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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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US Athletes Confident Before Olympic Track Field Competition The U.S. track and field team won 23 medals in Beijing four years ago. This year, they hope to beat that with 30. But they will be facing some tough competition. Sanya Richards-Ross is one

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Australia's worst drought in 100 years is showing signs of easing. While much of the continent remains gripped by dry conditions, the Bureau of Meteorology says in 2008 some regions received a much-needed drenching, easing the arid conditions that h

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President Barack Obama addresses the U.S. Congress and the nation in a few hours, and faces huge expectations regarding the U.S. economic crisis. Democratic and Republican lawmakers made remarks ahead of the president's speech to a joint session of

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By Meredith Buel Washington 12 January 2006 U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has defended the military's response to allegations of prisoner abuse, saying those responsible for illegal conduct a

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By Pearse Lynch Nairobi 04 August 2006 Deep divisions within the transitional government of Somalia appear to be worsening, with four more ministers defecting from the administration. International observers fear rising tension in Somalia could engu

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 06 April 2007 The U.N.'s Chief Human Rights Official blames widespread sexual violence in conflict ridden Darfur on Sudanese Government Forces and allied militia. Louise Arbour is urging the Sudanese government to conduct an im

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By Nico Colombant in Abidjan Agathe Diama in Bamako 18 May 2006 French interior minister and 2007 presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy has defended a new draft law on immigration while on a visit to M

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By Terry Fitzpatrick Cape Town 14 June 2007 Business and political leaders in Cape Town for the World Economic Forum on Africa say agriculture can fuel economic growth in impoverished countries. Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has stepped in

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 11 December 2006 A senior U.N. official concerned with the plight of indigenous communities around the world is in Kenya to assess the situation of pastoralist, hunter-gatherer, and other indigenous communities in the East

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 02 February 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the Iraqi military must do better at meeting its commitment to send more forces to Baghdad, as part of the new security plan. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon. D

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 01 February 2007 The officer President Bush has nominated to head the U.S. Army defended his record in his current job as commander of coalition forces in Iraq amid sharp criticism at a Senate hearing Thursday. VOA's Al Pessin

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By Barry Newhouse Irbil, Iraq 06 June 2007 Iraqi police say two car bombs in a Shi'ite district of Baghdad have killed at least seven people and wounded more than 25 others. The Iraqi commander in charge of the Baghdad security plan has defended the

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By Michael Bowman Washington 09 May 2007 Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he does not expect a swift pullout of U.S. troops from Iraq regardless of the conclusions of a planned September evaluation of the ongoing build-up of U.S. forces in the cou

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By Peter Heinlein United Nations, New York 11 January 2007 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed efforts to bring greater security to Iraq. But as VOA's correspondent at the U.N. Peter Heinlein reports, the violence in and around Baghdad is

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