India has captured its first-ever Olympic gold medal in an individual event, thanks to the steady aim of Abhinav Bindra in the 10-meter air rifle event, Monday. VOA's Jim Stevenson has more on the accomplishment. Newspapers across India are telling
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Efforts by activists to force India's government to strike down a Victorian-era law banning homosexuality are gaining momentum. It is another sign that India's deeply conservative society is changing. Raymond Thibodeaux reports from Bangalore, capit
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The White House is increasing pressure on Russia to stop the escalating conflict in Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from Beijing, where U.S. President George Bush is speaking out on the crisis while attendi
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U.S. President George Bush says enough progress is being made in Iraq to enable the Pentagon to consider further reductions in force levels and cut troop tours. VOA White House Correspondent Paula Wolfson reports. President Bush says July has been a
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The coup leader in Mauritania has vowed a harder line on drug trafficking, terrorist activity and illegal immigration in his first public speech since overthrowing an elected president earlier this month. He also promised elections, but gave no date
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The Indian Prime Minister has warned that terrorism could undermine a peace process between India and Pakistan. He also called for peace in Indian Kashmir, which has been wracked by massive anti-India protests in recent days. As Anjana Pasricha repo
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Russia and Georgia have signed a European-mediated ceasefire agreement, but each side continues to accuse the other of violating the terms. As VOA's Sonja Pace reports from London, efforts now are on diplomacy to end the fighting, but the conflict's
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U.S. Democrats have made an important decision regarding their national nominating convention later this month in Denver, Colorado. The party has decided that the name of Senator Hillary Clinton will be placed in nomination, even though Senator Bara
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The new comedy film Kabluey was inspired by the real-life experiences of writer-director Scott Prendergast. Mike O'Sullivan reports that the filmmaker, who also stars in Kabluey, has graduated from low-budget short films to a full-length feature, wi
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European Union foreign ministers expressed support Wednesday for sending monitors to supervise a cease-fire in the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia, which Georgia claims is already being violated by Russia. Lisa Bryant has more from Paris.
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Legislators in the Himalayan nation of Nepal on Friday selected, by a wide margin, a former guerilla leader to be the country's new prime minister. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman, in our South Asia bureau in New Delhi, reports on the ascent of the M
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United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has condemned Russian military operations in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, saying the action reminds her of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. She spoke in Georgia where the Geor
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Including the start of the Olympic football tournament two days before the Opening Ceremonies, the Beijing Olympics have reached the halfway point of scheduled competition. VOA's Jim Stevenson has this preview of the action Friday, which is highligh
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Efforts are about to be increased in India to combat two serious communicable diseases - polio and malaria. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports from New Delhi that India is to receive more than $500 million from the World Bank to increase malaria
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Kenya is joining a long list of countries planning to produce diesel fuel from the poisonous-but-oil-rich seeds of the jatropha tree, a plant indigenous to South America. The tree is at the heart of a five-year strategy to develop a bio-fuel industr
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The European Union says it will give nearly $5 million to help impoverished Haitians cope with spiraling food prices. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports the EU aid adds to assistance from other international organizations for Haiti, the poorest country
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday it is unlikely that the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia will rejoin Georgia after a week of violent clashes. He offered the prediction just before Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili a
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In India, Pervez Musharraf, who has resigned as Pakistan's President, is seen as the man who helped bring a measure of normalcy to relations between the rivals. But As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, there is uncertainty whether the gains ma
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U.S. women won the Olympic gold and silver medals Friday in the All-Around Gymnastics competition. VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer was at the event in Beijing and has details. Nastia Liukin competes on the uneven bars during the women's individual al
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Chinese officials say the Beijing Olympics should bring a welcome boost to China's tourist industry. Mike O'Sullivan reports from Beijing, that while bureaucratic requirements and natural disasters have slowed tourism, officials say an upgraded infr
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- VOA标准英语2008年-Indonesian President Upbeat in State of Union A
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- VOA标准英语2008年-South Korea Debates International Adoption
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- VOA标准英语2008年-Judge Rules Former White House Aides Must Testi
- VOA标准英语2008年-Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Calls for Honorable
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- VOA标准英语2008年-International Youth Camp Fosters Olympic Spirit
- VOA标准英语2008年-Mexican President Proposes Life in Prison for K
- VOA标准英语2008年-Experts Say Expected Surge in US Voters May Str
- VOA标准英语2008年-US State Department Marks 10th Anniversary of K
- VOA标准英语2008年-US Cuts Non-Humanitarian Aid to Mauritania Afte
- VOA标准英语2008年-US Says North Korea Remains on Terrorism List
- VOA标准英语2008年-India to Deploy More Troops in Kashmir
- VOA标准英语2008年-Pakistan's President Resigns
- VOA标准英语2008年-Indonesian President Upbeat in State of Union A
- VOA标准英语2008年-War of Words Erupts Between India, Pakistan Ove
- VOA标准英语2008年-Israel Pessimistic on Anniversary of Lebanon Wa
- VOA标准英语2008年-Ivory Coast Tourism Declines Because of Drawn O
- VOA标准英语2008年-Australian Climate Scientists Enlist Elephant S
- VOA标准英语2008年-South Korea Debates International Adoption
- VOA标准英语2008年-Israeli Politics, Mideast Peace Efforts in Turm
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