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By Jade Heilmann Dakar 31 December 2007 Hundreds of thousands of followers of the Mouride religion have flocked to the holy city of Touba, Senegal, to mourn the death of their spiritual leader Serigne Saliou Mback. The 92-year-old Caliph of the Mouri
Advocates Rally for Gender Pay Parity, New Legislation NEW YORK Activists gathered in New York on Tuesday Equal Pay Day to highlight a long-standing national problem: the gender pay gap. Congress passed the Equal Pay Act in 1963, but more than 50 yea
By Barry Wood San Francisco, California 29 November 2006 watch VoiceOver Internet report In September 2005 eBay, the Silicon Valley-based on-line auction site, stunned California's high-tech community by spending $2.5 billion to buy a company called
By Jeff Swicord Washington, D.C. 01 January 2007 watch report on Mourners Thousands of people are expected to pay their respects to former President Gerald Ford at the U.S. Capitol on Sunday and Monday before a memorial service on Tuesday at Washing
In Whitney Houston's Hometown, Fans Pay Tribute Outside the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, fans and friends left messages, flowers and other outpourings to say goodbye and thank you to the star. Scribbled notes said her voice had brought goose bu
Small Businesses Pay Price for Harlem's Success Locals often refer to Harlem as The Capital of Black America. But until recently, huge swathes of the area were rundown and depressed and it was difficult for businesses to thrive. That's been changing.
For the first time, North Korea has sent a delegation to present formal condolences to the family of a deceased South Korean president. The visit is a tribute to Kim Dae-jung's efforts at North-South reconciliation. But North Koreans who fled to the
Israel's leader is coming under growing pressure from hardliners in his coalition to reject American demands for a halt to settlement expansion. Jewish settlers and Ultra Orthodox Jewish men pray to support Israeli settlements in the West Bank (File
World leaders are honoring veteran U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy who died at 77, after a long battle with a brain tumor. The senator was the brother of former President John F. Kennedy. Edward Kennedy addresses Democratic National Convention On the wo
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Thirty-two million dollars - that's how much money Bill O'Reilly agreed to pay to a colleague at Fox News to keep her allegations of sexual harassment a secret. That was in January, and it just came out in a report over the weekend
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Let's follow up on one of President Trump's signature campaign proposals. When he was running, he said that if elected he would build a wall along the southern border of the United States and get Mexico to pay for it. New legisla
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The wildfires have set off a political debate in California's state capitol. It centers on who should pay when power lines cause fires. Marisa Lagos from member station KQED reports. MARISA LAGOS, BYLINE: A special joint legislativ
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Families without flood insurance are wondering if they can rebuild after the flooding from Florence. For those who are covered by insurance, the price is growing, as are the risks. Here's NPR's Colin Dwyer. COLIN DWYER, BYLINE: F
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 22 February 2008 Thousands of Israelis have rallied in small town that has been the target of Palestinian rockets. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the Israeli government is facing mounting public press
By Mil Arcega Washington 11 March 2008 Despite losses in the billions of dollars in risky home loans, those who run the companies responsible for so-called subprime loans reported huge earnings last year. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill questioned the chie
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
By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo 15 October 2009 The European Union's special representative for Sudan says that the financial benefits of peace make a key argument for ending fighting in southern Sudan. Torben Brylle says the resource-rich south has a con
今天我们要学的词是 pay tribute. To pay tribute 意思是表达敬意。上星期五是史蒂夫.乔布斯去世一周年的日子。Apple paid tribute to its late CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs on the first anniversary of his death. 在乔布斯
I was at the store, and when the clerk finished ringing me up , I had a few problems. Clerk: Your total comes to $79.42. Peter: Do you take credit cards ? Clerk: Yes, we take Visa, MasterCard, and American Express. Peter: Heres my Visa. Clerk: HmmIm
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Parts of the federal government are shut down. But needless to say, the weather has continued. There's a bit of extra snow on the ground here in Washington. Rain is sweeping through the West. And emergency workers in many places