The Thanksgiving holiday, celebrated in the U.S. on the last Thursday of November is a big date, but for those with a low income, getting a traditional dinner on the table can be a struggle. In Denver, Colorado, the Volunteers of America charity is p

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The sharing of resources and services is part of a regional integration program launched 3 years ago, when Chinese President Xi Jinping held a symposium calling for integrated and coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei. The program cov

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 19 May 2008 The European Union's Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas says Italy must act immediately to resolve the garbage situation in Naples to avoid worse consequences on public health. As Italian Prime Minister Sil

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Some young engineers from the United States have brought the Internet to several areas of rural Kenya. Their idea was to connect the communities to the Web by satellite. But there was a problem. Th

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By Jeffrey Young Washington 01 May 2007 To most Americans, the governments in their towns and regional areas called counties are the governments they interact with the most. And alongside these local governments are groups of citizens who work on the

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By Brian Wagner Greenville, South Carolina 19 January 2008 Republican voters in South Carolina are casting ballots in the party's presidential primary. In Greenville, VOA's Brian Wagner reports the outcome may signal a clear lead among the field's to

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The International Committee of the Red Cross says its delegates are assessing the humanitarian situation in South Ossetia and have begun administering to the needs of the resident population. The ICRC says a 17-member team, which arrived in the Geor

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Euro 2012 Prompts Ukrainians to Learn English Euro 2012 has changed Ukrainians daily routine, especially those who live in the host-cities. The championship has attracted many tourists to the country, who remind Ukrainians that while the national par

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Economy, Post Office Woes Force Iowa Town off Map The United States Postal Service is facing unprecedented financial losses. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe recently told lawmakers his agency needed government intervention by the end of the year t

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Rivers and canals in the Indonesian capital run black and putrid from the garbage that builds up along their edges. So clogged are they with waste that they often can not carry rainwater away from the city, leaving it flooded. Sara Schonhardt | Jaka

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By Sabina Castelfranco Venice 27 October 2009 A group in Italy's canal city, Venice, is planning to hold a funeral for their hometown, which is rapidly losing its permanent residents. The group says the city is being drained of its normal life. The

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Fort Hood Shooter Trial Begins Tuesday The mass shooting and the arrest of one of its own was devastating to the military base and to the nearby town of Killeen. Most residents are connected directly or indirectly to Fort Hood. They are angry about t

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By Greg Flakus New Orleans, LA 03 February 2006 watch Rebuilding report The city of New Orleans, Louisiana currently has less than half its pre-Katrina population of around 500,000 people. Efforts to

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By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 07 September 2006 watch Overworked Intern report Researchers say that medical interns are overworked Doctors in training -- known as residents or interns -- have traditionally worked long hours with little sleep, as t

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By Barry Newhouse Irbil 10 May 2007 Wednesday's suicide truck bombing in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil was the city's first major bomb attack in two years. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Irbil on why residents believe the city has been relative

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Year After South African Mine Shooting, Residents See No Change 南非矿场枪击案一年后现状仍未变 MARIKANA In South Africa, August 16, 2012, will be remembered as the date of one of the country's most violent police confrontations since t

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 03 March 2008 In Somalia, several dozen residents of Dobley town, near the Kenyan border, are reportedly trying to cross into Kenya following a U.S. military air strike that was aimed at terror suspects in the area. VOA Correspo

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By Heda Bayron Cebu, Philippines 09 December 2006 The postponement of the much-heralded Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit has left the people of Cebu disappointed, and in some cases, a bit poorer. Months of preparation in the maj

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Development Helps Fuel Southeast Asian Flooding In some parts of Southeast Asia the floodwaters just keep coming, inundating fields and towns, and leaving behind death and destruction. But, the problems could have been worse. It is a scene that has b

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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: People in Ferguson, Mo., will vote to choose a mayor tomorrow. It's the town's first mayoral election since 2014. And that was the year a white police officer shot and killed an 18-year-old black man, Michael Brown. Then there we

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