By Bill Rodgers Washington, DC 10 May 2006 watch Iran Nuclear report The permanent members of the U.N. Security Council have so far failed to agree on how to enforce a draft resolution that would call

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Technology Report - Website Saves Today's Headlines for the Future This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. If researchers want to know what happened on a particular day, they often look at newspapers published on that day. But what would h

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By Paula Wolfson Washington 01 July 2007 Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in the United States for talks with President George W. Bush aimed at easing tensions between their two countries. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports the meetings are taki

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 31 May 2006 A new report by the United Nations AIDS agency says India has overtaken South Africa as the country with the highest number of people infected with HIV/AIDS. The UNAIDS report also says the epidemic has spread in so

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 25 January 2007 Members of Congress are vowing to hold the Bush administration accountable for U.S. funds used in reconstruction projects in Iraq. Lawmakers are concerned about the mismanagement of millions of dollars in

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India's high-tech city of Bangalore was rocked by seven low-intensity explosions on Friday afternoon. VOA correspondent Steve Herman reports from New Delhi that one woman died and several other people were injured in the first such attack on the sou

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Cutting Ethanol Subsidy Might Not Impact Food Prices With the U.S. ethanol industry consuming about a quarter of the nations maize crop, many have blamed biofuels for rising food prices in recent years. The new year brought the end to a $6-billion su

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Famous Children's Author Leaves Legacy of Wild Things Maurice Sendak, one of the most important American childrens book authors of the 20th century, has died at the age of 83 of complications from a recent stroke. In Where the Wild Things Are, Max is

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Egyptian Women Contemplate Future Under New Leaders Women's rights conference A recent women's rights conference in Cairo attracted a cross section of Egyptians - Muslims, Christians, leftists and conservatives. Organizers of the new An Egyptian Woma

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Health Care Expert Details Ways to Cut Costs Americans expressed their views on health care in late March as the Supreme Court heard arguments on a law many call Obamacare. Health care is so expensive that without insurance, many people could not aff

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Egyptian Presidential Hopeful Promises Islamic, Inclusive Future Morsi wasn't the first choice for president of the Islamist group, Muslim Brotherhood. But with its lead candidate disqualified, Morsi has grasped his role as an accidental front-runner

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Egypt's Copts Mourn Pope Shenouda, Wary of Future Pope Shenouda Coptic mourners lined for hours outside Cairo's main cathedral to pay their last respects to the only patriarch most had ever known. Pope Shenouda's 40-year tenure as patriarch of the Co

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A Thai government policy review of the largely Muslim southern provinces is considering granting greater local autonomy with reforms including introduction of Sharia Law through Islamic courts. The strategy is part of efforts to bring to an end a fi

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Continuing Violence in Syria Raises Fears About Future The images out of Syria are frightening. And so far, President Bashar al-Assad has not taken steps to de-escalate the crisis. That worries Dr. Jerald Post at George Washington University. He is d

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A new report highlights a brief period of early childhood as the most critical time to fight hunger -- and also reduce poverty. The 2010 Global Hunger Index report was released Monday by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). It no

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High Tech Cotton Gin Offers Secure Future for Farmers Olam International, a leading global integrated supply chain manager, that has been active in Mozambique for 15 years, announced this year, the construction of its first state-of-the-art roller co

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Republican Lawmakers Hammer Outgoing IRS Commissioner Appearing before the House Ways and Means Committee just two days after his resignation, outgoing IRS Acting Commissioner Steven Miller came under fire from Republican lawmakers who asked why he d

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By Scott Stearns Strelna, Russia 15 July 2006 President George W. Bush, left, starts his bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G8 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, July 15, 2006 President Bush and Russian President

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By Cathy Majtenyi Kampala, Uganda 08 June 2007 In Uganda, there is widespread opposition over a proposal to allow part of the Mabira Forest Reserve to be clear-cut for sugar cane growing. Opponents say the move will destroy a delicate and unique Afri

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By Elizabeth Carlassare. Todays topic is understanding whether adding an authorized user to your credit card will hurt your credit? Kabria e-mailed me with this question: I have good credit and my boyfriend has bad credit. If I make him an authorized

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