By Lisa McAdams Moscow 28 February 2006 The Kremlin's hand-picked prime minister of Chechnya has submitted his resignation, clearing the way for a possible replacement by acting prime minister, and lo

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Commentator Gwen Macsai is the mother of 2 boys and she has no idea how to prepare her sons for the craziness of girls. My sons have a total of 4 emotional gears: happy, sad, mad and hungry. My daughters emotional landscape, on the other hand, is lik

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Japan's parliament is expected to vote on September sixteenth to make Yukio Hatoyama the next prime minister. Later this month he plans to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York and the Gro

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Education Report - China, Mexico and Brazil Lead Gains in US Graduate School Applications This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Graduate schools in the United States are reporting a nine percent increase in applications from international

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By Paula Wolfson Bogor, Indonesia 20 November 2006 President Bush is showing support for the government of Indonesia, the nation with the world's largest Muslim population and a key ally in the war on terror. During the six-hour visit to the hill to

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 January 2008 The UN Children's Fund says good progress has been made in saving children's lives. UNICEF, which has just launched its annual State of the World's Children's Report, says many more children's lives can be saved

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By Lauren Comiteau Amsterdam 18 June 2008 Relatives of the victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia-Herzegovina have asked a Dutch civil court to wave U.N. immunity and allow them to seek damages for their loss. About 8,000 Muslims were mur

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Senate confirmation hearings begin July 13 for Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama's choice for the U.S. Supreme Court. Experts say that Sotomayor's confirmation is likely, given the Democrats' majority in the Senate. But history shows tha

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Africa Pro-Democracy Advocates Evaluate U.S. Conventions For much of American history, political party conventions were spontaneous and unpredictable, with lively debates between delegates over who should be named to the top of the ticket. Today, par

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South African Youth Program Serves as Link to Pro Golf Under a blue sky, and amid a scenic landscape, these young golfers are dreaming big. This amateur tournament is one of the most prestigious competitions in its category in the country. Winning it

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 18 December 2006 The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says great progress has been made in helping hundreds of thousands of Indian Ocean tsunami victims recover from the disaster two years ago.

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By Nina Maria Potts Brussels, Belgium 17 April 2008 In June, European Union member states are expected to consider whether to normalize relations with Cuba. This follows a call by the EU's Commissioner of Development to permanently lift diplomatic sa

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By Joe Bavier Abidjan 17 January 2006 Protesters walk past a makeshift road block in the streets of Abidjan, Ivory Coast Militant supporters of Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo are staging a secon

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By Derek Kilner Nairobi 14 March 2008 Kenya's president has announced the formation of a commission to investigate the country's disputed December elections. But as Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, there are doubts about how effective such an inves

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By David Gollust State Department 04 September 2007 The United States Tuesday dismissed as a total sham the outline for a new Burmese constitution produced by a national convention assembled by the country's military government. The State Department

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Thailand's government faces an escalating crisis after police repeatedly fired tear gas to break up protesters blockading the parliament building. The clashes led to the resignation of a deputy prime minister. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, the

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 10 October 2007 Australian farmers are eager to see progress in World Trade Organization talks, they think the WTO is the best way to foster greater prosperity and open up overseas markets. Economists say that international trad

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As countries begin emerging from the global financial crisis, France is proposing to measure progress in a new way - one that includes happiness and well being, as well as traditional economic benchmarks. US Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stig

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Young MBAs Compete to Solve Global Problems Solving the worlds most pressing social challenges takes passion, dedication, innovation and a good business plan, which is the idea behind the Hult Global Case Challenge. Hult International Business school

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 12 February 2008 Nigeria's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, has opened a probe into allegations former President Olusegun Obasanjo spent $16 billion on the power sector, with no tangible result. For

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