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Sanctions Threaten Londons Secretive Russian Oligarchs 制裁影响伦敦俄裔神秘寡头政治家 LONDON During the past decade London has proved a magnet for rich Russians. But the billions of rubles that pour into the City of London could be und
Unit 77 A Phenomenal Memory I have a phenomenal memory for faces. There is no doubt about that. The only snag is that I can never remember the names that go with them. Only the other day, I raised my hat to one fellow, quite distinguished-looking he
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 06 September 2006 watch Democrat Politics report The congressional campaign season has begun in the United States. The war on terror and the conflict in Iraq are key issues. VOAs Peter Fedynsky reports on the latest
By Noel King Khartoum 09 January 2007 The governor of the U.S. state of New Mexico, Bill Richardson, visited Sudan's Darfur region on Tuesday in an attempt to get holdout Darfur rebel groups to agree to a 60-day ceasefire with the Sudanese governmen
By Meredith Buel Washington 25 July 2006 Israeli warplanes blasted Beirut Tuesday as troops from the Jewish state continued to battle Hezbollah guerrillas in southern Lebanon two weeks into the conflict with no immediate end in sight. The fierce fig
By David Gollust State Department 27 July 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to decide Friday whether to pay a return trip to the Middle East to try to help broker a durable cease-fire in the Lebanon conflict. The Secretary has been consult
By Barry Newhouse Irbil 25 May 2007 Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has made his first public appearance since the Baghdad security crackdown began in February, again demanding the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. The leader of the powerful Mahdi
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 26 May 2007 Israeli air strikes against Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip are now in their tenth day. At least five militants have been killed. But as Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, ceasefire effor
By David Gollust State Department 24 May 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reported progress Wednesday in London talks among senior diplomats of the five permanent U.N. Security Council member
By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 25 January 2006 Sri Lanka's government and Tamil Tiger rebels have agreed to hold new talks in Switzerland aimed at shoring up their deteriorating peace agreement. Norwegia
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 22 February 2006 Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is still hopeful a positive result can be reached with Iran concerning the international dispute over it
French President Nicolas Sarkozy was in Syria Tuesday in an effort to arrange a cease-fire in the beleaguered Gaza Strip, where Israeli forces continued their offensive against Hamas militants, who continue firing rockets into Israel. Nicolas Sarkoz
Analysts: Israeli Election Could Impact Obama-Netanyahu Relationship Yair Lapid is the new star of Israeli politics. The 49-year-old former television host burst onto the political scene with his centrist party capturing second place in parliamentary
Pakistani Taliban militants in the country's troubled Swat valley say they are indefinitely extending a cease-fire with the government. Swat Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah is expected to soon announce the terms of the cease-fire. Residents of Swat
By Leslie Boctor Cairo 04 March 2007 The leaders of Saudi Arabia and Iran have agreed to work together to end Saudi King Abdulla bin Abdul Aziz, stands right, as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, greets Saudi officials in Riyadh, 3 March 2007 se
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 03 January 2007 The major wars of the 20th century gave a boost to the legal arms trade. But the end of the Cold War and the move from international to local and regional conflicts pushed trade in small arms and light weapons
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 05 May 2006 Members of Sudan Liberation Army, SLA, walk out of meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, Friday A top civil rights activist for Sudan's Darfur region is dubious about the ne
By Noel King Khartoum 10 January 2007 The governor of the U.S. state of New Mexico, Bill Richardson, has wrapped up a four-day trip to Sudan as head of a delegation from U.S.-based advocacy group, the Save Darfur Coalition. Richardson did not accomp