VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Shirley Griffith with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we remember six interesting people who died in the past year. We begin with two writers. VOICE ONE: John Updike John Updike once said t

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 21 February 2007 International aid agencies are expressing frustration and alarm at their lack of access to several needy regions of Somalia because of continuing insecurity. VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu in our East Africa Bure

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By Mary Morningstar Washington 29 May 2007 Singer-songwriter Jacob Miller, 22, recently appeared on the Voice of America's live music show Border Crossings to talk about his debut album, Who We Are. VOA's Mary Morningstar has this report. Jacob Mille

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 20 March 2007 A U.S. State Department official says the United States is pressing Chad to accept a U.N. peacekeeping force to help secure regional stability. The official told Congress the violence in the neighboring Dar

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The dispute between Cambodia and Thailand over an ancient temple complex continues to challenge both countries. Cambodia says Thai troops damaged an ancient temple during a recent military clash. The allegation comes after the two governments promis

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North and South Sudan Friday marked the fourth anniversary of the signing of a peace agreement that ended Africa's longest-running civil war. But core issues remain unresolved and analysts say an external pressure not related to the accord is threat

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By Shally Zomorodi Los Angeles, California 17 November 2006 watch Roads To You Concert Roads to You musicians on tour Musicians from all over the world are putting their differences aside to spread a message of peace to audiences in the Middle East,

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 27 December 2007 Israeli and Palestinian leaders held a summit meeting today in Jerusalem in a bid to advance the Middle East peace process. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the talks were overshadowed

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By Nathan King United Nations 28 February 2008 Academy Award winning actor George Clooney is the United Nations' latest Messenger of Peace. Cloney is well known for his advocacy on the Darfur conflict in Sudan. He recently joined the ranks of other n

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By Lisa Schlein Washington 09 February 2006 Anti-tobacco campaigners accuse tobacco companies of undermining a global tobacco control treaty and national policies based on it. They are urging delegate

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 06 March 2006 Maroufa, 4, receives polio vaccination in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March. 5, 2006 Afghan volunteers are vaccinating millions of children in a nationwide ant

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 19 June 2007 Visiting officials from the United Nations Security Council are warning of delays in the latest peace plan in divided Ivory Coast. Despite the presence of U.N. peacekeepers, the world body is playing a limited rol

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A majority of Americans now say the United States needs a third major party, according to a poll issued last Friday. 据上周五发布的一份民调显示,大多数美国人现在都认为美国需要第三个政党。 Currently, 57 percent of Am

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By Scott Stearns White House 13 April 2007 President Bush is backing the embattled head of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz, who is under pressure to resign for increasing the salary of a former employee who was his girlfriend. VOA White House Correspo

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By Scott Stearns White House 07 December 2006 British Prime Minister Tony Blair will return to the Middle East in hopes of reviving talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports Prime Ministe

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 06 November 2007 An anti-terrorism operation ordered by Italian prosecutors has led to the arrests of 17 Algerians and Tunisians in Italy, Britain, France and Portugal. Sabina Castelfranco reports from Rome. Milan prosecut

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British family spends 49 minutes together every day According to the latest survey by NSPCC, busy mums and dads in Britain manage to spend just 49 minutes in every 24 hours with their children and each otherhardly enough time to share a meal. The sur

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By Bernard Shusman New York 04 November 2009 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei (file photo) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei has given what amounts to his final report on gl

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By Dan Robinson Washington 10 October 2009 President Barack Obama speaks about winning the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, in the Rose Garden of the White House, 09 Oct 2009 In the U.S. Congress, there has been a mix of reaction to the awarding of the Nobel

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CNN radio, I'm Paul Chambers. Voting in the Louisiana, GOP primary is well under way, CNN's Joe Johns is in New Orleans, and he says so far turn out is light. Very slow, we are in the Jefferson Parish area at *, and we've been watching, actually ther

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