Leaders at UN Express Concern About Anti-Islam Violence, Syria Obama said the recent attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in which four Americans were killed, was not just an attack on America, but upon the ideals on which the United Nati

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Israel Tries Tougher Stance Against Right-Wing Jewish Violence The Israeli government Israel says it will take tough action against those who attack religious institutions or military installations. The warning comes amid rising violence by right-win

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Mexican President Felipe Calderon's fight against drug trafficking cartels in his country has produced an unprecedented wave of violence, especially in Mexican border cities like Juarez, where more than 1,600 people were murdered last year. There ar

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In a bid to protect Australian jobs, the number of skilled migrants allowed into the country is being cut. It is the first time in a decade that the intake has been reduced. The decision to cut the number of immigrants comes as pressure mounts on th

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Violence, Uncertainty in Egypt Could Affect US Policy Egypt's military rulers have now agreed to form a new government and promise to transfer power to a civilian body by July. But tens of thousands of protesters want an immediate end to military rul

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By David Gollust The State Department 28 October 2009 The Obama administration on Wednesday defended the long-running U.S. economic embargo against Cuba in the face of another overwhelming U.N. General Assembly vote condemning American policy toward

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By Kay Maddux Washington 05 January 2006 A top U.S. diplomat in Ethiopia says the government there should drop treason, genocide and other charges against five Ethiopian-born journalists working for t

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By Noel King Khartoum 02 February 2006 In the wake of increasing violence in Darfur the African Union special envoy to Sudan has blamed the largest Darfur rebel group, the Sudan Liberation Army, for r

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By Robert Raffaele Washington, D.C. 13 June 2007 U.S. lawmakers got the chance to question the man who recently led the multi-national force in charge of training Iraq's new security and police forces. U.S. Army Lieutenant General Martin Dempsey told

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 06 March 2006 Maroufa, 4, receives polio vaccination in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March. 5, 2006 Afghan volunteers are vaccinating millions of children in a nationwide ant

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By Cindy Saine Washington 16 April 2008 The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the most common method of lethal injection used for executions by the federal government and 36 states. The unsuccessful constitutional challenge to the three-drug lethal injec

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By Daniel Schearf Irbil 29 February 2008 Iraqi officials say the government has approved the death sentence for Chemical Ali, a cousin of Saddam Hussein, who is widely known for his role in poison gas attacks on the Kurds. As Daniel Schearf reports f

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By Paul Sisco Washington, D.C. 15 August 2006 watch Solutions report Global warming -- you may accept or reject those who say it is a dangerous phenomenon. But if the planet is warming, and humanity is contributing to it, shouldn't someone be thinki

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By Noel King Khartoum 09 December 2006 In another blow to emergency aid operations in Sudan's embattled Darfur region, the International Committee of the Red Cross says it has been forced to evacuate staff from the town of Kutum in northern Darfur d

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By Greg Flakus Laredo, Texas 09 October 2006 The U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Tony Garza, recently stirred controversy by warning Americans about rising crime levels in Mexico, especially in border towns where drug-trafficking gangs have been fighting

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The United States said it is withholding judgment on whether the unity government accord approved Thursday by Zimbabwe's parliament will lead to real power-sharing between President Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai. The State Department said it i

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 11 January 2007 In Ethiopia, former communist dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam has been sentenced to life in prison on genocide charges and other crimes committed during his brutal 17-year-long rule. But as VOA Correspondent Alis

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By Scott Bobb Nairobi 07 February 2008 The U.S. government says it is barring 10 Kenyan leaders suspected of involvement in the post-election violence that has killed nearly 1,000 people. Correspondent Scott Bobb reports from Nairobi. U.S. Ambassador

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By Barry Newhouse Irbil 11 February 2007 Iraqi army soldier inspects a car destroyed in a car bomb explosion in central Baghdad, 11 Feb 2007 As Baghdad residents prepare for new security measures they hope will reduce the capital's chaotic violence,

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By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 10 April 2006 Pakistan has banned a tribal militant group, the Baluchistan Liberation Army, after declaring it a terrorist organization. The underground group has been accused of

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