Kurds Criticizes Turkeys Plan to Move Ballot Boxes Turkey has announced plans to move voting stations in some areas with a high Kurdish population. The government says the move is designed to stop threats against Kurdish voters. But the main pro-Kurd

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Egyptians Face Christmas Amid Fears Seleem Wassaf and his family are are performing their annual tradition, decorating their Christmas tree. But he says, for Egyptian Christians, the joy of the season is tempered by concern. At present they feel that

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Today, in a ceremony as old as the Republic, President Donald Trump will begin his first term by taking the oath of office. For more than 200 years, this pledge has sealed the transfer of power and the wishes of Americans as expressed every four year

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It now appears the Bush administration is having a change of heart when it comes to the idea of a second economic stimulus package aimed at boosting the economy. Both Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and President Bush said today that they are more open to

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In Sri Lanka, The two proclaimed heroes of Sri Lanka's recently-ended civil war are facing off in the country's presidential election Tuesday. Both openly accuse the other of war crimes. The election is being closely watched by international agencies

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: dictionary editor Ben Zimmer explains terms from the U.S. presidential campaign. RS: We start with battleground state and swing state. BEN ZIMMER: Well, they're usually used prett

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For the last 23 years, hunters have been invited to shoot rabbits on Good Friday in Central Otago. This is a 24 hour event, starting at 9am on Friday. The dead rabbits are counted on Saturday. This year 18,027 rabbits were killed. The record was in 2

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By Brent Hurd The man President Bush called the architect of his successful re-election, Karl Rove, is rarely in the spotlight. Yet he took center stage after the election victory. On a Fox News telev

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AS IT IS 2014-10-25 Who Will Be Brazil's Next President? 巴西下一任总统会是谁? Brazilians will choose a president Sunday. Two candidates will be on the ballot -- Dilma Rousseff and Senator Aecio Neves. President Rousseff won the most votes

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Candidate Likely to Become First Muslim Female in US Congress Rashida Tlaib is one step closer to becoming the first Muslim female member of the United States Congress. With almost all ballots counted, Tlaib led all candidates for the Democratic Part

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Johnson-Sirleaf Close to Victory; Weah Complains in Liberia Election Count约翰逊瑟里夫即将获胜,韦亚对利比里亚的选票不满 With votes counted from more than 90 percent of polling

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Burkina Faso's Compaore Claims Victory, Angers Opposition 布基纳法索总统龚保雷的获胜激怒反对派 Opposition candidates also say there was fraud, but that it's impossible to prove, accu

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Liberians Hope Election Marks Turning Point 利比里亚人期望选举会成为一个转折点 Voting day Tuesday was a celebration of democracy - huge crowds waiting patiently to cast their ballots

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Tim Johnston With almost half the votes counted from last Monday's Indonesian elections, the incumbent ruling party is maintaining a very slight lead. But the results could bring radical change to Ind

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By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: October 4, 2003 This is Bob Doughty with In the News, from VOA Special English. Voters in California will decide Tuesday whether to remove Governor Gray Davis from office. I

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1. The Republican-controlled Senate defeats a Democratic effort to pressure President Bush to outline a timetable for a phased withdrawal from Iraq. 2. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito distances him

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1. After a five-week break Saddam Hussein's trial for alleged crimes against humanity resumes in a heavily guarded courtroom and then is postponed until December. 2. A basketball-size piece of marble

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1. Dozens of women and children were killed after an Israeli air strike hit the southern Lebanese town of Qana overnight. Many world leaders are outrage d over the attack and have stepped up demands f

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1. The White House says a Senate-backed deal to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling achieves what's necessary. The deal would reopen the government through at least January 15th and the nation's borrowing authority would be extended thro

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1. One year after shooting at 18 year-old Michael Brown Frugunson resident frugu in Missouri. Resident told the Summer March's moment of found ? season. Community members of Thred ? feelings of hope of rebuilding between police and resident. 2. The d

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