NPR 2010-10-31

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Salih today reportedly announced that at least one woman is under arrest for allegedly sending mailbombs found on cargo planes in Dubai and England. Oliver Holms is in the Yemeni capital Sanaa where he says security is

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AP 2012-05-30

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NPR 2009-02-01

Across Iraq today voters cast ballots in provincial elections that were seen as a test of whether their country can build on its security gains and work to forge new political coalitions. NPR's JJ Sutherland reports the voting was peaceful. Iraqi el

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CNN 2010-07-09

Mr. President, in the past year, you distanced yourself from Israel and gave a cold shoulder to the prime minister. Do you think this policy was a mistake? Well, let me, let me, first of all, say that the premise to your question was wrong, and I ent

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