PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Betty Friedan, 1921-2006: A Leader of the Modern Womens Rights Movement FAITH LAPIDUS: Im Faith Lapidus. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Betty Friedan. She was a p

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By Michael Bowman Washington 29 June 2006 The Bush administration says it is taking effective steps to stem illegal immigration to the United States, but Congress must act to overhaul America's immigration system. Homeland Security Secretary Michael

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Listen Read Learn Flight attendant: Excuse me, sir. What would you like to eat, Chinese food or western food? Benjamin: I'd like to have Chinese food. Flight attendant: Are you going to have this set course or have dinner in the dining room? Benjamin

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By Steve Mort Orlando, Florida 07 June 2007 A little more than a decade ago, the number of people studying foreign languages in the U.S. colleges was on the decline. Now, the Modern Language Association of America reports enrollment is rising rapidly

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By Suzanne Presto and Paige Kollock Washington 24 May 2006 watch OnLine Dating report As American society continues to strive for greater efficiency in all things, can even romance become streamlined? Busy young Americans increasingly rely on the In

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 21 September 2006 Ehud Olmert (File photo) Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's approval rating has plummeted in the wake of the war in Lebanon. But Israeli officials have brushed off speculation that Olmert's center-left

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By Scott Stearns White House 27 January 2006 President Bush says he expects a full investigation into last year's assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Pressure from the United

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 29 November 2006 A new report by the European Parliament accuses some European governments of being aware of alleged CIA abductions, transportation and detentions of alleged terrorist suspects. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports th

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By Joseph Mok New York City 01 August 2006 watch Museum report The spacious MoMA lobby holds large crowds and large pieces of art Founded in 1929 on the idea of providing the best modern art museum in the world, the Museum of Modern Art in midtown M

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NATO warships have launched an anti-piracy operation off the coast of Somalia by escorting one ship to port with plans for a similar operation on Tuesday. Lisa Bryant has more from Paris. The NATO operation aims to help calm the situation off Somali

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A race is on to try to save one of India's information technology giants that was cut down by a gigantic fraud allegedly perpetrated by its founder. Media personnel wait outside office of Satyam Computer Services Ltd. in Hyderabad, India, 08 Jan 200

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Radio Essays Explore Technological Creativity There are mechanisms in nature as well as in human endeavors like engineering and art. Since 1988, the creative manipulation of these mechanisms has been explored in short radio essays about the history o

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By Nico Colombant Kinshasa 02 August 2006 The United Nations has appealed for calm and patience in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where vote counting has gotten off to a slow start, amid allegations of election fraud. The head of the world's larg

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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke says the U.S. economy is facing numerous difficulties amid a continuing downturn in housing, high oil prices, and renewed turmoil in financial markets. VOA's Barry Wood has more. Federal Reserve Board Chai

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 04 April 2008 The global campaign to eradicate the debilitating Guinea worm disease continues, with hopes for eliminating it by 2009. Four countries ended transmission of the disease in 2007. Gilbert da Costa attended a cere

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By Bill Rodgers Washington, D.C. 15 December 2006 watch Talks Preview Six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program officially open Monday in Beijing but expectations are reported to be low that a breakthrough can be achieved. The talks -- which

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By Paige Kollock Washington, DC 09 February 2006 watch Biotech Crops Genetically modified corn For years, the European Union has banned the sale of genetically modified foods in most European countrie

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By Paula Wolfson Washington 10 April 2006 President Bush delivers remarks on the global war on terror at the John Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Washing

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Washington Homeowners Live in Modern Village The neighborhood in northwest Washington D.C. looks like a typical American townhouse development, but Takoma Village Cohousing is anything but ordinary. The privately-owned units cluster around a shared o

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By David Gollust State Department 05 June 2008 U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker said Thursday the Bush administration has no secret agenda in negotiations with Iraq on the future status of U.S. forces there. He said the United States does not se

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