This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A new report says the illegal killing of rhinos for their horns is increasing in Africa and Asia. Rhinoceros poachers are killing an estimated two to three of the rare animals each week. Experts say

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11 Feeling Ill from Food While Traveling GLOSSARY sick as a dog very sick; very ill; with many physical symptoms of not beinghealthy or well * After eating an entire bag of cookies, Hank felt sick as a dog. it serves you right a phrase used when one

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Section 6 Cities, Towns and Villages 1A city is really just a large town. 2A town is just a large village. 3A small village without any shops is called a hamlet. 4A hamlet may have only a few houses.

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Cuidado [warning], don't start what you can't finish, 'Machete.' Texas-based writer-director Robert Rodriguez pays tribute to the movies that inspired him to become a filmmaker with a no-holds-barred, action-packed adventure that features knife fight

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The late Leona Bridges, a New York woman who married into millions, left her mansion and her $12 million fortune to her pet, a little white Chihuahua named Duchess. Although Leona is survived by one son, Wilbur, and three grandchildren, they received

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Hillary Rodham Clinton is one of the most famous women in the world. She is an American politician and serves as Senator for New York. She was a candidate in 2008 for the Democratic nomination to run for the Presidency. Hillary is married to Bill Cli

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William Bradley Pitt is an American actor and film producer. He is one of Hollywoods superstars and received an Academy Award nomination in 1995 but has yet to win an Oscar. He often tops the most handsome guy in the world lists. He was married to Je

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Demand Grows for Global Ban on 'Killer Robots' A human-sized robot joined campaigners outside the British Parliament last month to highlight what they say are the imminent dangers of automated weapons systems - or killer robots. Among them was Americ

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By Ernest Leong Washington, D.C. 03 January 2006 See report on Sudan According to the World Health Organization, there are 500,000 new cases of kala azar per year. Kala azar is a deadly epidemic sprea

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 23 February 2006 Five Palestinians have been shot dead during clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank. It is the biggest Israeli crackdown since the Islamic militant gr

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington, D.C. 01 February 2006 watch Hamas Future report Casting a ballot in the Palestinian parliamentary election Last week's unexpected, though convincing, Hamas victory in the

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By Steve Herman Tokyo 01 March 2006 Iran says it accepts in principle a Russian offer aimed at heading off international concerns over Iran's nuclear plans, and talks between the two nations were due

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At Least 55 Killed in Damascus Suicide Car Bombings The twin blasts, not more than a minute apart, rocked the Syrian capital during morning rush hour, crushing and burning dozens of vehicles and sending plumes of black smoke into the air. The blasts

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Killing of Unarmed Black Teenager in Florida Sparks Racial Tensions The U.S. Justice Department is investigating possible hate crime charges in connection to a fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white neighborhood watch leader in the so

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Euro Crisis Prompts Italian Village to Declare Independence Italy's tough austerity drive includes plans to force local authorities to merge, in a bid to rein in public spending. The tiny village of Filettino faces such a prospect - but its mayor is

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 05 June 2007 Hundreds of people from West Africa are gathering in Sikasso, Mali, this week, to bring attention to problems they say developed countries are ignoring. The anti-globalization and anti-poverty campaigners call their

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By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 13 August 2006 Vietnamese Deputy Transport Minister Nguyen Viet Tien is handcuffed and led from his home in Hanoi (File photo) As Vietnam prepares to ratify the U.N. Convention Against Corruption, the government continues it

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By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 19 June 2006 watch Gates Retire report Bill Gates (file photo) Bill Gates, the man who built the world's largest software company, says he will give up his daily management duties at Microsoft in two years to devote more

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that an Iranian nuclear scientist, who Iran claims was abducted by U.S. agents, is in the United States on his own free will and is free to leave. The Iranian, Shahram Amiri, turned up at the Iranian in

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