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Iraqi parliament (file photo) Study Finds Iraq Not Meeting Benchmarks  Audio Clip Available
Long-awaited report to Congress says Iraq's government made little progress in meeting political and military goals over last few months

Robert Gates US Defense Secretary Hopes for Deeper Troop Cuts in Iraq  Audio Clip Available
Robert Gates says he hopes US troop levels in Iraq can be cut to about 100,000 by the end of next year

President Bush queues up with troops for lunch at the Marines Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia, 14 Sep 2007 US Senate Democrats Seek Change in Course of Iraq War
Democrats reject President Bush's gradual troop pullback plan as 'too little too late'

Zhao Yan China Releases Jailed New York Times Researcher  Audio Clip Available
Zhao Yan was sent to prison three years ago for allegedly leaking state secrets

Yasuo Fukuda (file photo) Japanese PM candidate Vows to Stay Away from Controversial Shrine  Audio Clip Available
Former chief cabinet secretary Yasuo Fukuda, 71, appears to be leading candidate to replace Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who announced intention to resign earlier this week

Christopher Hill talks to reporters in Beijing, 13 Aug 2007 US Says Ministerial Meeting of Korea Nuclear Talks Could Occur Soon  Audio Clip Available
US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill goes to Beijing for another envoy-level session next week

Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (file photo) US Officials Say Panama Trade Deal May be in Jeopardy
State Department disappointed in election of Pedro Miguel Gonzalez, wanted as murder suspect in US, as National Assembly president

Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo (2ndL) and PM Guillaume Soro (2ndR) pose with the rifles they were given, during a disarmament and reconciliation ceremony, 30 Jul7 2007 Ivory Coast Officials Say Election May be Postponed Until 2008
Ivory Coast election postponed repeatedly due to slow implementation of successive peace deals

A young Mauritanian looks at a dense swarm of desert locusts near Aleg, Mauritania, 08 Aug. 2004 (file photo) UN Warns of Potential Locust Invasion in Flood-Stricken West Africa  Audio Clip Available
Infestation of locusts in Niger two years ago resulted in widespread famine and acute malnutrition

USA's Abby Wambach, right, fights for the ball with Sweden's Anna Paulson, left, during their Group B match of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, 14 Sept.  2007 US Poised to Advance in Women's World Cup Football Championship  Audio Clip Available
Team USA defeats Sweden in crucial first-round match, advances to Group-B quarterfinals

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