By Meredith Buel Washington 30 April 2007 The ongoing surge of additional U.S. troops in Iraq will soon enter its third month, and while sectarian violence is down in Baghdad, progress has been offset by an increase in deadly suicide bombings by al-Q

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By Brian Wagner Miami 30 March 2007 President Bush has set ambitious goals to reduce the country's dependence on oil, and increase the use of alternative fuels like ethanol. VOA's Brian Wagner reports from Miami that experts are now at work to ensure

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What remains of Hurricane Irma has moved inland. Last night, the storm had howled through Georgia, toward Alabama and Tennessee, and was expected to clip several other southern states. But its greatest toll on the U.S. was in Florida, where it made l

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By Brian Padden Sestiere, Italy 16 February 2006 view Turin Tourism report Olympic Organizers estimate that a million people will visit Turin, Italy during the Winter Games. Sounds like good news for

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When a hurricane heads toward the US coastline, all eyes turn to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Its the official source for information on how powerful a hurricane is, where its heading and when it will hit. Emergency planners depend on the

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By Al Pessin Washington 30 May 2007 Iraqi boy takes cover behind US soldier after gunshots ring out in busy central Baghdad commercial district, 28 May 2007 The U.S. military says all 20,000 additional combat troops President Bush ordered to Iraq in

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 28 June 2007 In recent days, two prominent senators from President Bush's Republican Party have made strong statements opposing his new Iraq strategy and calling for a change, well before the first official assessment of the str

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US Doctors See Surge In Newborns Addicted To Mothers' Pain Pills In delivery rooms across the United States, doctors are seeing more and more mothers addicted to prescription pain killers. The increase is so great that Dr. Stephen Patrick at the Univ

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US Oil Surge Could Impact Mideast Geopolitics The IEA report describes a 'supply shock' from the United States rippling through world oil markets. The key to it is the resurgence of shale development in the United States, John Mitchell, an oil market

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By Scott Stearns White House 12 September 2007 President Bush gives a nationwide address Thursday in which he is expected to announce the gradual withdrawal of 30,000 troops from Iraq. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, opposition D

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 01 November 2007 Indian stock markets touched record highs this week as foreign investors pour massive funds into one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. But as Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, there are

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The governor of the province where most of Afghanistan's opium is produced is praising NATO forces for carrying out a well-coordinated attack against Taliban and foreign fighters that, he says, for the first time, avoided any civilian casualties. VO

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The top U.S. commander in Iraq will leave his post Tuesday after a momentous year and a half, during which he is credited with reversing a spiral of violence that seemed destined to plunge the country into civil war. From Baghdad, VOA's Al Pessin re

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By Ron Corben Thai-Burma Border 13 February 2006 Burma's ethnic Karen, who have been fighting the central government for nearly six decades, remain defiant despite set backs and few resources. Moei Ri

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By Edward Yeranian Beirut 03 September 2007 Authorities in Lebanon say they have identified the body of Chaker al Abssi, the leader of the Palestinian Fatah al-Islam group, that has been holed up inside a Tripoli refugee camp. The group held the camp

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates flew into Iraq Monday for a change of command ceremony he says marks the beginning of a new phase in the conflict- in which the United States will gradually reduce its military presence. VOA's Al Pessin is traveli

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New public opinion polls show Republican John McCain surging in the U.S. presidential race over Democrat Barack Obama. Both candidates campaigned Monday on the issues of change and the economy, as we hear from VOA National Correspondent Jim Malone.

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Zika Cases Surge In Puerto Rico As Mosquitoes Flourish AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Puerto Rico is reporting more than a thousand new confirmed cases of Zika each week, and things are expected to get worse before they get better. NPR's Jason Beaubien is in P

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Now that the U.S. political conventions are over, the candidates for President and Vice President have begun the final two months of intense campaigning. 美国两个主要政党的全国代表大会都已经结束,两对总统和副总统候选人开

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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

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