SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Severe Ocean Storms: The Science of Nature's Power This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Barbara Klein. And Im June Simms. Today we tell about the science of severe ocean storms. Severe storms that develop over

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit the U.S. Virgin Islands so hard. Let's travel there now with NPR's Greg Allen to see how people on the islands are doing. GREG ALLEN, BYLINE: At the beach in Magens Bay, the party is back on. (SOUNDBI

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The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize was announced this morning. This year the award goes to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, an international group whose current mission is the destruction of the Syria's chemical weapons stoc

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 04 May 2006 U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld faced tough questioning during an appearance before a foreign affairs group in the southern United States on Thursday. Several

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Beginners. We keep busy in the Winter. We play in the snow and do sports, but there are other things to do inside the house. Because we live in an older home, there are projects to do. These are small changes that need to be made to the house. Why do

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Economists usually study markets. Now, two Americans have won the Nobel Prize in economics for not studying markets. They will share almost one and a half million dollars for their analysis of econom

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 23 July 2007 Australian officials are calling for global support for a satellite monitoring system to combat illegal logging and the destruction of forests in Asia and the Pacific. From Sydney, Phil Mercer reports. FAO says most

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By Scott Stearns White House 18 August 2006 President Bush says he believes civilians in Southern Lebanon will ultimately hold Hezbollah militants responsible for 33 days of fighting with Israel. The president's comments came as Hezbollah began prov

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 24 September 2007 As heads of states from throughout Africa attend a U.N.-organized meeting in New York City to tackle global warming, African scientists and civil society leaders say crop production, lives, and entire villages o

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 22 June 2006 Over the past two weeks, lawmakers have engaged in one of the most significant periods of debate on Iraq since U.S. and coalition forces ousted former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in early 2003. The debate

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By Greg Flakus Houston 26 May 2008 A band of storms stretching from the Texas Panhandle to Wisconsin has caused death and destruction in the central United States during the past few days. At least 7 people were killed in Iowa and Minnesota by tornad

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By Cindy Saine Capitol Hill 22 September 2009 Senators Joseph Lieberman (r) and Susan Collins prior to start of committee's hearing on Weapons of Mass Destruction Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2009, on Capitol Hill, 22 Sep 2009 Two U.S. senator

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Archaeologists, Law Enforcement on Lookout for Looted Artifacts CHICAGO The looting and destruction of historic sites and artifacts by Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria has sparked outrage around the world. Archaeologists are concerned that i

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By Deborah Tate Washington 09 February 2006 In Washington, key lawmakers have introduced legislation aimed at boosting U.S. efforts to curb the threat posed by conventional weapons, including shoulder

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It's been a decade since the fire fighters last walked out. The fire brigade union wants to propose changes will mean fire fighters will have to work longer and pay more into their pensions, yet receive less in the time. 80 percent of the union membe

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 16 November 2007 The international environmental group Greenpeace is blocking a ship carrying palm oil from leaving a port on Indonesia's Sumatra island. Their goal is to highlight the environmental damage caused by pa

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By Scott Stearns Washington 11 January 2007 U.S. President George Bush is sending more troops to Iraq as part of what he says will be a new way forward. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns looks at the president's changing approach to the co

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