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A MARTINEZ, HOST: Summer camp is an American tradition. But it's a completely new experience for kids who come to this country from refugee camps. This is a story about a summer day camp that immerses newcomers in American culture. It also sharpens t
By Deborah Tate Washington 19 January 2006 Top Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee say they will oppose the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Democrats who announ
By Scott Stearns White House 27 January 2006 President Bush says he expects a full investigation into last year's assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Pressure from the United
By Kate Woodsome Phnom Penh 09 January 2006 The World Bank has warned Cambodia that recent arrests of government critics could have a chilling affect on potential foreign investment. But pressure from
By Benjamin Sand Irbil, Iraq 04 November 2006 Saddam Hussein in court, Sept. 25, 2006 A verdict in Saddam Hussein's long-running war crimes trial is finally near, and could come as early as Sunday morning. From Iraq, VOA's Benjamin Sand reports that
By Ade Astuti Chicago, IL 10 October 2006 watch Poet Amir Sulaiman New Yorker Amir Sulaiman pulls no punches [does not soften his blows] in his poetry. As a Muslim African American, Amir Sulaiman feels he is called to use his poetry to shed light on
A wounded Israeli activist has lashed out at right-wing opponents believed to have targeted him in a bombing. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Ze'ev Sternhell (file) A day after he was wounded in a bomb attack, prominent Israe
By Gary Thomas London 18 August 2006 Passengers wait to check in with a pile of luggage at Heathrow Airport terminal 4, London, Tuesday, August 15, 2006 The head of the leading low-cost airline in Britain lashed out at the government's new airport s
By Dan Robinson Washington 22 March 2007 The U.S. House of Representatives has begun a debate on a spending measure containing more than $95 billion to fund the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. VOA's Dan Robinson reports, President Bush reitera
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 20 March 2007 Democrats in the House of Representatives face uncertainty as they proceed with plans to bring legislation to the floor later this week to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and provide billions in domes
With Israeli elections just two months away, the party that is slated to win is moving further to the right. The trend is expected to have serious implications for the Middle East peace process. Israel's right-wing Likud party has chosen top hawks t
Pakistani Taliban militants in the country's troubled Swat valley say they are indefinitely extending a cease-fire with the government. Swat Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah is expected to soon announce the terms of the cease-fire. Residents of Swat
Rodman Makes Controversial Remarks on Trip to North Korea 罗德曼访朝言行引争议 Former American basketball star Dennis Rodman is in North Korea for his fourth visit in recent months. His trip comes at a tense time, with the U.S. calling for
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: And finally today, we're going to talk about a new film that brings the searing social commentary of James Baldwin to the screen. It's called If Beale Street Could Talk, and it's based on Baldwin's 1974 novel of the same name. It
By Nico Colombant in Abidjan Agathe Diama in Bamako 18 May 2006 French interior minister and 2007 presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy has defended a new draft law on immigration while on a visit to M
By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 16 January 2007 watch Iraq report An Iraqi army Humvee blocks a street in central Baghdad, Iraq The threat of new violence in Iraq increased this week following the execution of two former top aides to Saddam Hussein. The