By Brian Wagner Miami 18 December 2007 Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro said in a letter read on national television he does not want to stay in power forever, suggesting he may retire from leadership. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports the comment

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 22 January 2006 Shaul Mofaz Israel is threatening to launch a pre-emptive strike against Iran's nuclear program. Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz has hinted that Israel is prepa

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By David McAlary Washington 15 February 2007 A U.S. spacecraft has provided fresh evidence that water once flowed on Mars. In this case, it is water that ran deep underground through rock fissures, places where scientists say life could have thrived

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By Barry Wood Washington 27 April 2006 Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told the Congressional Joint Economic Committee Thursday that economic data will be particularly important in guiding centr

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By Al Pessin Baghdad 26 April 2006 The U.S. secretaries of state and defense are both in Baghdad for what officials say is an unprecedented joint visit to show strong support for the country's newly e

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The Obama administration's special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking, George Mitchell, indicated on Tuesday that an agreement on new peace talks between the two sides might be only weeks away. Mitchell noted that shared concern among Israel

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The U.N. human rights office says war crimes and crimes against humanity may have been committed during the conflict in Sri Lanka, possibly by both the government and Tamil Tiger rebels. A Sri Lankan Defense Ministry photo shows army soldiers patrol

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In A Rare Speech, Japan's Emperor Hints At Abdicating STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The emperor of Japan was once considered a god. That status ended after World War II. And this next story shows the symbolic head of state has ordinary human desires. He's hin

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By David Gollust Jerusalem 04 May 2008 Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni indicated Sunday Israel may uproot some of its West Bank settlements as part of a peace accord with the Palestinians. Livni spoke at the start of a meeting Sunday with visiti

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By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 09 July 2007 Sergei Lavrov Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says any resolution on independence for Kosovo will fail in the U.N. Security Council, unless it gains the backing of Serbia, a close Kremlin ally. As VOA Mosc

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Roberta: You know, my birthday is coming up. John: Yeah, I know. What are you getting at? Roberta: Nothing. I was just thinking that its kind of an important birthday, a major birthday. John: Yes, I know. Spit it out. What are you driving at? Roberta

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Find the problem. What kind of person are youone who focuses on accuracy or one who focuses on frequency? the first step is to recognize your problem and go to work no it. Think about situations where youve used English and how you felt about making

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SPEAKING English fluently and accurately is a goal of many people studying English in China. Fluency can be simply defined asbeing able to communicate ideas without having to stop and think too much about what one is saying; speaking accurately means

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