AS IT IS 2014-05-04 Pre-Natal Care Goes Mobile in Uganda 在乌干达产前检查可以用手机来完成 Hello again, and welcome to As It Is! Im Jonathan Evans in Washington. Today on the program, we tell about how drones are raising both hopes and

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Yemen Unrest Deepens, Downward Spiral Spreads Yemeni government troops in Sana'a are again fighting members of the Hashid tribe, just one of several forces, including militants and anti-government protesters, seeking to oust President Ali Abdullah Sa

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By Jim Fry Washington 26 October 2007 All this year, three well-known presidential candidates have led in public opinion polls among likely voters in the Democratic Party. Yet there is a tradition in the U.S. of a so-called dark horse candidate emerg

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This year, visitors to Northern California's Napa Valley region will have lots more than great wines and rolling vistas to enjoy. VOA's Adam Phillips offers a taste of these and other Napa pleasures in this report. California's Napa Valley is now fa

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By Victoria Cavaliere Washington 13 June 2007 A deadly, fast-spreading virus is affecting freshwater fish in several lakes in New York state. In the past, the fish virus had a catastrophic impact on fish populations in Europe, Japan, and the U.S. Pac

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 17 March 2006 A group of exiled Syrian opposition leaders announced in Brussels Friday it had formed a united front aimed at toppling the government of President Bashar al-Assad t

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington, D.C. 22 January 2007 watch War Presidency report President Bush's State of the Union address on Tuesday will be delivered at a joint session of Congress, where a majority now opposes his call for a troop increase in Ira

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has condemned a U.S. airstrike in western Afghanistan that some Afghan officials say killed more than 70 civilians on Thursday. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that the U.S. military disputes the number of c

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By Challiss McDonough Beirut 25 May 2008 Former Lebanese army chief Michel Suleiman was sworn in as the country's new President Sunday, following a long-delayed vote in parliament. His election brings an end to the political crisis that has paralyzed

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Refugee Camps Spread Life-Threatening Diseases At a crowded camp in South Sudan, where thousands have come to escape the region's military conflict, officials report that an outbreak of Hepatitis E - a viral infection transmitted by contaminated food

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was welcomed in Beirut by thousands of Lebanese supporters and dignitaries. Children and teenagers waved Iranian flags and sang songs, welcoming President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's first visit to Lebanon. Lebanese of

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Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission is asking voters and the media to ignore claims by competing camps that their candidates captured a first-run victory in the presidential election. Meanwhile, a prominent U.S.-government funded institute

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By Andre de Nesnera Washington 08 November 2007 Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, who is mired in a deep political crisis, Thursday agreed to call early presidential elections and said he would lift the state of emergency. In this background re

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Hospitals around this country have been upgrading neonatal intensive care units to include personal webcams for each tiny patient. But Blake Farmer of member station WPLN in Nashville reports the video streams are for much more t

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Medical researchers are hoping that a smartphone can help to prevent Type 2 diabetes. A program that helps people is delivered by phone. And NPR's Allison Aubrey reports on how it works. ALLISON AUBREY, BYLINE: Sometimes a good m

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By Sarah Simpson Lagos, Nigeria 12 April 2007 In Nigeria, a last-minute decision by the government to declare Thursday and Friday national holidays is forcing a delay in a crucial court ruling on the upcoming presidential election. The court is decid

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By Derek Kilner Nairobi 21 December 2007 The European Commission and the United States are condemning the political violence that has been reported in Kenya in the run-up to next week's presidential and legislative elections. President Mwai Kibaki is

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By Douglas Bakshian Manila 11 June 2006 Police investigators take a look at the damage caused by a suspected homemade bomb or a grenade as it exploded in a bus being used as a mobile police station in Manila's suburban Quezon city Philippine police

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By Kari Barber Freetown 08 September 2007 Sierra Leoneans are voting in a landmark presidential runoff Saturday amid tensions in which the opposition party says their members are being harassed and intimidated. The first round of the presidential ele

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By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 22 February 2008 President Robert Mugabe has spoken out for the first time on the new presidential challenger, former finance minister Simba Makoni. Peta Thornycroft reports that Mr. Mugabe has accused Mr. Makoni o

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