South African Youth Program Serves as Link to Pro Golf Under a blue sky, and amid a scenic landscape, these young golfers are dreaming big. This amateur tournament is one of the most prestigious competitions in its category in the country. Winning it

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) during a group photo at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Tallinn, Estonia, 22 Apr 2010 NATO officials say Afghanistan will likely face security threats for years to come, but say alliance forces are m

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'Boomerang' Kids Return Home After College Going away to college used to be the ultimate flight of young people from the nest. It represented freedom for them and their parents alike. But last school year alone, instead of flying free, a whopping 85

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Obama: Palestine-Israel Solution Must Be Based on 1967 Borders President Barack Obama says lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians must be based on two states, with Israel in its 1967 borders, with conditions.? In a major speech on U.S /Mid

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Access to Birth Control Sparks US Political Controversy What I want to know is where are the women? When I look at this panel, I don't see one single woman representing the tens of millions of women across the country, said Rep. Carolyn Maloney. Demo

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NYC Schools Expand Birth Control Availability Every year in New York, more than 2,500 girls under 18 give birth, and many drop out of school. So officials began a program last year making hormonal birth control available at 13 high schools with high

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Many Turks Concerned with Erdogan's Syria Policy There is discontent on the streets of Istanbul, Turkey's most metropolitan city. Government critics complain about the surge in the number of refugees from Syria and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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Obama, Romney Clash on Foreign Policy There were fewer interruptions and sharp exchanges in this debate, the candidates perhaps mindful of not coming across as too negative. Biggest US threats But at times the debate did produce a clash of worldviews

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Burma Releases Dozens of Political Prisoners Burma has released more than 100 political prisoners as part of a general amnesty, including a few prominent activists. Rights groups have welcomed their release but are urging that all political prisoners

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Lower Oil Price Helps Consumers But Market Volatility Remains In recent months, crude oil prices have experienced their sharpest drop since the 2008 financial crisis, and now stand at around $80 a barrel. Alongside one of the main highways leading in

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While Kenyans prepare to vote in a referendum Wednesday on a new constitution, the issue has also proved divisive in the United States. The U.S. government has played a major role to support the process, but U.S. evangelical groups have pushed for a

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 16 January 2007 Thai worker stands next to a sign calling for increased minimum wage in Thailand (File photo) Political and policy uncertainties cloud the economic outlook for Thailand this year. As Ron Corben reports from Bangk

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We are here in Yellowstone National Park to follow some grey wolves and observe the deadly brilliance of the pack. Theyve learned to cooperate, hunting their prey with many acting as one pack. This mother grizzly knows how to protect its cub and itse

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Some people say that it's civic duty to give back to your community. That's true but for me, I want to do some volunteer work so that I can feel useful. I've been working at the same job for years and it's not at all rewarding. Yes, I make good money

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 12 February 2008 Australia is preparing to issue its first formal apology for past mistreatment of the country's Aboriginal people. The declaration by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will be the first act of the new government when th

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By Stefan Bos Budapest 08 July 2006 Polish President Lech Kaczynski, left, and his twin brother Jaroslaw Kaczynski are show in this 2005 file photo The twin brother of Poland's president has been chosen by the governing Law and Justice party to take

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Todd: So, Buddihini, today we're going to talk about roles and family: traditional roles or what people do. Now in Sri Lanka, is it common for usually the women to do all the cooking? Buddhi: It was so. It was so, but still the mentality is such that

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By Jessica Berman Washington 01 March 2006 About one-third of U.S. military personnel returning from the war in Iraq use mental health services after their return home, according to a study published

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今天我们要学的词是collective。 Collective, 集体的。 The NFL and its players are working on a new collective bargaining agreement, 美式足球联盟正在跟球员协商,设法达成新的劳资协定。 加拿大冰球队击败美国队

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By Phuong Tran Habile, Chad 15 May 2007 Just this past week, Chad's government admitted there are child soldiers in its army. But schools along the troubled eastern zone, near Sudan, have long known that, when a child suddenly disappears from the cla

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