SCOTT SIMON, HOST: According to scout law, Boy Scouts must be trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly. But do they really have to be boys? A teenager in New York City wants the Boy Scouts to grant official membership to girls, including herself. Yasmee

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Protesters in New York City hold posters to express their opinions about the proposed Islamic Center to be built near the site of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, 22 Aug 2010 Opponents of the proposed Islamic center near the site of the 2001 te

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Louis Khan Helped Define Modern Architecture Written by Dana Demange VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Barbara Klein with the VOA Special English program, People in America. Today, we tell about Louis Kahn. He is considered one of the most

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 26 October 2006 watch Nuclear Terrorism Nuclear materials have a wide range of characteristics. Enriched uranium or plutonium have awesome explosive potential. Cesium emits deadly radiation, while isotopes of some ra

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A Pakistani court has upheld the detention of nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan and barred him from ever speaking about nuclear proliferation. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that government lawyers say the ruling silencing the confess

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Pakistani security forces say they have made significant gains in their ongoing offensive in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan. The two-month military operation in the Bajaur area, they say, has killed more than 1,500 militants while 73 soldiers

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By Fid Thompson Dakar 22 September 2009 The human rights group Amnesty International says the maternal health situation in Sierra Leone amounts to a human rights abuse. The small West African nation has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in

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A U.S. congressional committee has approved legislation that would provide Pakistan with billions of dollars in economic aid over the next five years. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, lawmakers on the House of Representatives Foreign Af

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Bhutan Celebrates Surprise 'Historic' Royal Wedding Announcement The world's youngest monarch, in one of the world's most remote and enchanting kingdoms, has surprised his country by announcing wedding plans. All of Bhutan is abuzz with talk of the c

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Former PM Nawaz Sharif Set to Lead Pakistan Once Again After a late night of celebrating Pakistans national election results, which showed former prime minister and businessman Nawaz Sharif as the big winner, Pakistanis woke up in the capital Islamab

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Pakistan Voters Head to Polls in Landmark Elections The nationwide poll for a new national assembly and government leadership follows the bloodiest election campaign in Pakistans history. For weeks, militants and extremists bombed, shot at, killed, k

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American Muslims Fight Negative Stereotype of Islam CHINO, CALIFORNIA As the Muslim holy month of Ramadan draws to a close later this week, one community east of Los Angeles is trying to reach out to non-Muslims and show them what international news

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: We first heard from a Brooklyn youngster named Q Daily a couple of years ago when he was just finishing third grade. That was his first full school year identifying as a boy. Q is transgender. At the time, he described his feeling

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At A New Jersey Mosque, People Of Different Faiths Welcome Syrians SCOTT SIMON, HOST: We're going to hear now about Americans offering to help resettle Syrian refugees. The U.S. has increased the number of refugees coming here. Some, especially in th

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Many developing countries are closely watching the role escalating food prices is playing in the turmoil in North Africa. 很多粮价不断上涨的其他发展中国家都在密切关注埃及局势,并考虑对策。 Government repression, corru

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 17 July 2006 Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran, left, shakes hand with Pakistani counterpart Riaz Mohammed Khan before talks in New Delhi, Jan. 17, 2006 Pakistan says it does not allow its territory to be used for terro

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By Meredith Buel Washington 15 May 2007 A Pakistani terrorism suspect being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has denied any connection to al-Qaida and says he was tortured while in prison. The comments from Majid Khan were contained in a transcript relea

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By Tom Rivers London 14 February 2008 In a Landmark decision, a three judge Court of Appeal panel, headed by the country's most senior judge, overturned Wednesday the convictions of five young British Muslim men who were jailed last July for having o

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Pakistani security forces say they have made significant gains in their ongoing offensive in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan. The two-month military operation in the Bajaur area, they say, has killed more than 1,500 militants while 73 soldiers

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DNA Wrath of Khan 成吉思汗疯狂的基因 Today, Afghanistan is a war-torn region, battled over by military forces and world-spanning empire s . Eight hundred years ago things were much the same. Only then, there was only one ruler: Genghis Khan.

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