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By Margaret Besheer Washington 30 September 2006 President Bush is strongly defending his policies in Iraq, as the fallout continues from a U.S. intelligence report that says, in part, the U.S.-led war is creating a new generation of terrorists. The
By Chad Bouchard Yogyakarta 30 May 2006 Volunteers unload emergency aid from the United States near Bantul, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 30, 2006 Officials in Indonesia say more than 5,400 people have now died from Saturday's earthquake and the rush is o
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 May 2006 United Nations aid agencies are mobilizing a huge relief operation for the hundreds of thousands of people affected by the devastating earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Java Saturday. The quake killed
By Margaret Besheer Qushtapa, Iraq 20 June 2006 Kawa Refugee Camp International refugee agencies say nearly one million Iraqis have fled their country since the U.S.-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein in March 2003. But Iraq is also host to a sma
By Sonja Pace London 02 April 2008 As talks among NATO leaders get under way in Bucharest, much of the emphasis will be on what the alliance can and should do to help stabilize Afghanistan. France is expected to announce additional troop deployments
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 20 June 2006 The UN Refugee Agency says people who flee persecution are forced to leave behind their most precious relationships and belongings. But, the UNHCR says the one thing all refugees carry with them is the hope that t
By Ernest Leong and Amy Katz Washington, D.C. 06 January 2006 Iran Pursues Nukes In Vienna, Austria, Iran has reneged on its pledge to provide the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency, the IAEA, wit
By Paula Wolfson White House 19 December 2006 The Bush administration says it will not comment on reports it is considering a naval build-up off the coast of Iran. The reports began to surface as Iranian leaders vowed to defy any international sanct
By Meredith Buel Washington 07 February 2006 U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the military must continue to transform in order to defend America against terrorists and future threats that a
By Margaret Besheer Baghdad 20 December 2006 The new U.S. defense secretary, Robert Gates, has made good on his promise to make the Iraq war his top priority, arriving in the country to assess the situation on the ground just two days after being sw
By Paula Wolfson Washington 03 July 2007 President Bush in Washington, 3 July 2007 President Bush is defending his decision to commute the prison sentence of a former top White House aide. VOA White House Correspondent Paula Wolfson reports, the acti
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 19 March 2007 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has praised a five-year old Saudi Arabian peace proposal as a pillar in the search for Middle East peace. The Saudi plan is to be discussedlater this month at an Arab s
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 19 March 2007 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is encouraged by North Korea's apparent willingness to dismantle its nuclear weapons. In an exclusive VOA interview, Mr. Ban discussed his back stage role in th
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 May 2006 Lee Jong-wook World Health Organization Director General Dr. Lee Jong-wook has died after undergoing surgery over the weekend for a blood clot in his brain. He was 6
By Scott Stearns Washington 23 February 2006 President Bush is defending a deal that would allow a company owned by the United Arab Emirates to manage commercial shipping operations at six major U.S.
By Deborah Block St. Paul, Minnesota 23 April 2007 The Midwest U.S. state of Minnesota is home to the largest Hmong community outside Asia. They originally came from Laos as refugees after the Vietnam War. At least half of Minnesota's 60,000 Hmong l
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 26 April 2007 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed grave concern at the violence in Somalia. VOA's Peter Heinlein at U.N. headquarters reports officials also fear the consequences of Somalia's burgeoning h
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 19 April 2007 The U.N. refugee agency says it has sent medical and relief supplies to a small Somali town near the Kenyan border, the destination of many people fleeing violence and instability in Somalia. Cathy Majtenyi rep
By David Gollust State Department 26 December 2006 The United States said Tuesday Ethiopia has genuine security concerns in Somalia and has intervened at the request of that country's legitimate governing authority. But the State Department called o
By Paula Wolfson New York 19 September 2006 President Bush addresses the 61st session of the UN General Assembly at UN headquarters, Tuesday, September 19, 2006 President Bush is urging U.N. members to support reformers and moderates in the Middle E