By Robert Berger Jerusalem 23 March 2008 Christians around the world are celebrating Easter Sunday, marking the resurrection of Jesus. Robert Berger was in the midst of the faithful at Jerusalem's holy places and filed this VOA report. Christians cel

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By Margaret Besheer United Nations 12 March 2008 A top U.N. official warns that the insurgency in Afghanistan has been much worse than expected and the U.N.'s mandate in that country must be sharpened if international efforts there are to succeed. Fr

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By Michael Bowman Washington 02 March 2008 Amid a weakening U.S. economy, America's foreign-trade policy has become a contentious issue in the presidential race. Both major Democratic Party candidates say free-trade pacts have harmed American workers

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 13 March 2008 The U.S. Defense Department has released a study of 600,000 documents from Saddam Hussein's archives concluding that while he supported many terrorist groups he did not have a direct connection with al-Qaida. But t

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By Tom Rivers London 03 March 2008 Britain's largest bank, HSBC, has written off $17.2 billion in bad debt after the U.S. housing market slide hit the value of its loans in 2007. The annual loss is the largest reported amongst Britain's big five mort

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By Carol Pearson Washington 04 March 2008 Numerous studies show that a glass or maybe two of red wine can be good for your heart and even good for your waistline. Now researchers say red wine may also protect you from E. coli and other food-related d

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 04 March 2008 A rate increase by Australia's central bank is putting a heavy burden on many of the nation's homeowners. Rates have been increased to more than seven percent, in a move aimed at curbing rising inflation.Phil Merce

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By Scott Stearns White House 19 March 2008 President Bush is backing Georgia's bid to join the NATO alliance. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Mr. Bush met in the Oval Office with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili ahead of ne

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By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 07 March 2008 An advisory panel for a U.S. government health agency recommends greatly increasing the number of American children who receive the influenza immunization each year. The panel suggests every child from ag

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 29 March 2008 Australians switched off their lights for 60 minutes Saturday to mark Earth Hour, a campaign by environmentalists to raise awareness about global warming. The event was started a year ago in Sydney by the World Wil

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By Scott Stearns White House 11 March 2008 President Bush says America's election-year politics will not affect his commitment to keep U.S. troops in Iraq. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Mr. Bush says his decision to send more t

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By Derek Kilner Nairobi 17 March 2008 The international organization Human Rights Watch says in a new report that much of the political and ethnic violence that followed Kenya's disputed presidential elections was methodically organized. The organiza

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 27 March 2008 Costume designer Bob Mackie is known as the Sultan of Sequins, and some of the biggest names in Hollywood have worn his flamboyant creations. Mike O'Sullivan paid a visit to Mackie's Los Angeles studio to

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By Steve Herman Karachi 13 March 2008 Pakistan is one of the world's top cotton producers. With one out of every five Pakistani farmers growing the crop, supplying millions of spindles and looms and hundreds of mills, the cotton industry is the count

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By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 21 March 2008 Japan's Nikkei Index rose for the third straight day following gains overnight on Wall Street and a week of fluctuation amid global worries about a possible U.S. recession. As Naomi Martig reports from Hong Kon

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By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 11 March 2008 Vietnam's financial markets have had a tumultuous year. The once high-flying stock market has fallen more than 30 percent, since January 1, and inflation has ballooned. A major investors' conference was schedule

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By Jim Malone Washington 19 March 2008 The war in Iraq took center stage in the U.S. presidential election campaign Wednesday on the fifth anniversary of the start of the conflict. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone reports from Washington. Democr

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By Melinda Smith Washington 12 March 2008 For some time now we have been telling you about the global trend toward obesity, even in low and middle-income countries. The World Health Organization says billions of people are getting fat. By 2015, the W

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 17 March 2008 A $44 billion lawsuit brought by the Nigerian government against three tobacco companies has resumed at the Abuja federal court. The federal government is seeking damages for what is says were public health cos

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By Peta Thornycroft 12 March 2008 President Robert Mugabe says he has given teachers and other government workers large pay raises before national elections on March 29. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA that the army has its pay boosted by at least 4

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