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China Wields Power as G20 Leaders Prepare for France Leaders of the G20 group of industrialized nations will meet in France later this week - with the threat of another economic crisis still looming over the world economy. The summit comes just days
Time again for StoryCorps. This oral history project collects stories from everyday people. Harry Herz sold tabaco pipes as a traveling salesman in the 1950s. For a week each month he would come home to his family in Newport Rhode Island. Here his d
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 30 March 2008 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held talks Sunday with Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian leaders during her second trip the Middle East in less than a month. VOA's Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem that
By Jim Malone Washington 25 March 2008 The cases of two Americans held by the military in Iraq went before the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday. The two men argue that they should have access to American courts to block their transfer into the control of t
By Sonja Pace London 25 June 2007 Gordon Brown becomes Britain's new prime minister this week, succeeding Tony Blair, who has held the office for the past 10 years. Mr. Brown is no newcomer to politics, but many are wondering how well he'll make the
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
Today the U.S. government keeps an eye on health and safety in the workplace. But that wasn't always the case. Americans workers can thank a little-known factory worker for sparking the sweeping changes that now protect them on the job. Worker traged
By Andre de Nesnera Washington 24 October 2007 U.S. plans to deploy a missile defense system in Eastern Europe continue to be a major source of contention between the United States and Russia. In this report from Washington, VOA Senior Correspondent
The U.S. presidential election campaign is moving into its final week, and both major candidates are making their closing arguments to voters before the November 4 election. Democratic Party nominee Barack Obama and Republican John McCain have campai
By Dan Robinson Washington 20 May 2006 A prominent Republican lawmaker says he will hold a hearing on an incident last November in which U.S. soldiers are alleged to have killed innocent civilians in
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 15 May 2007 Pakistani volunteers, security officials gather at the suicide bombing site in Peshawar, 15 May 2007 A powerful bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan has killed at least 25 people and seriously injured more than 2
By Jim Malone Washington 06 April 2006 There was some emotionally wrenching testimony Thursday in the death penalty trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person tried and convicted in connection with
By Kurt Achin Seoul 15 May 2006 The United Nations secretary-general says the global community must act quickly to peacefully end disputes over nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea. Kofi Annan mad
By Ron Corben Bangkok 14 September 2006 Thailand's new election commission has postponed general elections scheduled for October for at least a month. The announcement comes amid uncertainties over whether Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will stay
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 04 June 2008 Kenyans, who have long followed the career of Barack Obama, welcomed the news of the senator clinching the Democratic nomination for president Tuesday night. Derek Kilner has more from Nairobi. Barack Obama speak
U.S. President George Bush says Russia must not lay claim to the breakaway Georgian republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Mr. Bush says all Russia forces must leave Georgia. Russia says there i
By Jim Malone Des Moines 02 January 2008 The Midwest state of Iowa begins the 2008 presidential nominating process Thursday, and the race for the Republican Party's presidential nomination appears to be wide open at this point. VOA National correspon
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Writers of films including Zero Dark Thirty, Lincoln and Argo were named as nominees in contention for top honors to be bestowed by the Writers Guild of America (WGA), the WGA, West and WGA, East announced on Friday. Z
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has hailed the British offensive in Afghanistan's Helmand province a success. But that call is getting a mixed reception as the British public grows weary of the country's involvement there. 英国首相布朗赞扬英国在
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