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Day 7 5 Tips to Speed Your Long-Distance Job Search Tip 1:Looking for work can be difficult. Looking for work long-distance is even tougher! Fortunately, the Internet makes long-distance job searching easier than it has ever been before. Using a job
A gem stone plucked from the earth, the sea, or riverbed, often travels across continents to cutting and polishing workshops; and those are increasingly found in India. Far away, the Belgian city of Antwerp is still king in diamond trading. In these
Libya'sNTCFacesImmediate,Long-TermChallenges A week after declaring it had moved to Tripoli, Libya's National Transitional Council has yet to establish a firm footing in the capital. It looks like it will be a long road ahead for the provisional auth
New Afghan Government Facing Security, Economic Challenges 阿富汗新政府面临安全、经济方面的挑战 After months of political bickering in Afghanistan, a new president has been sworn in, and a long-delayed security agreement has been si
'Metal Muscles' Flex a New Bionic Hand 德国科学家发明新的仿生手 Artificial limbs, including the most complex of them the human hand are getting more life-like and useful due to constant advances in tiny hydraulic, pneumatic and electric m
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 06 July 2007 New estimates by the Indian government and international agencies show that the number of people living with HIV/AIDS in India is between two and three million - far less than previously estimated. However, a
By Jim Randle Baghdad 13 January 2007 U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton and other members of a congressional delegation met in Baghdad Saturday with Iraq's prime minister and U.S. military commanders to discuss plans to stem violence in the country. VOA'
By Doug Levine Washington 05 March 2006 Few jazz vocalists have the courage to take on the Billie Holiday Songbook. Those songs evoke such deep feelings - many expressing heartache and others extreme
Education Report - Cambodians Get Lessons in Skateboarding, Life This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Some young Cambodians are learning a new sport -- skateboarding. The country's first skateboard park is located on the grounds of a loc
By Kurt Achin Beijing 20 July 2007 Diplomats from Russia (L), South Korean (2nd L), US (2nd R) and Japan (R) walk out at the end of another round of six party talks in Beijing, 20 July 2007 Negotiators wrapping up this week's session of talks aimed a
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 23 May 2006 A young HIV positive orphan lies in his cot at the Nyumbani children home, a hospice for AIDS orphans in Nairobi, Kenya Every day, nearly 1,800 children under the
France's New Passion: All Things Chinese Teacher Meifen Chen swears it is easy to learn Mandarin, the official language of the Chinese mainland. Maybe she is right, though it is daunting to watch her jot down the characters on a flip chart. One of he
Somali Parliament Forces PM to Dissolve Cabinet 索马里议会迫使总理解散内阁 MOGADISHU Somalia's prime minister has dissolved his 60-member cabinet on the day it was to face a confidence vote in the federal parliament. The prime minister h
India's economy grew by nine percent last year making it the world's fastest-growing major economy after China. But the news is not all good. There are worries that high crude oil prices and runaway inflation will slow down growth. 印度经济去年增
Doctors Carry Out Mass Surgeries in Burma to Reverse Blindness 医生在缅甸开展大规模外科手术希望患者重见光明 RANGOON, BURMA Burma has one of the highest rates of blindness in the world, afflicting an estimated 8.1 percent of the
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 09 October 2007 Uganda has sent diplomats to Somalia to help mediate a peace deal between the country's embattled transitional government and its opponents. As VOA correspondent Alisha Ryu reports from our East Africa Bureau in
Before this helicopter is much-needed medical help for residents in a remote part of Mali, the West African nation has been in turmoil for about seven years since rebels and loosely allied Islamists briefly seized control of the north in 2012. Now, w
Chinese officials are urging the international community to aid earthquake relief efforts by donating tents to shelter the estimated five million Chinese who lost their homes. The 7.9 magnitude quake flattened some 45,000 buildings, not including pri
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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The partial government shutdown is triggering some anxiety around Paradise, Calif. David you know this town. You walked the streets of Paradise. DAVID GREENE, HOST: Yeah. I mean, this town - Steve, I was there two months ago, and