By Barry Newhouse Irbil 08 May 2007 In Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, government officials are trying to understand and stop a rise in honor killings. The Kurdish government has overturned Iraqi laws that allowed relatives to kill women who were p

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Tensions Escalate As Police Clear Protesters Near Dakota Access Pipeline play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0004:13repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update yo

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is sending the top U.S. diplomat for Africa to Kinshasa for talks on the violence and humanitarian crisis in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the DRC. Assistant Secretary for State for

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: One of the first things President Trump did when he took office was reverse President Obama's decision on the Dakota Access Pipeline. President Obama had effectively blocked it. President Trump effectively allowed it to move forw

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Tensions between Ukraine and Russia have increased during the past year partly as a result of a move by Ukrainian leaders to join NATO's Membership Action Plan, a step that has drawn strong Russian opposition. But as VOA's Peter Fedynsky reports, Ru

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By Michael Bowman Washington 24 August 2006 A U.S. congressional committee has issued a report alleging major gaps in U.S. intelligence on Iran's nuclear program and calling for a concerted effort to improve America's information-gathering capabili

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IN THE NEWS - Japans Diplomatic Tensions With China and South Korea Intensify Over Disputed This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Japan is at the center of separate diplomatic crises with China and South Korea over two groups of disputed island

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IN THE NEWS - Mali Coup Shows Tensions Over Tuareg Fighters Back From Libya 新闻报道 - 马里政变显示出利比亚归来的图阿雷格武装分子引发的紧张局势 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语

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By Barry Newhouse Sheikhan, Iraq 19 February 2007 Iraq's northern Kurdistan region has been relatively free of the sectarian fighting that has crippled the rest of the country, but a rare attack by Sunni Kurds on a religious group called the has loca

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By Catherine Maddux Washington 19 December 2006 A recent report issued by the Council on Foreign Relations says unresolved tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea could inflame an already dangerous situation in neighboring Somalia. VOA's Catherine Mad

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By Noel King Khartoum 21 February 2006 African Union peacekeeper and colleagues in the background (File photo - Nov. 10, 2005) Tensions are running high in Sudan, as a controversial proposal that woul

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Political tensions in Thailand have risen sharply after supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra stepped up protests in the Thai capital and shut down key roads. The protesters threaten more drastic action if the government does not re

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Philippines, China Seek Friendly Ties, Despite Tensions Avoiding confrontation The Philippines recently pulled back its navy from the disputed Scarborough Shoals where it had been in a standoff with Chinese vessels. Instead, the civilian-run Coast Gu

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Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo over Kosovo's independence more than a year ago,were evident at a U.N. Security Council meeting on Monday. Serbia again stated its position that it would never recognize Kosovo's independence, while Kosovo accused

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Cambodia Tensions Escalate Amid Protest Ban 柬埔寨紧张局势升级之际抗议禁令 PHNOM PENH Cambodia has banned anti-government demonstrators from holding protests after last weeks deadly clashes with police that left four people dead. But a

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The FBI and Texas Rangers are investigating a shooting in South Texas. On Wednesday, a Border Patrol agent shot and killed a woman after she and a group of unauthorized immigrants attacked the agents with what were described as b

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, and President Trump have been trading threats and personal insults. It's even gotten to who has the bigger nuclear button. Now, the U.S. secretaries of state and defense insist that despite that,

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Talks aimed at resolving tensions between Georgia and Russia after this summer's brief war get underway in Geneva Wednesday. The one-day meeting is being held under the auspices of the United Nations, the European Union and the Organization for Secu

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By Margaret Besheer Washington 04 November 2006 As international tensions continue to rise over Iran's nuclear ambitions, the Iranian regime has tested new military weaponry in the third day of war games in the Persian Gulf. Iran's elite Revolutiona

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By Noel King Khartoum 02 November 2006 Reconciliation talks in Khartoum between Somalia's transitional government and Islamists who control much of the country have ended before the rival parties even met face-to-face. On Wednesday, the Somali talks

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