Todd: So what was the hardest thing about the trip? Julia: The hardest thing was seeing this country which is so beautiful with such amazing people but struggling in so many different ways with so many different things. You know, historically the leg

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Todd: So on your bike trip, how did you feed yourself. What did you eat? Julia: Hydration was a thing that we worried about. We were able to stop every few kilometres and get fresh young coconuts with the straw in the top. Did you remember doing that

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Todd: So Julia, I was looking at your website and I noticed that you did a bike trip in Cambodia. Julia: Yes, that's right. I joined an organization called Pepi and we did a ride from Siem Reap to Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City. Todd: Wow, that's pretty c

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Todd: What were the road conditions like that you were riding on? Julia: I'd say at least half, maybe more than half were unpaved roads. Thankfully Cambodia is very flat so it wasn't so difficult. We averaged about seventy, eighty kilometres a day bu

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(France is known for its hundreds of) cheeses. The most famous is perhaps the soft round Camembert, now enjoyed all over the world, but to be considered a real Camembert, the cheese must be made in Normandy, in northwestern France from the milk of No

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By VOA News 28 March 2008 Anticipation is building on the streets of Zimbabwe as two opposition candidates battle to unseat the country's longtime ruler in Saturday's [March 29] election. One opposition rally attracted 20,000 people, even as Presiden

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 26 July 2006 Nigeria's anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has warned Internet service providers that they risk 20 years imprisonment if they aid online scams. -------- The newly introduced Advan

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By Malcolm Webb Nairobi 27 August 2007 A Kenyan human rights group says a campaigner has disappeared in Nairobi, taken by people they suspect were Kenyan security agents. The lobby is planning to hold demonstrations this week in response. For VOA, Ma

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By Teresa Sullivan Washington 30 May 2006 US football goalie Kasey Keller The U.S. Men's National Soccer Team heads to Germany this week for the 2006 World Cup to compete with 31 other nations for the sport's ultimate prize. This will be the first t

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 23 June 2006 Preparations are under way for transfer of the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula from Nigeria to Cameroon. Initial outrage over the decision seems to have died down, and residents are agreeing to be resettled in Niger

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A wearable camera is increasingly a routine part of police officers' uniforms. That's despite a shortage of solid research on how the technology affects policing. Now a large study in the nation's capital has turned up some unexpec

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By Kari Barber Dakar 30 October 2007 Health workers in Liberia say it has been difficult to battle leprosy in the country and treat those who have it, because of the stigma associated with the disease. It has long been a local belief that the illnes

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By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 01 December 2007 Voters in Russia go to the polls Sunday in a parliamentary election that follows a campaign dominated by President Vladimir Putin and his United Russia Party. VOA Moscow correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports M

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By Michael Bowman Washington 16 April 2008 Candlelight vigils and somber ceremonies marked the one-year anniversary of a shooting spree on the campus of a U.S. university, Virginia Tech, that left 32 people and the gunman dead. From Washington, VOA's

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 25 February 2008 A simulated refugee camp has been set up in Melbourne to show Australians the sort of hardship suffered by millions of people around the world. Refugee Realities is the work of the charity Oxfam. The camp is set

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 15 April 2008 Campaigning for local elections in Benin has been marked by tight competitions, one outbreak of violence and doubts over how politicians can change daily life. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from our West Africa bu

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The major party candidates for president of the United States are campaigning almost non-stop in the final hours before Election Day. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports both Democrat Senator Barack Obama and Republican Senator John McCain are focusing on a

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