This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This was the surprise announcement Friday from Oslo, Norway: THORBJOERN JAGLAND, CHAIRMAN: The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for two thousand nine is to be awarded to Pre

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, twelve American states voted for candidates for elections in November. Tuesday was the busiest day of the primary season -- and women were the big winners. In California, the Republicans nominate

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AS IT IS 2015-03-21 Report: North Korea Foreign Workers Receive Little Pay 报道称朝鲜海外务工者薪水微薄 A new report describes abuses suffered by North Koreans who are sent to work outside the country. A South Korean human rights organi

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 19 July 2007 Indian lawmakers have begun voting to choose the country's next president, and Pratibha Patil is widely expected to become the first woman to hold the post. The position is largely ceremonial, but as Anjana P

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Demonstrations Planned as Racing Event Heads for Bahrain Tear gas and Molotov cocktails rained down on parts of Manama, Bahrain's capital, this week. Opposition members are stepping up their anti-government protests ahead of the Grand Prix on Sunday.

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Burmese Candidates Brace for a Day at the Polls This demonstration of traditional Burmese martial arts is a campaign event for a member of Burmas military aligned ruling party known as the USDP. In the last elections in 2010, opposition groups and We

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Turkish voters go to the polls in nationwide local elections on Sunday, March 29. The predominantly Kurdish Southeast, and in-particular Diyarbakir, the largest city in the region, is seen as a key for the ruling Islamic- rooted AK party. In the las

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Britain Criticized For Rwanda Aid Donation Rebels from the March 23 Movement, known as the M23, in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Tutsi militia continues to fight DRC government troops - and staged a deadly attack on Uni

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By Tony Budny Washington 01 October 2007 U.S. law enforcement officials last week announced their largest crackdown ever on performance enhancing drugs. The nationwide raid calls attention to what officials say are the dangers of steroid use among pr

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Some 10,000 troops have been dispatched to clear roads and carry out rescue work in southwest China's Yunnan province, where the death toll of a deadly earthquake has risen to 410. The quake has flattened nearly 80,000 homes and injured over 2,300 pe

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The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons or OPCW is an independent organization. Its goals include getting rid of the chemical weapons that some countries have made and helping protect people from them. And on the same day that the U.

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Topic1 Lanzhou Tapwater SafetySafe tap water was once again running for 2.4 million residents in a Chinese city on Monday, after tests showed benzene levels in the water met national standards after a pollution incident. This looks like a relief for

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Hello and Welcome to News and Reports on China Radio International. In This EditionChinese authorities say the terrorist attack at Kunming Railway Station was carried out by Xinjiang separatist forces. Russia and Western member nations of the U.N. Se

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AGRICULTURE REPORT – April 9, 2002: Genetic Engineering Debate By George Grow This is the VOA Special English AGRICULTURE REPORT. An international debate continues about genetically engineered corn.

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By Phillip Wellman Abidjan 24 October 2007 Government authorities in Ivory Coast have announced that an investigation into the country's cocoa and coffee sectors has officially begun. President Laurent Gbagbo called for the inquiry last week, followi

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By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 11 November 2009 Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has warned Ukraine he will cut off the country's gas supplies if it siphons fuel from export lines. Mr. Putin made the statement i

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South Korea's newly appointed foreign minister is warning talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons capabilities could stall over unresolved issues related to the North's promised declaration. However, officials in Seoul are optimistic a on

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China's Health Minister, Chen Zhu, has been praising the country's medical reform in the past years, but also says there are more challenges and objectives to be met in the following years. CRI's Alex Blucher brings more details. A nurse takes care o

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November 27th, 1978In San Francisco mayor George Moscone and city supervisor Harvey Milk, a gay-rights activist, are shot to death at City Hall. Former City Supervisor Dan White who pulled the trigger goes on trial for murder, but hes convicted of vo

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The U.S. Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, is facing further accusations of sexual assault. A woman who once appeared on his TV show, The Apprentice, said Mr. Trump had tried to force himself on her in 2007. Another said the billionair

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