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By Al Pessin Pentagon 21 May 2007 Violence continued in Iraq Monday, after a particularly deadly weekend for U.S. troops, and the killing of a key insurgent leader. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon. A wounded Iraqi woman is wheeled into a ho
By Bill Rodgers Washington, D.C. 07 March 2007 watch Iraq War Protest report A coalition of anti-war groups is planning a march on the Pentagon to protest the Iraq war. The March 17th protest will come on the 40th anniversary of a 1967 march on the
By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 19 June 2006 In the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, the insurgency wracking other parts of the country seems remote. In a region that has long attended to its own affairs, people are looking to the future. In the cit
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 12 January 2007 watch Iraq Hearings President Bush's call for more than 20,000 additional U.S. troops in Iraq is facing scrutiny in both houses of Congress, where the Democratic Party is now in control. But as VOA's
By Scott Stearns White House 17 June 2006 President Bush is promising more help for Iraq's new government, following his surprise trip to Baghdad this past week. Opposition Democrats say the president is not moving fast enough to get U.S. troops hom
By Barry Newhouse Irbil 10 February 2007 General David Petraeus has taken over as commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, during a time that he called a decisive moment for the country's future. In an address at his official handover ceremony Saturday, Ge
At least 23 people in Indonesia were crushed to death when a crowd surged forward to receive a cash hand-out from a wealthy family, part of a tradition during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. In addition to the deaths, several people were critical
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 05 January 2007 The top leaders of the new Democratic-led U.S. Congress are urging President Bush not to increase the number of U.S. troops in Iraq. Their comments, in a letter to the president Friday, come as Mr. Bush i
By David Gollust Washington 14 February 2007 The Bush administration said Wednesday it plans to accept at least 7,000 Iraqi refugees for resettlement in the United States this year, and to step up funding to the U.N. refugee agency. The announcement
By Paula Wolfson Washington 10 April 2006 President Bush delivers remarks on the global war on terror at the John Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Washing
By Kurt Achin Seoul 02 April 2007 U.S. and South Korean negotiators have sealed one of the world's largest two-nation free trade agreements. If the deal can overcome hurdles on the legislative front, it may dramatically increase trade between the two
With four days left in the U.S. presidential campaign, Republican John McCain is mounting a furious last minute bid to overtake Democrat Barack Obama in the polls. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone reports on the final days of the 2008 race for
By Paula Wolfson Washington 11 December 2006 President Bush, left, along with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks to members of media following their meeting at State Department in Washington, 11 Dec 2006 President Bush has begun three days o
Iraq's electoral commission has announced the preliminary results of last weekend's provincial elections, amid some accusations of irregularities and voting fraud. The Iraqi army and security forces, however, say that they will maintain order despit
By Dan Robinson 07 September 2006 Lawmakers in the Senate have been holding a lengthy debate on the war in Iraq, with majority Republicans supporting President Bush, and Democrats calling for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. VOA
By Scott Stearns Washington 11 January 2007 U.S. President George Bush is sending more troops to Iraq as part of what he says will be a new way forward. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns looks at the president's changing approach to the co
By Efam Dovi Accra 13 July 2006 Africa Trade Union leaders say they will work for policies to protect the rights of members living with HIV/AIDS. At a three day meeting in the Ghanaian capital Accra, the African chapter of Union Network Internationa
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 14 March 2007 The U.S. Senate has voted to consider a Democratic Party-sponsored resolution to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq. The 89 to 9 vote occurred after opposition Republicans blocked two previous attempts to debat
By Jim Malone Washington 11 July 2006 Opposition Democrats hope to seize control of one or both chambers of the U.S. Congress in the November mid-term elections, in large part because of voter dismay over the situation in Iraq. In the first of a two
16 June 2006 Hoshyar Zebari Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari says the role of Iraq's neighbors is key to bringing stability to his nation. But he says that, so far, most of them have not been very helpful. The Iraqi foreign minister made his co