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After fan pressure including threads of boycott the cracker barrel restaurant chaine reversed its decision to drop selling products from the show. You told us we made a mistake with a company statement xx, you won't shy about it. Nor is Dynasty patri
By Rachel Smalley London 30 October 2009 Aid workers around the world often find themselves at risk, despite their efforts to remain above the conflict. Last year some 260 humanitarian workers suffered attacks -- 122 died. Taliban militants killed n
Lesson 5 No Room in the Ark诺亚方舟无容身之地 The gorilla is something of a paradox in the African scene. One thinks one knows him very well. For a hundred years or more he has been killed, captured, and imprisoned, in zoos. His bones have b
The Art of Living The art of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go. For life is a paradox: it enjoins us to cling to its many gifts even while it ordains their eventual relinquishment. The rabbis of old put it this way: A man comes
By Naomi Schwarz Bo, Sierra Leone 22 October 2007 As Sierra Leone's recently elected president, Ernest Koroma, begins governing, many observers are watching to see how he will tackle corruption. Some say corruption is the reason the country's huge di
By Sean Maroney Washington 23 February 2007 watch International Migration report Millions of people flee their homes each year to escape war, famine or disaster. The international community helps many of them when they end up as refugees in foreign
By Nico Colombant Port Harcourt 22 May 2007 Refinery workers in one of the main cities in Nigeria's Niger Delta have started a protest action over the last-minute sell-off of refineries by the outgoing government. Meanwhile, motorists line up for hou
By Zulima Palacio Washington, DC 27 February 2007 watch Peace Operations report The United States Institute for Peace just released the book Twenty-First-Century Peace Operations, the culmination of a four-year project to examine the origins and out
People gather around 'Table of the Merciful' in Cairo's Khan al-Khalili bazaar, 12 Aug 2010 Many of Cairo's poor are spending this Ramadan, the Islamic month of spiritual devotion, coping with such worldly problems as electricity shortages, stifling
Joy of World Cup Evades Sao Paulo Shantytown 巴西圣保罗贫民窟不再展现世界杯欢乐笑颜 SAO PAULO, BRAZIL The World Cup kicks off on June 12 in San Paulo, Brazils biggest city. The huge metropolis is focused on the big event, but resid
As Planet Warms, Intense Winds Keep Antarctic Cool 地球变暖造成强风使南极保持凉爽 Intense winds help Antarctica keep its cool despite climate change, according to a new study. Scientists overwhelmingly agree global warming exists and h
Here then is the strange paradox of black holes: the defeating black hole is anything but black. Just how greedy and bright a black hole can get is revealed by an aptly very ordinary looking galaxy called Cygnus A, some 650 million light years away.
By Mona Ghuneim New York 12 March 2008 A Polish cosmologist, physicist, philosopher and Catholic priest is the recipient of the 2008 Templeton Prize, the world's largest monetary award given to an individual. From VOA's New York Bureau, Mona Ghuneim
From the bright and joyful displays on Red Square, its hard to tell that anyone is worried about possible economic troubles ahead. Its clear in Moscows retail districts that some people are doing well. I dont plan to economize. This is a planned holi
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 14 April 2008 The first exit poll issued at the closing of voting in the Italian general election shows media mogul Silvio Berlusconi is on course to win and secure a third term as prime minister. The exit polls issued aft
U.S. stock markets teetered between positive and negative territory on Tuesday as the federal government unveiled yet another effort to loosen tight credit and promote lending. The day brought more unwelcome news about America's troubled housing and
President Obama's director of the National Economic Council, Larry Summers, told a Washington audience Friday that an excess of fear is hindering a recovery from today's deep economic recession. 美国国家经济委员会主任萨默斯星期五在华
A comedy, kung Fu movie Keep Calm and Be A Superstar, featuring American actor Chris Collins and Hong Kong singer and actor Eason Chan is scheduled to hit theatres around China on December 8th. Chan plays an action superstar in the movie. At a promot
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's tough to be a teenager. It's especially tough for girls, who are more vulnerable to depression than boys. New research shows that's getting even worse. As NPR's Patti Neighmond reports, girls are now three times more likely
1. I study the biology of personality, and I've come to believe that we've evolved four very broad styles of thinking and behaving, linked with the dopamine, serotonin, testosterone and estrogen systems. So I created a questionnaire directly from bra