16 Joking and Making Fun of Other PeopleGLOSSARY miffed angry, annoyed, and offended; upset * Leanne was really miffed when her husband didnt notice her new haircut. to tease to make jokes about someone else, but in a friendly way; to laugh at anothe

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 16 August 2007 Comic book writer Stan Lee is the man behind some of the world's greatest fictional super-heroes. Today, at 84, the creator of the Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four and Spider-Man is still making his mark o

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By Gary Thomas Washington 19 January 2006 US Vice President Dick Cheney shakes hands with Pakistan's President, Pervez Musharraf, left Pakistan's prime minister is in the United States and is schedule

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By Bill Gasperini Moscow 26 December 2006 Turkmenistan's top legislative body says a presidential election will be held on February 11 to select a successor to longtime authoritarian leader Saparmurat Niyazov, who died last week. The People's Counci

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A Pakistani court has upheld the detention of nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan and barred him from ever speaking about nuclear proliferation. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that government lawyers say the ruling silencing the confess

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The United States on Monday welcomed the peaceful outcome of the week-long political crisis in Pakistan, saying it brought the country back from the brink of broader political upheaval. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made calls to key Pakis

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 13 August 2007 A Senegalese non-profit group, which has fought against female genital mutilation for more than 15 years, has won a humanitarian prize of$1.5 million dollars. For VOA, Phuong Tran has more from Dakar. The non-profi

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: How far you'd go to help a friend is one of those classic existential dilemmas. And that question is at the heart of a new film called Crown Heights, which is out this weekend. As NPR's Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi reports, the film tell

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A panel of British lawmakers warns that Afghanistan could implode and Iraq become a failed state, without strong support from the West and neighboring countries. 英国议会一个委员会警告说,如果得不到西方国家和邻国的有力支持

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Fresh anti-America protests have claimed more lives in Afghanistan as anger spread over a report that U.S interrogators at Guantanamo Bay had desecrated the Koran. 在阿富汗,最新的反美示威造成更多的人员伤亡。由于有报告说关塔

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Judy: I've called this meeting so we can brainstorm some fundraising ideas. As you know, we're in danger of closing. Any thoughts? Stan: I thought that Juan was working on getting donors. Judy: He is, but we can't count on that coming through. Domini

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 06 September 2006 Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, with NATO's secretary-general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer after exchanging signed documents of an accord to boost security and development cooperation in Kabul, September 6

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By Lisa McAdams Moscow 11 February 2007 Voter casts her ballot at a polling station in Ashgabad, Turkmenistan, 11 Feb 2007 Voters in the isolated, gas-rich Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan are voting for a successor to replace the late president,

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Lee: What are you reading? Stan: Its a graphic novel. Lee: Graphic novel? You mean a comic book? I thought you were too old for that sort of thing. Stan: For your information, this is a graphic novel and its a literary art form. Graphic novels are wr

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NATO forces in Afghanistan say they have fired on militant positions inside Pakistan after coming under rocket attack. The border region has experienced a surge in violence in recent months, raising tensions among Afghan, U.S. and Pakistani official

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 08 March 2006 A senior U.S. military commander met with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf Wednesday to discuss the war against terrorism. The meeting comes amid escalating

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The World Bank's chief economist, Justin Yifu Lin, on Monday repeated his call for coordinated global stimulus to get the global economy out of deep recession. World Bank's chief economist, Justin Yifu Lin, 28 Jan 2009 Lin told an audience at Washin

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C Is For Contract: Longtime Actors In Grown-Up Dispute With 'Sesame Street' AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Sesame Street has been a constant presence in children's entertainment for nearly 50 years. And while the most popular characters - Big Bird, Elmo, Oscar

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By Sean Maroney Kabul 08 November 2009 An Afghan motorcyclist adjusts a newly purchased surgical mask at a market place in Kabul, Afghanistan, 02 Nov 2009 The Afghan government has closed the country's schools and universities for most of November i

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A New Zealand soldier was killed today in Bamiyan province, Afghanistan. He was Lieutenant Tim ODonnell, aged 28. Two other New Zealand soldiers and an Afghan interpreter were also injured. He is the first New Zealand soldier to die in Afghanistan. 1

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