By Nancy-Amelia Collins Dili 27 June 2007 The campaign period for East Timor's parliamentary elections has ended with relatively little violence, but tensions remain and security is tight in this volatile country. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins reports f

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Dili, East Timor 27 May 2006 East Timorese Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri has said the violence engulfing the capital, Dili, is part of a coup plot to unseat him. Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri As ethnic fighting raged across Dil

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By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 28 June 2006 A new wave of violence in East Timor is raising fresh concerns over the country's stability after Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri resigned earlier this week. Rival factions and international peacekeepers are squari

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One of the major foreign policy challenges facing the Obama administration will be how to revive the Middle East peace process. Senior Correspondent Andr de Nesnera spoke with three former senior U.S. government officials about the situation in the

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Film Protests Show New Challenges for US in Middle East The release of a video that many consider insulting to Islam has sent thousands of people to the streets to protest in countries such as Yemen and Sudan. Some protests became violent attacks on

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Arab Spring Brought Major Change, Challenges to Middle East The wave of popular uprisings that swept the Arab world were as unexpected as they were cataclysmic. Long-reigning rulers fell, others teeter on the brink, and the region is forever changed.

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Global Concern Grows About Deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome The new Middle East Respiratory Syndrome strain was diagnosed in Saudi Arabia last year. It is a coronavirus, the same viral family that triggered the outbreak of SARS, Severe Acute R

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Kenyans Line Up for Middle East Jobs Despite Record of Abuse Twenty-year-old Benard Akech has too much time on his hands. Since graduating from high school two years ago, he has yet to find a job in Nairobi. So, he has decided to look for work abroad

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US, Russia Rift Affects Syria, Entire Middle East WASHINGTON Middle East analysts say the erosion of relations between the U.S. and Russia over the Ukraine crisis is likely to have an impact on the Middle East, especially the conflict in Syria, which

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A musical open for one night only in Washington, D.C., that asks, what threatens a great inner city American neighborhood - crime and poverty or organic produce and free-range poultry? (SOUNDBITE OF PLAY, EAST OF THE RIVER) UNIDENT

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By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 19 May 2006 East Timor's Prime Minister, Mari Alkatiri, left, and Foreign Minister Jose Ramos-Horta, during a visit to Sydney, Australia, Jan. 2006 On the eve of its fourth in

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 16 September 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama's point man in the Middle East is extending a Middle East peace mission. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and U.S. Mideast envoy George Mitchell, shake hands durin

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 05 June 2007 East Timor President Jose Ramos Horta in Dili (File Photo) The president of East Timor says the capital, Dili, remains volatile after two people were killed during election campaigning for parliamentary el

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By Paula Wolfson Jerusalem 09 January 2008 President Bush has arrived in Israel - the first stop on a Middle East journey designed to bolster the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and foster unity on Iran. VOA White House Correspondent Paula Wolfson

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Dili, East Timor 04 July 2007 With the counting from last Saturday's parliamentary elections in East Timor nearly finished, it has become clear that none of the 14 parties has won an outright majority, and deal making has begu

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 08 February 2008 There has been an explosion at an army base in East Timor shared by Australian and New Zealand peacekeepers. Earlier this week, East Timorese rebels fired at Australian troops southwest of the capital, Dili. The

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By Scott Stearns Jerusalem 14 May 2008 President Bush is in Israel to begin a five-day trip to the Middle East. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, the president is hoping for progress on efforts to resolve the Israeli - Palestinian

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By Meredith Buel Washington 05 June 2007 This week marks the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Middle East War, a six-day conflict that led to Israel's stunning victory over three Arab armies. Analysts say, however, the four decades that followed brought

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By Phil Mercer Darwin 12 February 2008 Australia is sending additional police officers and soldiers to East Timor following an assassination attempt on the country's president and prime minister. President Jose Ramos Horta has been flown to Darwin in

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 11 February 2008 The President of East Timor, Jose Ramos-Horta, has been shot and wounded in attack by rebel soldiers at his home in the capital Dili, an army spokesman said. A fugitive renegade soldier who has been blamed for r

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