THIS IS AMERICA - Election 2012: Economy, Immigration and the Role of Government From VOA Learning English, welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. And I'm Christopher Cruise. This week our program is all about elections Tue

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Pro-Assad Media Gives Government View of Syrian Conflict For much of the world, the war in Syria is seen through videos and voices of activists and citizens who tell of government attacks on residential areas and the crushing of a defiant opposition

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More than 300 potential investors from around the world were on hand for the first-ever Cameroon Diaspora Economic and Trade Forum. Many agreed it was milestone in efforts to promote economic growth by encouraging cooperation between the government a

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By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 29 November 2006 The government of Iraq's embattled prime minister suffered another blow Wednesday when legislators and cabinet members loyal to an anti-American Shi'ite cleric suspended their participation to protest

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By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 24 May 2006 In a severe blow to efforts to establish a functioning government in the Horn of Africa country of Somalia, four elected ministers, all based in the capital Mogadishu, have announced that they are quitting the gov

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 20 February 2006 An Indonesian market seller stands near her wares at a traditional wet market in central Jakarta The Indonesian government says it will take firm actio

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Haiti Rebuilds Slowly Under New Government, Prime Minister Nearly two years after a 7.0 earthquake hit its capital city, Port-au-Prince, Haiti is rebuilding. Slowly. Forty percent of the international aid money that poured into the island has still n

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Observers Doubt Burmese Government's Overtures Burma's normally defiant authorities have in recent weeks been welcoming their domestic and international critics for candid discussions. They have also slightly loosened their iron-clad grip on the medi

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Tension Rises in Egypt Between Government, Protesters Young people in a tent city at the center of Cairo's Tahrir Square chanted a song from the 1950s, with words updated to refer to their revolution, saying they want to return Egypt to what they see

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Little Hope for Talks on Somali Government Transition With the mandate of Somalia's transitional government nearing an end, the United Nations has convened a conference in Nairobi to discuss the future of the Horn of Africa nation. But with some majo

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Withdrawal of al-Shabab Offers Hope to Somalia's Transitional Government Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) is offering amnesty to remaining insurgents in Mogadishu following the withdrawal of the Islamist group al-Shabab. But it is vowi

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Syrian Rebel Town Empties After Government Bombing There are almost no unbroken windows in Azzaz. Residents have given up replacing the broken glass because of repeated bombings by Assad's forces. The air attacks began eight months ago after rebels s

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 14 March 2007 Somalia's transitional government has reiterated its plans to hold a congress to unite striving Somali clans, asking the international community to support the process. Plans for the congress are being made as

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By Scott Bobb Bangkok 16 March 2006 The government of Laos is opening the eighth congress its Communist Party, which has led the country since the mid-1970s. Organizers say this congress will enact ma

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 07 March 2007 Thailand's military-installed government has appointed a former World Bank economist to the post of finance minister in a partial cabinet reshuffle. Ron Corben reports from Bangkok that the appointment, aimed at bo

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By Delia Robertson Johnnesburg 15 June 2007 The South African Police Service is seeking a court order to prevent police officers from joining the public service strike. VOA'S Delia Robertson reports from our bureau in Johannesburg the action comes ag

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By Suzanne Presto Bangkok 05 January 2007 Thailand's government is dismissing rumors of a fresh coup plot, after such speculation ran rampant through Bangkok Thursday night. VOA's Suzanne Presto reports from the Thai capital, where people are still

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By Amy Katz Washington, DC 13 February 2006 watch Security Tests report Two recent tests in Washington, DC show the government's efforts to make the United States safe from terrorists. In one, the Was

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By Jim Randle Washington, D.C. 02 January 2007 watch Iraq Oil report Iraq's Kurds, Sunnis, and Shi'ites are bickering over how to distribute the nation's potentially vast oil revenue. In the meantime, energy officials are trying to rebuild the batte

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By Luke Hunt Bangkok 05 November 2009 FAO says most countries in Europe and North America have reversed centuries of deforestation As international attention shifts to Copenhagen and the coming United Nations conference on climate change, reforestat

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