By Barbara Schoetzau New York, NY 15 March 2006 watch Colors Restaurant report In a city like New York, which has over 15,000 restaurants, it is tough to attract attention. But the new restaurant Colo

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It's amazing and sometimes amusing to watch opinions fly back and forth across the Worldwide Web. These postings are quick and passionate, and not always well researched or reasoned. To get that, one can still turn to an enduring and delightful inst

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By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 18 April 2006 watch report Rising Gas Prices Crude oil futures hit $70 a barrel for the first time in seven-and-a-half months Monday, pushed higher by concerns over declin

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 20 June 2008 The House of Representatives has approved legislation updating U.S. foreign intelligence surveillance law. President Bush welcomed the bipartisan compromise measure saying it will improve U.S. capabilities t

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By Carol Pearson Washington 21 May 2008 The United States is the only wealthy, industrialized nation that does not provide universal health care for its citizens. And now, rising costs for both health care and for insurance premiums put health care o

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Pacific Rim leaders are preparing for their annual economic summit - a meeting sure to be dominated by the need for action to deal with the global financial crisis. VOA White House correspondent Paula Wolfson looks ahead to this year's APEC forum in

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Text Messaging Reminders for Flu Vaccinations Get Results In a world of seven billion people, communications industry records show that nearly six billion of us have access to a cell phone. In developing countries, health care workers in rural areas

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North and South Sudan Friday marked the fourth anniversary of the signing of a peace agreement that ended Africa's longest-running civil war. But core issues remain unresolved and analysts say an external pressure not related to the accord is threat

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A five-year Islamic insurgency in Thailand's southern provinces shows no sign of abating, although the military succeeded in reducing attacks in the past year. The new government in Bangkok must gain the confidence of the Muslim communities to make

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Rescue teams search the site of the Libyan Afriqiyah Airways plane crash in Tripoli, Libya, 12 May 2010 A Libyan airliner with 104 people on board has crashed during landing at Tripoli's airport. At least 103 people have been confirmed killed, with a

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 04 October 2007 Acting amid continuing controversy over a recent incident involving Blackwater, the largest American private security contractor in Iraq, the U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved legis

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 13 November 2006 South Korea says it will not formally join a U.S.- led coalition aimed at preventing international traffic in weapons of mass destruction. Seoul declined the U.S. request as it announced its plan for implementing

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 16 May 2007 Burmese authorities have been arresting activists and opposition party members in the commercial capital Rangoon, as they staged vigils for the release of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. As Ron Corben reports fro

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By Tendai Maphosa London 03 June 2008 Britain's Home Secretary is formally proposing to amend existing laws to allow the government to extend the amount of time it can hold terrorism suspects without charge from 28 days to 42 days. The measure has p

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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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Kenya's foreign minister has dismissed a BBC report suggesting that a consignment of tanks and other military hardware aboard a hijacked Ukrainian ship was bound for South Sudan when it was seized by Somali pirates last month. The Kenyan government

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By Heda Bayron Cebu 11 January 2007 Philippine officials played down three deadly bombings that came as Asian delegates gathered in the country for two regional summits. As VOA's Heda Bayron reports from Cebu, officials say the summits will go ahead

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By Kurt Achin Beijing 08 February 2007 China, the host of ongoing talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programs, is drafting a joint statement of actions the North would agree to take within weeks. Although details of the statement are

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By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 08 November 2006 As Vietnam prepares to host the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit later this month, it can boast one of the world's fastest growing economies and imminent membership in the World Trade Organization. T

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By Stefan Bos Budapest 08 June 2008 Police in Kosovo say they have detained a teenager over his alleged involvement in a gun battle at the home of Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci. Stefan Bos reports for VOA from Budapest that the government has

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