DAVID GREENE, HOST: Jury selection is starting today in St. Paul, Minn., for the trial of a policeman charged with killing an African-American motorist. Philando Castile was the man shown on live video as he was dying in a car. Here is Matt Sepic fro

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: A Mexican journalist who had sought asylum in the U.S. is now free. Immigration authorities released him last week after he and his son spent nearly eight months in detention. His discharge took his legal team by surprise, and it

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By Challiss McDonough Cairo 04 December 2007 Iran has welcomed the new U.S. intelligence estimate which suggests the Tehran government is not currently trying to develop nuclear weapons. VOA correspondent Challiss McDonough has more from our Middle

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By Cindy Saine Washington 14 February 2008 The Defense Department says it is planning to shoot down a defunct U.S. spy satellite before it is expected to hit the Earth in early March, because of potential danger to human beings from its unburned rock

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Cardiovascular disease is the world's leading cause of death. It includes heart attack, stroke and high blood pressure. Over the years, researchers have identified several substances in the blood that c

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By Brian Padden Washington, DC 20 October 2006 The issue of philanthropy in America received much media attention recently when Warren Buffet, the world's second richest man donated more then $1.5 billion to the charitable foundation run by Bill Gat

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By Gary Thomas Washington 24 September 2007 Iran's president got a frosty reception during a rare public appearance at an American university Monday. As VOA correspondent Gary Thomas reports, the less-than-warm welcome came from an unexpected quarter

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By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington, D.C. 20 February 2006 watch report on Religion The protests in the Muslim world over the newspaper cartoons making fun of the Prophet Muhammad continue. In the search

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By Carolyn Weaver New York, NY 30 January 2007 watch Ayaan Hirsi Ali report As a little girl in Somalia, Ayaan Hirsi Ali was subjected by a grandmother to the traditional practice of female genital mutilation. The daughter of a dissident Somali poli

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Pro-Palestinian activists have sailed into the Gaza Strip defying an Israeli blockade. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Members of Free Gaza group react upon there arrival to the Gaza Strip, 23 Aug 2008 After originally saying

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts after she addresses the parliament in Berlin, 19 May 2010 Germany's decision this week to ban speculative short selling of certain types of financial instruments has rattled financial markets around the world, f

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By Andre de Nesnera Washington 03 July 2007 The United States and Russia remain far apart on the issue of Kosovo. In this report from Washington, senior correspondent Andr de Nesnera looks at the conflicting views. President George W. Bush greets Rus

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: On the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration, Americans are still deeply divided about the next president. That includes some married couples who voted differently in the election, couples like Marty and Jessica Halprin. They live i

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By Stephanie Ho Washington 15 November 2006 The non-profit group , One Laptop per Child has unveiled a low-cost, high-durability laptop computer that it says it wants to put into the hands of children across the globe. Children's laptop from One Lap

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Nigeria Boko Haram Crisis Escalates in 2013 2013年尼日利亚博科圣地危机升级 MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA 2013 was supposed to be the year that ended Boko Haram, an Islamist insurgent group that has been terrorizing northern Nigeria for four years.

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Human Rights Groups Call for Investigation of US Drone Strikes 人权组织呼吁美国无人机袭击的调查 Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International released joint reports Tuesday documenting dozens of civilian deaths from U.S. drone strikes

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The new High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, is calling on governments to stop the arbitrary and unlawful detention of their citizens. Pillay is launching a United Nations initiative to abolish this illegal practice and to highlight the

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By Peter Heinlein United Nations 12 September 2006 Sheika Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa (file photo) The U.N. General Assembly has opened its 61st session and for the first time a Muslim woman is in the president's chair. From U.N. headquarters, VOA's Pete

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The United States and Russia continue sparring over a Central European missile defense system, as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says America is committed to protecting its allies from a possible Iranian missile attack, and her Russian counterp

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 16 October 2009 As India's economy recovers from the global financial crisis, foreign investment is flowing back into the country, and stock markets - as in many other countries, are again buoyant. Stock broker reacts as

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