Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe Says He Won't Support His Old Party NOEL KING, HOST: Today is election day in Zimbabwe. These are the first elections there since President Robert Mugabe was forced out last year. Mugabe was in power for 37 years until Novemb

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Thank you very, very much, President Keohane. Mrs. Gorbachev, Trustees, faculty, parents, and I should say, Julia Porter, class president, and certainly my new best friend, Christine Bicknell -- and, of course, the Class of 1990. I am really thrille

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Voters In 4 States Set To Decide On Medicaid Expansion RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Next week, voters in three states consider whether to do something their state governments did not - expand the Medicaid health insurance program, as most states did under Ob

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Baltimore Sees Fifth Day of Police Protests 巴尔的摩反警察暴力抗议第五天 BALTIMORE Hundreds of protesters gathered Thursday in downtown Baltimore, in the eastern U.S. state of Maryland, to again demand changes to the justice system foll

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Ukrainian Town Cut Off by Fighting Struggles to Survive KRASNOHORIVKA, EASTERN UKRAINE In eastern Ukraine, villages cut off by military front lines are on the brink of a humanitarian crisis. Ukraine's Kyiv government can't seem to get supplies in sup

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It's Sunday morning at the Jammin Java cafe in Vienna, Virginia. A group of people have gathered in the back - to pray. The sticky floors and low lighting are not exactly inspirational. But this is no ordinary church. It's a new kind of worship that

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Brazilian Ex-Catholics: Pope Visit Wont Win Us Back A weeknight prayer service at the Nations United Baptist Church outside Washington has everyone on their feet. As one of many Portuguese-language evangelical churches that have popped up in the Unit

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Religious congregations help the homeless, provide counseling, offer spiritual guidance and celebrate life cycle events. Churches and synagogues have played these roles for hundreds of generations. But for the first time, a new study has put an econo

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Multi-Site Megachurches Multiply in America Many young Evangelical Protestant Christians shun the expansive form of worship that drew their parents to so-called megachurches and opt instead for a more intimate religious experience. But one congregati

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A respected South African Muslim organization has turned to the courts to prevent a fellow-Muslim from burning bibles in retaliation to threats by a United States pastor to burn the Quran. The Scholars for Truth, a respected Muslim organization in So

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(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) DAVID GREENE, HOST: It is time now for StoryCorps. And today we'll meet a man who performs two very essential, very different jobs. John Marboe is a Lutheran pastor who grew up admiring his local garbage collectors in Alexandria,

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 06 August 2007 A man shows a student card (L) and a newly-printed election voting card specially introduced for the Congolese second round of legislative elections in Brazzaville, 05 Aug 2007 In the Republic of Congo, results fro

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By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 26 December 2007 Kenya's religious leaders played an important role before this week's national elections, urging followers to vote and refrain from violence. As Nick Wadhams reports from Nairobi, pastors and priests have also

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 16 November 2006 South Africa this week became the first African country, and only the fifth in the world, to legalize same-sex marriages. The law was passed overwhelmingly in the national assembly, because of support by t

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Philippine-Americans Help Typhoon Victims LOS ANGELES Philippine-Americans around the United States are collecting disaster relief for victims of Typhoon Haiyan, which has displaced more than 650,000 people in the Philippines. In Southern California,

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Website Supports Donations for Philippines Relief Efforts 支持菲律宾援助捐款的网站 RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY Web surfers around the world have an authoritative source for information about Filipino expatriates in the New York area - and their ef

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By Kent Klein Washington 04 May 2008 Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are seeking crucial votes in Indiana and North Carolina, where primary elections will be held Tuesday. Meanwhile, Democrats in the in the small P

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By Jim Malone Washington 04 April 2008 The hard-fought U.S. presidential campaign was briefly put on hold Friday as all three White House hopefuls paid tribute to the late civil rights leader, the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. VOA National corresp

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Two churches, one in Massachusetts and one in New York, wanted Martin to become their minister. While Martin was deciding which job to take, another letter camefrom the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. The church, which had no min

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