IN THE NEWS - Putin Calls for Changes in Russia's Political System By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Saturday, September 18, 2004 This is Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. This week, Russi

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IN THE NEWS - Millions More Movement Aims to Help Minorities and the Poor By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Saturday, October 22, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Last Saturday,

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IN THE NEWS -January 12, 2002: International Monetary Fund By Caty Weaver This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, In the News. A team from the International Monetary Fund completed a

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Evolution and Intelligent Design By Jill Moss Broadcast: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Sarah Long. VOICE TWO

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IN THE NEWS – March 2, 2002: International Women’s Day By Caty Weaver This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Program IN THE NEWS. Next Saturday is International Women’s Day. The United

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IN THE NEWS - Wolfowitz and the World Bank By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Saturday, March 19, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Bush this week nominated Paul Wolfow

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1. Shoppers have returned to the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Nebraska. It re-opened this morning, three days after a shooting rampage. The Von Maur department store where six employees and two customers were killed remains closed. 2. Former Vice Presid

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Senator Larry Craig is back to fight in court. He is asking the Minnesota Court of Appeals to withdraw his guilty plea in connection with an arrest in a sex sting. The county judge refused to do so. The Idaho Republican pleaded guilty to disorderly c

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1.An L. A. county fire official says they've found three bodies from Friday night's massive accident on the I-5 Interstate. A man and a child were found in the cab of a produce truck. California transportation officials say the earliest the highway w

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US officials in Iraq say violence is down since this summer's troop buildup . Now they want to know what role, if any, Iran played in the downturn . Nearly 30,000 more US troops have filed into Iraq since June. Officials say that surge has led to a 5

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1. An armed man involved in an overnight standoff with police outside the Showboat Casino in Atlantic City has surrendered peacefully. Police were called after security reported a man on a shuttle bus with a gun. Three people were briefly held hostag

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New violence shook Pakistan today, police using ** and tear gas class to about 200 supportors of the opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. Thousands were arrested.Bhutto meanwhile was detente at home for authority was stationed outside. President Bush is

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1. A hearing began in Las Vegas to determine if there is enough evidence for O. J. Simpson to stand trial on charges of kidnapping, armed robbery and assault. A witness says Simpson burst into the room, demanding sports collectible s. The witness say

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1. Some Democrats objected, but the Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the nomination of President Bush's choice for Attorney General Michael Mukasey. Those who voted NO say they did so because Mukasey had refused to call the interrogation pract

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1. The head of private security firm Blackwater USA says his staff acted appropriately in Iraq protecting State Department employees. But after a shoot-out last month that killed 11 Iraqis, lawmakers wonder if the government is relying too much on pr

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Wall Street shot higher Monday,sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 14,000 for the first time in two and a half months.The blue chip index rose by some 200 points as it surged to a new high at the start of the fourth quarter. A University o

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Also: Reduction in snow hurts Switzerland's winter-sports industry. Transcript of radio broadcast: 07 July 2008 VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. Hot weather has returne

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1.New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is giving late-night comedians plenty of material, but in political circles no one is laughing. The State Assembly leader says if Spitzer doesn't resign over a call-girl scandal, he is ready to call for an impeachme

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1. A two-minute standing ovation marked the end for Eliot Spitzer and the beginning for David Paterson as New York's governor. Paterson has been sworn in as the state's first black governor after Spitzer left the post amid a prostitution scandal. Th

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1. Miami's Little Havana has offered only a muted response to the news that Fidel Castro would resign as Cuban President. Many in the Cuban exile community expect little will change as Castro's younger brother Raul formally takes the rein. 2. Despit

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