1. President Barack Obama is praising Health-Care workers battling Ebola in Africa. Doctor Kent Brantly who was infected while working in Liberia was among those Obama recognized Wednesday at White House. Obama says he doesn't want such workers to di

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Technology Hub Launches Businesses in Cameroon Zinger Systems began as a business idea in the minds of a few Cameroonian entrepreneurs. After they spent one year developing their academic software and business model at Activspaces, a technology hub i

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Sex Workers Demand Rights at AIDS 2012 Sex workers say stigma, discrimination and antiquated laws make them more vulnerable to HIV infection, exploitation and violence. They spoke out at 19th International AIDS Conference in Washington. Sex workers,

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Pope Benedict Ends Cuba Visit They walked the last kilometer, and more, to witness Pope Benedict's mass. In his homily, the pontiff spoke of his joy at the recent increase in freedom given to the Roman Catholic Church in Cuba. But he also referred to

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The political thriller, The Ghost Writer, earned controversial director Roman Polanski top honors in February at the Berlin Film Festival. Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor co-star in the 'ripped-from-the-headlines' tale of high-level international in

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Andres Idarraga is a Yale University law student, a rights activist and a convicted felon. He recently testified before Congressional subcommittee on changing current voting restrictions for former felons. In the United States, most people convicted

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Obama's Mother Inspires Magical Journey During his run for the presidency, Barack Obama often talked about his mother, Ann Dunham, and the lessons she taught him through her work with poor rural communities around the world. Dunham died of cancer in

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Obama: Iran Must be Held Accountable President Barack Obama says Iran's government must be held accountable for what he calls dangerous and reckless behavior in what the U.S. has alleged was a plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the Unit

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U.S. Senator Jim Webb, who recently held talks with Burma's military leaders, says the government denies reports that it is trying to acquire nuclear technology. The senator also says Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has indicated a willin

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WHO: Ebola Cases Will Top 9,000 Soon The World Health Organization reported the number of cases in the West Africa Ebola outbreak will top nine-thousand this week. As of October 14, there have been 8,914 Ebola cases and 4,447 deaths have been reporte

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Domestic Workers from Myanmar Overworked in Thailand CHIANG MAI, THAILAND In Thailand, thousands of unregistered domestic workers from Myanmar face daily abuse at the hands of their employees. But now, as Myanmar opens to reform, changes are coming s

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Some people with hearing loss want to change the rules so they can buy hearing aids over the counter at a local pharmacy. These would be stylish earbuds that can help with mild to moderate hearing problems. Here's NPR's Patti Nei

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Schopenhauer 叔本华 Schopenhauer was the son of a wealthy merchant, Heinrich Floris Schopenhauer, and his wife, Johanna, who was a famous local writer. In 1793,when Danzig came under Prussian sovereignty, they moved to the free city of Hamburg.

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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 弗里德里希威廉尼米 Nietzsches early childhood is itself a story of writing, reading, illness and isolation. He was sent to the local school but then gained a place at the elite academy of Pforta in 1858. By 1862,

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在飞机上本杰明遇到一个外国人,两人聊起了中国一些有特色的地方和物品,例如长城、天安门、茶叶和丝绸等。 Listen Read Learn Benjamin: Hi, I'm Benjamin. Nice to meet you here. You look great. Passenger: Thank you. Nice to meet you too. I'm John. Is this y

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The warm glow of the summer morning settles on the slopes of western Colorado. But as the sun climbs higher, deep shadows shield the landscape that remains dark and forbidding. It is among the nation's deepest, steepest and narrowest canyons. You may

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This morning on The Doctors Are In, struggling marriages, young couples today has a 40 percent chance of getting divorced. When the going gets tough, why do so many people get going? Dr Gail Salts is a psychiatrist and Today contributor, and Dr Drew

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By Steve Herman New Delhi 19 September 2007 A day after Nepal's former Maoist insurgents bolted from the country's interim government, there is hope they may soon return, allowing planned national elections to go ahead unhindered at the end of this y

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By VOA News 18 October 2007 President Bush says world leaders risk bringing about World War Three if they do not do more to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons. Mr. Bush said at a White House news conference Wednesday that he takes the threat o

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Newlywed Alexei Sytev and his fellow crewmembers will spend a year and a half living aboard a virtual spacecraft to simulate an actual space mission to Mars Six astronauts are about to experience what it's like to travel to Mars and back, only withou

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