The growing instability in Pakistan and Afghanistan tops the agenda when U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Zardari this week in Washington. The regional talks were initially expected to

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Libyan NTC Fighters Pause in Battle for Key Town Fighters for Libya's provisional authorities say they have surrounded key areas still held by forces loyal to ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi. At a checkpoint north of Bani Walid, there appears to be a l

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Demonstrations against long-serving governments continue to roil the Middle East and North Africa Friday from Libya eastward to Bahrain. In Libya, more protests as well as funerals for those killed in recent unrest were held after midday prayers, and

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February 13th is World Radio Day Wednesday (2/13) is World Radio Day. The United Nations describes it as a day to celebrate the medium and encourage major networks and community radio to promote freedom of expression. UNESCO, the U.N. Educational, Sc

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US, Pakistan Face Challenges to Keep Relations Steady Pakistans new prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, said in his first speech to Parliament that he would end U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan. Later, the new government summoned a top U.S. diplomat to prote

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Pakistan Looks to Women to Boost Voter Participation Badam Zari is making history by running for parliament from Pakistan's conservative and Taliban-dominated tribal belt. I made this decision to serve and help our sisters and mothers in the area. Ou

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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Mohawks have hunted, fished and lived by the St. Lawrence River for hundreds of years. After the War of 1812, the United States and Great Britain drew a line on a map, creating today's northern border between New York state and C

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A Return To The Rosebud Reservation Finds Tough Times Have Gotten Tougher SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This summer, NPR reporters are going home, back to the communities where their families are from, to see what's changed. NPR's Kirk Siegler travels back to t

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Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte has dismissed suggestions the United States is trying to dictate anti-terrorism policy to Pakistan's new government. American diplomat made the statement at the end of meetings with Pakistani officials, polit

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A top U.S diplomat has urged Pakistan and Afghanistan to increase anti-terror coordination saying they must extend their governments' authority to their border regions in order to check rising militant activities. Speaking at the end of his three-day

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By Deborah Block Abu Ghraib, Iraq 08 January 2008 In the past few months, U.S. military leaders in Iraq have been praising the work of so-called Anbar Awakening councils composed of Sunni tribal leaders in western Anbar province. The tribal sheikhs h

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-Crickley Hill gives us a completely new picture of the scale of violence in prehistoric Britain. It's really the first time that we see evidence for warfare between sub-communities or even groups of communities on a completely different scale to wha

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By Derek Kilner Nairobi 20 December 2007 An observation mission from the Commonwealth group of nations has arrived in Kenya before presidential and parliamentary elections on December 27. Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, where the head of the team,

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 02 January 2008 Ethnic tensions continue to run high in Kenya where there have been threats of revenge following the deaths on Tuesday of at least 30 children and adults who had taken refuge in a church in the Rift Valley town o

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By Mona Ghuneim New York 24 October 2007 The United Nations Special Envoy to Darfur says some Sudanese rebels have declined to take part in the upcoming peace talks and it is still uncertain who will participate. The talks with the Sudanese governmen

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By Scott Stearns White House 12 July 2007 U.S. intelligence officials say al-Qaida is gaining strength from bases in the remote tribal areas of western Pakistan. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, President Bush says the terrorist g

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By Meredith Buel Islamabad 11 February 2008 Pakistani security forces say they have wounded andcaptureda prominent Taliban commander and five other militants after a shootout near the border with Afghanistan. VOA Correspondent Meredith Buel has detai

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By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 19 April 2008 Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan has appeared in a video aired by an Arabic-language channel, saying he is being held by Taliban militants. Ayaz Gul reports from Islamabad this is the first word from the diplom

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By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 01 February 2008 A leading al-Qaida operative apparently was among those killed in Pakistan recently by a missile reportedly launched from a U.S. military drone. However, the Pakistani government says it does not know the source

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 27 February 2008 The U.S. Director of National Intelligence, Michael McConnell, says the Afghan government controls only 30 percent of the country. His assessment came in testimony to a Senate panel Wednesday, as VOA's De

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