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By Greg Flakus Mexico City 2-333540 04 July 2006 Cesar Augusto Morones Servin, president of the Marketing and Opinion Institute holds up a print out of the Federal Electoral Institute's website, July 4, 2006 Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute, kno
Israel could be making a concession aimed at breaking the deadlock in the Middle East peace process. 以色列可能为打破中东和平进程僵局作出让步。 Officials in the Jerusalem Municipality say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has qui
It is early evening and soon this amphitheater will be standing room only for the evening show. Bats, hundreds of thousands of Mexican Free-tailed bats, are hungry tornado that swirls out of New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns each night in search of food.
Morris Park is loved by many people in Wenatchee. It is a little league baseball park that has been around for more than forty years. Up until recently, it was in desperate need of repair and renovation. There were electrical problems, no heating or
By Mignon Fogarty Today's topic is although versus while. I often have to tell people that their pet peeves aren't actually hard-and-fast grammar rules. I have to tell people that it's OK to split infinitives, and that in some cases it's fine to end
President-elect Barack Obama and his former Republican opponent Senator John McCain say they hope they can work together in the months ahead on a range of critical issues facing the country. The two former rivals met in Chicago Monday where they iss
For NPR News, this is All Things Considered. I'm Michele Norris, and I'm Robert Siegel. If you think the real estate market in this country is out of control. Here's some advice: Don't move to China. Prices there are rising so fast, the government i
By Patricia Nunan Kathmandu 21 April 2006 Following days of anti-monarchy protests, Nepal's King Gyanendra has called upon opposition parties to appoint a new prime minister, who will head an interim
By Craig McCulloch Vancouver 24 January 2006 Canada's Conservative opposition has won the country's general election, ending 12 years of Liberal government. Conservative Leader Stephen Harper gives th
By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 26 May 2008 Burma's assurances that it will allow in international relief workers are being put to the test as aid agencies await visas for workers seeking to help victims of Cyclone Nargis. Skeptics are questioning whether Bu
Americans are marking the election of Barack Obama as the country's 44th president, and the first African-American to reach the summit of U.S. politics. VOA's Dan Robinson reports. President-elect Barack Obama stands on stage along with his wife Mic
By Zorislav Baydyuk Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania 21 September 2009 For two weeks every summer, a campground in (the U.S. state of) Pennsylvania is transformed into a medieval village where people dress and act as if they were living back in the middl
America's Drive-In Movie Theater Turns 78 This coming Monday marks a nostalgic anniversary in American culture. On June 6, 1933, the world's first drive-in movie theater opened in Camden, New Jersey. By 1950, there were 4,000 of these movies under th
Israel has made a concession to the United States in a bid to ease a simmering dispute over Jewish settlements. Housing units are seen in an outpost near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Itamar, near Nablus, 18 Aug 2009 Israel has announced that s
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 09 July 2007 Ethiopian prosecutors are demanding the death penalty for 38 members of the opposition who were convicted of treason and trying to overthrow the government. As Nick Wadhams reports from our East Africa bureau in N
My brother, his wife, and their two daughters are in town and I had promised the girls that I would take them to an amusement park. I dont really like roller coasters, but I knew the kids would like it. On Saturday morning, we drove down to the theme
By Kurt Achin Seoul 09 May 2007 Thousands of North Korean defectors have made the dangerous and illegal journey to South Korea by way of China in the past 10 years. When they arrive, they often encounter adjustment difficulties in a place that looks
Baseball season is here, and even though it is chilly, we gather our troops and head off for the baseball field. Everyone who has a child involved in the sport knows that this time of year is very changeable when it comes to the weather. You have to
By Jason Strother Seoul 01 October 2009 S. Korean Kwon Dae-gi, left, bids farewell by kissing his North Korean cousin Kwon Si Jung before leaving for home during the reunion meeting at the Diamond Mountain in North Korea, 01 Oct 2009 Families from S
By Jessica Golloher Moscow 14 October 2009 In wrapping up a visit to Moscow, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called for Russia to uphold human rights. On the second day of her Moscow visit, at the end of a European tour, U.S. Secretary o