By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 22 May 2006 The name Zamboni is well known to fans of hockey and ice skating. The Zamboni resurfacing machine makes an appearance on ice rinks between the periods of a h

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If you're going to come up with a practical solution to any problem, Paul Polak observes, you have to first talk to the people who have the problem and listen to what they have to say. So that's what I did. Paul Polak is dedicated to developing prac

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By Chris Simkins Washington 21 May 2008 Gun violence is on the rise in Washington. Since the first of the year, dozens of people have been murdered and wounded in a rash of shootings. With a population of over half a million people, the nation's cap

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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says Kenya has agreed to help launch a new strategy for combatting piracy off the coast of Somalia. The proposal calls for police from the Horn of Africa to deploy on international warships to arrest Soma

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 18 April 2007 Interpol and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime are placing new emphasis on combating financial crime, including money laundering and corruption. Ron Corben reports from Bangkok that also officials say th

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By Jessica Berman Washington 12 April 2006 An international team of anthropologists has discovered fossils in eastern Ethiopia that they say may be a missing link between our earliest and more modern

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By Jim Malone Washington 12 June 2008 A new public opinion poll shows Democrat Barack Obama leading Republican John McCain in the race for the White House by a margin of 47 to 41 percent. The Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll was conducted as the ge

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By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 02 August 2007 U.S. scientists say clouds of man-made haze that blanket southern and eastern Asia are helping accelerate the melting of the Himalayan glaciers. VOA's Heda Bayron reports from our Asia News Center in Hong Kong

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By Meredith Buel Washington 08 May 2007 A U.S. military commander in Afghanistan has apologized for American Marines that killed and wounded innocent Afghan civilians following a suicide bombing earlier this year. VOA Correspondent Meredith Buel has

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By Steve Herman New Delhi 06 February 2008 The United Nations' point man on climate change policy is in New Delhi where he is hoping to get India to clarify what it will do to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Steve Herman reports from New Delhi. The

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By Challiss McDonough Cairo, Egypt 06 November 2007 An Egyptian court sentenced two police officers Monday to three years in prison for torturing a detainee. The police had videotaped the attack in order to further humiliate the victim, but that reco

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