Staff Sgt. Robert Bales has been charged with 17 counts of murder in the shooting deaths of Afghan civilians. We get more on the story from NPR's Larry Abramson. The Army has charged Bales with killing 17 Afghan villagers in a rampage early in the mo

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Homing in on global security challenges at their Toronto summit, leaders of the eight wealthiest nations urged Iran to stop its nuclear saber-rattling, and NPR's Jim Zarroli says the G8 also condemned North Korea's recent attack on a South Korean shi

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A stronger-than-expected report on durable goods sends stocks surging toward the fourth straight weekly gain. At last check, Dow was up 192 points at 10,854. Orders at factory shot up two percent in August, but that's excluding a decline in demand fo

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We are fast approaching the busiest travel day of the year, and it could really be a madhouse of the nation's airports if an Internet-organized boycott of full-body scans takes place. NPR's Carol Van Dam reports some people will refuse to be scanned.

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A former Rutgers University student, convicted of bias intimidation against his gay roommate is getting 30 days in jail and 3 years probation(缓刑). Dharun Ravi is accused of using a webcam to spy on Tyler Clementi, who suicide days later, fueled n

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By Peter Heinlein United Nations officials say preparations for Afghanistan's October 9 presidential election are on track, despite expectations of violence. U.N. and Afghan diplomats reject warnings

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AS IT IS 2016-01-23 Taliban Attack on Afghan Media Widely Condemned 塔利班袭击阿富汗媒体遭谴责 The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing against Afghanistans top private media group Wednesday. The bombing took place in a w

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Group Teaches Life Skills to Help Afghan Women in US WAW组织传授生活技能帮助阿富汗妇女在美生活 Every day, more than 100 women of Afghan ancestry meet at a home in New York City. The women learn together in rooms that are crowded wi

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JEFFREY BROWN: And joining me now is NPR's Sean Carberry. He was the news organization's chief Kabul correspondent before it closed down its permanent presence in Afghanistan just a few weeks ago. And welcome to you. And I want to start where that pe

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美国阿富汗同意的安全交易条款 WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that he had reached an agreement with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on the terms of a security deal that governs future Ameri

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VOA新闻专有名词集合(人名、地名) 5 Mike O'Brien 英国外交部长 Mikle Spike Milan Mindanao Moammar Gadhafi 利比亚总统卡扎菲 Mogadishu the capital of Somali Mohammad Fahim (Afghan Defense Minister) Mohammad Khatami (th

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KABUL, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Jawed Ludin on Monday met with the visiting Special Representative of Australian Prime Minister Angus Houston to discuss bilateral ties and issues of common concern. The two sides discussed t

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A top U.S. military commander says American forces are responsible for mistakenly hitting a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, in an aerial bombardment Saturday that killed 22 people. Army General John Campbell told a congressional committee in Washing

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U.S. military officials say they have identified the four Marines seen on video urinating on the bodies of dead Afghan Taliban fighters. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service, heading the main inquiry into the video, has also reportedly questioned

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Fresh violence has erupted in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on the eve of the country's presidential election. Explosions and gunfire were heard as troops battled insurgents who raided a bank a few hundred metres from the presidential compound, killing

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Afghanistan and the United States have finalized a strategic partnership agreement outlining their relationship following the 2014 withdrawal of Western combat troops from the country. A statement from Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office says the

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ISLAMABADA crucial meeting of Afghan Taliban leaders and scholars has been in session for days now at an undisclosed location. The goal: to resolve internal rifts over succession that have been engulfing the insurgent group since it revealed late las

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阿富汗副总统视察山体滑坡区 KABUL, May 4 (Xinhua) -- An official delegation led by Afghan first vice president Mohammad Youns Qanooni paid a visit to the site of a massive landslide in the northeastern mountainous province of Badakhshan o

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Nigerian Chaos and the Afghan Premier League FRI 2 SEP 2016 Nigeria's Samson Siasia on winning an Olympic medal despite crazy preparations and no pay

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