By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 17 January 2007 watch Citrus Crop Problem report California's Department of Food and Agriculture says the deep freeze that has already destroyed much of the state's citrus crop could go down as one of the worst in recent

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By Mil Arcega Washington 12 September 2007 The U.S. stock market held onto gains Tuesday (September 11th). The New York composite index rose 139 points and the Dow Jones gained 180 points, buoyed in part by a narrowing U.S. trade deficit and renewed

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. American officials say they will publish results on May fourth from a special examination of banks. The purpose was to see if the country's nineteen largest banks could survive losses in the event th

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AS IT IS 2013-05-24 New Study Predicts Huge Species Loss from Climate Change From VOA Learning English, this is At It Is. Welcome! Im Caty Weaver. This week, American scientists said carbon dioxide in Earths atmosphere had risen to its highest level

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By Alex Villareal Washington 25 September 2007 As members of the United Auto Workers at General Motors continue on strike for second day Tuesday, industry analysts say the company could lose billions of dollars. VOA's Alex Villarreal reports from Was

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 15 June 2006 Boy with open wound on his forehead waits to be attended to by doctors in Balakot The United Nations is launching a global campaign to protect children from dying and being injured in natural disasters. The U.N. D

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By Greg Flakus Council Bluffs, Iowa 20 June 2008 Surging water is moving down the Mississippi river devastating towns and farmland along the way. The river has topped close to a dozen levees flooding towns in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri and resident

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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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Republicans face the prospect of significant losses in the House of Representatives during next month U.S. election. Most analysts see Republicans losing at least 20 House seats, but some predictions put potential losses at 30 or more in the 435-sea

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Most Gulf stock exchanges traded lower again, but with smaller losses than in previous sessions. Financial difficulties by the United Arab Emirates second-largest bank are causing a ripple effect in various countries, including Kuwait, as Edward Yer

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Let's talk midterm elections now. The enthusiasm of Democrats is a major force shaping this year's crop of candidates. Among the results of a newly energized Democratic Party, far more women are running and expected to run in thi

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: All this month, in a series called Total Failure, we're learning about how setbacks shape our lives. Today, George Foreman, former heavyweight boxing champion. In 1974, Foreman suffered one of the greatest upsets in sports history,

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NOEL KING, HOST: People who are living with Alzheimer's disease need caregivers. And often, that job falls to a family member or a close friend. It is a difficult role. And now some caregivers are getting some extra support. Blake Farmer reports from

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By Tom Rivers London 04 May 2007 Britain's ruling Labor Party has suffered local election losses in England and Wales and a swing to the pro-independence Scottish National Party in Scotland. Prime Minister Tony Blair is widely seen as the reason behi

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Hopes were dashed Tuesday as European stocks were flat following Monday's heavy losses on Wall Street. The losses in the U.S. Monday that pushed the Dow index below the 7,000 level for the first time in a dozen years spilled over Tuesday onto the ov

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By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 04 January 2007 watch Blizzard Impact Blizzard impact: digging out of the snow It could take weeks to restore power in parts of the United States Midwest hit hard by back-to-back snowstorms. Many roads remain impassable

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By Scott Bobb Kisumu, Kenya 26 February 2008 The violence that swept across Kenya following December's disputed elections severely affected the Kenyan economy, wiping out hundreds of businesses and hundreds of thousands of jobs. Kenya's third largest

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By Tom Rivers London 05 May 2007 In Britain, results from local elections Thursday show that Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour Party has suffered big losses, especially in Scotland. Tom Rivers reports from London that with Mr. Blair likely to leave

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By Mil Arcega Washington, D.C. 06 February 2007 watch Car Forecast report The financial slide continues for U.S. automakers. Detroit's Big Three -- General Motors, the Ford Motor Company and DaimlerChrysler -- posted big losses in 2006 while Asian c

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 13 December 2006 Chad's army says it has annihilated rebels following major fighting in the east, but rebels deny the claim. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from VOA's regional bureau in Dakar. Chadian troops deployed after figh

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