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Gadhafi Forces Bomb Oil Tanks in Besieged Misrata Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi pounded oil tanks in the besieged city of Misrata Saturday, setting off gigantic fires that poured black smoke into the air. Witnesses say pro-Gadhafi for
India has put on hold a multi-billion dollar expansion of an aluminum plant by a British-based company. The government said it based its decision on environmental concerns. The government will also decide next week on the fate of a proposed steel pla
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates visited Western Iraq Wednesday, the place where U.S. troops and local tribal leaders began an effort four years ago that helped turn the tide of the Iraq war. Gates stopped in al-Anbar Province on his way to Baghda
War On Terror Focuses Too Much on Extremists, Scholar Says French troops fighting al-Qaida-affiliated terrorists in Mali have helped restore order to areas overrun by an ethnic Tuareg rebellion. But local leaders, like Moussa Ag Oumeytta, say solving
贫困无知迫使女孩早婚 WASHINGTON The recent marriage of a 17-year old Chechen girl to a local police chief who was 30 years older and already had a wife caused an outcry in Russia and beyond. The bride was reportedly forced to marry and her
74 卢旺达寻求国际力量解决国内种族争端 Rwanda Promotes Reconciliation Abroad Lisa Schlein Geneva 26 Jun 2001 21:27 UTC Rwandan officials are touring Europe to gather international supp
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Most native villages in the western part of Alaska are built on permafrost. That's a thick layer of frozen soil. And with climate change, the permafrost has started to thaw. In one town, this means their cemetery is melting. People
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Protesters in North Dakota face a deadline today. They've been opposing an oil pipeline. The Army Corps of Engineers told them to clear out by this afternoon. After a push from President Trump, the Dakota Access pipeline could no
As Pakistan tries to cope with the worst flooding in its history, the country has seen several major suicide bomb attacks in the past few days against minority Shi'ites. The two major attacks, one in Lahore and the other in Quetta, killed more than 1
Taliban militants have pulled out of a peace deal in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region, dealing a blow to the government's efforts to eliminate attacks by Islamic extremists. 在巴基斯坦北瓦济里斯坦部落地区的塔利班武装分子
The New York Times reports there is a secret plan to put American commandos in Pakistan's tribal areas, along the Afghanistan border, to hunt for terrorists who take refuge there. But the Times says the plan has not been implemented due to concerns a
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 15 November 2007 Voters in Jordan go to the polls next week to choose a new parliament. But a key Islamist opposition party is accusing the government of intending to rig the poll, and secular critics say the entire electo
By Peta Thornycroft 22 November 2007 The political future of Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of Zimbabwe's divided opposition Movement for Democratic Change, is facing challenges. As Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA, many of his closest associates are
By Meredith Buel Islamabad 12 February 2008 Tens of thousands of troops are fanning out across Pakistan in an effort to improve security before next week's parliamentary elections. VOA Correspondent Meredith Buel reports from Islamabad that security
By Meredith Buel Islamabad 06 February 2008 Military and political analysts in Pakistan are expressing growing concern that al-Qaida and Taliban-linked insurgents are now emerging from their traditional strongholds along the border with Afghanistan a
NATO Officials Meet on Afghanistan 北约官员在阿富汗见面 BRUSSELS U.S. and NATO officials say they are confident Afghanistan will accept a security agreement ahead of next year's pullout of NATO troops from the country. U.S. Defense Secretar
In DRC, Promoting Peace Through Village Committees 在刚果民主共和国,通过村民委员会促进和平 For more than 20 years, the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been wracked by war, ethnic violence and sexual assaults. More than two
By Al Pessin Al-Asad, Iraq 04 September 2007 One of the main purposes of President Bush's surprise visit to Iraq Monday, along with his secretaries of State and Defense and senior military commanders, was to push Iraqi leaders along the difficult roa
A suspected U.S. missile strike has killed at least 14 people in a militant stronghold in northwest Pakistan. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Pakistan's capital where lawmakers and the military are responding to a surge in strikes against militant
By Deborah Block Baghdad 07 December 2007 Iraqi police say separate bomb attacks have killed at least 26 people and wounded about 30 others in the volatile Diyala province north of Baghdad. Authorities say at least 16 people were killed in one attack