By Alan Silverman Hollywood 18 June 2006 A popular musical variety show on public radio in the United States is the inspiration for a gently funny new film directed by Robert Altman and written by the creator of the radio show, Garrison Keillor. ---

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By Crystal Park Las Vegas, Nevada 03 January 2006 watch Las vegas report Las Vegas, in the western state of Nevada, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in America and the world. It attract

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By Michael Bowman Washington 07 March 2006 view Global Population report By 2050, world population is projected to reach nine billion people. That would constitute a 38 percent jump from today's popul

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By David Byrd Washington 02 February 2006 Daron Rahlves He is a three-time medalist at the World Alpine Ski championships. He has beaten the vaunted Austrians on their own course at Kitzbuehel, but Ol

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By Katherine Cole Washington 26 June 2007 Alison Krauss began studying classical violin when she was five years old. By eight, she had discovered the sound of bluegrass, and soon was winning fiddle contests across the United States. Alison released h

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By Lisa Bryant Berlin 12 January 2006 Six decades after the Holocaust, Germany's Jewish population is soaring, thanks, largely, to a flood of new Jewish immigrants from former Communist countries. Ind

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By Peta Thornycroft Harare 19 December 2006 In a year when Zimbabwe's economy continued to plummet and its death rate continued to soar, there was one piece of good news: the rate of infection of HIV/AIDS has dropped significantly. Peta Thornycroft

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By Bill Rodgers Washington, DC 27 October 2006 watch Iraq US Casualties The number of American troops killed in Iraq this month continues to rise, reaching the highest monthly total in a year. U.S. military authorities say the most recent casualties

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By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 30 August 2006 watch Microhome report The latest government reports indicate the U.S. housing market is cooling off. But builders say there's a mini-boom going on for a different kind of house. VOA's Mil Arcega reports o

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 27 June 2007 The United Nations warns that a doubling of urban populations in Africa and Asia by 2030 will have harmful consequences if governments do not prepare now for the coming growth. In this year's State of World Populat

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By Al Pessin Baghdad 26 April 2006 The top U.S. military general in Iraq says his intention to recommend a significant reduction in U.S. troop levels in the country later this year is basically on tra

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 22 January 2007 One of the top leaders of the Somali Islamist movement is reportedly in U.S. and Kenyan custody in Nairobi, three weeks after Somali government and Ethiopian troops ousted the Islamic Courts Union from power. VOA

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By Suzanne Presto Irbil 17 June 2008 Iraqi government forces are preparing for the next phase of a planned crackdown on militants and outlaws in the capital of southeastern Iraq's Maysan province. VOA's Suzanne Presto reports from the northern city

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Public Hearings on Popular Pesticide Spotlight Safety Concerns Every year, U.S. farmers apply more than 35 million kilograms of the pesticide atrazine on their fields of corn, sugarcane, sorghum and other crops. But a growing body of scientific evide

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President Barack Obama addresses the U.S. Congress and the nation in a few hours, and faces huge expectations regarding the U.S. economic crisis. Democratic and Republican lawmakers made remarks ahead of the president's speech to a joint session of

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By Bill Rodgers Washington 12 April 2007 Watch Iraq Prospects Few foreign companies, aside from those dealing directly with the military, are contemplating business in Iraq until the security situation improves. Yet despite the violence, U.S. offici

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 15 November 2006 The top U.S. commander in the Middle East says now is not the time for a significant increase or decrease in U.S. combat units in Iraq. But the general says there may be an increase in the number of U.S. traine

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 01 February 2007 Burundi has agreed to offer troops for the African Union peacekeeping initiative in Somalia. Meanwhile, Uganda's parliament is brushing aside attempts by the ruling party to push through a motion to send Uga

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 12 October 2006 A high-ranking member of the Islamist group that controls Somalia's capital, says it is not planning an attack on neighboring Ethiopia. Fears of such an attack were raised when a leader of the Islamist group dec

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 12 December 2006 U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged the U.N. Human Rights Council to take action to protect the people in Sudan's conflict-ridden province of Darfur and to investigate abuses committed against them. An

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