By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 27 March 2007 Beverly Hills, the upscale California community many movie stars once called their home, is getting a new mayor - an immigrant from Iran named Jimmy Jamshid Delshad. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan reports, the mayo

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Following on from Asia, European markets surged on the hope that new stimulus plans will help put the brakes on the economic downturn. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and European Commission leader Jose

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Some Republicans in the U.S. Senate say they will block a plan to rescue the country's three major auto companies. Meanwhile, new claims for unemployment benefits reached their highest level in 26 years. Sen. Richard Shelby, center, accompanied by,

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The United States is taking action against three Mexican drug cartels. The news comes as President Barack Obama prepares to travel to Mexico on Thursday for talks with President Felipe Calderon. The drug-related violence plaguing Mexico, particularl

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New Texas Institute Coordinates Space Medicine Research Since the human space flight adventure began more than 50 years ago, scientists have learned a lot about things like the effects of weightlessness on bones and muscles, and the danger of increas

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The Catholic Church is opening its first eco-friendly cemetery in Australia's largest city, Sydney. It is a way of reducing carbon footprints - even after death. Phil Mercer | Sydney 22 July 2010 Natural Burial Park at Kemp's Creek Cemetery near Sydn

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Detained American Muslims look to media as they arrive to appear in an anti terrorist court in Sargodha, Pakistan [file photo] A Pakistani court has sentenced five Americans to 10 years each in prison after finding them guilty of terror offenses. Pak

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African sleeping sickness affects mostly rural people in 36 sub-Saharan countries. The World Health Organization says there are currently an estimated 30,000 cases. Left untreated, it is fatal. Sleeping sickness is caused by a parasite that is transm

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Still Waiting for Orders, US Military Has ISIL in Its Sights 美军等待命令打击ISIL The United States says that, for now, it is only sending military advisers to Baghdad to help the Iraqi government combat advances by militant Sunni Islamists,

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A powerful earthquake, followed by numerous aftershocks, shook southern Japan Sunday morning. Hundreds of people were injured. 日本南部星期天早上发生强烈地震,随后又发生多次余震,导致数百人受伤。 The magnitude 7 quak

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South Asian leaders have agreed to work jointly to combat terrorism, eradicate poverty, ensure regional food security and enhance trade ties. The declaration was affirmed in Sri lanka at the 15th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Coo

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By Scott Stearns White House 24 November 2007 The former U.S. commander of multi-national troops in Iraq says President Bush's strategy there is failing because it relies too much on military force and not enough on political reconciliation. VOA Whi

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South Asian leaders have agreed to work jointly to combat terrorism, eradicate poverty, ensure regional food security and enhance trade ties. The declaration was affirmed in Sri lanka at the 15th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Co

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By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 10 September 2007 Ethiopia is set to celebrate the arrival of the third millennium more than seven years after it was celebrated in the west. Events are planned, across the country, as well as in several American cities,

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Health officials from 32 nations have met in Cuba to discuss plans to contain the Ebola epidemic. The meeting was organized by ALBA, a nine-nation bloc led by socialist allies Venezuela and Cuba. They held a summit in Havana last week in which presid

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The euro fell against other currencies again on Friday a day after European Union leaders offered their support, but no tangible aid to debt racked Greece. The fall of the European currency was not the only bleak economic news hitting the EU. The 16-

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Haiti, where he has come to express his support for victims of Tuesday's massive earthquake. 联合国秘书长潘基文已抵达海地,他特地来到此地向星期二大地震的受难者表示支持

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A child being vaccinated against polio A new effort is underway to vaccinate people in the four countries where polio outbreaks still occur. If this effort is successful, polio could be eradicated worldwide. Derek Henkle met the 88-year-old Australia

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Leaders of Europe's major economies vow to do their utmost to prevent the 27-member EU from being hit by a major economic crisis. 欧洲主要国家的领导人星期六在巴黎召开特别峰会,他们誓言尽最大努力来避免有27个会员国

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Tedahang is one of the major cold-chain logistics companies located in the Tianjin Port Area. It provides refrigerated storage, domestic shipping and container yard services, mainly for imported meat and aquatic products, and will expand its services

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