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Barbara Slavin NEW YORK— No one doubts the ability of President Barack Obama to deliver a terrific speech. Still, the address he made Wednesday to the annual meeting of the U.N....
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Anne Look DAKAR— Nigeria's military says it killed the man who has been posing as the head of Boko Haram and has pushed back the militants’ advance on the Borno state...
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On its own the Arabic word al-Nakhwa, means “gallantry.” Combined with the word “al-Arabiya” – “Arab gallantry” – the term becomes loaded with meanings, cultural and...

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By now, you've probably heard something about Ello, the ad-free, invite-only, independent social network that has seemingly gone viral over the last week. The ad-free social network has quickly — and somewhat inexplicably — gained a reputation for...
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President Barack Obama, with Attorney General Eric Holder standing at his right, delivers remarks during a ceremony honoring the 2010 National Association of Police Organizations award winners in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 14, 2010.
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The betting in Washington on when Attorney General Eric Holder would step down may have started just weeks after he was sworn in, when he said in a speech that the U.S. is “essentially a nation of cowards” that fears frank discussion of race....
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File - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir speaks after meeting with Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, in the capital Juba, South Sudan, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014.
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Reuters NEW YORKThe United States is ready to expand sanctions against South Sudan political and military officials to ensure progress in peace talks and a quick halt to fighting in the country, the U.S. envoy to South Sudan said on Thursday....
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FBI Director nominee James Comey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 9, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination. Comey spent 15 years as a federal prosecutor before serving in the George W. Bush administration, where he is best known for facing down the White House over a warrantless surveillance program.
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VOA News Terrorist plots against the United States and Europe may still be in the works despite this week's airstrikes against the al-Qaida cell known as Khorasan. FBI Director James Comey told reporters in Washington Thursday he is "not...
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends a joint press conference with his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev after their meeting at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 9, 2014.
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VOA News Iran's president is placing heavy blame on Western countries for the rise of extremism in the Middle East, citing colonialism and what he called "strategic blunders." Hassan Rouhani told the United Nations General Assembly on...
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In this photo released by the Kenyan Presidential Press Service, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, middle, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, right, and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta before their meeting at State House in Juba, South Sudan, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013.
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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta called in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly for the leaders on both sides of the conflict in South Sudan to "demonstrate determined and enlightened leadership and make peace without delay."...
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File - President Barack Obama talks with Ben Rhodes  about his speech to the United Nations General Assembly, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, New York, before departing for the United Nations, Sept. 21, 2011.
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VOA News Continuing his administration’s efforts to combat the outbreak of Ebola in Africa, U.S. President Barack Obama will address a special United Nations meeting on the threat in New York Thursday. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon...
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