By Sonja Pace Jeddah 31 May 2006 In public, they are clad in black from head to toe, they cannot vote and they cannot drive - that is the state of Saudi Arabia's women. But, on a visit to the Saudi cities of Riyadh and Jeddah, VOA's Sonja Pace found

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I will quit smoking tomorrow. I swear it. I promise. I'm not kidding. I'm serious this time. I just bought my last pack of cigarettes. I'm going to smoke all 20 cigarettes before midnight. And then I'm finished. I'm through. I'm done. No more. Not on

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 11 July 2006 Hispanic activists meeting in Los Angeles hope to see immigration reform in the United States, but say reform efforts seem to be stalled in Congress. The members of the National Council of La Raza, a Hispa

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By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 27 January 2006 Thousands of Palestinian activists from the once ruling Fatah party protested in Gaza Friday night and called on party leaders to resign. The demand comes after

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By Katherine Cole Washington 18 December 2006 American Roots music can be found any day of the week in the clubs of urban centers; at the many concerts performed on university campuses; and at hundreds of bluegrass festivals in towns large and small

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By George Dwyer Washington, DC 07 August 2006 watch Parking Meter report A small company in the eastern U.S. state of Maryland has begun field-testing a new kind of parking meter. It uses sonar detection technology to determine when an automobile ha

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By David McAlary Washington 22 February 2007 As populations and cities grow, our once pristine view of the stars is being whitewashed by urban glow. Astronomers, whose view of the heavens is being dimmed, are complaining, but biologists are also decr

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By David McAlary Washington 12 September 2006 The International Space Station has received a new pair of giant solar energy panels that will double the amount of power to the outpost. Spacewalking astronauts have begun the task of connecting them to

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 27 April 2006 The U.N. human rights chief has blasted the Ethiopia's human rights situation, saying that she is troubled by the continued detention of political opponents in

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By Challiss McDonough Cairo, Egypt 25 May 2006 Egyptian pro-reform judges stand in front the Supreme Court house during an anti-government protest in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, May 25, 2006 At least 300 pro-reform judges in Egypt stood in silent protes

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By Dan Robinson Washington 29 March 2007 As the Democratic-controlled Congress and President Bush head for a possible collision on legislation to fund U.S. military operations in Iraq, expert testimony before a congressional committee painted a mixed

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By Gary Thomas Washington 30 March 2006 Under pressure from some members of Congress, Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte ordered the public release of thousands of documents and other f

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By Suzanne Presto New Delhi 24 January 2007 A leading human-rights group says Sri Lanka's government is ignoring a militant group's use of child soldiers and forced conscripts in battles against Tamil rebels. VOA's Suzanne Presto in New Delhi report

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By Efam Dovi Accra 18 April 2007 Military communications experts from Africa, Europe and North America, are finalizing strategies for testing a continental communication network facility. Efam Dovi reports from the Ghanaian capital that the Ghana arm

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By Liu Enming Smithfield, Virginia 11 June 2007 Genuine Smithfield hams have graced dinner tables in the U.S. since nearly the settlement of the nation itself. VOA's Liu Enming recently traveled to the self-proclaimed Ham Capital of the World, Smithf

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By Valer Gergely Kazakhstan 18 May 2007 Soyuz capsule re-enters Earth A Russian cosmonaut and two American astronauts returned to Earth last month, landing in Central Kazakhstan aboard the Soyuz re-entry vehicle. VOA correspondent Valer Gergely visit

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected to name his new High Commissioner for Human Rights as early as this week. The new official will replace Louise Arbour who stepped down June 30 after serving a four-year term at the Geneva-based body. Fr

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By Douglas Bakshian Manila 18 June 2007 A team of European Union (EU) experts has begun a 10-day mission to the Philippines to help the country solve extra-judicial killings that have claimed as many as 800 lives since 2001. There has been strong int

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By Scott Stearns Washington 07 December 2006 U.S. President George Bush has kicked-off the official start of the holiday season in the nation's capital by lighting America's national Christmas tree. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has th

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By Kate Pound Dawson Bangkok 01 October 2009 Survivor walks through ruins of Salebata village on south coast of Samoa, 30 Sep 2009 Aid is starting to reach the Pacific islands devastated by a powerful earthquake and a resulting series of tsunami wav

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