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By Brian Padden Washington, DC 31 January 2007 watch Anti war rally report Opposition to the war in Iraq continues to grow in the United States. A recent survey by the Los Angeles Times (newspaper) says 70 percent of Americans now disapprove of the
Obama Challenged to Avoid Mission Creep in Iraq 奥巴马面临挑战 谨防伊拉克行动蔓延 WHITE HOUSE As the U.S. deploys hundreds of American troops to deal with the Iraqi crisis, the Obama administration is facing tough questions on whether
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 02 January 2006 Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, right, congratulates Rajnath Singh, the new President of Bharatiya Janta Party A new leader has taken ch
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to meet with her British and German counterparts on Tuesday in her first meetings with senior foreign officials in her new post. Plans are also being made for her first overseas trip as Secretary -
By George Lewinski Washington 01 June 2007 On June 5th, 1947, U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall told the graduating class at Harvard University that Europe and the world were in a perilous state. World War II had devastated the continent and
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 12 January 2006 U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel One vocal critic of the Bush administration is a member of the president's own party. Republican Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska
By Deborah Tate Washington 17 February 2007 The U.S. Senate is to hold a procedural vote on a nonbinding resolution expressing disapproval with President Bush's decision to send more troops to Iraq in a rare Saturday session. The action comes a day
By Cindy Saine Washington, DC 05 July 2006 watch report Bush Troops President Bush spent part of his Independence Day holiday delivering a speech to U.S. troops at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He thanked them for their courage, and said terrorists ar
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. This week, General Motors went to bankruptcy court. It became the second of the big three American automakers to seek protection from its creditors while continuing operations. Chrysler declared bank
By Amanda Cassandra New York 19 October 2006 Nobel Prize winner and influential religious leader Desmond Tutu was in New York to talk about South Africa's struggle with apartheid and his personal path to becoming an activist as detailed in a new bio
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 24 July 2007 U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Tuesday faced sharp questioning from lawmakers of both political parties over his handling of the firing of federal prosecutors, as a constitutional showdown looms betwe
A number of Afghan soldiers have died in a so-called friendly fire air strike in the eastern part of Afghanistan. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports from Kabul that nine troops were killed and three more wounded when a U.S.-led coalition strike
Syrian Forces Turn to Air Power as Insurgency Gains Nearly a quarter of a million Syrians have fled their homes in recent weeks, as government bombs and mortar shells have begun targeting heavily-populated areas. Last week, amateur video on a social
Gazans Face Despair as Economic Crisis Worsens During shopping day in Beach Camp, Gaza, market goods are available, but there are few shoppers. Anwar al-Hadad says this is because people have no money. In the market, prices are not too high right now
US Troops to Hand Over Lead Fighting Role to Afghans Obama said American troops in Afghanistan will move to a supporting role several months earlier than expected. Our troops will have a different mission, training, advising, assisting Afghan forces.
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: It's been many months since hurricanes Irma and Maria hit the Virgin Islands, but hospitals there are still recovering. Even now, patients are being flown to the U.S. mainland for certain surgeries and specialized care, as
By Cindy Saine Washington 08 November 2007 Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says measures, such as hiring more agents and installing hi-tech detectors, have resulted in 22 percent decrease in arrests of illegal immigrants along the southe
The State Department Thursday observed the 10th anniversary of the al-Qaida bombings of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the twin attacks, which killed 229 people, destroyed buildings but not t
India is deploying additional troops in Kashmir, which has been engulfed in week-long protests triggered by a dispute between Hindus and Muslims over allotment of land for Hindu pilgrims. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, at least nine peop
By Cindy Saine Washington 02 April 2008 The top U.S. military commander says the Pentagon will continue to withdraw five combat brigades from Iraq through July as planned, despite recent violence in Baghdad and Basra. But on Capitol Hill, three retir