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President Obama is notifying Congress he plans to remove Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. NPRs Mara Liasson reports the move comes just days after Obamas meeting with his Cuban counterpart. The State Department made the recomme
A citizen uses her cellphone to scan the QR code on a mobike in Beijing. [Photo: China Daily] Issues connected to innovation are being actively discussed by lawmakers at the annual political sessions here in Beijing, with observers suggesting the Chi
Foldable white canes help the visually impaired navigate their surroundings, but the guide stick's tactile (preceptible by touch or apparently so) nature offers only so much information. The cane's user must manually find and avoid obstructions, but
By Steve Herman Bhopal, India 08 January 2008 Dow Chemical, the world's second-largest chemical manufacturer, is facing difficulties trying to expand in India. The company is haunted by the 1984 leak of methyl isocyanate, one of the most lethal chemi
By David Byrd Osaka, Japan 28 August 2007 Russian athletes will be in the spotlight, Tuesday, at the World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan. As VOA's David Byrd reports, world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia hopes to capture another
Beachgoers carry a surf-ski past a polling station on Queenscliff Beach in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010. Australians go to the polls Saturday to vote in the federal election. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) The polls are open and Australian vot
Work crews have started paving Southern Sudan's first highway, which will connect the new nation to the international community. This highway brings the south one step closer to full independence. A military band welcomed Southern Sudan's president,
By Ish Mafundikwa Harare 31 October 2009 The Southern African Development Community (SADC) delegation that was in Zimbabwe to consult with members of the national unity government will recommend the convening of an extraordinary summit soon. The vis
Uber应用给聋人提供收入机会 NAIROBI, KENYA The taxi-like online company Uber has begun a first-of-its-kind African pilot project where deaf drivers in Nairobi use its app. Driver Benard Mulama intently goes through his phone. For the past w
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Cleanup is well underway in Florida and Texas and other places hard hit by the recent hurricanes. But long after the debris is cleared, there will still be mental health hurdles for the survivors, especially for those who are still
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Palestinian officials say an Israeli strike in a busy market in Gaza has killed at least 17 people and wounded 160. Earlier the UN accused Israel of shelling another UN-run school housing refugees in Gaza. Sixteen people were killed and dozens of oth
By Sonja Pace Southern Lebanon 30 September 2009 Two states side by side, two homelands for two peoples - those are the broadly accepted tenets for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a cornerstone for peace in the Middle East. Many hurdl
By Scott Bobb Nairobi 12 February 2008 The chief mediator in the Kenya reconciliation talks, Kofi Annan, has briefed the Kenyan parliament on the negotiations. VOA's Scott Bobb reports from Nairobi that the former U.N. secretary-general placed a medi
By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 29 February 2008 The international community is welcoming a deal between Nepal's government and ethnic Madheshi protesters, after more than two weeks of crippling strikes. The deal means an end to protests that shut down mo
Muslim Artists Perform to Break Stereotypes 穆斯林艺术家的表演打破成见 LOS ANGELES For decades, Arab actors have been successful in Hollywood. Among the most successful are Omar Sharif, Tony Shalhoub, and F. Murray Abraham; the latter wo
On the eve of the International AIDS Conference, which begins in Mexico City Sunday, researchers at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston claim to have discovered a way to destroy the HIV virus that causes AIDS. If their hopes are confir
By Anita Elash Paris 10 July 2007 French President Nicolas Sarkozy is in Tunisia on his first trip outside Europe since his election. Sarkozy met with Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. One of his
今天我们要学的词是defending champion。 The defending champion, 是指卫冕冠军。 The defending Olympic champion Liu Xiang pulled out of the 110-meter hurdles Monday, 110米跨栏上届奥运会卫冕冠军刘祥星期一退出了比赛。
Mr. Zhang is a farmer living in northeast Beijing's Pinggu District. Farming in the past was mostly weather-dependent. After harvest, the only thing I could do was just wait for buyers. Sometimes I grew too much, and the vegetables rotted in the fiel