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Its Friday. Thank you for spending ten minutes for every weeks student news. Lets look at what difference is here for us today. We mentioned yesterday that opposing groups in Ukraine looked like they were headed toward a truce, hopes for that crumble
The United States has joined other powers in the international Middle East Quartet in urging an immediate Gaza Strip cease-fire. The Quartet - the United States, Russia, the European Union and United Nations - discussed the crisis on Tuesday in a mi
A cease-fire between Israel and Hamas meant to last at least 3 days and end nearly a month of fighting went into effect in the Gaza Strip. The truce came ahead of talks in Cairo aimed at brokering a deal that would prevent future cross-border violenc
By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 25 July 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, center, arrives at Rome's Ciampino military airport Tuesday, July 25, 2006 Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice arrived in Rome for an international conference on Lebanon o
By Lisa Bryant San Sebastian, Spain 20 April 2006 After nearly 40 years of separatist violence, Spain's ETA terrorist group has announced a permanent ceasefire. The separatist organization has killed
By Jim Teeple Gaza City 19 June 2008 A tenuous truce took hold Thursday between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip. The cessation of hostilities is the first break from violence that Gazans have enjoyed in more than a year si
Analysts: Egyptian Troubles at Home Hinder Diplomacy Abroad Egypt's domestic troubles have eclipsed what some saw as a promising start for President Mohamed Morsi on the world stage. Just a day before he kicked off a crisis by granting himself extrao
New G-7 Sanctions Against Russia Expected WASHINGTON The United States and its G-7 partners are imposing new sanctions against Russia. Existing sanctions have not altered Moscows posture towards Ukraine, with Russian forces still massed along its bor
A proposal to reverse a cut to military pensions in last Decembers budget agreement easily cleared its first procedure hurdle in the senate. As NPRs Ailsa Chang reports many senate Republicans want to see cuts elsewhere in the budget before they vote
Israel and Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip have agreed to an Egyptian proposal for a long-term ceasefire. The truce is ending seven weeks of fighting leaving more than 2,100 people mostly Palestinians dead. Hamas says the deal represents a vic
Australian Federal Police have called off their mission to secure the MH17 crash site due to fierce fighting between the Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian rebels. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe says it's too risky to send in a
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 06 March 2008 A new report by a consortium of British aid agencies says the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is the worst in forty years. VOA's Jim Teeple reports the report blames Israel for the crisis, but Israeli of
The Egyptian capital, Cairo, is buzzing with diplomatic activity, as European and Arab diplomats scramble to put together a cease-fire in Gaza, amid increasingly strident calls from Arab public opinion to halt Israel's invasion of the enclave. 在埃及
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 06 June 2008 Israel is threatening to invade the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. President George Bush (r) and Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the White House, 04 Jun
By Suzanne Presto Irbil 10 May 2008 Spokesmen for the Iraqi government and the movement of radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr say the two sides agreed to a truce Saturday to end weeks of fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City. Hundreds of people have be
A Sri Lankan government minister has been killed and 10 others wounded in a bomb attack by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the latest attack follows the government's decision to formally abandon a tattered tru
Israeli forces on Wednesday killed a top West Bank commander of the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad in an operation in the occupied West Bank. In response, the group launched Qassam rockets against southern Israel from the Gaza Strip. Also W
Prospects appear to have improved for a Middle East ceasefire. Truce efforts come amid political turmoil in Israel. 中东停火前景看来有所改善。不过,在各方争取实现停火的同时,以色列政局继续动荡。 An Israeli deleg
Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip have suspended prisoner exchange talks with Israel that would free an Israeli soldier in exchange for hundreds of Palestinians. 在加沙地带,哈马斯武装分子中止了同以色列用释放一名以色列士兵
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