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Kashmiri Muslim separatists have been fighting for two decades for independence from India or a merger with Muslim-majority Pakistan. More than 47,000 people have died in the conflict. Yet three years ago, a football coach from Argentina started the
It's Christmas time in Washington. For hundreds of families in the nation's capital and beyond, that means attending a production of the Christmas Revels. The Revels, festive Christmas productions featuring traditional songs and dances, have been aro
Almost a century ago, in 1914, the U.S. Congress set up a network of county agricultural agents who showed small farmers how to modernize their methods. This Agricultural Extension Service helped make American farms the most productive in the world.
Is America in a Math Crisis? 美国陷入数学危机? NEW YORK It is often said mathematics is a cornerstone of learning. Communications, computer science, the arts, the Internet, space exploration - all are based on underlying mathematical concepts
By Scott Stearns White House 02 June 2007 President Bush visits Germany in the coming week for the annual meeting of the world's leading industrialized nations, known as the G-8 summit. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports on the presi
An industry association warns Thailand's tourism business faces staggering losses this year because of the confrontation between anti-government protesters and security forces. Many tourists have canceled travel to Thailand or have fled areas caught
Two subway trains rear-end in Shanghai, casualties unknown A subway train rear-ended another this afternoon in Shanghai, leaving some passengers injured. The city's subway operator says equipment failures were believed to have caused the crash on the
At last, the Orange River, the famous Orange River! Its nice to see one with water in it. It is looking a bit low though. After the bare rock and sand of my first day, the Green Kalahari finally begins to live up to its name. But the Molopo River mou
Sky Above Clouds III/Above the Clouds III, 1963 I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for. Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist, 1887-1986 Related Links The Phillips Collection The Geo
By Caroline Sawyer Nairobi 08 August 2007 One of the world's oldest hominid fossils, which revolutionized theories of early man, has left Ethiopia to begin a controversial tour of the United States. Anthropologists want the remains of the fossil, kno
Anti-government protesters take camp in a main commercial shopping district causing shops and businesses to close down where they have occupied for more than a week in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 Apr 2010 An industry association warns Thailand's tourism bu
The Who's Pete Townshend (r) and Roger Daltrey (l) will provide the halftime entertainment for the upcoming Super Bowl. This year The Who becomes the latest in a series of rock luminaries to headline the entertainment at the Super Bowl half-time show
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 14 December 2006 Seymour Papert (File) A renowned professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States has been in a coma in a Hanoi hospital since December 5, after being struck by a motorbike. Seymou
Belly Dancing Super Stars is a professional belly dancing troupe that has been touring the world hoping to improve the perceptions of this ancient dance form and reinforce its relations with its region of origin. What's more, the group's creator has
Women in Jazz Festival Features Lundy, Carrington Lundy was introduced to the piano at age six, sang in her church choir, and studied opera at the University of Miami before embarking on a career as a jazz vocalist. She is also an accomplished compos
The UKs Business Secretary Wins an Embarrassing Award 英国商务大臣获一尴尬奖项 When did you last look around a corner? Did you do it thoroughly? If you think that question is a little odd, youre not alone. Every year the Plain English Cam
An Unlikely Superstar? 不被看好的新星? Less than a few weeks ago Susan Boyle was a virtual unknown. However since auditioning for Britains got Talent, a televised talent competition, she has experienced a stratospheric rise to fame. A YouTub
Topic1 Chinese families are not what they used to beAn official report on family development in China shows the traditional Chinese family has been undergoing a dramatic change. The number of people in a Chinese family home is getting smaller, with s
For over 7,000 years, Asians have been brewing beer. But it's only in the past few years that Asia has overtaken Europe and America to become the world's biggest beer-drinking continent. With an increasingly young and upwardly mobile population, ther
Hundreds of guests gather outside of the ticket office since the exhibition kicked off earlier this month, with a staff member from the Palace Museum leading each group into the exhibition hall. Starting from Saturday, each of the visitors had been g