Yussouf was a sheik. He was sitting at the door of his dent in the desert. It was night. Nothing was visible in the desert. The only light was the light that came from the starts in the sky. They were twinkling in the sky. The sheik was sad at heart.

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Anna Netrebko is one of operas leading stars. She is a stunning soprano who sweeps audiences off their feet with her beauty and incredible voice. The magazine Musical America said she is a genuine superstar for the 21st century and was named 'Musicia

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Dogs and their owners go for the top prize at Crufts Seven of the top dogs have been chosen, but only one can be crowned best in show. One thing is certain-- Fur is going to fly. You've got seven of the best, out there. So it's like a top athelet go

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by Michael W. Flynn First, a disclaimer: Although I am an attorney, the legal information in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for seeking personalized legal advice from an attorney licensed to practice in your jurisdiction. Further, I

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Crufts winner 2006. Picture courtesy of the Kennel Club of Great Britain Fireworks, music and theatre have been some of the ways in which the Chinese community in Britain has been celebrating the start of the Year of the Dog it has been quite a part

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Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, we have music from the latest albums by country singer Reba McEntire and saxophonist David Sanborn. We also tell you about a hot new group, the Zac Brown

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Nico Colombant The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo is trying to ease renewed tensions involving the new national army and former rebels in the east of the country. The U.N.

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Anjana Pasricha In Sri Lanka, President Chandrika Kumaratunga's party is trying to get support from smaller allies after her party won the most seats in Friday's parliamentary elections, but fell shor

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I love eating at all-you-can-eat buffets. It doesn't matter what kind of food it is, I'm up for it. Last week, I went to a high-end seafood buffet with my friends. We walked in and the hostess seated us at a table. She asked if we wanted to order any

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Today I had lunch at Jimmy Johns and noticed a sign on the wall that showed Warren Buffets list of 10 Rules. I was so moved by it that I had to change tables in the middle of my sandwich just to get a closer look. Is it any wonder that he is one of t

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By George Dwyer Washington, DC 22 February 2006 watch Nigerian Oil report Militants in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger River Delta claim to have struck again. Only days after kidnapping a group of foreign oi

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 20 March 2006 Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni says his troops will pursue members of the Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army, into neighboring Congo-Kinshasa if the

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Undocumented Syrian Refugees Suffer Deprivation UmSteif Aysa al Fadil, a Syrian mother of eight, gathers khubays, a leafy green vegetable, on the scrap of land she now inhabits outside Kilis in southern Turkey. This plant, which she will boil and fee

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By Joe Bavier Abidjan 14 April 2006 Chad's President Idriss Deby waves to supporters in the capital N'djamena Chad's president has claimed a victory over attacking rebels, after intense fighting that

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I like to eat buffet so much, because I can taste so many food at the same time. There are all kinds of fruits, meat and ice cream, I like them all, so I have great motivation to eat buffet. Every time I eat buffet, I will eat as more as possible, be

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 14 September 2007 Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir said Friday his government is ready to announce a cease-fire with rebel forces. During a visit to Rome, al-Bashir said the truce will coincide with the start of peace talk

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ROME, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Italy and Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon said on Sunday that he expects to return in January from his back injury. I think by January I should be ready to go again, he said. Buffon was replaced after the first half of

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 06 March 2008 Government troops were able to fight back a second rebel advance on Chad's capital recently, but as VOA's Nico Colombant and Tatiana Mossot report, residents of N'Djamena are finding life is not the same anymore.

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By Brian Padden Padang, Indonesia 05 October 2009 The emergency response efforts to the earthquake that hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra is shifting to recovery and rebuilding efforts. More than a thousand people died in last week's quake and hu

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By Edward Yeranian Cairo 11 October 2009 There appears to be no immediate let-up in the latest eight week old escalation of the off and on five year conflict between the Yemeni government and Zaidi Shi'ite rebels in the northern province of Saada. B

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