Africa is dominated by deserts, from the Kalahari in the south to the mighty Sahara in the north. These are fascinating worlds, each one unique, all a challenge. Yet life can conquer them and in the m

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Seven West Media was the worst performing stock in the ASX top 200 list of stocks,ending 14% lower.Investors bailed out of the shares after the announcement,former energy executive,Don Bounty,will take over as chief executive for Media stalwart,David

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The local food movement is growing in the United States. Restaurant owners and families look to nearby farms for fruits, vegetables and meat. Now small forest owners want to join the local food party. They're promoting edible mushrooms, berries, and

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文本: E: What is it, dear? D: Sulphur! Can't you smell it? Brimstone. I smelled him out the minute he came in. E: Who, dear? D: Beelzebub! He thought I was taken in. E: You remember Miss Wannop? D: He takes a pleasing shape. E: I have just been t

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On behalf of the Obama family-Michelle, Malia, Sasha, Bo, and Sunny-I want to wish you a very happy Thanksgiving. 我谨代表奥巴马家庭,米歇尔、玛莉亚、萨莎、波和撒尼祝大家感恩节快乐。 Like many of you, we'll spend the

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 28 September 2006 The prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Thursday called on the Kenyan government to help find one of the leaders of Rwanda's 1994 genocide. He is reported to have business interest

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By Nico Colombant Abidjan 23 January 2006 A bus carrying Shell contract workers leaves the airport after the workers were evacuated from Benisede oil platform in Warri, Jan. 15, 2006 Nigerian militant

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Republicans Descend on Tampa, Florida Barbara Denti Pool is decorating the historic Italian Club of Tampa with red elephants, the color and symbol of the Republican Party. We're thrilled, absolutely thrilled, to have everyone here, she said. Denti Po

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At 68, Skip Ryan has been catching lobster for 46 years. In the port of Boston, amid the cargo vessels and whale-watching boats that motor in and out of the harbor each day, a handful of fishing vessels still make their livelihoods from the bounty of

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UN Envoy Upbeat About Cyprus Peace The U.N. envoy overseeing the Cyprus peace negotiations said he believes there is a chance of breaking the deadlock in peace talks between the rival Greek and Turkish communities on the Mediterranean island. Attempt

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Since the 18th century, St. Louis, Missouri has offered travelers a hub to begin their adventures into the western frontier. Its nickname the Gateway to the West is symbolized by the towering focal point of the St. Louis skyline: the Gateway Arch. It

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: All this farm-to-table stuff in restaurants these days has renewed interest in heirloom fruits and vegetables. But long before the most recent enthusiasm, there's been a Tennessee gardener who's been on a mission to preserve rare h

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From Africa and Europe, and from killer robots to iconic Abnists, CNN studio news is bringing the world tear classroom. I am Chorus Isues.fist up today, the whole sign the families of 200 kidnapped girls in Nigeria. The terrorist group that has adopt

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This is a story about the birds and the bees. When the Yao people of Mozambique want to find beehives full of honey they make this noise [brrrr-hm]. That sound attracts the attention of what are appropriately called honeyguide birds. If you ask Yao h

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Apprentice killers wait for their taste of the chase. But they're about to learn that hell has no fury like a zebra protecting her foal. Older cheetahs know the value of patience. Soon, the herd will move on. Hungry eyes turn to one of the last-born

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And for every dam, there is a new habitat for new life, and a richer, more diverse Yellowstone. But just as Yellowstone reveals the complexity of life, it also exposes its fragility. On its lofty ridges, there are signs that all is not well with the

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By Jeffrey Young Washington 16 October 2007 U.S. farmers have gone through many cycles of boom and bust. But as VOA's Jeffrey Young reports, prospects for American agriculture are looking up, thanks to rising crop prices and land values, especially i

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It's noon on a hot New York summer day, and Bob Lewis picks up a large organic radish at the teeming Union Square greenmarket in Manhattan. It's one of about 50 green markets he has helped establish in New York City since 1976, and one of about 500 n

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: I saw a magazine in the rack of City Lights bookstore in San Francisco that showed a single sheet in a typewriter with a sentence that began, the plan suddenly made sense. Eight stories followed all beginning with those words. The

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You'd never guess this is one of the America's most wanted men, eh, Hafiz Saeed greet his followers. The US and India accuse him of being the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks.Hafiz Saeed says he just runs an Islamic charity, and in a rare interv

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