This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. American government lawyers this week brought criminal charges against a young Somali man in connection with a ship hijacking earlier this month. They say Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse is the only survivor of a

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 28 February 2007 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in Sudan for two days of meetings with his Sudanese counterpart and other officials. The talks are expected to cover the situation in Darfur, Iran's controversial nuc

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A Harvard commencement is a special occasion.How could anyone not have been thrilled by this morning's assembly?25,000people packed in the Harvard yard to celebrate one of the great occasions of life.I loved it all,and I love this great gathering a

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Shasha the Siberian tiger and her 5 cubs are expected to start playing host to visitors at the Longsha Zooligical and Botanical Gardens in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province later this month. The 6-week old cubs, including 2 females and 3 males, are the

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Charles Schulz wrote the popular comic stripPeanuts for fifty years Written by Jerilyn Watson (THEME) VOICE ONE: Im Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Charles M. Schulz who

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With His Saxophone, Charlie Parker Took Jazz in a New DirectionWritten by Vivian Bournazian (THEME) VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, People in America. Today, we tell about one of A

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VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, People in America. Today, we tell about one of America's greatest jazz musicians, Charlie Parker. He influenced the direction of jazz music during

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By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 28 February 2007 watch Sean Maroney report Share prices in the Asia-Pacific region closed sharply lower following heavy selling in China and the United States. Government officials tried to calm the market, saying their econ

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 23 August 2006 A previously unknown Palestinian militant group claimed Wednesday to be holding two journalists working for the FOX television network, which is headquartered in the United States. The two men who were abducted

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By Noel King Khartoum 30 August 2006 A government-sponsored demonstration in Khartoum has protested international attempts to coax Sudan into accepting a U.N. mission in Darfur. The demonstration followed a visit this week by Assistant Secretary of

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By David Gollust State Department 22 May 2007 Haleh Esfandiari, Director of the Middle East program at the Woodrow Wilson Center The U.S. State Department said Tuesday charges from Tehran that an Iranian-American academic has sought to topple Iran's

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By Siri Nyrop Nangahar Province, Afghanistan 27 May 2008 Afghanistan supplies virtually all of the world's illegal opium. Last year, the country's drug trade was a$4-billionbusiness, half of which alone was produced in the south where the fighting ag

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Afghan policemen man at a police check point following an attack by militants in Ghazni, Afghanistan, 15 June 2010 The Pentagon says reports of violence, corruption, poor quality local security forces and slower progress than expected in southern Afg

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Egyptian Women Reject Blame for Upsurge in Sexual Harrassment Post-revolution, the number of women reporting sexual harassment and violence has skyrocketed. So, too, it appears, has the tendency to blame women for the assaults against them. Psycholog

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From the moment Spaniards -- or was it Vikings? -- first dropped anchor and encountered the natives whom the Spanish called Indians (because they thought they had landed in India), the land now known as America has been a multicultural place. And of

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Akane: Hey, Ruth. Ruth: Hi, Akane Akane: So we've been talking about your family a little bit. Um, I'd like to know a little bit more about the specific people in your family. Ruth: Sure Akane: So who is the funniest person in your family? Ruth: The

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GUY RAZ, HOST: It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Guy Raz. And not too long ago, painter and sculptor Titus Kaphar was visiting the Natural History Museum in New York with his kids. TITUS KAPHAR: That's right - two kids, two boys. RAZ: And how old

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I went to the drugstore down the street to fill a prescription at the pharmacy . I have had some problems with my arm and the doctor prescribed for me a new medication . I waited in line and when it was my turn, I handed the prescription to the pharm

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Hampered by language barrier, seafood industry workers face uncertain future Anna Boiko-Weyrauch | Bayou La Batre, Alabama 04 June 2010 Von Wesson (middle, in blue cap) and her fellow workers are paid by the pound of crab meat they clean from the she

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By Steve Herman New Delhi 11 April 2007 Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is one of 56 political leaders in Bangladesh now facing charges for the deaths of several people during political street campaigns last year. The move is the latest by author

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