By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 26 June 2007 Nigeria's new President Umaru Yar'Adua is contemplating the formation of a national unity government in a bid to unite his fractious nation. Mr. Yar'Adua has been holding talks with leaders of Nigeria's thre

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By Steve Herman New Delhi 23 April 2007 Bangladesh's former prime ministers Khaleda Zia, left, and Sheikh Hasina Judges in Bangladesh are stepping into a dispute the country's interim government and two former prime ministers that has threatened to s

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By Dan Robinson Washington 07 January 2006 The former Republican majority leader in the House of Representatives, Tom DeLay, has announced he is stepping aside, paving the way for a new leadership ele

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By Andre de Nesnera Washington, DC 21 December 2006 watch Annan's Legacy Kofi Annan Kofi Annan of Ghana is stepping down as United Nations secretary-general at the end of this month. He became the U.N.'s seventh secretary-general on January 1st, 199

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Malaysia's ruling party has postponed a crucial December election to choose its leaders. VOA correspondent Nancy-Amelia Collins in Jakarta has more. The United Malays National Organization, or UMNO, the biggest party in the coalition that has ruled

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By Alan Boswell Nairobi 28 September 2009 The Kenyan government appears torn over the travel ban threats issued to 15 senior Kenyan officials seen as blocking the nation's reform process. The prime minister has responded by saying the United States

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Japan's prime minister is clearing the way for a new party, and a new leader, to set the nation's political agenda. The center-left opposition party that swept a nationwide legislative vote is now planning how to use its commanding majority to resha

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By Elizabeth Lee Washington 23 October 2009 According to the World Health Organization, one in three women in the world will experience violence in her lifetime. Human Rights groups are urging members of Congress to pass the International Violence A

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Cantor Resigns House Leadership Post After Shocking Election Loss 众议员领袖康托在选举失利后辞职 CAPITOL HILL House Majority leader Eric Cantor -- the second most powerful man in the U.S. House of Representatives -- has been unexpected

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Critics Hope for More Deliberate Obama on World Crises 批评人士希望关于世界危机,奥巴马可以更深思熟虑 WASHINGTON-- From too cautious to too slow, there has been no shortage of criticism for President Barack Obama's foreign policy

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NRA Leaders Step Up Calls to Fight Restrictions on Gun Ownership NRA members came from all over the country to rally for the right to bear arms guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which is under threat, according to NRA Execu

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: House Republican leaders suffered an embarrassing loss today with the failure of the $867 billion farm bill. The policy behind the bill was widely supported by Republicans, and it had the backing of President Trump. But conservativ

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: On Tuesday afternoon, three days after clashes between white nationalists and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, President Trump took questions from reporters, and he insisted that both sides were to blame for the violence. (

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: President Trump's budget proposal is all about hard power, increasing U.S. military might while slashing aid to other countries, the thinking being there are enough problems to deal with at home. But these historic cuts in foreign

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Malcolm Turnbull will be sworn in as Australia's 29th prime minister after toppling Tony Abbott in a late-night leadership ballot. Mr. Turnbull won the dramatic contest for the Liberal Party leadership 54 votes to 44, and he is promising a more consu

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Any investor optimism sparked by the new prime minister was very short lived. The Australian share market quickly turned negative after a weak lead from Wall Street and then sharp falls in China. By the close, the All Ords dropped 1.4%. The ASX 200 I

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First story were explaining today takes us to an island nation famously said to be 90 miles away from Key West, Florida, but which has a very different system of government than the U.S. 头条新闻是离佛罗里达基韦斯特90英里远的一个岛

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By Scott Stearns White House 14 April 2006 President Bush is backing his defense secretary, amid mounting criticism from retired generals calling for the secretary to resign. Donald Rumsfeld It has be

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 16 November 2006 Democrats in the U.S. Congress have completed the process of choosing leaders to guide them when they return as the majority in the new congress in January. A senior Democrat who emerged over the last ye

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By Dan Robinson Washington 08 November 2006 After the U.S. mid-term elections, maneuvering has already begun among Democrats for majority leadership positions, as Republicans prepare to become the opposition in the House of Representatives. Democrat

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