The Middle East Conflict has raged for generations, frustrating mediators and diplomats. How could one person make a positive difference? Gregory Levey tried, and titled the book about his effort, How To Make Peace In The Middle East In Six Months Or

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UN Assists Sudanese Refugees Fleeing Conflict The U.N. refugee agency continues emergency airlifts to aid thousands of refugees fleeing fighting in Sudan. The fighting between government forces and rebels is taking place in two Sudanese states Blue N

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by Michael W. Flynn First, a disclaimer: Although I am an attorney, the legal information in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for seeking personalized legal advice from an attorney licensed to practice in your jurisdiction. Further, I

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By Phuong Tran Air Mountains, Niger 26 February 2008 In Niger, a desert rebellion in the northern half of the country has displaced thousands of civilians. Rebels have said those who remain and do not join them will be considered enemies. And the arm

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By William Eagle Washington 06 June 2007 The World Health Organization says mental health disorders make up more than 12 percent of all diseases, and will likely rise to 15 percent by 2020. Researchers see a link between mental illness and income. Th

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By Wajid Ali Syed Washington, DC 26 September 2006 watch report Conflict Professor For the past 12 years, students at the University of Maryland, outside Washington, D.C., have been learning about conflict resolution from an unusual team of professo

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By Andre de Nesnera Washington 27 July 2006 Smoke rises from extensive Israeli air strikes as Lebanese motorists speed away The conflict in southern Lebanon continues as Israeli forces battle Hezbollah guerillas. In this report from Washington, Seni

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By Bill Rodgers Washington, DC 16 August 2006 watch Winner Loser report Two Lebanese soldiers stand next to Lebanese army tanks in preparation to deploy in south Lebanon The fighting in southern Lebanon between Israeli troops and Hezbollah is over f

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 01 February 2006 A senior official from the International Committee of the Red Cross who has just returned from a mission to Colombia says every person in that country has been

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 20 June 2008 The office of the president of Somalia's transitional federal government says there have been misleading reports regarding an agreement President Abdullahi Yusuf signed last month with a private French military com

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By Sonja Pace London 17 June 2008 The U.N. refugee agency says the number of people fleeing violence and repression worldwide has risen to 11.4 million, largely due to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. VOA's Sonja Pace reports from London on UN

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The U.N. Children's Fund says 840,000 children in Gaza are under extreme stress and are traumatized by the violent events of the past few weeks. UNICEF warns of long-lasting psychological consequences for thousands of children caught up in the Israe

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The funeral for Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wife, Susan, who died in a car accident, is to be held Wednesday, one month to the day after the country inaugurated its power-sharing government. Morgan Tsvangirai (l) takes the oath of pr

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Polls Show Americans Weary of Afghan Conflict The beginning of the expected drawdown of U.S. troops in Afghanistan follows a steady decline in American public support for a war that has gone on for nearly 10 years. When he ran for president in 2008,

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Water Scarcity Root of Darfur Conflict The conflict in Western Sudan's Darfur region erupted more than eight years ago. It has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and displaced an estimated two million people. Disputes over scarce water and grazin

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 11 July 2006 Republicans and Democrats in Congress continue to put forward conflicting assessments of the situation in Iraq. Lawmakers also considered a new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office re

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By Raymond Thibodeaux Gulu, Uganda 02 March 2006 Opposition supporters scream at Ugandan riot police as police and opposition supporters clashed in Kampala, February 25, 2006 Many of the nearly two mi

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 12 January 2007 The U.N. Children's Fund and Save the Children are demanding that all children associated with armed forces or groups in Somalia must be immediately released from their ranks, or from detention centers where the

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A new report from an Israeli human-rights group says the death toll in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict fell sharply in 2007. 一个以色列人权团体发布报告说,2007年死于以色列和巴勒斯坦人冲突的人数急剧下降。 Last yea

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今天我们要学的词是conflict of interest。 Conflict of interest, 利益冲突。 Since Wal-Mart is in dispute with the city, the council member sold his Wal-Mart stocks to avoid a conflict of interest, 这名市议员卖掉了跟市政府有争

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