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UN Chief Wants 3,000 Troops Sent to Central African Republic 联合国秘书长潘基文想再派至少3000士兵到中非共和国 From VOA Learning English, this is In the News. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 United Nations Secret
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 15 September 2006 UNIFIL Spanish soldier holding M60 machine gun stands guard near navy divers as Lebanese boy looks on More international troops are arriving in Lebanon to enforce the one-month-old ceasefire between Israe
By Sabina Castelfranco Brindisi, Italy 29 August 2006 A naval task force with the first 1,000 Italian troops set sail for Lebanon Tuesday following a farewell ceremony in the waters off the southern coast of Italy. Up to 2,500 Italian troops will be
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says there is still no plan to send additional U.S. combat troops to Afghanistan, even though he has said he would like to do so sooner rather than later. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon. Two weeks ago,
By Margaret Besheer 25 December 2006 The Christmas holidays are often the most difficult time of year for U.S. service members deployed overseas and far from their families. In Iraq, troops celebrated together, but thoughts of their loved ones were
By Brian Wagner Miami 03 March 2008 Ecuador and Venezuela have ordered troops to their borders with Colombia, after a Colombian attack on rebels inside Ecuador. VOA's Brian Wagner reports from Miami. Ecuador's President Rafael Correa said he had reca
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 22 December 2006 In Somalia, Islamist fighters and government troops continue to battle each other near the government stronghold of Baidoa, with each side claiming to have killed hundreds of troops of the other side's. Cat
By Al Pessin Pentagon 29 November 2006 The top U.S. military officer confirmed Wednesday that additional U.S. troops are being moved into Baghdad from other parts of Iraq to try to help get the security situation in the capital under control. The U.
By Al Pessin Washington 28 July 2006 US Army soldiers in Iraq(file photo) The top U.S. general in Iraq had hoped to be able to recommend what he called a fairly significant reduction in U.S. troops in the country this year. Instead, on Thursday Defe
By Pearse Lynch Nairobi 20 July 2006 Islamists in Somalia have threatened to wage a holy war against Ethiopian troops, who are believed to have crossed the border into Somalia. Media reports say a large number of Ethiopian troops are in the provinci
India says it plans to phase out troops deployed in counter-insurgency operations in parts of India-controlled Kashmir, leaving them to battle insurgents in border areas. India's home minister reviewed security during a two day visit to the restive
In his first major military move as Commander-in-Chief, President Barack Obama has approved a nearly 50 percent increase in the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, on top of a smaller increase ordered by former-President Bush and already implement
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 09 May 2006 The African Union troops in Darfur are to play a very important role in enforcing security in the aftermath of the Abuja accord. Gilbert da Costa reports from Abu
By Gary Thomas London 13 September 2006 NATO says its counter-offensive against the Taleban has achieved most of its objectives in Afghanistan. But in talks Wednesday NATO countries did not reach agreement on committing more troops to the fight agai
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 12 December 2006 The Islamic Courts Union is threatening to attack what it says are 35,000 Ethiopian troops stationed in Somalia, unless the troops leave the country within a week. Cathy Majtenyi reports for VOA from Nairob
By Paula Wolfson White House 04 April 2007 President Bush took the battle over funding for the Iraq war to a U.S. military base on Wednesday. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House, the president spent the day with troops at Fort Irwin, Cal
By Tom Rivers London 03 September 2007 British military vehicles is seen on their way from the city of Basra, Iraq, 03 Sep 2007 The highly symbolic pull out of British forces from Basra Palace to a nearby airbase is widely seen as the beginning of th
By Zulima Palacio Washington 07 May 2007 US and Iraqi Army soldiers patrol an area in Baghdad's al-Karrada neighborhood (file) The United States Department of Defense released Friday the results of a survey on the mental health and well being of the
By Simon Marks Caracas 09 March 2007 watch Venezuela report Hugo Chavez Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is at odds with U.S. President George W. Bush, straining relations between their two countries. But opinion polls show Mr. Chavez has the support
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The government shutdown grinds on over funding for President Trump's border wall. But meanwhile, the Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to construct or upgrade border fencing, some 160 miles along the Arizona and