From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. A round-the-clock curfew in Baghdad has been extended indefinitely in an effort to defuse clashes between Iraqi security forces and Shiite militants as the Iraqi government's offensive falters. In the

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced this week that one thousand six hundred British troops will leave Iraq in the coming months. Britain has more than seven thousand troops in Iraq. The forces to be

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In 2014, although no one knew it at the time, ISIS had reached its high point. In June of that year, said Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIS Brett McGurk, Mosul, a city of nearly 2 million people, fell to ISIS; and it

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1. The UN says Haiti's government has called off any more search and rescue efforts for survivors. Meanwhile, Saturday, mourners paid final respects to the capital's archbishop in a somber ceremony that doubled as a symbolic funeral for all of the de

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THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Next week, Americans will gather with friends and family to celebrate the Fourth of July. I look forward to spending this Independence Day in Martinsburg, West Virginia, with the men and women of the West Virginia Air Na

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THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Earlier this week, I spoke with Prime Minister Maliki of Iraq. We discussed the recent increase in violence in his country. Attacks have grown significantly during the first weeks of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The

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Broadcast: May 14, 2003 By Jerilyn Watson VOICE ONE: This is Phoebe Zimmermann. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today, we tell about efforts to re

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UN Experts in Iraq to Study Early Elections Kirk Troy A United Nations fact-finding team arrived in Iraq Saturday to decide if the country would be ready for general elections this summer. As the U.N.

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The US cargo ship that was attacked by Somali pirates is back in port in Kenya and 19 crew members have been debriefed by FBI agents. But the ship's captain is still being held hostage by four heavily armed pirates in a lifeboat in the Indian Ocean.

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Senators have announced a deal on a 789-billion-dollar economic stimulus bill, though House and Senate negotiators delayed the planned meeting to approve the measure. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called the bill one that creates more jobs than

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The president will resume military trials at the controversial Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba. We have the latest on this from NPR's Mara Liasson. President Obama issued an executive order that begins the process of indefinitely holding detai

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1. We are learning a little more about the shooter in the Virginia Tech massacre. Authorities say Cho Seung-Hui was accused of [B]stalking two female students in 2005. They also say he was taken to a mental health facility that year after his parent

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1. Tens of thousands of worshipers packed Nationals Park in Washington for Pope Benedict's first public Mass of his US pilgrimage. The pontiff praised America as a land of opportunity and hope. He expressed grief that the nation's promise fell short

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Good afternoon, I'm Naamua Delaney at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Pope Benedict XVI spoke at the United Nations this afternoon. He addressed the General Assembly in French and then English, speaking

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GWEN IFILL: As Iraq continues to fracture, there are new concerns about the security of its considerable oil production facilities. Only last month, the country's crude oil production reached 3.6 million barrels a day, the most since Saddam Hussein t

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Six More Civilians Killed by Suspected Insurgents in Iraq Nick Simeone In Iraq, at least six more Iraqi civilians have been killed by suspected insurgents, three of them when a bomb exploded outside a

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伊拉克首都巴格达发生爆炸致6人死亡 BAGHDAD, April 26 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed and 61 others injured in four bombing attacks that hit the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Friday, police said. A bomb exploded at the entran

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The desire of the Kurds along Iraq's northern border to govern themselves is receiving more resistance from Iraq's central government. Iraqi army forces are demanding Kurdish troops withdraw from oil fields and military bases around Kirkuk, a city in

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HARI SREENIVASAN: For the latest on the events in Ramadi, we are joined now via Skype from Baghdad by Nour Malas of The Wall Street Journal. First of all, what is the significance of the fall of Ramadi? NOUR MALAS, The Wall Street Journal: This puts

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BAGHDAD, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told the newly-arrived Chinese ambassador Tuesday that Iraq is willing to expand cooperation and strengthen ties with China. Talabani made the statement when receiving the credential from Ni

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