'Freedom Riders' Remembered 50 Years Later The American South was a segregated society 50 years ago. In 1960, the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed racial segregation in restaurants and bus terminals serving interstate travel, but African-Americans who tri

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By Efam Dovi Accra 23 August 2006 In Ghana, a high court in the capital Accra Tuesday sentenced five robbers to more than 300 years in prison in what the police say is a clear sign the country is taking violent crime seriously. The spate of armed ro

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My most embarrassing moment was probably when I lived in Germany. One day I decided to go shopping and I drove into town. I had a car. And I was very, very pleased because I found a parking space immedately which was rather unusual. I did my shopping

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 21 November 2007 A French judge has put former president Jacques Chirac under formal investigation for suspected embezzlement during his 1977-1995 tenure as Paris mayor. For VOA, Lisa Bryant reports from the French capital the ma

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By VOA News 20 November 2007 Two separate teams of scientists say they have transformed ordinary human skin cells into ones that look and act like embryonic stem cells. Laboratory teams at universities in the United States and Japan Tuesday announced

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 28 November 2007 Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo has embarked on a planned multi-city three-day trip to the rebel-held north in Ivory Coast, following an agreement with rebel leader turned Prime Minister Guillaume Soro to hol

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By Scott Bobb Bangkok 03 March 2006 In Thailand, an estimated 100,000 people gathered at a mass rally in downtown Bangkok to show support for Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The show of support cam

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By David Gollust State Department 22 February 2008 The State Department is withdrawing non-essential personnel and family members of U.S. diplomats from Belgrade after Thursday's mob attack on the U.S. embassy there. Serbian authorities have pledged

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By Tom Hendrick Keokuk, Iowa 19 June 2007 Civil War re-enactors prepare to re-create a local battle Every summer tens of thousands of Americans return to old battlefields where their ancestors fought a bloody civil war from 1861 to 1865. They fight a

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My most embarrassing moment was probably when I lived in Germany. One day I decided to go shopping and I drove into town. I had a car. And I was very, very pleased because I found a parking space immedately which was rather unusual. I did my shopping

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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, speaks during a joint press conference with Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, right, at State House Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, June 8, 2010. Kenya's president asked the United States on Tuesday to lead a greater internat

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India has signed its first contract to build nuclear power plants after the international community lifted an embargo on civilian nuclear trade with the country. The deal marks the end of India's nuclear isolation. Chairman and CEO of Areva, Anne La

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By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 03 July 2007 Ten years ago, an unprecedented financial crisis swept through East Asia requiring the biggest country bailouts in history. VOA's Heda Bayron in Hong Kong looks back at the turbulence that began in July of 1997 a

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My most embarrassing moment was probably when I lived in Germany. One day I decided to go shopping and I drove into town. I had a car. And I was very, very pleased because I found a parking space immedately which was rather unusual. I did my shopping

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