Tens of trillions of microbes call our living bodies home. But when we die? The first thing that happens is basically ecosystem collapsewhere you have a tremendous loss of diversity. Nathan Lents, a molecular biologist at John Jay College in New York

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VOICE ONE: This is Phoebe Zimmerman. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we visit one of America's great national parks. It is a place of strange and silent beauty. As beautiful as this place i

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Health Report - Study Finds Overweight People Have Lower Risk of Death 健康报道 - 研究发现超重者死亡风险更低 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report in Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 Ne

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Korean War POW Wayman Simpson remembers the Korean officer who led the Tiger Death March, a brutal trek that claimed nearly 100 lives. This is Dave Isay, creator of StoryCorps, the project that records the stories of everyday Americans. StoryCorps a

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By Sayed Hassan Islamabad 27 December 2007 Hours before her death, former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who was visiting Islamabad. After the meeting, Bhutto told VOA reporter Sayed Hassan that she an

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Study Finds Overweight People Have Lower Risk of Death From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report in Special English. New research shows that overweight or even mildly obese people have a lower risk of early death than people considered to

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 26 July 2007 South Korea says kidnappers who killed a South Korean hostage in Afghanistan will be held accountable for their actions. As family and friends of the victim mourn, South Korean negotiators are trying to save the lives

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By Douglas Bakshian Manila 26 June 2006 President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, center, signs into law the bill abolishing death penalty as Senator Juan Flavier, left, and House Speaker Jose De Venecia applause during a ceremony Malacanang palace in Mani

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For Freed Inmate, Painful Memories of Life on Death Row The execution in Texas of a man alleged to have been mentally disabled has once again brought attention to the issue of capital punishment in the United States. Nearly 1,300 people have been exe

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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak during a meeting at the Presidential palace in Cairo, 06 Jul 2010 The Egyptian government is denying reports that President Hosni Mubarak's health is failing, pointing to his recent hosting of several regional leaders

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Cambodian-Americans Mourn Death of Former King Sihanouk Buddhist monks say a prayer for the soul of the late Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk. Mourners in the Washington area have been stopping by a Cambodian Buddhist temple to pay respects since his

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By Greg Flakus Huntsville, Texas 21 October 2009 The U.S. state with the busiest death chamber and one of the largest prison populations is Texas, where public opinion polls show the death penalty is supported by more than 70 percent of the populati

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By Daniel Schearf Islamabad 02 October 2007 A suicide bomber has killed at least11 people in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, after targeting a police bus. Rising violence in Afghanistan, now at the highest level since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001, has

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3 Steps To Faking Your Own Death From The Author Of 'Playing Dead' AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: A few years ago, a writer named Elizabeth Greenwood went on a trip to the Philippines where, on the afternoon of July the 7, she died. ELIZABETH GREENWOOD: My dea

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By Trish Anderton Jakarta 30 October 2007 Indonesia's constitutional court has upheld capital punishment for drug traffickers. The verdict came in an appeal filed by members of the so-called Bali nine - Australians convicted in a heroin case two year

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By Paula Wolfson Washington 08 June 2006 watch report Zarqawi Killed President Bush speaks about the death of al-Qaida in Iraq's leader President Bush is calling the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi a blow toal-Qaida in Iraq. The terro

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Fall Out Boy 联手 Tommy Lee 强势新单《Death Valley》血腥惊悚上演,作为新专辑里的第8支录像带。影片已将人们拖向恶魔撒旦的熔岩中,黑暗嫣红的鲜血以及截肢的画面让人血脉喷张,剧情走向扑朔

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By Meredith Buel Washington 09 June 2006 The U.S. military says it has conducted dozens of raids in Iraq following the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. A military spokesman says the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq initially survived an air

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By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 15 October 2007 Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is going ahead with his planned trip to Iran, despite reports of an assassination plot against him in that country. VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky has details.

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By Deborah Block Memphis, Tennessee 13 August 2007 For many people it is hard to believe that it has been 30 years [August 16 th ] since the death of rock-and-roll legend Elvis Presley. Every year, 600,000 people from around the world visit his home,

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