About 10 percent of Indonesians are registered taxpayers and only about one million report their taxes to the government. That is not a lot for the worlds fourth most populous country. Indonesia is home to almost 260 million people. The comparatively

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Colonel Gaddafi has warned the West not to intervene in Libya, saying he'll fight to the last man and woman. Rebel forces say they've recaptured a key strategic town in the east. Pro-Gaddafi forces had stormed the town of Brega and bombed from the ai

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The Halloween season abounds with witches and goblins and ghosts. While many children and adults put on costumes and pretend to be witches, a new book reminds readers that there are still people living in a world haunted by witchcraft. In Spellbound:

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Keep them honest tonight with a guy talking about his new buddy. He is a good guy to me, guess what? He is my friend. He is my friend, that's Dennis Rodman, and this is Dennis Rodman's new friend. His name is Kim, Dennis is a pro-basketball hall of f

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IN THE NEWS - Central America Free Trade Agreement By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Saturday, May 29, 2004 This is Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. US Trade Representative Robert Zoellic

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By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: November 22, 2003 This is Steve Ember with In the News from VOA Special English. Trade ministers from the Americas gathered in Miami, Florida, this week to discuss plans for

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT - U.S. Group Fights to Free Modern-Day Slaves By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, March 08, 2004 This is Robert Cohen with the VOA Special English Development Report. American officials

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By Mandy Clark London 26 June 2007 Gordon Brown is designated Britain's new prime minister as Tony Blair steps down from office. And although Brown has been at the heart of British politics for the last decade, many people still are not sure what to

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 28 August 2007 Gunmen in Nigeria's troubled oil-rich southern Rivers state have set free a Nigerian oil worker and a Pakistani construction manager seized about a month ago. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that only one ho

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By Scott Stearns White House 23 May 2008 U.S. President George Bush wants Congress to approve a free trade agreement with Colombia. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, opposition Democrats have delayed that vote until after November

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Vietnam'sDrugRehabCentersUnderFire Rights advocates in Vietnam are criticizing a form of treatment used by the government to rehabilitate illegal drug users and sex workers. In a newly released report, the international human rights group Human Right

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By Kurt Achin Pusan, South Korea 22 October 2009 Human rights organizations say tens of thousands of North Koreans live in forced labor camps for political reeducation, where torture, starvation, and illness are commonplace. North Korean defectors s

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Mexico Authorities Free 275 Trapped In Forced Lab Bioparques de Occidente is a tomato sorting and packing company in the municipality of Toliman in the western state of Jalisco. The management finds workers to get the tomatoes ready for export in nea

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President Bush wants Congress to ratify a free-trade agreement with Central American nations. Democrats say the plan weakens labor rights and would cost jobs in the United States. 美国总统布什要求国会批准中美洲国家自由贸易协议,

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AGRICULTURE REPORT - Future of the Central American Free Trade Agreement Unclear in Washington By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture

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Photo: AP Trucks transport cargo at a container terminal in the port of Dalian, China, 11 Sep 2009 Economists see the start of a free-trade agreement between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as a crucial spur to Asia's economic gr

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By Scott Stearns White House 14 December 2007 U.S. President George Bush and Peruvian President Alan Garcia have signed a free trade agreement between their countries. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, trade between the United Stat

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By Bill Rodgers Washington, DC 02 February 2007 watch US Trade Policy President Bush wants the U.S. Congress to extend his so-called trade promotion authority, which expires July first. Also known as fast track, it allows the president to submit tra

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The U.S. Congress has approved free trade pacts with South Korea, Colombia and Panama - the first such accords passed during Barack Obamas presidency. Backers say the trade deals will boost U.S. exports by $13 billion a year, while opponents say they

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BEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- In two-and-a-half months, Chinese people will celebrate the Spring Festival, China's most important traditional festival for family reunions and a time when most people make homebound trips. Chinese car-owners may find th

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