By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 14 April 2008 Two top Islamic militants are in Indonesian police custody following their arrests in Malaysia several weeks ago. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins has more from Jakarta. Indonesian police say they are questioni

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Bali, Indonesia 15 December 2007 The U.N. Climate Change Conference in Bali ended Saturday with an agreement to begin negotiations for a new treaty on global warming. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins, who covered the conference, rep

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By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 11 February 2008 The United Nations has launched an appeal to assist Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe in responding to an ongoing humanitarian crisis caused by heavy seasonal rains that came early with little re

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 18 February 2008 The United Nations is urgently appealing for more than $25 million to help some two million people in the Central Asian country of Tajikistan who are suffering from severe cold and energy shortages. The United

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By Alex Villarreal Washington 04 December 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is calling on the international community to do more for Afghanistan in its fight against extremists. Gates has been visiting the country, which is experiencing an ups

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By Tom Rivers London 13 November 2007 Authorities in Britain have ordered the culling of thousand of turkeys and other birds at a farm northeast of London where a deadly strain of avian flu has been detected. For VOA, Tom Rivers reports from the Brit

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By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 17 December 2007 Experts with the World Health Organization are urging countries to step up surveillance of bird flu outbreaks in poultry. The announcement follows Pakistan's first human bird flu fatality and Burma's first r

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By Roger Hsu Colorado Springs, Colorado 23 October 2007 The U.S. Olympic Training Center -- located in Colorado Springs, Colorado -- trains American athletes for the world games and is also where the U.S. Olympic Committee is headquartered. Producer

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By Deborah Block Irbil 13 February 2008 An official at a psychiatric hospital in the Iraqi capital has been detained on suspicion of supplying information about mentally ill patients to al-Qaida in Iraq. VOA's Deborah Block has further details. A U.S

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By Tendai Maphosa London 09 April 2008 European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso is calling for a swift transition to democracy in Zimbabwe. Barosso says Zimbabweans have voted for change from President Robert Mugabe's rule. Tendai Maphosa ha

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By David Gollust State Department 13 November 2007 The Bush administration is sending Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte to Pakistan to press for an end to the state of emergency imposed by President Pervez Musharraf earlier this month. Negrop

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 05 February 2008 The top U.S. intelligence official says al-Qaida remains the chief security threat facing the United States. In testimony on Capitol Hill, the Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell also express

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By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 14 November 2007 Sierra Leone's recently elected president, Ernest Koroma, will be formally inaugurated on Thursday, with eight West African heads of state expected to be in attendance. Mr. Koroma has been in office since Septe

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 05 April 2008 Japan is telling the world's most industrialized nations that urgent action is needed on global climate change and development assistance for impoverished nations.Senior officials from advanced industrial nations are

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By Jeff Feuer Washington, DC 12 February 2008 Every day, hundreds of thousands of commuters and tourists travel in and out of Washington. One of the most popular modes of transportation in the Washington area is Metrorail, a subway system serving mor

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 12 April 2008 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is stepping up its humanitarian activities in response to escalating violence in eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo.Theagency says lack of securit

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By Ravi Khanna Washington 18 December 2007 Al-Qaida's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Monday said the United States was failing in its efforts to subdue militants in Iraq. And in a tape released on the internet, Osama bin Laden's deputy told an

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By Al Pessin Munich 10 February 2008 The commander of NATO's military forces is disputing critics who say the alliance is losing in Afghanistan, but he said it is not winning fast enough, and he called for member nations to provide more troops. VOA's

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By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 18 October 2007 Russian President Vladimir Putin's sixth annual citizen call-in show on Thursday garnered an estimated three million questions from across Russia as well as from neighboring Kazakhstan, which has a sizable Rus

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By Mona Ghuneim New York 09 October 2007 Sixteen years after the rediscovery of an African burial ground in Lower Manhattan, New York City and federal officials dedicated a memorial on the site, and paid tribute to the thousands of nameless men, wome

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