Bangladesh is putting hundreds of thousands of uniformed personnel and civilian monitors onto the streets in hopes of securing a fair and peaceful election Monday. The national parliamentary balloting is to clear the way for the government caretaker

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By Steve Herman Tokyo 18 May 2006 U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Tokyo U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has expressed frustration at the lack of progress in resolving the Iranian and North Kore

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington 28 December 2006 Watch Democratic Presidential 2008 Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards, the Democratic Party's 2004 candidate for vice president, has announced he is running for the Oval Office itself. He joins t

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By Alan Silverman Hollywood 18 June 2006 A popular musical variety show on public radio in the United States is the inspiration for a gently funny new film directed by Robert Altman and written by the creator of the radio show, Garrison Keillor. ---

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By Noel King Khartoum 23 January 2006 African Heads of State pose of a group photo outside the Friendship Hall in Khartoum, Sudan during the opening of Sixth African Union Summit, Monday, Jan. 23, 200

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By Jim Malone Washington 23 February 2007 Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack announced Friday that he is abandoning his bid for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination next year. Vilsack and other Democratic contenders have been overshadowed so

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East Asian nations have agreed to form an $80 billion fund to help each other fend off the effects of the global financial crisis. As Daniel Schearf reports from Beijing, the fund could help boost confidence in the region's markets. Chinese Premier

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U.S. President George Bush Fridayone step closer to membership in NATO. As VOA's Kent Klein reports from Washington, the leaders of the 26 NATO countries agreed at a summit in Romania earlier this year to invite the two Balkan nations into the allia

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A day after a new Democratic-led U.S. Congress was sworn in, lawmakers are focusing on an ambitious agenda. Senate Democratic leaders Wednesday outlined their priorities, which range from passing an economic stimulus plan to addressing new global th

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The Obama administration has announced details of a $100 billion plan to entice investors to buy up bad loans from the nations troubled banks. It is hoped the plan will help ease the credit crunch that has disrupted the American economy. President B

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Radio Essays Explore Technological Creativity There are mechanisms in nature as well as in human endeavors like engineering and art. Since 1988, the creative manipulation of these mechanisms has been explored in short radio essays about the history o

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By Selah Hennessy London 21 October 2009 A genetically modified corn plant (file photo) Britain's national academy of science is calling for a multi-billion-dollar research program on global food security. The Royal Society says genetically modified

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By Leta Hong Fincher Washington, D.C. 06 February 2007 watch Depression report Postpartum depression affects about 15 percent of women in the weeks and months after giving birth. As Leta Hong Fincher reports, some health professionals and advocates

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By Lisa Ferdinando Miami 11 July 2006 Many people in Miami's Cuban community are praising Washington's continued efforts to promote democracy in Cuba. This comes after President Bush's Monday approval of a new, multi-million-dollar program to suppor

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By Marissa Melton Washington 20 January 2007 New York Senator Hillary Clinton has announced she has taken the first step toward a run for the presidency in 2008. VOA's Marissa Melton reports. Senator Hillary Clinton announces opening presidential ex

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 18 April 2007 Interpol and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime are placing new emphasis on combating financial crime, including money laundering and corruption. Ron Corben reports from Bangkok that also officials say th

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By Jim Malone Washington 11 April 2007 Republican presidential contender John McCain made an impassioned plea for public support for the war in Iraq Wednesday. Meanwhile, Democratic presidential candidates are pressing just as hard for Congress to se

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By Greg Flakus San Antonio, Texas 27 February 2008 With one week to go before crucial primaries in the large, delegate rich states of Texas and Ohio, the two remaining Democratic presidential candidates, Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, met

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By Jim Malone 08 November 2006 The shock waves from Democratic Party victories in the congressional midterm elections continued to rock Washington Wednesday. President Bush announced he is replacing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as Democrats cal

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By Scott Stearns White House 10 April 2007 President Bush says he will veto emergency spending for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq because opposition legislators have attached timetables for a troop withdrawal from Iraq. VOA White House correspondent Sc

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