A: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: our guest is linguist Geoff Nunberg. He's been listening to how Americans debate issues, and there's a particular word he often finds they invoke: sensitivities. GEOFF NUNBERG: It'

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Election analysts say President Hifikepunye Pohamba is poised to win a second, five-year term. His ruling South West African People's Organization (SWAPO) is forecast to retain its two-thirds majority in parliament. Scott Bobb | Johannesburg 27 Nove

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In an emotional visit to Tucson, Arizona late Wednesday, President Barack Obama has visited the wounded from last Saturday's mass shooting and with families of the six people killed. The president and first lady Michelle Obama attended a memorial hon

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By Margaret Besheer United Nations 24 September 2009 President Barack Obama addresses the United Nations General Assembly, New York, 23 Sep 2009 World leaders addressing the U.N. General Assembly underscored issues of domestic and international conc

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German Theater Company Helps Minorities Tell Their Stories It's not every day that you see Turkish-German school kids filming in the German parliament. These kids are interviewing the head of Germany's Roma community as part of a new program at a the

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From Hate Speech To Fake News: The Content Crisis Facing Mark Zuckerberg play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0003:59repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update yo

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: About two-thirds of adults get their news on social media. That's according to the Pew Research Center. During the presidential campaign, we saw how easily tech can polarize our country. But can it also help bring people together

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Book Review: 'Garden Time,' W.S. Merwin play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0001:56repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin. KELLY MCEVERS, H

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: And once again, we are broadcasting today from WHYY in Philadelphia. That is where we were when we got the terrible news of the shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh this morning. And this in a week when two people were killed in

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The Chairman of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committee says extreme partisan anger on the left and right is increasing the risk of domestic terrorism in the United States. Senator Joseph Lieberman says there are already disturbing signs. 美国参

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By Arjun Kohli Nairobi 16 July 2007 Thirty five Ethiopian opposition leaders have been given life sentences for their role in the 2005 election protests that saw scores of people killed. Arjun Kohli reports from our East Africa Bureau in Nairobi the

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By Sarah Simpson Lagos 01 June 2007 At least three foreigners have been kidnapped by gunmen and two people injured in Nigeria's southern oil city of Port Harcourt Friday. The incident comes days after new President Umaru Yar'Adua called for an end to

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By David Gollust State Department 16 November 2007 U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, beginning a critical political mission to Pakistan late Friday, held a telephone discussion with former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Negroponte is in

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Some had queued all day even if it was partly the draw of Barack Obama. This was remarkable show of unity from the city of Tucson, their way of honoring the victims. At that moment across town, the President was in the hospital where the survivors in

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Voters in Angola go to the polls Friday for the first time in 16 years. They are to cast their ballots for a new parliament in what is seen as preparations for presidential polls next year. VOA's Scott Bobb reports from Luanda. More than 8 million r

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Pakistan has offered a joint investigation into terror attacks in Mumbai, after India blamed elements in Pakistan for planning the deadly violence. From Islamabad, Ayaz Gul reports senior government officials also say they will frame a response to N

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A group of Pakistanis who watched President Barack Obama's Cairo speech to Muslims are praising the American leader for his skill as a public speaker. But after seeing the speech on television at VOA's Islamabad bureau, they say it lacked specific p

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Senator Joseph Lieberman, right, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, 11 Feb. 2010 (file photo) The Chairman of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committee says extreme partisan anger on the left and right is increasing th

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Sheng Fulai, the head of the economic research unit of the United Nations Environment Program, hailed China's ecological civilization approach for redefining the global discourse on green economy and sustainable development. Sheng says China's model

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Turkish authorities have rounded up dozens of members of the country's main pro-Kurdish party, the Kurdish Democratic Society Party, or DTP, as part of operation said to be aimed at the banned Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK. The detentions come afte

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