ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Now we're going to hear about some new research that takes on this question. Should scanning your genome be as routine as checking your blood pressure? Here's NPR health correspondent Rob Stein. ROB STEIN, BYLINE: It's gotten way e

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By Aya Batrawy Cairo 18 April 2008 Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has sparked an outcry of protest from Israeli and American officials for his decision to meet with Hamas leaders during a week-long visit to the Middle East. Although he received a

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By Greg Flakus Houston 24 March 2008 Results of an internal party election in Mexico have raised fears of more political turmoil with possible implications for the United States as well. VOA's Greg Flakus has the story from our Houston bureau. At a t

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Journalists in Senegal and free press advocates have criticized President Abdoulaye Wade over his administration's treatment of the press. Brent Latham reports from our West Africa bureau in Dakar, the criticism comes in response to events surroundi

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Southern Africa leaders plan to meet Sunday in South Africa in an attempt to break a stalemate over allocating Cabinet positions in a planned government of national unity in Zimbabwe. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA from Johannesburg, that in the m

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In India's financial hub of Mumbai, commandos and troops have mounted an operation to clear two luxury hotels seized by gunmen. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, at least 101 people have been killed and as many as 287 wounded in coordinated at

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Voters in Guinea-Bissau are choosing a new leader. Sunday's election is meant to replace President Joao Bernardo Vieira, who was killed by mutinous troops five months ago. Malam Bacai Sanha waits to speak during a rally, in the capital Bissau (File)

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By Andre de Nesnera Washington 24 October 2007 U.S. plans to deploy a missile defense system in Eastern Europe continue to be a major source of contention between the United States and Russia. In this report from Washington, VOA Senior Correspondent

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 08 July 2007 Arrested Pakistan's religious students arrive at sports complex from Adiala jail to be handed over to their families, 8 Jul 2007 Pakistani commandos blasted fresh holes in the walls around an Islamabad mosque w

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By Mil Arcega Washington 25 October 2007 American news media are reporting that a survey of pilots by the U.S. government found that safety problems involving air carriers happen more frequently than previously known. The reports say the space agency

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 18 April 2008 Israel has condemned the meeting between former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and the exiled leader of the Islamic militant group Hamas in Damascus. But as Robert Berger reports from the VOA's Jerusalem bureau,

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By Paul Sisco Washington 09 April 2008 Leatherback turtles fascinate ocean researchers. The largest of sea turtles roams the world's oceans, nesting and feeding in coastal regions. Scientists say leathernecks have been doing so for at least 65 millio

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 09 June 2006 Pakistan has described the killing of Abu Musab al- the terrorist leader in Iraq, as a significant development in the global war on terror. But al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden continues to elude U.S., Afghan an

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In Zambia, opposition leader Michel Sata is maintaining a slim lead over rival, Acting President Rupiah Banda, as vote tabulation continues from Thursday's presidential election. With more than three-fourths of the vote counted, Sata has 40 percent

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Islamabad 07 January 2008 Suspected Islamic militants have killed eight tribal leaders involved in brokering a peace deal between the army and Islamic insurgents in Pakistan's volatile northwest region near the border with Afg

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The leader of a banned Muslim charity India accuses of masterminding last year's Mumbai terror attack has been released by a Pakistani court. The decision is seen as a setback for the investigation into the terror attack, as well as relations betwee

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 16 October 2009 The French government is recommending that its nationals leave the volatile West African country of Guinea, nearly three weeks after a brutal army crackdown against protesters. The move comes a day after the Inte

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By Lauren Comiteau The Hague 19 October 2009 Darfur rebel chief Bahar Idriss Abu Garda sits in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court at The Hague, 19 Oct 2009 The International Criminal Court in The Hague has begun a preliminary hearing

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Broadcast on Coast to Coast: June 19, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- encouraging English learners to talk in class. RS: We asked English teacher Lida Baker in Los Angeles how she gets conversation starte

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By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 10 December 2007 Liberia's former transitional leader, Gyude Bryant, has appeared in court, after being arrested for missing earlier appearances in his continuing embezzlement trial. The court has given him until Friday to find

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