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The United States is monitoring the growing violence in eastern Ukraine, and is concerned by the failure of combined-Russian separatist forces to honor the ceasefire, which Russia committed to do when it signed the Minsk agreements.#8206; #8206; The

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The United States is deeply concerned over the recent spike in violence in eastern Ukraine around Avdiyivka. 美国对最近乌克兰东部阿夫季耶夫卡(Avdiyivka)市附近暴力猖獗的情况极度担忧。 Since January 28, the Special Monito

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Summit in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, has urged an enhanced OSCE role in settling regional conflicts and promoting human rights. Clinton also sealed

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By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 16 November 2007 The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) says it will not monitor parliamentary elections in Russia next month due to official restrictions imposed by that country. VOA Correspondent Pet

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By Stefan Bos Budapest 24 December 2007 The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has criticized Sunday's presidential election in Uzbekistan for failing to meet basic democratic standards. The criticism came as the Central Election Com

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By Lisa McAdams Moscow 22 May 2007 Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed into law constitutional amendments allowing him to stay in office, indefinitely. From Moscow, VOA's Lisa McAdams has more on the move, which the political oppos

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Scientists are using DNA to trace illegal ivory from slaughtered elephants to its countries of origin in an effort to nab poachers. Researchers are trying to combat the multi-billion dollar criminal enterprise at its source. A poached elephant Since

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The United States and its western allies have condemned Syria's decision to hold a presidential election on June 3rd despite the continuing civil war. Britain's Foreign Office said thepoll was designed sustaining dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad. The

VOA常速英语2007年-Putin Says Washington Seeks to Discredit Russia

By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 26 November 2007 President Vladimir Putin has accused the United States of manipulating the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to discredit upcoming Russian Parliamentary elections. VOA Correspondent Peter Fe

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In September parliamentary elections were held in Belarus. In this report from Washington, VOA Senior Correspondent Andr de Nesnera looks at what the results mean for the political life in the former Soviet republic, governed by authoritarian presid

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Pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Ukrainian cityof Sloviansk have released one of the eight membersof an international observer mission, they've beenholding since Friday. Five Ukrainian observers all saidhave been held. Bethany Bell reports. 乌克