People in America - Katharine Hepburn, 1907-2003: An Independent and Intelligent Actress STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Katharine Hepburn, one of Ame

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By Barry Wood Washington 16 January 2008 The latest annual index of economic freedom ranks Hong Kong and Singapore on top for the 14th consecutive time. VOA's Barry Wood reports the Heritage Foundation survey shows economic freedom has improved sligh

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They've been giving Robert Bruce a referendum makeover.He fought for Scotish indepence with a battle-ax in hand fast forward 700 years from the battlefield of B.And the modern weapon of choice is rather difficult. It is the independce white paper, 67

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By Stefan Bos Budapest 10 December 2007 Kosovo's incoming Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has urged the province's minority Serbs not to be afraid of independence that the ethnic-Albanian majority wants to declare soon. Stefan Bos reports for VOA from Bu

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By Steve Herman New Delhi 14 August 2007 An electrician checks the decorative lights on the Indian gate, at the joint border check post, Wagah, India, 13 Aug 2007 Sixty years ago, India and Pakistan celebrated their newly won independence from Britis

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By Noel King Khartoum 19 June 2006 Sudanese children collect water from a well in the village of Brikatouly in South Darfur, Sudan The top United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Sudan says that fighting among rebel factions is blocking humanitar

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Americans are celebrating Independence Day Friday, the 232rd anniversary of the declaration of independence from Britain. As VOA's Kent Klein reports from Washington, that celebration is taking the form of parades, picnics, fireworks, and one very s

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 19 January 2007 One of the first and most comprehensive studies of the media in sub-Saharan Africa has revealed massive growth in the industry over the past five years, with the emergence of private and community radio sta

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By Stefan Bos Budapest 17 November 2007 The people of Kosovo are voting Saturday for a new local government. All the main political parties in the Albanian-majority province have pledged to gain independence from Serbia. Kosovo's Serbian minority is

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 20 February 2008 A senior aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says Palestinians should follow the example of Kosovo and unilaterally declare independence. VOA's Jim Teeple reports the idea was dismissed by Palestinian

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By Peter Heinlein United Nations 10 May 2007 Washington's ambassador at the United Nations says most Security Council members back a plan to grant supervised independence to Kosovo. But as VOA's correspondent at the U.N. Peter Heinlein reports, veto-

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