By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 31 December 2006 Iraqis grieve beside the burial site of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in Ouja, Iraq, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad Sunday 31 Dec. 2006 Former dictator Saddam Hussein, who was exec

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UNHCR reports at least 52 Somalis died when the boat smuggling them across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen broke down, leaving them adrift with no food or water for 18 days. The UNHCR says this latest tragedy coincides with a recent upsurge in people smug

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The Road Not Taken (未选择的路) TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fai

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By David Gollust State Department 03 March 2008 The United States Monday appealed for a diplomatic solution of the dispute between Colombia and Ecuador spurred by Colombia's cross-border attack against FARC rebels inside Ecuador. The State Department

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 29 June 2007 The commander of U.S. troops in Baghdad says al-Qaida cells are being cornered into fighting rather than fleeingthe new offensive by his forces and the Iraqi army. Major General Joseph Fil says the result is continu

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By Lisa McAdams Moscow 12 September 2006 U.S. pop music star Madonna is scheduled to entertain tens of thousands of fans in Moscow, Tuesday night, in her first concert in Russia. The show had been scheduled for September 11 - the fifth anniversary o

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 22 February 2007 A new radio station launched this week in the West Bank hopes to help bridge the divide between Palestinians and Israelis. VOA's Jim Teeple reports, those behind the station say they had success with a similar

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By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 25 September 2006 Saddam Hussein's stormy trial on genocide and other charges has resumed in Baghdad. The trial was in session just two hours before the former Iraqi leader was thrown out of court - again. ------- Former Ir

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By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 08 October 2006 Saddam Hussein's stormy trial on genocide charges resumes Monday, more than a week after he and his co-defendants were expelled from the courtroom. A separate case on mass murder charges re-convenes the foll

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By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 29 June 2006 Iraq's High Tribunal announced this week that former dictator Saddam Hussein and six co-defendants will go on trial August 21 for the mass killing of tens of thousands of Iraqi Kurds during the 1980s in w

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 23 May 2006 Public Health Experts attending the World Health Assembly say the H5N1 virus in birds is rapidly spreading around the world. The World Health Organization urges nati

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 26 January 2007 Health experts are warning that infectious diseases in Burma are growing beyond the government's ability to control them, and are spreading beyond the country's borders. Ron Corben reports for VOA from Bangkok, w

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By Kari Barber Dakar 08 November 2007 The deadline is approaching for new trade deals between the European Union and nearly 80 countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific. African leaders and economists worry the new deals, which are designed

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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke Wednesday at the opening of the Economic Cooperation Organization summit in Tehran that brings together 10 regional countries. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (file photo) President Ahmadinejad blamed the West for the

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 04 April 2006 Israel's interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he will seek to build a coalition with Israel's Labor Party. Labor Party leader Amir Peretz says he is optimistic

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 08 December 2006 Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh says his Hamas-led government will never recognize Israel and will continue to fight for the liberation of Jerusalem. Ismail Haniyeh, left, and Iranian Vice Presid

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 01 March 2006 A senior Islamic militant has been killed in the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, a Jewish settler was killed by Palestinian gunmen in the West Bank. Palestinians gather

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By Benjamin Sand Irbil, Iraq 07 November 2006 Saddam Hussein called for Iraqis to forgive each other when he returned to court for a genocide trial two days after another panel of judges had condemned him to death for crimes against humanity. He sti

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 06 September 2006 Israel says it will lift its blockade of Lebanon's air and seaports on Thursday. It is a boost to the fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Islamic militant group Hezbollah. A Lebanese soldier paints c

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