By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 09 June 2006 watch Zarqawi Update Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaida in Iraq leader, was killed Wednesday in a U.S. air strike. In recent years, the Jordanian-born Zarqawi came to Iraq to wage a terror campaign in a coun

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By Parke Brewer Turin 25 February 2006 Gelato shop counter in Turin One normally thinks of ice cream as a warm-weather treat. While the mountain venues of the Winter Olympics have been cold and snowy,

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By Ernest Leong and Amy Katz Washington, D.C. 06 January 2006 Iran Pursues Nukes In Vienna, Austria, Iran has reneged on its pledge to provide the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency, the IAEA, wit

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By Chris Simkins Washington, DC 23 February 2006 watch Frederick Douglass report Frederick Douglass February is African-American History Month in the United States. It's a time people recall and celeb

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The United States government might place new restrictions on a commonly used painkiller. Taking too much acetaminophen can cause liver damage and even death. Last week, a group of experts advised the Fo

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 18 September 2006 Israeli authorities on Monday charged three Hezbollah militants captured in Lebanon with murder and other terrorism-related crimes. ----- Suspected Hezbollah guerrillas from left to right, Maher Kurani, 30,

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By David McAlary Washington 24 August 2006 Pluto is no longer a planet. The world's top group of astronomers, the International Astronomical Union, has stripped Pluto of the status it has held since its discovery 76 years ago. The body decided that,

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 22 January 2006 Swiss Guards in their blue-yellow bloomered dress uniforms attend a special mass in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2006 Pope Benedict t

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By Meredith Buel Washington 27 March 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States is open to higher-level talks with Iran, but is warning against having any illusions about Tehran's intentions in the Persian Gulf region. VOA corres

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By Bill Gasperini Moscow 25 March 2006 Saddam Hussein Russia's foreign intelligence service denies a Pentagon report that Moscow gave Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein intelligence about U.S. troop movement

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European Foreign Ministers have called for diplomacy rather than a military option to prod Iran to abandon its nuclear activities, despite lack of progress in talks with Iranian officials in Geneva. Lisa Bryant has more from Paris. European Union mi

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Australian farmers are urging their political leaders to secure a swift trade accord with South Korea, ahead of free-trade negotiations that are scheduled to start in May. Australian beef producers are worried that their hopes for greater access to

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I was riding shotgun with my hair undone in the front seat of his car He's got a one-hand feel on the steering wheel The other on my heart I look around, turn the radio down He says baby is something wrong? I say nothing I was just thinking how we d

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By David Gollust State Department 13 December 2006 The lead U.S. delegate to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program says he wants to see concrete progress before the end of the year. The Chinese-sponsored negotiations reconvene in Beij

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Palestinians have bidden an emotional farewell to a national and cultural icon. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Palestinian relatives and officials gather around the coffin of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, who gave a voic

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 14 July 2006 A disagreement over pharmaceutical products has derailed attempts to negotiate a free-trade agreement between South Korea and the United States. While negotiators still hope to reach a deal, serious disputes remain t

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By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 05 July 2007 The International Olympic Committee, or IOC, has awarded the 2014 Olympic Winter Games to the Russian resort town of Sochi. The choice sparked unbridled joy among Russians, who see the decision as confirmation of

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By Scott Stearns White House 17 March 2007 U.S. President George Bush says he will veto an emergency spending bill for the war in Iraq, if Democrats, who control Congress, include conditions setting a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops. Demo

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 19 October 2009 Iranian Ambassador to International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh (R) arrives at Vienna meeting, 19 Oct 2009 The International Atomic Energy Agency is hosting a meeting in Vienna to discuss plans to

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By Akiko Fujita Tokyo 07 October 2009 Japan Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (file photo) Japan's new foreign minister has laid out his plan for his first 100 days in office, elaborating on discussions to build an East Asian Community and to alter the

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