This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, President Obama signed an expansion of federal law on hate crimes. Such laws provide more investigative resources or longer sentences, or both, for crimes driven by prejudice. Until now, federal

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By Malcolm Webb Nairobi 31 August 2007 The ODM-Kenya opposition party Friday chose Kalonzo Musyoka as their presidential candidate to run in the forthcoming general election in Kenya. His former ally, Raila Odinga, is expected to be running against h

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 29 May 2007 Fear is spreading in cities and villages throughout Kenya, following a series of horrific murders committed by the followers of a banned sect called the Mungiki. With presidential elections scheduled for December, lo

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Oprah Winfrey is internationally famous for hosting the most popular talk show on American television. Millions of TV viewers tune in worldwide every day to watch her. She has become a household name and is now one of the richest women in the world.

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Florida is to get more than 75,000 hectares of land to help restore famous wetlands. Transcript of radio broadcast: 21 July 2008 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. U.S. Sugar is based in Clewiston, Florida. The company plans to sell

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Economics Report - Greek Protests Intensify, But So Is Pressure on Europes Banks 经济报道 - 希腊示威活动加剧,欧洲银行压力也剧增 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。

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By Aya Batrawy Cairo 21 March 2008 In a weekend-long celebration, Egyptians acknowledge the Prophet Muhammad's birthday late Thursday with prayer and gatherings in celebrations similar to those taking place in other parts of the Muslim world. Aya Bat

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A senior U.N. health official warns that governments must better prepare themselves to fight an influenza pandemic should one break out. Citing a new World Bank report that says the economic price tag of an influenza outbreak could top $3 trillion,

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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, right, and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, 18 May 2010 The U.S. Congress is stepping up its probe of the Gulf oil spill. T

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The United States is giving $3 million in emergency food aid to the World Food Program to try to prevent widespread famine in southern Madagascar. The United Nations agency predicts 720,000 people in three regions could be severely affected in the ne

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Brazil is experiencing its most sustained period of growth ever, with an expanding middle class and social and economic benefits for the poor. Ruth Hins owns a grocery store and bakery in the Rio de Janeiro favela of Cantagalo, where she used to live

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The doctor who helped pioneer the treatment as prevention approach in the fight against HIV/AIDS will receive the Albert Einstein World Award of Science. Dr. Julio Montaner chaired the 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna last July. The forme

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 16 April 2006 The UN refugee agency warns some 200,000 Sudanese refugees who fled to Chad from Darfur would have nowhere to go were they to be expelled from the country. A UNHCR

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By Joe Bavier Abidjan 08 April 2006 The new acting president of the African Union has met with the leaders of Ivory Coast's warring factions, hoping to finally implement a three-year-old peace process

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By Jessica Berman Washington 11 May 2006 French researchers at the Sanofi Pasteur Institute say they have developed a bird flu vaccine that, so far, appears to be safe and effective in humans. But obs

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By David McAlary Washington 07 March 2006 NCAR scientists Mausumi Dikpati (left), Peter Gilman, and Giuliana de Toma examine results from a new computer model of solar dynamics Researchers predict tha

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By Margaret Besheer Beirut 14 August 2006 In the Lebanese capital, Beirut, the start of the cease-fire passed without fanfare. Many people in the capital remain skeptical that it will hold, but thousands of displaced people appeared more hopeful, le

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By Margaret Besheer Beirut 06 June 2007 The Lebanese army continued to subdue Islamic militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp near the northern city of Tripoli Wednesday. From Beirut, VOA's Margaret Besheer reports fighting has become more s

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Japan is now dealing with the on-going fallout from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the war-linked Yasukuni shrine last month. With the US having already expressed its disappointment, Japanese diplomats are busy attempting to soothe ties with Wa

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way to the basketball game at the weekend, we stopped at a restaurant for dinner. The consensus was that we wanted asian food. So, as we drove along, half of us in the car looked out in one direction, and the rest of us looked in the other, until som

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