A folk culture is a small isolated, cohesive, conservative, nearly self-sufficient group that is homogeneous in custom and race with a strong family or clan structure and highly developed rituals. Order is maintained through sanctions based in the r

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Twenty five years ago British forces secured a great victory in a noble cause. The whole nation rejoiced at the success; and we should still rejoice. Aggression was defeated and reversed. The wishes of local people were upheld as paramount. Britain'

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The top envoys of two of the United Nations Security Council permanent members are the latest diplomats to apply pressure on Sri Lanka, amid fears of a humanitarian crisis as a 25-year civil war on the island appears near its end. The British and Fr

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Mosquitoes spread malaria that kills an estimated 429,000 people every year. Many of them are children, so this new method of killing mosquito populations has sparked a huge interest. Scientists from Imperial College London managed to eliminate a pop

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Liberia Burials Key in Ebola Fight 利比里亚进入消灭埃博拉战斗关键期 The World Health Organization is set to declare Liberia Ebola free. It will make that declaration on May 9th if no new cases are reported. In a sign of how the situat

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Located in Hunan Province, Dongting Lake, the second largest freshwater lake in China, has witnessed an increasing number of migratory birds in recent winters. Local authorities have attributed the phenomenon to remarkable improvements in the lake's

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 27 March 2008 Costume designer Bob Mackie is known as the Sultan of Sequins, and some of the biggest names in Hollywood have worn his flamboyant creations. Mike O'Sullivan paid a visit to Mackie's Los Angeles studio to

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By Naomi Schwarz Bo, Sierra Leone 22 October 2007 As Sierra Leone's recently elected president, Ernest Koroma, begins governing, many observers are watching to see how he will tackle corruption. Some say corruption is the reason the country's huge di

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By Jeffrey Young Washington 04 April 2008 It is human nature for people to associate with and support others like themselves -- based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender and other factors. In this segment of How America Elects, VOA's Jeffrey Young e

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By Tom Rivers London 01 March 2008 With his deployment in Afghanistan no longer secret, Prince Harry, 23, has flown back to Britain. The third in line to the throne was greeted at Brize Norton air base by his father Prince Charles and older brother P

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By Nico Colombant Fetteh, Ghana 17 March 2006 While more and more African football players are making an impact at the top level in Europe, European clubs have started opening up new academies in Afri

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By Ernest Leong Washington, DC 01 September 2006 watch Hollywood Movie Stars There's an old show business saying, There's no such thing as bad publicity. But some A list, or top tier, Hollywood movie stars have been getting a lot of negative press l

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By Paula Wolfson White House 20 September 2007 President Bush says he still believes diplomacy is the best way to deal with Iran's nuclear ambitions. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports Mr. Bush also makes clear he supports plans to prevent Iran's president

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By Selah Hennessy Freetown 10 August 2007 Opposition candidates for the upcoming legislative elections in Sierra Leone say the country's traditional rulers, many of whom have openly declared themselves in favor of the ruling party, have used their in

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 21 February 2006 Oil installations belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company in Odidi Niger Delta Nigeria's largest workers union, the Nigeria Labor Congress, has appe

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The European Union and Russia have reached an agreement on trade issues that paves the way for Moscow's entry into the World Trade Organization as early as next year. The deal opening the way for Russia's membership to the World Trade Organizations w

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By Michael Bowman Washington 23 April 2008 Since the beginning of the decade, gasoline prices in the United States have roughly tripled, while the global price of a barrel of oil has risen even more. The trend has inflicted pain on consumers and petr

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By Kane Farabaugh New York City 10 August 2006 watch Oliver Stone's Movie Oliver Stone's movie World Trade Center opens in the United States this week. It's the second movie from Hollywood this year to document the events on September 11, 2001. The

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By Michael Bowman Washington 10 February 2008 President Bush says he does not envision permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq, but does want the United States to maintain a troop presence long enough to guarantee that democracy takes hold in the count

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By Scott Stearns White House 14 September 2007 A long awaited report to Congress by President Bush says Iraq's government has made little progress in meeting political and military goals over the last few months. The release of the report comes just

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