AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: We have a sense today for how deadly Hurricane Maria's impact on Puerto Rico truly was. A new study estimates the number of dead could be around 5,000, which is much higher than the official figure, which was 64. In a moment, we'

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Climate scientists are struggling to figure out how a warming planet will affect different ecosystems like forests, swamps and grasslands. So researchers looked back at the end of the last ice age to see what might be in store for

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US Hosts Record 866,000 Foreign Students WASHINGTON Close to 900,000 international students are studying at American universities and colleges, more than ever before. About half of them come from Asia, mostly China. The United States hosts more forei

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 22 October 2007 At least one person is dead and tens of thousands have been evacuated from their homes in Southern California, where fires have scorched 40,000 hectares and firefighters are battling at least 12 major bl

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There was tight security in Jerusalem for the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Robert Berger filed this VOA report from the Old City of Jerusalem. Palestinian Muslim worshippers pray during the first Friday prayers of the ho

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 13 February 2007 Relief agencies in southern Africa say rising flood waters across several countries in the region are threatening 500,000 people and that more than 60,000 have been evacuated in Mozambique. Aid groups repor

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US Adds 80,000 Jobs in October, Unemployment Ticks Lower The U.S. economy added 80,000 jobs in October and the nation's unemployment rate edged down one tenth of a percentage point. The government also revised employment numbers higher for August and

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Republican presidential candidate John McCain lent a hand Wednesday, as delegates to the Republican convention took time out to pack supplies for hurricane victims in the Gulf Coast. The looming storm led convention organizers to curtail opening day

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By Al Pessin Aboard USNS Comfort 11 October 2007 One of the U.S. Navy's two huge hospital ships, USNS Comfort , has just finished a four-month mission to 12 Latin American countries, during which it provided free health care to 98,000 people. VOA's A

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 29 November 2006 The top U.S. military officer confirmed Wednesday that additional U.S. troops are being moved into Baghdad from other parts of Iraq to try to help get the security situation in the capital under control. The U.

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Each year in late April or early May, more than 50,000 volunteers in Southern California help out at hundreds of non-profit organizations, from schools to community centers, at an annual event called Big Sunday. They paint, clean and garden to help l

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30,000 Sandy-Damaged Cars Stored on Eastern Long Island An idyllic winter scene - deer, horses, snow, a beautiful natural pine reserve, lakes and streams - that make New York's Long Island more than just a summer beach playground. And in its midst, a

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Kobani Fighting Sends 400,000 Refugees to Turkey SURUC The offensive by Islamic State militants against the northern Syrian city of Kobani has caused hundreds of thousands of residents to flee to Turkey. They receive help from Turkish authorities and

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: When you get up in the morning, do you hear a snap, crackle, pop? We're not talking about cereal here. We are talking about your knees. Well, if you reach for the painkiller before that cup of coffee, you are in good company. There

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Maybe you've seen the film Jurassic Park, and you remember that scene where the Tyrannosaurus rex escapes its pen and attacks guests at the theme park. You might remember those imposing teeth. Well, in real life, the T. rex had th

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: All right, now where families may be housed will depend a lot on what the Pentagon can do. The U.S. military has been asked to provide facilities for migrants. NPR's Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman has been trying to get so

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By Jim Fry Washington, DC 17 January 2007 watch Iraq Bush Ban Ki Moon report People walk past a pool of blood at Bab al-Sheik market in central Baghdad, Iraq, 16 Jan 2007 Another string of deadly attacks in Baghdad (Tuesday) killed scores of people

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By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 06 May 2008 Burma's government says at least 22,000 people are confirmed dead, in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, and another 41,000 are missing. The military government has begun allowing foreign assistance and granting unprecede

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 07 January 2008 The UN refugee agency is one of a growing number of international agencies to step up humanitarian assistance to people displaced by the violence that followed the December 27 Presidential election in Kenya. Lis

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The United Nations has been deploying peacekeepers to trouble spots around the world for more than 60 years.The U.N. Security Council authorizes deployment of peacekeepers to countries torn by conflict to help create conditions for lasting peace. To

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