Faiza Elmasry | Washington, DC 27 November 2009 Welcome to American Profiles, VOA's weekly look at Americans who are making a positive difference in the world. Our spotlight this week is on Chip Giller, an environmental advocate who created Grist.or

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The emissions target follows a similar announcement by the Obama administration ahead of next month's U.N. climate change conference in Copenhagen. Michael Bowman | Washington 26 November 2009 China says it will work to constrain carbon dioxide emis

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 19 November 2009 President Barack Obama's historic victory created a daily reminder to Americans that success does not come in just one ethnic package. And the president's brief stop in South Korea offers people there a reminder

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By Laurel Bowman Washington 18 November 2009 A Washington-based educational institute says the number of university students who study abroad is on the rise. The Institute of International Education reports a 60 percent increase in the number of stu

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By Vidushi Sinha Washington 19 November 2009 It is an incredibly cruel act of violence -- acid thrown into the face of a woman, sometimes a child. Its perpetrators often are driven by revenge, jealousy and hate; their intent, to disfigure rather tha

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The head of Amnesty International, Irene Khan, says the Australian government should close its immigration detention center on Christmas Island. Phil Mercer | Sydney 20 November 2009 There seems to be a sense of panic when what is really needed here

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Prosecutors in Ethiopia are seeking the death penalty for 40 people found guilty of conspiring to overthrow the government Peter Heinlein | Addis Ababa 24 November 2009 Prosecutors in Ethiopia are seeking the death penalty for 40 people found guilty

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A spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says peace talks cannot resume until Israel also halts settlement activity in East Jerusalem. His comments come a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed a 10-month halt for ne

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One year after ten Pakistani gunmen attacked India's financial capital, many say they still feel vulnerable Mumbai 26 November 2009 A man waves an Indian flag outside the Taj Mahal hotel, one of the sites of Mumbai terror attacks, on the first anniv

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North Korea has experienced chronic food shortages for about two decades, mainly due to the government's political isolation and mismanagement. Belts in the North have tightened even further since South Korea's president stopped sending large amount

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By Stefan Bos Budapest 17 November 2009 Former Czech President Vaclav Havel (background center) attends a group of people lighting candles and laying flowers as they commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in Prague, Czech Republic

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By Robert Raffaele Washington 16 November 2009 World leaders at a U.N. summit on food security in Rome are vowing to take urgent action to eliminate global hunger. But they did not agree in their final declaration to a U.N. request for $44 billion a

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By Al Pessin The Pentagon 16 November 2009 The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered top officials to review security measures following the shootings earlier this month at Ft. Hood in Texas, in which a U.S. Army officer killed 12

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By Paula Wolfson Tokyo 14 November 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama smiles as he arrives at a hall to deliver a speech in Tokyo, Japan U.S. President Barack Obama is calling for a new era in trans-Pacific relations. In a speech in Tokyo, the preside

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By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo 15 November 2009 Iran's parliament speaker, Ali Larijani, has criticized U.S. President Barack Obama, arguing that his promise to change U.S. policy toward Tehran amounts to nothing. Iran's parliament speaker Ali Larijani (

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 13 November 2009 Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, left, shakes hands with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh before a meeting in New Delhi, 12 Nov 2009 Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has called for more inv

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By Kent Klein Washington 13 November 2009 President Obama speaks to US troops on way to Asia, 12 Nov 2009 President Barack Obama has told U.S. troops he will not send them into conflict without adequate support. The president spoke to a military aud

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By Laurel Bowman Washington 12 November 2009 Nidal Malik Hasan (2007 file) (picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences) As the alleged Fort Hood shooter recovers, questions are surfacing, including what made Major N

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By Nathan Morley Nicosia 11 November 2009 Britain has offered to give up half of the land occupied by its sovereign military bases in Cyprus if the divided island's leaders can seal a reunification deal. In an attempt to show they are serious about

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 11 November 2009 Cambodia has rejected Thailand's request for the extradition of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. There now are suggestions that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations should intervene to reduce ten

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