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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By Challiss McDonough Cairo 30 March 2006 watch Jill Carroll profile American journalist Jill Carroll has been released by her captors in Iraq, nearly three months after she was kidnapped at gunpoint.

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By Dan Robinson Washington 27 September 2006 The House of Representatives Wednesday approved legislation establishing new guidelines for the handling of terrorist suspects in U.S. custody. The 253 to 168 vote was preceded by emotional debate. ---- E

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 28 June 2006 Sauri, in western Kenya, is one of a dozen so-called Millennium Villages set up across the continent by American and African development experts and funded by governments and private donors. Local committees wi

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South Korean religious groups have temporarily taken over leadership of protests against the resumption of American beef imports, calling for peace and police restraint. At the same time, South Korea's biggest labor union group has begun a strike an

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Hillary Clinton has arrived in Israel, beginning her first foray into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as the new U.S. secretary of state. The top U.S. diplomat landed in Tel Aviv late Monday from Egypt, where she attended a donors' conference that

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Turkish Villagers Watch Syrian Crisis Unfold As the Syrian government continues its violent crackdown on protestors, thousands of people are fleeing across the Turkish border. In the village of G黺e珑i, Turkish residents have been watching the refu

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The Japanese military worked furiously on Thursday to cool dangerouly overheated fuel rods at the severely damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, stepping up their efforts to avert a nuclear disaster. Efforts are also underway to restore electricity

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Yoga Helps Mentally Ill Improve Their Lives Ericpaul Clark has been taking yoga classes for several months. Hes been in jail and a psychiatric facility after abusing drugs. Today, he says hes clean and looking forward to a better life. Yoga helps kee

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By Scott Stearns White House 01 May 2007 President Bush has vetoed more than $124 billion worth of funding for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq because the measure includes a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. VOA White House Correspo

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 14 December 2006 The head of a leading US hearing aid company spends much of his time providing hearing aids to poor children around the world. Bill Austin, the founder and chief executive of Starkey Laboratories, spok

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By Dan Robinson Washington 09 December 2006 As it nears adjournment for the year, the House of Representatives has approved a legislative trade package that includes a provision establishing Permanent Normal Trade Relations [PNTR] with Vietnam by a

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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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