Nick Simeone In Iraq, a U.S. military commander said an agreement has been reached with leaders in the city of Fallujah that could ease a two week standoff between Sunni militants and 1,200 American M...
Michael Kitchen The head of the United Nations' refugee agency says security in Afghanistan is still inadequate and is asking the international community to increase its presence in the country. U.N....
注释: hostage-taker 扣留人质的人,挟持人质的人 Iraq [i5rB:k] n. 伊拉克共和国,亚洲西南部国家,居阿拉伯半岛的东北部。 captor. [5kAptE] n. 挟持者 prisoner sw...
注释: Hungarian [hQN5^ZEriEn] adj. 匈牙利的 Jew [dVu:] n. 犹太教徒 Nazi concentration camps 纳粹集中营 synagogue [5sinE^C^] n. 犹太教会堂 Budapest [5b(j)u:dE5pest] n. 布达佩斯,...
Ross Dunn Senior Israeli and Palestinian officials alike debated the results of the Bush-Sharon summit. The main assessment from the Palestinian side is that Mr. Bush has shown favoritism toward Israe...
Ross Dunn The Palestinian leadership reacted strongly to statements by President Bush implying Israel has the right to retain some Jewish settlements in the West Bank . Senior Palestinian officials ar...
David Gollust Senior U.S. officials say that Britain, and not the United States, invited an Iranian team to visit Iraq. But they say the Bush administration did not oppose the gesture and believes Ira...
Nick Simeone In Iraq, the FBI is involved in trying to secure the release of civilians from 12 countries who have been taken hostage by Iraqi insurgents . Four Italian security guards are the latest f...
Peter Thackery Russia is advising its citizens to get out of Iraq after eight workers at a Russian energy company were taken hostage by masked gunmen in Baghdad . All eight have been released unharmed...
Greg Flakus President Bush and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met Monday at Mr. Bush's ranch near Crawford , Texas , where they discussed Iraq and the Middle East in general. Both leaders are backin...