By Melinda Smith Washington 14 November 2007 There are an estimated 150,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, and approximately 25,000 in Afghanistan. Like soldiers in other wars before them, a significant number of those returning home are bringing back emotiona

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 23 August 2007 Troops are patrolling major cities in Bangladesh, where the army-led administration has imposed a curfew to quell unrest by university students. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the students are d

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By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 24 October 2007 Pakistan's military says it has sent more than2,000 paramilitary troops to reinforce security forces in Swat district, a stronghold of pro-Taliban groups in the country's northwest. VOA's Barry Newhouse rep

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By Scott Stearns White House 19 April 2007 President Bush says pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq prematurely would put Americans at greater risk of another terrorist attack. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, opposition Democrats have

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By Deborah Tate Washington 18 July 2007 A Democratic-sponsored plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq by next April has failed a test vote in the U.S. Senate. The vote came after an all-night debate called by Democratic leaders to try to press more R

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NATO officials in Afghanistan say Pakistani troops have fired on NATO helicopters flying inside Afghanistan. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad, where Pakistani military officials insisted the helicopters crossed into Pakistan and then bord

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 10 January 2008 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he will decide pretty quickly on a request from military commanders for 3,000 additional U.S. troops to help fight the Taliban and train Afghan forces. VOA's Al Pessin rep

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By Michael Bowman Washington 28 January 2007 U.S. Senators remain deeply divided over a proposed resolution expressing opposition to President Bush's plan to send additional American troops to Iraq. VOA's Michael Bowman reports, the non-binding resol

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The presumed Republican presidential nominee, Senator John McCain, continues to accuse his Democratic rival of advocating a defeatist U.S. policy for Iraq. VOA's Michael Bowman reports, the verbal salvo follows the conclusion of Senator Barack Obama

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Addressing parliament Thursday, Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveiled the specifics of next year's British military withdrawal from Iraq after what will be six years of deployment. Gordon Brown has rejected an early inquiry into why his country went

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Indonesia has sent hundreds of troops to its eastern Maluku Islands to quell violence that broke out between Christians and Muslims, leaving at least six people injured and dozens of buildings torched. Local police say clashes broke out Tuesday, aft

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization says it plans to withdraw about a third of its force in Kosovo by next year because the security situation has improved. The announcement came during a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels. U.S. Secret

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President-elect Barack Obama has said that very soon after his inauguration on Tuesday he will meet with top U.S. military leaders to discuss priorities. During the election campaign he said he would give the military a new mission in Iraq. But prio

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By Scott Stearns Washington 03 February 2006 President Bush says a premature withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq would make America less secure. President Bush in New Mexico President Bush says he und

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By Carolyn Weaver New York City 12 November 2007 A docudrama play from Scotlands new National Theatre, about Scottish soldiers in Iraq, garnered accolades from critics and a sold-out run during its recent tour in New York. Black Watch, by Gregory Bur

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 07 March 2006 Australian troops serving in Iraq are to stay on for another year. The announcement was made by the Australian Defense Minister, Brendan Nelson, during a surprise v

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By Sean Maroney Kabul 09 November 2009 As U.S. President Barack Obama debates with his advisers on whether to increase the number of American troops in Afghanistan, Afghans have their own opinions. This year has been the deadliest for foreign troops

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By Scott Stearns White House 13 January 2007 George Bush U.S. President George Bush is defending plans to send more than 20,000 additional troops to Iraq as part of what he says is a new way forward. VOA White House correspondent Scott Stearns repor

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Ethiopia's fractious political opposition is planning a unified parliamentary campaign to demand a complete withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia. But as VOA's Peter Heinlein reports from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is under pressure by the internat

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By Tom Rivers London 03 September 2007 British military vehicles is seen on their way from the city of Basra, Iraq, 03 Sep 2007 The highly symbolic pull out of British forces from Basra Palace to a nearby airbase is widely seen as the beginning of th

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