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Philippines Wants Tourists Spending Money at New Casinos 菲律宾建新赌场迎合中国游客 MANILA Tourism is a multi-billion dollar industry in the Philippines. Close to five million foreign visitors traveled there last year, perhaps lured by t
By Tom Rivers London 30 March 2007 A second member of the British crew captured last week in the Gulf has been shown on Iranian television making an apology for illegally entering Iranian waters. The British government has denounced the video as pro
Once upon a time, on the big island of Hawaii, it would not have been unusual to hear: [wild Hawaiian crow call] Thats the call of the Hawaiian crow. Its is a critically endangered species, now extinct in the wild after decades of habitat loss, perse
Russia's U.N. envoy has defended his government's decision to recognize two breakaway Georgian provinces, saying Tbilisi's attack on South Ossetia earlier this month canceled existing U.N. resolutions that assure Georgia's territorial integrity and
A high ranking American envoy is in New Delhi for talks with top Indian officials. The visit comes at a time when the United States is urging India to restart peace talks with Pakistan. William Burns comes out after holding a meeting with Indian For
Japanese prosecutors say they will release a Chinese trawler captain who has been detained since his boat collided with Japanese patrol vessels in disputed waters. The incident enraged China, which retaliated by canceling meetings with Japanese offic
Energy Experts: Iraq-Driven Oil Price Rise Likely Temporary 能源专家认为伊拉克动荡将导致油价上涨 World oil prices are at their highest levels of the year as escalating violence in Iraq threatens to disrupt exports. As a major oil-pr
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization has failed to give Russia full support for its actions in South Ossetia. 上海合作组织没有对俄罗斯出兵南奥塞梯的行为给予全力支持。 The summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, w
By Sonja Pace London 06 April 2007 A day after returning home from nearly two weeks' captivity in Iran, some of the 15 British sailors and marines spoke openly about their ordeal - of being kept in isolation, blindfolded, hearing guns cocked behind t
By Barbara Schoetzau New York 19 December 2007 The U.N. Security Council failed to break a deadlock over the future of the Serbian province of Kosovo Wednesday. From VOA's New York Bureau, correspondent Barbara Schoetzau reports the failure has raise
By David Gollust State Department 16 April 2008 The United States Wednesday reaffirmed support for Georgia's territorial integrity after Russia said it was setting up legal ties with two Georgian separatist regions. A State Department official called
U.S. Supports Plan To End Lake Region Violence 美国支持结束刚果暴力的计划 Seeking to break the cycle of violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, or DRC, countries in the Great Lakes region of Africa, including the DRC, signed th
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry have discussed the South China Sea issue, among many other issues in a phone call. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying said that Wang Yi urged Kerry to speak and ac
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 04 March 2008 An Indian prisoner who spent 35 years on death row in a Pakistan jail has returned to India, after being granted clemency by Pakistani authorities. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi his return is being
Iraqi officials say a truck bomb has killed at least 20 people and wounded 27 others in a Kurdish village in northern Iraq. An Iraqi man sits in the ruins of a Kurdish village after a predawn suicide truck bombing in Wardek, southeast of Mosul in no
Israel's new right-wing government is about to complete its first 100 days in power, a period marked by tension with Washington over how to advance the peace process with the Palestinians. But the Israeli public is showing cautious support for the n
A suspected U.S. missile strike has killed at least 14 people in a militant stronghold in northwest Pakistan. Lawmakers and the military are responding to a surge in strikes against militant targets by vowing to defend the country's territorial integ
America's top diplomat is in the Middle East trying to get the peace process back on track. 美国国务卿赖斯正在中东访问,试图推动中东和平进程重回轨道。 Israeli settlement expansion topped the agenda as Secretary of State C
European leaders have expressed concern as fighting escalated between Russia and Georgia over Southern Ossetia, and dispatched high-level diplomats to help broker a cease-fire. Pope Benedict XVI also called for an immediate end to the hostilities. 欧洲
Rescuers are cutting into the hull of a capsized cruise ship on the Yangtze River in an escalated effort to find survivors believed to be trapped inside. Only 14 survivors have been rescued and more than 400 people are still unaccounted for since the