Obama Signs Compromise Debt Ceiling Bill President Barack Obama has signed legislation Tuesday to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, averting a potential government default only hours before the deadline. The president called the bill an important first st

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Chronically Ill, Traumatically Billed: $123,019 For 2 Multiple Sclerosis Treatments AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Every month, NPR and Kaiser Health News take a close look at medical bills that you send us. Today we hear about a woman whose medical bill for a

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By Marissa Melton Washington 20 January 2007 New York Senator Hillary Clinton has announced she has taken the first step toward a run for the presidency in 2008. VOA's Marissa Melton reports. Senator Hillary Clinton announces opening presidential exp

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 18 December 2006 Fifty years ago, Dizzy Gillespie led an international tour of jazz musicians to parts of Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and South America. It was sponsored by the U.S. State Department, and marked the

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By Leta Hong Fincher Washington, DC 17 August 2006 watch Jill Carroll report Jill Carroll A reporter who was held hostage in Iraq for 82 days is telling her story. Jill Carroll had closer contact with Iraqi insurgents than any American who has lived

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By Meredith Buel Washington 20 April 2006 Michael Chertoff, left, listens as Julie Myers gives remarks at Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters U.S. immigration agents have arrested seven e

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Legislation to revise U.S. surveillance law survived a key test vote in the Senate Wednesday, despite opposition from some majority Democrats to a provision protecting telephone companies from possible privacy lawsuits. The Senate could give final a

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A member of Congress says there is no U.S. law that allows for the prosecution of people living in the United States who have committed crimes against humanity in other countries. Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois, the second highest-ranking Democrat

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U.S. and Iraqi officials say a bomb has exploded inside a local council building in Baghdad's Sadr City district, killing 10 people, including four Americans. VOA's Suzanne Presto reports on the attack from the northern city of Irbil. Hassan Shammah

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Fighting between suspected Muslim militants and Indian troops in a forest area of Indian administered Kashmir has entered its fourth day on Sunday. The violence close to the line of control has claimed seven lives, including three security personnel

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Hundreds Hold Prayer Vigil for Unemployed on Capitol Hill Thousands of jobless workers from around the country, community members, and clergy held a prayer vigil on Capitol Hill to urge Congress to extend unemployment benefits. Millions of jobless wo

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 02 August 2006 watch Castro Health report For the first time in nearly 48 years, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro has relinquished absolute power as president of the communist nation. Castro's faltering health forced the

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 18 May 2007 In Uganda, the deaths of four peacekeepers in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, this week have prompted calls for President Yoweri Museveni to withdraw his military troops from the African Union mission. As VOA Correspo

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By Marissa Melton Washington 20 January 2007 New York Senator Hillary Clinton has announced she has taken the first step toward a run for the presidency in 2008. VOA's Marissa Melton reports. Senator Hillary Clinton announces opening presidential ex

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 04 November 2006 Family members mourn during the funeral procession of Mahmoud Sabah, a Hamas militant killed during an Israeli missile strike at the Jebaliya refugee camp At least eight Palestinian militants have been kil

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 16 March 2007 The Indian state of West Bengal has been hit by an opposition-backed general strike to protest police shooting in which 14 villagers were killed. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the communist-rule

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In my early days at Corrie he was like a surrogate dad to me and Alan. I'll never forget how he and Liz guided Alan and I through those first years on the programme. In fact my fussy was with Bill and assumed doctrines he made what could have been a

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 17 May 2006 The U.S. Senate Wednesday continued work on an immigration reform bill, voting to bar illegal immigrants with criminal records from becoming U.S. citizens and

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By Kane Farabaugh New York City 01 March 2007 watch Jesus Tomb report Academy Award-winning director James Cameron is at the center of a controversy that strikes at the heart of some of Christianity's fundamental beliefs. Cameron has made a document

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Rumi: Im as sick as a dog! Hugo: It serves you right. I warned you not to eat food sold by food vendors on the street. Cleanliness is not a priority at some of those food stands. Rumi: Im not one to turn up my nose up at street food. On the street is

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