It's Morning Edition from NPR News, I'm Steven Skip, and I'm Rena Mountain, good morning. The fate of a 21-year-old ban on commercial whaling is at stake. That ban is on the agenda of this week's annual meeting of the International Whaling Commissio

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New York University has been in the lead as study abroad programs have grown more popular for American students. Transcript of radio broadcast: 30 July 2008 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The number of American students who study

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President Barack Obama is pushing on to encourage more innovation among American businesses, while Republicans warn against government solutions in their dueling weekly addresses. President Obama recorded his message earlier this week on the factory

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By Sean Maroney Islamabad 30 October 2009 Pakistani troops fighting militants along the Afghan border have seized passports that may be linked to suspects involved in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. The discovery came

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: The Trump administration has been trying to ramp up deportations of immigrants in the country illegally. But one thing has been standing in its way - judges who often put these cases on hold. Now Attorney General Jeff Sessions is

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By Scott Stearns Washington 22 April 2006 President Bush With crude oil prices topping $75 a barrel, President Bush wants Congressional action on a plan he says will reduce energy costs. Opposition De

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By David Gollust United Nations 25 September 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talks about women's rights at the United Nations U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday urged global action to curb conflict-related violence and sexual exp

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, speaks with US Mideast envoy George Mitchell during their meeting at Abbas' office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, 10 Aug 2010 U.S. President Barack Obama's point man in the Middle East is on a new peace

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U.S. President Barack Obama's fourth nationally-televised evening news conference Wednesday was dominated by the debate over reforming the country's health care system. The president is trying to overcome objections to his plan from lawmakers in bot

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White House Initiative Pushes Benefits of Girls' Education TIRANA/WASHINGTON Romina Kolas family moved from a village in Albania, where the closest school was two hours away, to the northern city of Shkodra so she could get an education. Many of my f

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Immigrant-Friendly NYC Mayor Pushes Official IDs for All NEW YORK Immigration advocates in the United States continue to press for sweeping reforms that will clear a path to citizenship for all immigrants, including those without valid visas, and gra

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By Brian Wagner Miami 02 October 2007 Ecuador's leftist President Rafael Correa is promising to move quickly on government reforms following Sunday's vote that apparently gave his supporters a majority in a special assembly to rewrite the country's c

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By Franz Wild Abidjan 15 October 2006 The United Nations' elections supervisor in Ivory Coast, Gerard Stoudman, has said it will take another year to organize elections in the war-divided country. The United Nations had already said elections would

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 22 April 2008 Desertification is pushing further south in West Africa, crossing borders and creating devastating effects on local populations. One example where the desert is advancing is from Mauritania to northern Senegal. V

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Keith Urban Pushes His Musical Boundaries on 'Fuse' Its been three years since Country star Keith Urban released a studio album. The New Zealand-born singer made good use of that time to create a collection of songs that he describes as liberating. L

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 17 January 2007 The U.S. ambassador to Kenya says the United States is pushing Somalia's transitional government to hold talks with all groups of Somali society to bring peace and stability to the volatile country. Meanwhile

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By Paula Wolfson White House 16 April 2007 President Bush invited military families to the White House Monday, as he stepped up his campaign for Congressional passage of a war funding bill without a timetable for withdrawal. VOA's Paula Wolfson repor

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Before she became the director of the CIA, Gina Haspel spent much of her career overseas and undercover. And she wants more CIA officers doing the same. In her one speech as head of the spy agency, she said a top priority is to..

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: You know it's cold in Chicago when TV video shows the railroad tracks on fire. Steel rails contract in exceptional cold. So to warm them up, transit workers stretch rope soaked in kerosene along the tracks, and they burn it. The

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The Youngest 2020 Candidate Pushes A Platform Of 'Inter-Generational Justice' STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Do not accuse Pete Buttigieg of thinking small. He is the Democratic mayor of South Bend, Ind. He is 37 years old, and he is running for president. PET

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