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China on Tuesday said that China agreed to elevate this year's Forum on China-African Cooperation (FOCAC) to a Summit based on South African President Jacob Zuma's proposal and the common aspirations of other African countries, adding that it is expe
Yelena Isinbayeva is the greatest female pole vaulter ever. She won the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Gold Medal and has twice been the IAAFs Female Athlete of the Year. In 2005, she became the first woman to clear five metres and is the current world record
Naguib Mahfouz was born in 1911 and died in 2006. He was an Egyptian novelist and winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. He is considered as the father of modern Arabic literature and is popular throughout the Arab world. Many of his books we
By Katherine Cole Washington 30 May 2007 For close to 50 years, mandolinist and composer David Grisman has been one of America's leading proponents of acoustic music in America. In that time, he's recorded dozens of albums of his own music, and produ
By Katherine Cole Washington 30 May 2007 For close to 50 years, mandolinist and composer David Grisman has been a leading proponent of acoustic music in America. He's recorded dozens of albums of his own music, launched his own record company, and pr
By Doug Levine Washington 17 March 2008 Saxophonist and vocalist Maceo Parker was only 22 years old when soul legend James Brown asked him to join his band. Parker played on some of Brown's most-notable recordings before embarking on a successful sol
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 05 June 2006 June 6 is the anniversary of D-Day, when, in 1944, a massive Allied armada landed in Normandy to fight a battle that turned the course of the Second World W
By Liu Enming Washington, DC 29 December 2006 watch Tiny Literary Giant After publishing her first book when she was only seven, Adora Svitak was dubbed a Tiny Literary Giant by Diane Sawyer of Good Morning America. For producer Liu Enming, Elaine L
By Kevin Billinghurst Uppsala, Sweden 26 May 2007 Celebrations this week in Sweden marked the 300th anniversary of the birth of Carl Linnaeus, the 18th-century Swedish scientist known as the father of taxonomy. On Saturday, the University of Uppsala,
Bucky, John Pizzarelli Share Mutual Love of Jazz on 'Family Fugue' Like father like son, or in the case of jazz guitarists Bucky and John Pizzarelli, like father and son. John Pizzarellis musical influences range from Nat King Cole to The Beatles, bu
Birds and planes have been colliding since the Wright brothers first took to the air. There are dozens of bird strikes each day, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to airplanes each year, and putting the lives of passengers and crew me
By Mike O'Sullivan San Diego, California 21 October 2009 Immigrant and minority students in the United States often face obstacles getting into college. To help them, California teacher Mary Catherine Swanson started a program that has expanded to m
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: A growing body of research shows climate change is bad, not just for the planet, but for our mental health. People who've lived through weather disasters are more prone to depression, suicide, post-traumatic stress. Psycholog
By Bill Rodgers Washington, D.C. 08 February 2006 watch Avid report Throngs of voters turned out for elections in Haiti, exactly two decades after the downfall of the Duvalier dictatorship and almost
Bike lanes opened recently on Pennsylvania Avenue, the wide boulevard that runs from the White House to the US Capitol. They were painted several weeks ago on Pennsylvania Avenue, the wide boulevard that runs from the White House to the U.S. Capitol.
By Jade Heilmann Dakar 14 December 2007 Police in Eastern Sierra Leone have opened fire to disperse a group of demonstrators in the kimberlite mining town of Koidu, where local residents say they have not been compensated for environmental damages fr
Author Struggles to Find Happy Ending in 'Young Adult' Writer Diablo Cody and Director Jason Reitman, who made the 2007 hit Juno, reunite for a new comedy that tests the old saying you can't go home again. Here's a look at Young Adult . MATT What are
U.S. Olympian Kim Rhode Takes Her Shot At History To Dispel Stigma ELISE HU, HOST: Olympic skeet shooter Kim Rhode has a shot at history this year. With a medal in Rio, she could become the first U.S. Olympic athlete to medal in six consecutive Summe
Vladimir Putin 弗拉基米尔普京 He is fearless, altruistic, steel-willed, hospitable,unbelievably hardy, unpretentious and warm-and he has lost none of these qualities since becoming Russia's president. 热情、无畏、无私、好客、谦逊、