In 1983, trailblazing astronaut Sally Ride blasted out of Earth's orbit, opening the world of space travel for women. Watch the stories of other pioneers who have followed her path to the stars. Since the US space program began in 1958, NASA has ach

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The Coalition is poised to vote down the government's proposed emissions trading scheme in the Senate. It's expected most Coalition senators will oppose the bills in line with the wishes of their new leader, Tony Abbott. Some Liberals are contemplati

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Britain to Deploy Peacekeepers to South Sudan, Somalia 英国将部署维和部队到南苏丹和索马里 LONDON British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced the deployment of several hundred troops to South Sudan and Somalia to shore up stabi

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乌克兰战事阻碍对MH17失事的调查 A team of international crash investigators and police officers was forced to cancel a visit to the site of the downed Malaysia Airlines plane Sunday in eastern Ukraine. Heavy fighting has been reported bet

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乌克兰总统虽令停火 志愿民兵依然东进 More volunteers with Ukraine's Donbas Battalion, a pro-government militia that recently merged with the National Guard, were preparing to deploy to the restive east Monday - in the middle of a temp

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It is an ominous show of force, and an unmistakable signal by the US to Vladmir Putin. The White House says it wants to quadruple the money it spends on its forces in Europe. A move that could ramp up tensions between America and Russia, which US com

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A number of leading Chinese observers are issuing words of caution, suggesting the Chinese government doesn't have the ability to stop a war from happening on the Korean peninsula. CRI's Zhang Shuangfeng has more. Some observers in the international

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Smile, you're on consumer behavior camera. No surprise that you'll likely be videotaped while holiday shopping, but it's not all for security. Some of it is for market research. Retailers are tracking

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Solar Projects Increase in the Mekong River Area Solar and wind power projects are increasing in the area around the Mekong River in Southeast Asia. One energy expert said that the developments call into question the financial viability of major hydo

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says he has been listening to and reviewing statements by U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and looks forward to working with the new U.S. administration on a wide range of issues. Russian Foreign Minister Serg

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This is AP news minute. 1. President Barack Obama has delivered a sharp rebuke to Donald Trump, over Trump's unsupported claim the presidential election is being rigged against him. During a news conference with Italy's prime minister, Obama said Tru

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Technology Report - US Seeks Shadow Internet, Mobile Networks in Repressive Countries This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. The Obama administration is leading an effort to deploy what some people call liberation technology in repressive

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US Investigates, National Guard Arrives in Ferguson 美国调查人员和国民警卫队到达弗格森 President Barack Obama says the United States Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into the shooting of a teenager in Missou

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US, UN Join the Fight Against Ebola 美国、联合国加入抗击埃博拉病毒 United Nations officials are calling for $1 billion to fight the Ebola virus in West Africa. Officials say they need the money to keep its spread within tens of thousan

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Baltimore Police Officers Charged in Death of Black Man 巴尔的摩警员因黑人死亡被指控 The chief prosecutor in the eastern U.S. city of Baltimore, Maryland has announced charges against six police officers in the case of the death of a 25

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NASA to Launch Black Hole Hunter Black holes have a gravitational pull so intense that not even light can escape from them. As gas, dust and stars are sucked in, the material accelerates and heats up, generating powerful X-ray light emissions. Only a

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Ukraine Volunteer Militia Deploys to East During Cease-fire NEAR KYIV More volunteers with Ukraine's Donbas Battalion, a pro-government militia that recently merged with the National Guard, were preparing to deploy to the restive east Monday - in the

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By Cindy Saine Washington 04 October 2007 The U.S. Congressional Human Rights Caucus held a hearing Thursday on the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force to be deployed to Sudan's Darfur region. Several members of Congress and a numbe

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Maj. Gen. Cai Jun from the Joint Staff Department under China's Central Military Commission criticized the U.S. plan to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile shield system, or THAAD, in South Korea. He said the deployment of the adva

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Since the April 20 explosion and fire that sank the BP Deepwater Horizon off-shore oil rig, about 800,000 liters of crude oil a day have been spewing from the broken well into the Gulf of Mexico. The massive spill is threatening marine life, commerci

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