Mr. President, Dr. Conant, members of the Board of Overseers, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am profoundly grateful, touched by the great distinction and honor and great compliment accorded me by the authorities of Harvard this morning. I am overwhelmed, a

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MADRID, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Atletico Madrid's Uruguayan striker Diego Forlan admitted this Tuesday that should the right offer come along he would be prepared to leave the club. Forlan, along with fellow striker Kun Aguero has been vital to the club f

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South Africa's parliament has elected African National Congress deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe as the third post-apartheid president of the country. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our Johannesburg bureau, the new president made it clear he d

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Much Progress, Much to Do on HIV In July, the worlds largest AIDS conference will be held in Washington, D.C. About 20 thousand delegates from 200 countries and more than two thousand journalists are expected to attend AIDS 2012. This will be the fir

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War On Terror Focuses Too Much on Extremists, Scholar Says French troops fighting al-Qaida-affiliated terrorists in Mali have helped restore order to areas overrun by an ethnic Tuareg rebellion. But local leaders, like Moussa Ag Oumeytta, say solving

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BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Russia launched a spacecraft with three astronauts on board from the Kazakh Baikonur space center early on Tuesday, Xinhua correspondents(通讯记者 ) reported from the site. The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft

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DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- China and Switzerland(瑞士) formally launched bilateral talks on a free trade agreement Friday. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Chinese Commerce Minister Cheng Deming said the agreement talks between Ch

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MONTEVIDEO, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- Uruguay's soccer star Diego Forlan has become the all-time maximum goal scorer for the country's national team. The honor for the 32-year-old Forlan, who plays for Italian Serie A's Inter Milan, comes after the striker

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Forlan rules out move to Argentina's Independiente RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Star Uruguayan striker Diego Forlan has ruled out a possible return to Argentina's Independiente at the end of the year. Forlan reaffirmed his commitment to Brazil

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Uruguay international striker Diego Forlan said on Thursday he is unconcerned by his continued goal drought with new club Internacional. Forlan is yet to score from five appearances with the Brazilian Serie A outfi

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PORTO ALEGRE, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Uruguay international striker Diego Forlan has admitted he endured a tough start to his career at Brazilian club Internacional. Forlan joined the club six months ago but failed to recapture the form that won him the b

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Uruguay striker Diego Forlan could return to Internacional's starting line-up for the Brazilian club's fixture against Pelotas in the Campeonato Gaucho on Saturday. Forlan was used as a 70th-minute substitute in Uru

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - How Much Exercise Do You Really Need? BOB DOUGHTY: This is the VOA Special English program SCIENCE IN THE NEWS. Im Bob Doughty. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And Im Shirley Griffith. Today, we will tell why exercise is so important. And we

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BUENOS AIRES, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The Argentinean soccer team Lanus Sunday defeated Godoy Cruz 1-0 to consolidate the leadership in the final tournament after the sixth matchday. The match was played in Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Mendoza, at 1,0

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Uruguay striker Diego Forlan scored his fourth goal from as many matches as Internacional overcame arch rivals Gremio 2-1 in Brazil's Campeonato Gaucho on Sunday. The 33-year-old opened the scoring at Porto Alegre'

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Dating back as far as the early Qing Dynasty, Lanzhou Guzi, the local ballad of Lanzhou, the capital of northwest China's Gansu province, has been passed on from mouth to mouth for about 400 years. Going through ups and downs, this art form has survi

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RIO DE JANEIRO, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian club Internacional has announced the signing of Uruguay striker Diego Forlan on a three-year contract. The 33-year-old was confirmed as Brazilian football's latest big-name recruit in a statement on Intern

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