A senior U.S. diplomat visits Pyongyang later this week to try to advance the stalled accord under which North Korea is to end its nuclear program in exchange for energy aid and other benefits. North Korea was to have accounted for all its nuclear ho

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Ancient "Declaration of Human Rights" on Display in Washington, DC Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. Im June Simms. On the show today, we hear new music from outlaw Shooter Jennings. And, we answer a question about the meaning of

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A senior North Korean official says his country is beginning to restore a disabled nuclear facility capable of producing weapons material. Pyongyang says the United States has not fulfilled obligations under a multinational agreement to get rid of t

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State Department officials say they are still skeptical about whether a U.N.-sponsored conference against racism set for April in Geneva can be a constructive exercise. The United States walked out of the initial conference on the subject in South A

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Public health officials and others concerned about the nation's opioid crisis are pleased with President Trump's intention to declare it a national emergency. Trump's presidential commission on opioids said an emergency declaration

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Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫沃尔多爱默生 The United States had won its independence from Britain just twenty-two years before Ralph Waldo Emerson was born. But it had yet to win its cultural independence. It still took its traditions from othe

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U.S. officials say they expect North Korea to make its long-delayed declaration about its nuclear program on Thursday, and if it does the Bush administration is ready to begin dropping sanctions against Pyongyang. A senior State Department official i

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By Robert Raffaele Washington 16 August 2007 New Jefferson $1 coin The face of one of their nation's founding fathers will soon stare back at Americans reaching for pocket change. The United States Mint has unveiled a new coin, honoring the American

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Washington's main envoy in talks aimed at getting rid of North Korea's nuclear weapons is in South Korea. He plans to visit Pyongyang to discuss the North's recent steps toward resuming activity at its main nuclear facility. Meanwhile, Japan has ren

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By Peter Heinlein Heinlein 03 June 2006 A high-level U.N conference on AIDS has exposed deep strategic differences between world leaders and rights groups representing victims of the epidemic. A final

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By Michael Bowman Washington 26 November 2007 The United States and Iraq have spelled out basic principles for a future bilateral relationship as a first step to normalizing ties between Washington and Baghdad. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washi

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Talks on ending North Korea's nuclear programs are to resume this week in Beijing, after being on hold since last year. Negotiations are expected to focus on efforts to verify the dismantling of North Korea's declared nuclear facilities and Pyongya

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 03 December 2007 A senior U.S. envoy is in the North Korean capital to discuss Pyongyang's cooperation in efforts to peacefully end its nuclear weapons capabilities. The focus of the visit is to preview a promised declaration of a

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Bali 13 May 2006 Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad A one-day summit of eight majority Muslim nations has ended with a statement of support for the development of nuclear ene

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State Department officials say they are still skeptical about whether a U.N.-sponsored conference against racism set for April in Geneva can be a constructive exercise. The United States walked out of the initial conference on the subject in South Af

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 19 February 2008 Washington's top envoy on the North Korean nuclear issue has met with his North Korean counterpart, in hopes of ending Pyongyang's delay in declaring its nuclear programs. The declaration, now months overdue, is a

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By Scott Stearns Kigali 19 February 2008 President Bush says he is backing independence for Kosovo because he believes it will bring peace to the Balkans. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports Russia and Serbia say Kosovo's unilateral d

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By Paula Wolfson White House 02 January 2008 The Bush administration's top official on North Korea is returning to the region later this week, just days after Pyongyang missed a deadline to file a complete declaration of its nuclear activities. VOA W

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The Bush administration said Wednesday it will not accept a North Korean nuclear declaration that does not fulfill Pyongyang's obligations under the six-party disarmament accord. U.S. intelligence officials are preparing to brief congressional leader

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President Bush and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak say they are still hopeful that North Korea will disclose the details of its nuclear weapons program, as required under a 2007 six-party accord. Pyongyang is more than three months late in discl

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