Economics Report - President Obama Presses Congress on Student Loan Interest This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Student loans and the interest millions of Americans pay on them have been getting a lot of attention recently. Student loa

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By Parke Brewer Turin 25 February 2006 Gelato shop counter in Turin One normally thinks of ice cream as a warm-weather treat. While the mountain venues of the Winter Olympics have been cold and snowy,

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By Lisa McAdams Moscow 16 August 2006 Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and his Russian counterpart, Mikhail Fradkov, say they have reached agreement on the price Kiev will pay Moscow for natural gas. But the two leaders failed to secure te

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By Michael Drudge London 11 May 2006 Police officer gives commuter directions at Tottenham Court Road after tube networks plunged into chaos July 21, 2005 British authorities have cleared intelligence

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By Gary Thomas Washington 27 February 2007 The top U.S. intelligence officer says Pakistan could make more energetic anti-terrorist efforts along the Afghan border. But, he adds, Pakistan's military ruler has political concerns in an election year.

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 02 February 2006 The U.S. National Director of Intelligence says the al-Qaida terrorist network remains the top concern of the intelligence community, followed closely by

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By Gary Thomas Washington 02 October 2006 The United States' top intelligence official says that although the Islamic-based terrorist movement is growing, counter-terrorism efforts have kept the threat in check. Director of National Intelligence Joh

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By Bill Rodgers Washington, DC 08 January 2007 watch Bush Administration Changes President Bush has named a new intelligence chief -- a change in the U.S. national security team that comes as Mr. Bush prepares to unveil a new Iraq strategy. Administ

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By Gary Thomas Washington 02 February 2007 A new U.S. intelligence estimate says that the chaotic situation in Iraq could deteriorate further unless the warring sectarian parties compromise. But it says that the current political climate makes such

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 27 November 2006 Indian Army soldier stands next to a Prithvi missile on display during a parade, 13 Jan 2006 India has carried out a test in which it used homegrown missile technology to intercept another missile. As An

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By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 23 July 2006 Three senior European envoys held talks with Israeli officials ahead of a visit to the region by Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice. But as diplomacy intensifies to end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah g

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By Al Pessin Washington 01 September 2006 The U.S. Defense Department says it conducted a successful test of its land-based ballistic missile defense system on Friday. Officials say a missile launched from California intercepted a target missile fro

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Australia's Muslim leaders have opened their mosques and schools to house Roman Catholic pilgrims for World Youth Day as part of efforts to ease interfaith tensions. The Australian Federation of Islamic Councils is also planning mixed-faith sporting

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India Holds Interest Rates Steady Amid Economic Slowdown As India struggles with an economic slowdown, the central bank has decided to hold interest rates steady. A series of aggressive rate hikes in the last 18 months have been partly blamed for dam

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By Barbara Schoetzau New York 11 September 2006 Family of Emilio 'Pete' Ortiz embrace after his name is read as families gather at the site of the World Trade Center Monday, September 11, 2006 in New York Americans across the nation paused to mark t

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 14 December 2006 Pharmaceutical companies make billions of dollars from top-selling drugs. But, the communities that harbor the traditional knowledge and genetic resources from which these drugs are made, reap few benefits. Th

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By Efam Dovi Accra 12 December 2006 Africans escaping rural poverty, in search of better lives in urban areas, are being forced to live in very difficult conditions. As cities struggle to cope with the influx, the majority are left without water, sa

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By Paula Wolfson White House 01 March 2007 U.S. intelligence officials say they stand by their assessment that North Korea was pursuing uranium enrichment in 2002. VOA White House Correspondent Paula Wolfson reports. Once again, the Bush administrati

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In a continuation of recent tensions, Israeli gunboats intercepted a Lebanese ship trying to break the blockade on Gaza. Speaking by cell phone from the boat, a reporter for the Arab TV station Al Jazeera said Israeli troops stormed on board and thr

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By Tendai Maphosa London 12 June 2008 A senior intelligence official has been suspended following discovery that confidential documents related to Iraq and the activities of al-Qaida were left on a passenger train. The documents were were later hand

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