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Wedding Celebrations Held in Streets Across Britain For those not lucky enough to get an invitation to the royal wedding itself, there were thousands of street parties across Britain on Friday. With the day declared a public holiday, many people dres
AS IT IS 2013-07-01 Graduating Early from Medical, Law School Hello, and welcome once again to As It Is, our daily show for people learning everyday American English. Im Christopher Cruise in Washington. Today on the program, some American law school
Britain Notes Big Change in Royal Wedding Souvenirs What can a cookie tin, a Rubik's Cube, and a novel tell us about Britain's royal family? Robert Opie has been a collector since before he can remember. Today, his collection makes up a museum in Lon
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 02 March 2006 Hooded police in Kenya have raided the privately owned Standard media group's television offices and newspaper printing presses. The managing editor of the Keny
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 12 June 2006 In Somalia's capital, there are mixed reactions over the recent closure of public cinemas by hard-line Islamists, with some people believing the closures are just the beginning of repressive measures, while oth
By Craig Fitzpatrick Washington, DC 28 July 2006 watch Saving the Tigers report Tigers have long been a symbol of grace, power and majesty. Because of this their body parts are highly prized in Asian countries. A new study by environmentalists says
By Kurt Achin Kaesong, North Korea 28 February 2006 North and South Korea gave the international media their first up close look at a joint industrial complex - hailed as the economic future of the di
By Mil Arcega Washington 24 April 2007 New YorkStock Exchange opening on 20 April U.S. stock market indexes opened with slight gains in early trading Monday after a week of record gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose more than 150 points on F
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 24 April 2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross reports hundreds of civilians caught in fighting in Mogadishu, Somalia have been wounded in the past few days and thousands of people continue to flee. The ICRC warns t
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 26 December 2006 A Nigerian court in Abuja is expected to hear Wednesday, a motion seeking to set aside the removal of the vice president by President Olusegun Obasanjo. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports Nigeria - which is
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 01 November 2006 Francoise Le Goff The Red Cross says funds for its AIDS programs in southern Africa are due to run out in three months. Officials made the announcement in South Africa as they launched what they said was t
By Paula Wolfson White House 30 May 2007 President Bush is urging the U.S. Congress to support a massive expansion of his program to help AIDS patients in the developing world. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House. President Bush wears an
By Nico Colombant Dakar 01 May 2007 As workers around the world mark May Day, in Liberia, a strike is ongoing at the rubber plantations of the Firestone tire company, highlighting long standing problems between the country's biggest private employer
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 11 April 2007 An international media watchdog has condemned the recent arrests of three television journalists following a press conference in Somalia. The group also expressed concerns about government-imposed restrictions
By Noel King Khartoum 09 December 2006 In another blow to emergency aid operations in Sudan's embattled Darfur region, the International Committee of the Red Cross says it has been forced to evacuate staff from the town of Kutum in northern Darfur d
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 08 December 2006 A militant group in Nigeria is threatening to launch more attacks on the oil industry, a day after it seized four foreign oil workers. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports for VOA that Nigerian officials say t
By David Gollust State Department 09 May 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the United States is sending $10 million in emergency medical aid to the Pale
By Rory Byrne Phnom Penh 13 June 2007 A panel of Cambodian and U.N.-appointed judges has approved the ground rules for the prosecution of the former leaders of the Khmer Rouge, who were responsible for the deaths of almost 2 million Cambodians in the
By Melinda Smith Washington 02 May 2007 Pierre Kraehenbuehl, director of operations of the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, speaks about the situation of civilians in Iraq, during a press conference in Geneva, 11 Apr 2007 The Internati
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 11 July 2006 Civilian carries a girl, injured in a grenade explosion in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, July 11, 2006 Several grenade blasts have rocked the capital of Indian Kashmir, killing six people and injuring nearly two