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By Nathan King New York, New York 15 January 2007 watch South Africa report South Africa made diplomatic history this month by taking its seat for a two-year term on the United Nations Security Council, and the country hopes to become an influential

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Are You in the Homeland Generation? 你是土生土长的一代吗? The word homeland is getting new attention in the United States. Soon after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush appointed a director of the Office of H

VOA标准英语2010年-UN Security Situation in Darfur Worsen

The head of the U.N.-AU Mission in Darfur, known as UNAMID, said Tuesday that there has been steady progress in talks between the Sudanese government and a major opposition group, but that the security situation in Darfur has deteriorated. UNAMID chi

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The strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan that President Obama announced Friday changes some of the Bush Administration's goals, but also recommits the United States to an extensive and long-term military and civilian effort to establish security an

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Its a New Year and theres a lot that is new in our country today: two million new private sector jobs created since 2010; a new spirit in our classrooms with over one million more children learning in schools that are good or outstanding; for over 24

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 18 January 2007 One issue at the heart of the debate over President Bush's new Iraq strategy is whether it would be, as the president says, disastrous to remove U.S. troops before the new government is firmly established and th

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 04 December 2007 The U.N. refugee agency says the worsening security situation in eastern Chad is limiting access to refugee camps and leaving thousands of refugees and displaced people feeling extremely vulnerable. Lisa Schlei

China tightens railway security checks for travel rush

BEIJING, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Railway police said Tuesday they have handled 240,000 cases concerning inflammables, explosives and dangerous goods since the start of the Spring Festival holiday travel rush. Police authorities under the Ministry of Railw

US, Britain to Form Joint Security Board

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday signed a bill allocating 600 million dollars to help enhance border security in the southwestern states bordering Mexico. Obama signed the bill in the Oval Office in the presence o

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