By David McAlary Washington 30 November 2006 An ancient piece of Greek technology recovered from a shipwreck more than 100 years ago is amazing scientists who have analyzed it in detail. Fragments of bronze gearwheels, now green and crumbling from m

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 28 April 2006 Olusegun Obasanjo Several Nigerian parliamentarians are pressing for a full investigation into an attempt to introduce changes to a draft bill before the assemb

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By Parke Brewer Berlin 30 June 2006 Germany's Jens Lehmann (1) makes final save shootout win over Argentina Host Germany has reached the semifinals of the World Cup football tournament by defeating Argentina in a penalty-kick shootout in Berlin. ---

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Rice Payment Scheme Threatens Thailand's Status as World's Top Exporter Thailand's rice stocks are full but the rice keeps coming. The government's rice-buying policy guarantees farmers better than market prices for all the rice they can sell, but it

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 31 May 2006 Afghanistan's parliament has passed a resolution demanding the arrest of U.S. soldiers involved in a deadly car crash. Afghan protesters throw stones at an US military vehicle after a traffic accident in Kabul,

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U.S. officials said Monday they expect North Korea to make its long-awaited declaration of its nuclear program this week, probably Thursday. The action would open the way to the next phase of the six-party deal under which Pyongyang is to scrap its

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 15 May 2006 Javier Solana (File photo) The European Union says it will offer Iran an incentive package to abandon its controversial nuclear program. The initiative comes as Europe

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By George Dwyer Washington, DC 09 May 2006 watch Apple Ruling report A judge in London has ruled that U.S.-based Apple Computer was within its rights to use its familiar apple logo on its iTunes on-li

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By Paula Wolfson White House 18 December 2006 President Bush has signed legislation clearing the way for U.S. civilian nuclear cooperation with India. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports administration officials see it as a landmark event, ushering in a new

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By Efam Dovi Accra 09 February 2007 Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has called for urgent action to eradicate guinea worm disease in Ghana. Guinea worm is a water-born worm infection that is contracted when people drink water containing the worm's

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By Joe Bavier Abidjan 25 September 2006 Ivory Coast's national assembly has opened public hearings into the dumping of several hundred tons of toxic waste in the country's main city last month. Two main figures implicated in the scandal have refused

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By Alan Silverman Hollywood 22 April 2006 Secret Service agents are the heroes and the suspects in a fanciful new political thriller set within the agency responsible for protecting the President and

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 18 June 2008 The European parliament has passed tough new immigration guidelines that sparked protests on the part of human rights groups and some lawmakers. For VOA, Lisa Bryant has more from Paris. European Parliament vote in

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Britain's Intelligence and Security Committee has released its findings into what the country's domestic intelligence service knew about the suicide bombers before they struck in London on the 7th of July 2005, killing 52 people. Many families of wh

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Facing record auto industry losses and with thousands of jobs on the line, Britain has launched a new car incentive program aimed at spurring sales. Under the deal, qualified motorists will get a $3,000 discount on the purchase of a new vehicle. Toy

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By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 13 April 2007 An insurgent umbrella group which includes al-Qaida in Iraq, claimed Friday it carried out the parliament suicide bombing in Baghdad's Green Zone. The U.S. military has revised the death toll of the bombi

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By Peter Heinlein United Nations 09 May 2006 Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has urged the U.N. Security Council to act quickly to stop the genocide and humanitarian crisis in Dar

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U.S. officials say the United States and Poland have reached a tentative agreement under which part of a U.S. missile defense system will be based on Polish soil. The deal to station interceptor missiles in Poland still requires top-level Polish gov

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By Steve Herman Tokyo 05 September 2006 US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill is surrounded by reporters upon arrival at Narita international airport, near Tokyo, Monday, September 4, 2006 Envoy Christopher Hill is on a mission to confer

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By Phuong Tran Praia, Cape Verde 09 March 2007 Located far off the western coast of Africa, the tiny islands that make up Cape Verde are mostly barren volcanic rock. But the lack of natural resources has actually benefited the country in one way: it

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