STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: One of this country's most prolific playwrights has died. Sam Shepard, who portrayed the frayed ends of the American experience - rugged characters, toxic relationships. He wrote more than 40 plays, among them True West and Burie

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Even fearsome wasps high in treetops, are no match for the implacable ants. They watch helplessly as their own larvae are stripped from their honeycomb cribs. Now, the porters take up their burdens, they carry the movable feast back to the unquenchab

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by Jason Marshall Would you believe its possible to send someone a secret message secured with absolutely unbreakable encryption using only a bit of simple arithmetic? Well, it isthe solution is surprisingly simple and was used by British, German, an

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 31 March 2007 Parliamentary elections are under way in the western African nation of Benin. The vote was to take place last week but was delayed until Saturday, because of problems getting electoral equipment and ballots to polli

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The nursery lies at the heart of a twitching, thriving structure, built almost entirely of the aunts of themselves. Long legs stuck together with tussle cores. They are the scaffolding, bricks, and mortar of the nests. But theyve been in one place fo

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Dmitry Medvedev is the third and current President of Russia. He took office in May 2008 after winning the presidential election with 70% of the vote. He was formerly Deputy Prime Minister and Vladimir Putins chief of staff and right-hand man. Medved

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By Steve Herman Tokyo 13 June 2006 Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Leaders of Japan's political opposition are demanding Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi fire a central bank governor who owns shares in a fund run by a shareholder activist who has b

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 27 March 2006 The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says there is still time to prevent the growing food shortages in Eastern Africa and the Horn

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By Melinda Smith Washington 09 August 2007 The World Health Organization says a mother's milk is the perfect food for a newborn baby. But worldwide statistics show that breastfeeding is frequently abandoned right after birth. VOA's Melinda Smith ha

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Authors of ''Disrupting Class'' say computer-based learning makes it easier to individualize lessons. First of two parts. Transcript of radio broadcast 18 June 2008 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Computers have been used in teachi

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AS IT IS 2013-06-11 Street Children in Ethiopia Need Shelter Not Getting It From VOA Learning English, welcome to AS IT IS! Hello, Im Steve Ember. Today on our program, we learn that life is not so sweet for sugar farmers in Nigeria, and of the need

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By Andre de Nesnera Washington 23 April 2007 Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin has died in Moscow at the age of 76. In this report from Washington, Senior Correspondent Andr de Nesnera looks at the Russian leader's legacy. Russian President Bori

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By Zulima Palacio Washington, DC 19 December 2006 watch US Energy Security report A group of leading U.S. businessmen and former top military commanders has called on the White House and Congress to reduce America's dependence on oil from overseas,

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By Carolyn Weaver Washington, DC 20 October 2006 The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross says the group has concerns about a new American law for the treatment and trials of detainees in the war on terror. Despite noting some positi

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 24 May 2007 The head of the Red Cross says worsening conflict in some of the world's most difficult trouble spots present the organization with ever more complex humanitarian challenges. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from ICRC h

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By Sonja Pace London 22 June 2007 British Prime Minister Tony Blair steps down June 27th after a decade in power during which he re-energized his Labor Party, embarked on an interventionist foreign policy and forged ever-closer ties with the United S

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By Deborah Block Washington, DC 08 December 2006 watch Bush Blair Iraq report President Bush, right, and British Prime Minister Tony Blair take part in a joint press availability, Thursday, 7 Dec. 2006, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in

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By Larry London Washington 14 May 2007 Our music is a direct reflection of where I am, begins Shaddix. That's why all our records sound different. It's cool, because I've met a lot of people on the road who say, 'Your music has saved my life', or 'I

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By Meghan McQuighan Washington, DC 05 June 2006 watch The Fray report The up and coming U.S. pop-rock group,

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今天我们要学的词是divided。 Divided, 存在分歧的。New Yorkers are evenly divided over whether the five alleged 9/11 plotters should be tried in Manhattan, 策划九一一恐怖袭击的五个嫌疑人是否应该在曼哈顿受审?对此

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