Syrian Government Forces Continue Crackdown Witnesses say that Syrian security forces moved into the Damascus suburb of Kaswah Saturday, a day after they surrounded the area and swooped down on protesters. A Syrian rights group says at least 20 peopl

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(六月)

By Challiss McDonough Beirut 30 November 2006 In the aftermath of yet another political assassination in Lebanon, analysts say political and sectarian tensions are at the highest point since the end of the civil war more than 15 years ago. But despi

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By Paula Wolfson White House 31 July 2006 President Bush says he is determined to end the war between Israeli forces and Lebanese-based Hezbollah militants, and will push for a sustainable peace at the United Nations. President Bush delivers speech

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 26 July 2006 Crisis talks on Lebanon have been held at a conference on the Middle East in Rome, but no agreement was reached on an immediate ceasefire. The meeting was co-chaired by Italy and the United States. -------- D

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By Challiss McDonough Tyre, Lebanon 25 July 2006 Southern Lebanon is bearing the brunt of Israeli airstrikes that have now gone on nearly two weeks. The towns and villages of the Shiite-dominated south have been pounded by artillery, killing more th

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By Margaret Besheer Washington 26 January 2006 Besheer report - Download 496k Listen to Besheer report Saad Hariri, the son and political heir of Rafik Hariri, the slain former Lebanese prime minister

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 29 July 2006 The U.N. refugee agency is sending the first convoys of aid for Lebanon from Syria today. The UNHCR says it plans to deliver 400 tons of emergency relief supplies to Beirut over three days. ---------- Lebanese Red

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By Challiss McDonough Beirut 20 July 2006 The Shi'ite-dominated regions of southern Lebanon and south Beirut have been heavily bombed by Israeli jets. On Thursday afternoon, VOA Correspondent Challiss McDonough joined other journalists on a tour of

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By Edward Yeranian Beirut 05 February 2006 Protestors wave black and green Islamic flags in front of the burning building housing the Danish mission during a protest against publication of caricatures

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The new Lebanese government has finally agreed on a policy manifesto, after three weeks of bitter debate, allowing Hezbollah to keep its weapons and continue its self-proclaimed resistance to Israel to recover several disputed border territories. Fo

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JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- South Africa will start their 2014 World Cup qualification campaign at home to Ethiopia on the weekend of June 2-3, 2012. This was confirmed after the Ethiopians defeated Somalia 5-0 in their preliminary round qualif

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By Margaret Besheer Nahr El-Bared, Lebanon 02 June 2007 For a second day, the Lebanese Army intensified its shelling of Islamist militants holed-up in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon. The army is trying to bring the two week-long stand

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By Edward Yeranian Beirut 03 September 2007 Authorities in Lebanon say they have identified the body of Chaker al Abssi, the leader of the Palestinian Fatah al-Islam group, that has been holed up inside a Tripoli refugee camp. The group held the camp

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By Barbara Schoetzau New York 04 August 2006 U.N. Security Council President Nana Effah-Apenteng has expressed frustration at the slow pace of efforts to end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. U.N. officials also say the humanitar

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Syria has reportedly deployed more troops along its border with Lebanon, allegedly to combat smuggling. Meanwhile a Syrian Foreign Ministry spokesman is denying reports that Syria has withdrawn troops from its border with Iraq in retaliation for a w

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has given final approval to the establishment of diplomatic relations with Lebanon, after intense pressure from both France and the United States. Damascus had never formally recognized its smaller neighbor since bot

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A group linked to al-Qaida has taken responsibility for last week's rocket attacks from Lebanon into Israel. Two Lebanese women next to an Indonesian UN peacekeepers' armored personnel carrier on the border with Israel a day after rockets launched f

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The United Nations has been deploying peacekeepers to trouble spots around the world for more than 60 years.The U.N. Security Council authorizes deployment of peacekeepers to countries torn by conflict to help create conditions for lasting peace. To

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By Margaret Besheer United Nations 15 October 2009 U.N. Security Council (file photo) Bosnia, Brazil, Gabon, Lebanon and Nigeria were elected Thursday to non-permanent seats on the U.N. Security Council. They will serve two-year terms starting Janua

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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice condemned the bomb blast that struck a U.S. embassy vehicle Tuesday in Beirut as an act of terrorism. During a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Rice said the United States will not be deterred in its

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