The Democratic Republic of Congo's speaker of parliament has resigned, after he opposed the government's decision to invite Rwandan troops into the country to pursue a militia. Rwandan troops have since left the country, while U.N. peacekeepers and

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(三月)

After months of drought, storms pounded Lebanon during the weekend, destroying or damaging most of the 60 homes in Jal al-Bahr, one of Lebanon's poorest communities of Palestinian refugees. On the shores of the Mediterranean in southern Lebanon, wate

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Libyan Military Captures Gadhafi's Fugitive Son A Libyan revolutionary militia commander from the town of Zintan announced Saturday that Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, was captured alive in southern Libya, near

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Anti-Terror Operations Stoke Religious Tension in Kenya At the butcher shop where Omar Faraj worked as a cashier, the till is unmanned. In late October, Kenyan police killed Faraj, accusing him of planning a terrorist attack. Many customers have not

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UNICEF Ambassador Tells Tragic Congo Tale Since the 1990s, armed groups have come and gone in the eastern DRC, leaving human tragedy in their wake. Millions have died and many thousands have been raped. And theres no end in sight. UNICEF Goodwill Amb

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Lebanese Take Sides in Syrian Civil War Posters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad festoon this hilltop neighborhood overlooking Tripoli, Lebanons second largest city. This one reads: The Arab nation will not kneel as long as Bashar al-Assad is thei

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African Diaspora Advocates for More African Refugees in US 非洲侨民希望美国接受更多非洲难民 LOS ANGELES The United States says it will significantly increase the numbers of refugees it accepts from around the world over the next coupl

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Somali Forces Seek Out Terrorists Hiding in Shadows 索马里部队突袭潜藏的恐怖分子 MOGADISHU Somalia's special forces may be one of the few success stories in the country's feeble armed services, working overtime to nab suspected terroris

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Ukrainians Anxious About May 25 Vote 乌克兰人担心5月25日的大选 KYIV As Ukraine expands its military offensive in the east, Kyiv residents worry about the growing conflict and wonder if the planned May 25th national election can proceed und

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President Bush says Iraqi security forces fighting in Basra will need time to overcome Shiite militias, but he is confident the government in Baghdad will prevail. Mr. Bush says the Iraqi offensive is a direct result of security gains made be a surge

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 05 June 2008 Special United Nations and African Union envoys on Darfur say prospects for substantive peace talks aimed at ending the crisis in Sudan's conflict ridden province of Darfur are dim. The diplomats failed to get pea

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By Peter Heinlein U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan is urging the Security Council to act quickly to protect civilians in Sudan's troubled Darfur region. The United States is preparing to introduce a

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Michael Drudge The U.N. food agency says the government of Sudan must cooperate to avert famine in the western region of Darfur, where factional fighting has driven one-million people from their homes

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 04 March 2008 Former warring sides in divided Ivory Coast are talking about more delays, one year after the latest power-sharing peace deal was signed in Burkina Faso. Repeatedly delayed elections have been scheduled for June,

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 14 February 2008 The U.N. Children's Fund warns tens of thousands of children in Somalia could die unless international donors immediately provide the money needed to keep them alive. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva, U

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By Gary Thomas Washington 07 February 2008 The United States is trying to get more help in fighting Islamic militants in Afghanistan, but is running into resistance from reluctant allies. As VOA Correspondent Gary Thomas reports, insurgents have ratc

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By Phuong Tran Bandala, Chad 18 May 2007 Over the past year in eastern Chad, dozens of communities have fled fighting between rebel groups and Janjaweed militias based in Sudan. The scorched landscape along the remote far east, along the border with

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By Barry Newhouse Irbil, Iraq 14 February 2007 Iraqi officials have announced they will close all checkpoints on the Iranian and Syrian borders, as part of the new plan to crack down on religious militias and end the rampant sectarian cleansing in t

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By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 01 August 2006 The rise of hardliners in Somalia's Islamist group is fueling regional and western concerns that a Taleban-style regime will be established and the country will become a breeding ground for terrorists. The grou

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 15 June 2007 The World Food Program (WFP) says it has been able to successfully feed up to three million internally displaced people in Sudan's conflict-ridden province of Darfur. The organization says it has been able to do th

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