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By Kari Barber Dakar 01 October 2007 The government of Senegal is warning it will consider pulling its troops out of the African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur if steps are not taken to guarantee the safety of their contingent. At least 10 Africa
By Michael Drudge London 26 January 2006 Britain will deploy up to 5,700 troops in Afghanistan during the coming months to support an expanded NATO mission into a dangerous southern region. John Reid
By Katherine Cole Washington 04 April 2006 The official motto of Austin, Texas, is
By Efam Dovi Accra 09 May 2006 Ghana's army says it is ordering an investigation into allegations that its soldiers serving with the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Liberia are involved in a sex-for-aid
By Phil Mercer Sydney 26 December 2007 One of the world's toughest sailing races is under way in eastern Australia as more than 80 yachts compete in the annual dash from Sydney to Hobart. The 1100 kilometer journey to Hobart in Tasmania can be treach
By Phil Mercer Darwin 28 March 2008 East Timor's president has criticized Australian-led forces for failing to capture the rebels who shot him outside his home in Dili last month. For the first time, Jose Ramos-Horta has described how he walked into
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 23 March 2008 U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Sunday. VOA's Jim Teeple reports that on a trip the West Bank, Cheney warned Palestinians that continued violence against Israel will hu
A senior North Korean official says his country is beginning to restore a disabled nuclear facility capable of producing weapons material. Pyongyang says the United States has not fulfilled obligations under a multinational agreement to get rid of t
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Dili 26 May 2006 An Australian soldier takes up a defensive position along Dili's main street Friday May 26, 2006 in Dili, the capital of East Timor Australian peacekeepers are patrolling the deserted streets of the East Timo
By Scott Stearns White House 23 March 2006 President Bush has normalized trade relations with Ukraine, lifting restrictions that were put in place when the nation was part of the former Soviet Union.
By Al Pessin Pentagon 30 January 2007 The U.S. Navy admiral nominated to take command of all U.S. forces in the Middle East, Central Asia and East Africa says the situation in Iraq can be salvaged, but it will require hard work by the military, Iraq
By Elaine Cobbe Paris 28 September 2009 Anders Fogh Rasmussen (file photo) In his first major speech in the United States, the new head of NATO is expected to respond Monday, to President Obama's concerns that the United States is doing the lion's s
British forces turned over command of military operations in the southern Iraqi city of Basra to US troops on Sunday. A truck bomb that exploded Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, however, indicates that the military situation in many plac
By Jennifer Glasse London 21 October 2009 Both Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his main political opponent Abdullah Abdullah have agreed to a run-off election in Afghanistan next month. The United States is waiting for the political outcome before
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The governor of Virginia has declared a state of emergency in Charlottesville after a rally to protest the removal of a Confederate statue turned violent today. White nationalist demonstrators and counter protesters have been facin
By Al Pessin Washington 03 May 2007 The U.S. military officer responsible for building the new command for Africa says it will not have its own contingent of combat troops, as other U.S. regional commands do. In a VOA interview, said the creation of
By Al Pessin Pentagon 06 February 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has announced that the U.S. military will create a new command for Africa. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon officials say the command is to be established by Septemb
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 20 September 2007 Two senior U.S. officials in East Africa say the situation in Somalia is improving despite continued violence. They have pledged American support for a joint Arab-African peacekeeping force for the shattered
03 July 2006 Protesters demonstrate along the route of the presidential motorcade (File photo - June 16, 2006) The July 4th Independence Day holiday will feature numerous expressions of support for U.S. troops serving in harm's way. A coalition of a
By Jordan Davis Dakar 07 February 2007 Defense chiefs of the United States and nine African countries are wrapping up a two-day meeting in Dakar, Senegal on increasing military cooperation around the Sahara. As the conference was taking place in Sen