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By Meredith Buel Washington 28 May 2008 US National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley says the world cannot let down future generations by allowing Iran to develop a nuclear bomb, saying such a development would be a disaster for the Middle East and th
Charitable Giving Ingrained in US Culture It is Tuesday morning and cars line up at the Salvation Army Center in Alexandria, Virginia. Maria and Ingrid are donating some things they dont use any more. I feel awful - there are a lot of the clothes, wh
Water is a scarce resource in the desert regions of the Middle East. Though disputes over water have come close to triggering wars between nations of the region in the past, diplomats intervened to keep tensions to a minimum. Now a new study suggests
US Rejects Syria Vote as 'Sham' STATE DEPARTMENT Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has won re-election in a vote held in government-controlled parts of his war-torn country. U.S. officials dismiss his re-election as a farce. But for Assad, the vote si
Indonesian Fires Reveal Unfulfilled Environmental Promises It's an annual occurrence in the dry season: a smoky, hazardous haze blankets southern Malaysia and Singapore. This year it was so bad that in some affected areas there was a 100 percent rise
By David Gollust Berlin 09 November 2009 Parking lot where 3 American hikers were believed to have parked before disappearing near Sulaimaniyah, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is urging Iran to show compassion and
President Bush has led the nation in a day of prayer and remembrance for the people killed by the winds and flood waters of Hurricane Katrina. 布什总统主持了今天全国的祈祷日活动,纪念在卡特里娜飓风和洪水中丧生的民众。
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has renewed the U.S. call for a withdrawal of Russian forces from Georgia under the accords that ended the two countries' brief war in 2008. 美国国务卿克林顿再次呼吁俄罗斯按照一项协议从格鲁吉亚
Leading our news this morning. An investigation has now been launched into the damaging leak of documents from the officer of Defence Minister David Johnston. Used cost planning the minister recently spent thousands of dollars of wining and dining in
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By Carolyn Presutti Washington 06 November 2009 The United States is looking to reform the way it detains illegal immigrants. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano plans to immediately implement some reforms, and is expected to ask Congress t
By Scott Stearns St. Petersburg 15 July 2006 President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to continue working together to resolve the stand-off over Iran enriching uranium. But the American leader failed to get President Putin's b
Chinas Elderly Need Beds, Caregivers 中国需要建立更多养老院 BEIJING China has the worlds largest population of citizens over age 65 and in the coming decades their numbers are expected to quickly grow. Already, officials are struggling to
By Bill Rodgers Washington, DC 02 March 2006 watch Iran Crisis report Iran's disputed nuclear program is at the center of a brewing international crisis that some say has been aggravated by the words
Israel says Iran's refusal to stop enriching uranium shows the futility of diplomacy to prevent Tehran from building a nuclear weapon. VOA's Michael Bowman reports, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni spoke on U.S. television. Iran's president cont
Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency carried a statement from the North Korean Foreign Ministry Monday linking a resumption of nuclear talks with an improvement in relations with the United States. 北韩官方的朝中社星期一发布了北
U.S. President George Bush says he is concerned about rising gasoline prices and the effects of higher energy costs on an already slowing economy. Mr. Bush made the comments in New Orleans, where he has been meeting with Mexican President Felipe Cald
President Bush says the United States will strive to stop the growth of greenhouse gas emissions by 2025. The pledge came as representatives of 17 countries headed to Paris for talks on climate change. 布什总统说,美国将在2025年之前努力遏
The Bush administration Tuesday reaffirmed its commitment to a diplomatic resolution of the Iran nuclear issue though also saying it forecloses no options in dealing with the matter. The comments followed an Israeli newspaper story that U.S. military
When the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was up 20 points. The Dax and the Euro were also up. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly and the Dow Jones is up 6 points, while the SP 500 is down 3 points. And the A