regions of

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By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 27 February 2008 International agencies are helping Indonesia prepare for a massive country-wide election in 2009 that will include local offices in hundreds of districts. As Chad Bouchard reports from Jakarta, election offic

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By Greg Flakus New Orleans 16 January 2006 Jazz musicians of New Orleans In New Orleans on this Martin Luther King Day, marches and celebrations took place amid the city's ongoing struggle to recover

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By Sonja Pace London 19 March 2008 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveiled a broad security strategy of how the government, security and health services would deal with national emergencies, including terrorist attacks, outbreaks of disease and

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 09 March 2007 Democrats controlling the U.S. Congress are confronting President Bush on a broad range of issues regarding his handling of the war in Iraq, and the larger war on terrorism, as well as domestic issues. Cong

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International aid agency Oxfam is calling for a major change of direction by Western countries in their efforts to reduce suffering in Afghanistan. It warns poverty is driving ordinary Afghans into the arms of insurgents and drug gangs. 国际救援机

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By David Gollust Washington 08 May 2006 Condoleezza Rice (l) and President Bush President Bush says he is asking Congress for $225 million in emergency food aid for Sudan's devastated Darfur region. I

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By Al Pessin Kyiv 22 October 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has criticized NATO allies for their failure to meet their own commitments for troops in Afghanistan. He made the comment as he announced that some Southeastern European nations in

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By Dan Robinson Washington 06 February 2007 The $2.9 trillion federal budget President Bush sent to Congress on Monday is receiving a chilly reception from majority Democrats. VOA's Dan Robinson reports on Democratic criticisms on domestic and foreig

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By Brian Padden Jakarta 05 October 2009 After six days searching for survivors from the earthquake that hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra, rescue workers are shifting their focus from the city of Padang to bring aid to the rural areas where lands

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By Brian Padden Padang 04 October 2009 The full extent of the damage caused by the earthquake that struck the Indonesian Island of Sumatra is still being assessed. In the city of Padang the collapse of a number of tall buildings caused a large numbe

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Democratic Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are attacking each other on their foreign policy and national security credentials, as both candidates brace for a long and grueling battle for their party's presidential nomination. Senator Clinto

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More than two weeks after the earthquake in China that killed more than 68,000 people and left nearly five million others homeless, Chinese officials are working on plans for reconstruction. 中国在两个多星期前发生的大地震,造成六万八

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Iraq's ambassador to the United States says his country still needs U.S. reconstruction assistance, despite large Iraqi fiscal surpluses driven by record-high oil prices. In Washington the ambassador spoke on U.S. television. 伊拉克驻美国大使苏

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Chinese officials are urging the international community to aid earthquake relief efforts by donating tents to shelter the estimated five million Chinese who lost their homes. The 7.9 magnitude quake flattened some 45,000 buildings, not including pri

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Artist Xiang Yang created 'Ultra Architecture' as a tribute to his childhood home. It's now to encounter the British capital's historic monuments. Chugging along London's River Thames - between the sightseeing cruises and transport vessels - is an ar

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