2.Hiroshima - The Liveliest City in Japan (excerpts) Jacques Danvoir Hiroshima! Everybody off! That must be what the man in the Japanese stationmaster's uniform shouted, as the fastest train in the world slipped to a stop in Hiroshima Station. I did

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By Noel King Juba 09 January 2006 Southern Sudanese dancing groups take part in peace celebrations in Juba, Sudan, Monday, Jan 10, 2005 Monday marked the one year anniversary of a peace agreement that

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 14 January 2006 Pakistan says it has lodged a formal protest with the U.S. ambassador in Islamabad, following air strikes that killed 18 people in a tribal area on the Afgha

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By Jessica Berman Washington 17 January 2007 If or when it strikes, the avian flu pandemic would likely kill victims by switching on an uncontrolled immune system response. That's according to researchers, who studied a 90-year-old flu virus in the h

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaking Friday, in an image from Iranian state broadcaster IRIB Iran's top leader has demanded a stop to protests over the disputed presidential election. (SOUND) Ayatollah Ali Kham

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Health Report - The Global Problem of Preterm Births This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Premature or preterm births are defined as live births before a woman completes thirty-seven weeks of pregnancy. A new study found that about fifteen

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Rachel Valltos and Evan Sapperstein are dentists who share an office and a life together. In nine years of marriage, they have built not just a successful dental practice, but also a family. Rachel and E

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By Dan Robinson Washington 18 July 2007 William Perry (file photo) A former U.S. defense secretary and member of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group was among witnesses testifying Wednesday before Congress about the situation in Iraq. VOA's Dan Robinson

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 06 September 2007 A few days before Bush administration reports to Congress on the situation in Iraq, U.S. lawmakers have heard additional views on the capabilities and weaknesses of Iraqi military and police forces, and

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By Stefan Bos Budapest 25 March 2007 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned European Union leaders that they will make a historic failure if they do not agree on a time table for the adoption of an EU constitution. Ms. Merkel spoke in Berlin at t

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By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 20 June 2006 watch Airbus Troubles report Officials from the parent company of aircraft manufacturer Airbus are meeting in Germany to discuss aircraft delivery delays announced last week, which have cost the company bill

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By Kent Klein Washington 20 June 2008 June 26, 2008 marks the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift - one of the biggest humanitarian operations ever, and a turning point in the Cold War. VOA's Kent Klein looks back at the Berlin Airlift, with a ma

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Are Millennium Development Goals Just a First Step? In September 2000, the United Nations approved the Millennium Declaration. It set the stage for the Millennium Development Goals, which are due to be achieved in 2015. But have the MDGs brought mean

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NYC Schools Expand Birth Control Availability Every year in New York, more than 2,500 girls under 18 give birth, and many drop out of school. So officials began a program last year making hormonal birth control available at 13 high schools with high

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Independent Ukrainian TV Station Struggles to Stay on the Air Ivan Artemenko is disappointed: The Kyiv students favorite channel - TVi - has vanished from the airwaves. I switched on my TV -- there is darkness on a channel TVi. The note says: 'The ch

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Airport Towers Close Under Forced US Budget Cuts Air traffic controllers at the Frederick, Maryland, airport will no longer guide pilots around this busy airspace. Under mandatory federal government spending cuts, this control tower - like 148 others

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Today is the official Queens Birthday. It is not the Queens actual birthday. That is April 21st, but every year on the first Monday in June, we honour the Queen. The Queen also honours 175 New Zealanders on this day. She makes awards to people who ha

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 11 March 2008 The senior U.S. military officer responsible managing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and U.S. military engagement throughout the Middle East, Central Asia and East Africa, has decided to retire this month after

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By Jessica Berman Washington 11 May 2006 French researchers at the Sanofi Pasteur Institute say they have developed a bird flu vaccine that, so far, appears to be safe and effective in humans. But obs

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By Luis Ramirez Jerusalem 01 October 2009 Israel has for some time warned it is ready to launch preemptive strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities at any time. With international pressure growing on Iran to freeze its nuclear program, analysts say

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