THIS IS AMERICA - Plain Language Activists Seek Clarity in Official Writings CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Christopher Cruise. JUNE SIMMS: And Im June Simms. This week on our program, we learn about the int

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By Nico Colombant Kinshasa 31 July 2006 Election officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo are working around the clock to prepare results from most polling centers in the country's first election in more than 40 years. Voting is continuing in o

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By Paula Wolfson Washington 23 July 2006 President Bush steps off Marine One as he leaves Waco after spending the weekend at his ranch in Texas President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice are meeting with Saudi officials to discuss ways t

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By Michael Bowman Washington 21 February 2007 The Bush administration is defending the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba, despite the transfer of executive power on the island from ailing president Fidel Castro to his brother, Raul. VOA's Michael Bowman

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 23 June 2006 U.S. officials say a program to track, potentially, tens-of-thousands of financial transactions is an important part of anti-terrorist efforts carried out since the September 11, 2001, al-Qaida attacks in th

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 20 October 2006 The top United Nations official handling avian flu says Asia has shown significant progress in preparing to fight the spread of the virus. But the official warns that more help is needed to support Indonesia, wh

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 21 April 2006 The European Union's foreign policy chief has urged Indonesia to speed the passage of an overdue law for governing the province of Aceh, in accordance wit

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By David Gollust State Department 03 July 2007 The United States said Tuesday said it does not oppose the early shipment of energy aid to North Korea before it shuts down its nuclear reactor complex at Yongbyon. North Korea is due to get 50,000 tons

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 02 February 2006 The U.S. National Director of Intelligence says the al-Qaida terrorist network remains the top concern of the intelligence community, followed closely by

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By Michael Bowman Caracas 30 November 2006 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at reelection campaign rally 26 Nov 2006 Days before Venezuelans cast ballots in Sunday's presidential election, officials are attempting to reassure the public that voting

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 20 October 2006 A senior U.S. diplomat says Somalia must not further become a safe haven for terrorists. The president of Somalia's interim government alleges that radicals inside the Islamic courts movement that controls much

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By Michael Bowman Washington 30 October 2006 The Bush administration says efforts to secure the U.S. border with Mexico are reducing the flow of illegal aliens into the country. The announcement follows President Bush's signing of a bill authorizing

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 18 September 2006 Investigations have been launched into Sunday's military plane crash in central Nigeria. At least 12 out of the 17 on board are feared dead. --- The wreckage of the Nigerian air force Dornier 228 aircraft

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By David Gollust Washington 16 August 2006 Iranian FM Manouchehr Mottaki, speaks with media during a press conference, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, August 16, 2006 The United States Wednesday brushed aside a comment by Iran's foreign minister that Te

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By Scott Bobb Bangkok 01 April 2006 Election worker walks past rows of ballot boxes, Friday Election officials in Thailand say they are ready for Sunday's snap elections, which Prime Minster Thaksin S

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By Greg Flakus Houston 27 January 2006 An incident on the U.S. border with Mexico Monday, in which Mexican troops allegedly entered U.S. territory in the state of Texas to protect an illicit drug ship

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By Bill Rodgers Washington, DC 17 February 2006 watch US Prisoner report U.S. officials have dismissed a United Nations human rights report calling on the United States to either bring to trial or rel

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 06 June 2007 U.S. health and government officials are pledging to tighten procedures in the wake of an incident in which a man infected with a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis was able to travel out of the United State

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The World Bank's chief economist, Justin Yifu Lin, on Monday repeated his call for coordinated global stimulus to get the global economy out of deep recession. World Bank's chief economist, Justin Yifu Lin, 28 Jan 2009 Lin told an audience at Washin

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By Stephanie Ho Beijing 14 October 2009 A senior American official says the United States and China share what he describes as tight and close coordination about North Korea. An international flurry of activity has surrounded North Korea, which Mond

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