By Ruth Reader Washington, D.C. 21 November 2007 The traditional American holiday, Thanksgiving, originated as a day to celebrate and give thanks for the season's bountiful harvest. And for many Americans, Thanksgiving means eating roasted turkey and

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By Gary Thomas Washington 02 February 2007 A new U.S. intelligence estimate says that the chaotic situation in Iraq could deteriorate further unless the warring sectarian parties compromise. But it says that the current political climate makes such

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 24 November 2006 Palestinian factions have proposed a truce with Israel aimed at ending months of fighting in the Gaza Strip. But Israel has rejected the offer, as we hear from Robert Berger at the VOA bureau in Jerusalem.

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By Michael Coren Jakarta 25 July 2006 Destroyed fishing boats are seen after a tsunami swept past the beach in Kebumen, Central Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, July 18, 2006 Beneath the veneer of modern Indonesia, ancient beliefs are strong. Some Indonesi

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By Scott Stearns White House 22 January 2008 President Bush says he is optimistic about reaching agreement with opposition legislators on an economic stimulus package. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, the U.S. central bank has cut

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 23 May 2006 Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, center, meets with local Hamas and Fatah leaders in his office in Gaza City, Tuesday, May 9, 2006 By a 361

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By Scott Stearns White House 01 June 2006 Iraq will launch its own investigation into reports that U.S. Marines last year intentionally killed as many as 24 unarmed civilians in the town of Haditha. U

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Global stock markets are rallying on expectations that coordinated fiscal stimulus measures in Asia, Europe and America will cushion the impact of the economic slowdown. An employee of Korea Stock Exchange reacts in front of a screen showing raising

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India's government is warning of possible violent strikes by radical leftist insurgents. The alert comes as paramilitary forces conduct the most concerted effort in years to repel Maoists who control large swathes of eastern forests. Policemen take

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Palestinian women are hoping to improve their lives by using the air waves. A group of women in the West Bank this month launched one of the first all-women's radio stations in the Arab world. Halla Bazzar, an attractive woman in her 20s, begins her

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President Barack Obama scored his first major political victory with the passage of a $787-billion stimulus package, which he will sign into law this week. Although many economists now agree that a stimulus was needed to jolt the ailing economy, som

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U.S. and European researchers say the leading test used to screen for prostate cancer may do more harm than good. The new studies are re-igniting debate over the aggressive treatments associated with prostate cancer. For 20 years doctors have used t

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European Economic Crisis Persists as EU Questions Greek Commitment Thousands of Greeks, many of them prosperous and middle class until recently, crowded into the streets outside the parliament and clashed with police. Inside, parliament members adopt

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The Obama administration appears to be sending mixed signals on whether a second stimulus package will be needed to pull the U.S. economy out of a deep and prolonged recession. Democrats and Republicans are expressing dissatisfaction with the impact

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By Stephanie Ho Washington 07 June 2006 U.S. officials, lawmakers and experts on nuclear proliferation are pushing for more answers in the case of a global nuclear black market, run by AQ Khan, who us

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 18 May 2006 Senior Israeli and Palestinian officials could hold informal talks in the next few days at an economic summit in Egypt. If the talks go forward, it will be the firs

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By Scott Stearns White House 02 March 2007 U.S. President George Bush wants a bipartisan commission to investigate the quality of health care for America's military veterans following a series of newspaper stories describing poor conditions at a Was

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Israeli police have questioned Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for a fourth time in a corruption scandal. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Investigators presented documents to Mr. Olmert allegedly showing that as a public official,

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By Doug Levine Washington 11 March 2006 The gold connoisseur has seen it all: white gold, green gold, black gold, even fool's gold. But, there's another kind of gold out there,

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By Leta Hong Fincher Washington, DC 01 February 2007 watch Iran Karbala report U.S. media reports [New York Times, CNN] say the United States is investigating possible Iranian involvement in a recent attack that killed five American soldiers in Iraq

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