By Gary Thomas Washington 26 July 2007 U.S. officials now publicly say that the possibility of U.S. military action against al-Qaida and Taleban safe havens in Pakistan's tribal areas cannot be ruled out. The U.S. has criticized Pakistan for what U.S

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By Suzanne Presto New York 31 August 2007 The U.N. Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Margareta Wahlstrom, says the humanitarian situation in Sudan's western Darfur region is worsening. From

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 27 July 2007 The Australian government has dropped terrorism charges against the Indian doctor arrested there in connection with last month's unsuccessful car bombings in Britain. From Sydney, Phil Mercer reports. The terrorism

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 31 August 2007 The U.N. refugee agency is appealing for seven million dollars to fund the voluntary repatriation of 24,000 Mauritanian refugees from Senegal and Mali. The UNHCR, which is launching the appeal Friday, says this r

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The United Nations Special Envoy to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Olusegun Obasanjo, has arrived in Kinshasa seeking to end the renewed fighting in the east. The visit comes as rebels take another town near the Ugandan border and relief official

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Negotiators from ZANU-PF and both Movement for Democratic Change party factions Thursday signed a 46-page constitutional amendment to enable formation of a unity government. Peta Thornycroft reports from Harare the signed agreement now needs to be a

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The Italian government confirmed the release of a group of 19 Europeans and Egyptians who were kidnapped more than a week ago during a desert safari in Egypt. Among them were five Italians. Sabina Castelfranco reports from Rome. European tourists, w

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We're airborne with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending April 14, 2018. If you liked last week's lineup, you'll like our new one ... we do get a bit of shuffling just for variety's sake. Number

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By Noel King Gwesero, Rwanda 11 September 2007 Rwanda's 1994 genocide shook the world with images of brutality, as ethnic tensions in the central African nation flared into a frenzy of violence. In a little over three months, an estimated 800,000 eth

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By Mil Arcega Washington, D.C. 26 July 2007 The National Basketball Association is on the defensive as the probe into a betting scandal involving one of its referees widens. The FBI investigation into veteran referee Tim Donaghy's alleged gambling ac

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 26 July 2007 Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua unveiled his new cabinet Thursday, nearly two months after he became leader of Africa's most populous country. The cabinet includes some opposition elements in what is labeled a

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They are hacked out of the earth, cut, polished and bought and sold along the way -- to finally be shown in all their glory. Gems, these tiny bits of mineral formations from the mines of South Africa, Burma, Brazil, Colombia, Russia or Canada eventu

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By Kari Barber Freetown 18 September 2007 A new president, opposition leader Ernest Koroma, has been sworn-in in Sierra Leone. With Koroma's inauguration, outgoing President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah - who is often credited with bringing the nation out its

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By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 29 September 2007 Ukrainian voters go to the polls on Sunday in a special election to choose a new parliament. But as VOA correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports from Kyiv there is widespread doubt about the credibility of the e

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By VOA News 15 January 2008 A group of climate researchers says there is evidence that global warming is causing the Antarctic ice cap to melt more quickly than it did 10 years ago. The scientists said Monday they used satellite data to monitor the A

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Family of American Marine Calls for Release From Iranian Prison 家人呼吁伊朗释放四年前囚禁的前美国海军 VIENNA As the crowd of journalists covering the Iran talks swells, so too do the opportunities for media coverage. Hoping to cat

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Young Women Bear HIV Burden The head of PEPFAR, the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, says young women and girls are disproportionally affected by HIV. Dr. Deborah Birx said seven thousand young women are infected each week with the AIDS vir

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A senior U.S. Navy admiral says Vietnam is considering fresh offers he made this week for joint naval exercises. The admiral made the offers during the first ever visit to Vietnam by one of the U.S. Navy's hospital ships. VOA's Al Pessin reports fro

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后抗生素时代来了吗 In 2015, the World Health Organization warned that we are heading toward a post-antibiotic era, when more people will die from common infections. 2015年,世卫组织警告称人类正向后抗生素时代迈进,普通传

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Kenya's Geothermal Industry Grows肯尼亚地热开发 NAIROBI With Kenya's proximity to the Great Rift, once a hotbed of volcanic activity, the country is the biggest producer of geothermal energy on the continent. Currently 13 percent of the nation

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