NPR 2011-04-25

The battle for the Libyan port city of Misrata resumed today. Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi had withdrawn, but now they're firing on the city with shells and rockets. Despite the barrage, rebels say they've driven government troops from the center

NPR 2010-02-21

President Obama is again pushing for a bipartisan effort to pass health care overhaul legislation while Republican critics continue to push back. In his weekly address, Mr. Obama appeals for a consensus. I ask members of both parties to seek common g

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美无人机炸死巴基斯坦塔利班首领 ISLAMABAD, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were killed including chief of Pakistan Taliban Hakeemullah Mehsud in a U.S. drone strike on Friday evening in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region of No

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Taliban insurgents （叛乱分子） are threatening to target Afghans who vote in the country's November 7 presidential runoff. Afghan election officials are working to improve security while minimizing fraud. The lead up to Afghanistan's second round of

AP 2010-07-29

1. A senior US government official says BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward is being replaced. Hayward made several gaffes, most notably wishing to have his life back and going to a yacht race while oil washed up on Gulf shores. 2. Flooding in eastern Io

CNN 2011-06-22

We're heading north into the remote hills for a glimpse of Afghanistan's future. The war here in Badakshan is not against the Taliban, but against a business so profitable, growing so fast, many worry it's Afghanistan's only option when the West pull

CNN 2011-10-05

The United States weighes new actions against the very dangerous Militant group, that maybe as big a threat to American and Afghanistan as al Qaeda or the Taliban. The Obama administration appears to formally call Haqqani network, what so many people

CNN 2009-11-06

Hello, I'm Catherine Callaway at the CNN center in Atlanta, with a look at what's happening Now in The News. At least four people are dead in a suspected US drone attack in Pakistan. It happened in north Waziristan, a Taliban stronghold near the Afgh

NPR 2009-08-13

The interest rate setting arm of the Federal Reserve has wrapped up its two-day meeting in Washington, taking no action on a key overnight bank lending rate it controls. In its end of meeting statement, the members of the Fed's Open Market Committee

NPR 2010-05-10

The Pakistani Taliban allegedly is claiming responsibility for the attempted bombing in Times Square. In a one-minute video released by the privately-run SITE Intelligence Group, the speaker says last weekend's attack was retaliation for the death of

NPR 2010-07-02

The footsteps of a military honor guard carrying the casket of Senator Robert Byrd into the Senate chamber today, the West Virginia lawmaker laid in repose. He died Monday at the age of 92. NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports people have been paying tribut

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AS IT IS 2016-01-23 Taliban Attack on Afghan Media Widely Condemned 塔利班袭击阿富汗媒体遭谴责 The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing against Afghanistans top private media group Wednesday. The bombing took place in a w

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A top U.S. military commander says American forces are responsible for mistakenly hitting a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, in an aerial bombardment Saturday that killed 22 people. Army General John Campbell told a congressional committee in Washing

Obama: End of Afghan War in Sight

U.S. President Barack Obama said in his weekly address that the core U.S. objective for going to war in Afghanistan is within reach. The president said Saturday the goal of ensuring that al-Qaida will never be able to use Afghanistan again to launch

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US Official: Talks with Taliban Bring Sides Closer to Ending Afghan War The United States official working to bring peace to Afghanistan says significant progress was made during his latest talks with the Taliban. U.S. special representative Zalmay K

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ISLAMABADU.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice told Pakistans civil and military leadership Sunday that terrorist and militant attacks in Afghanistan have become a key point of regional friction, according to a senior U.S. official who briefed th

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Fresh violence has erupted in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on the eve of the country's presidential election. Explosions and gunfire were heard as troops battled insurgents who raided a bank a few hundred metres from the presidential compound, killing

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ISLAMABADA crucial meeting of Afghan Taliban leaders and scholars has been in session for days now at an undisclosed location. The goal: to resolve internal rifts over succession that have been engulfing the insurgent group since it revealed late las

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Poppy cultivation(栽培) and production in Afghanistan has decreased sharply, according to a United Nations report. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime says opium（鸦片） cultivation has dropped by 22% in a year and production by 10%. The biggest falls

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