1. Thousands of Iraqi Shiites took to the streets to celebrate the death sentence that was handed down to Saddam Hussein Sunday. The ousted dictator's fellow Sunnis paraded through his hometown vowing

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1. Iran is bowing to international pressure and vowing it will let the UN nuclear agency inspect its newly revealed unfinished uranium enrichment facility. Word of the plan has outraged leaders across the globe. However, Iran says it has done nothin

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1. In Boston, a visit from President Barack Obama, a church service comforting those injured in the Marathon bombing. But Obama is vowing to hunt down those responsible for the twin blasts, promising justice. 2. Texas Governor, Rick Perry is calling

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AS IT IS 2014-07-02 U.S. Works to Protect Itself from Next Big Storm Nearly two years have passed since Hurricane Sandy struck the Northeastern United States. Water levels rose almost four meters in some areas as the storm moved inland from the Atlan

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Seven Years After Katrina, New Orleans Still Struggles to Rebuild In the aftermath of Katrina, the city of New Orleans was in ruins. One hundred twenty of the citys 200,000 homes were destroyed. Eighty percent of the city was flooded. It wasnt the hu

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Friday's trading glitch at Everbright Securities in China has prompted the China Financial Futures Exchange to impose restrictions on the company's ability to establish fresh stock index futures throughout this Tuesday. At the same time, the China Se

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti and this week on WORDMASTER: we meet two English teachers from Haiti. But first, an update on how schools are trying to reopen following the earthquake in January. VOA's Jeff Swicord was there as some students returned to classes

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1.California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is vowing to hunt down arsonist s who he says are responsible for at least two of the fires that have ravage d Southern California. Meantime, soot and dust from this week's wildfires is making the air quali

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1. President Bush says its obvious the economy is going through a tough time. He wants the country to be optimistic about the future with unemployment low, productivity high. On Wall Street, stocks tumbled, the Dow giving up about 195 points. 2. By

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1. Newly sworn in Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel spoke to Pentagon employees Wednesday, vowing to continue to build strong relations around the world and engage with allies. Hagel takes the helm at the Pentagon after the Senate voted to confirm him Tu

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Advocates on both sides of the gay marriage debate are criticizing the Supreme Court. The justices had turned away appeals from five states seeking to prohibit gay and lesbian unions. The court's order effectively makes gay marriage legal in 30 state

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AS IT IS 2015-12-11 A Long Recovery Ahead for Myanmar Chin State Floods and landslides in the Chin region of Myanmar displaced thousands of people this summer, but recovery has just begun. Almost 20,000 people were displaced by severe weather in west

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Karaoke and Counseling: Japans Tsunami Survivors Try to Rebuild Karaoke is helping to heal the wounds of last years tsunami. Traditional folk songs are favorite among the residents of Ofunatos temporary housing, like Kazue Hashiguchi. She says it is

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Gao Residents Rebuild, after Islamist Occupation An everyday scene that would have been unthinkable just four months ago under the Islamist militant sect MUJAO. And certainly not in Gao. MUJAO anointed the Sharia Square; it's where they whipped peopl

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's been a year since the most destructive fire in California history. The Tubbs Fire destroyed thousands of homes in Northern California. Now despite the risks, some are rebuilding in those very same areas. From member station

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The first dawn of comfort came to him in vowing to himself that he would stand by that boy through thick and thin, 他发誓要支持那个孩子面对困难,因为他这个晚上做的好事, and cheer him, and help him, and bear his burdens, fo

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Businesses in Haiti are struggling to recover from the devastating earthquake January 12. Many workers have lost their jobs, and employers are trying to get their businesses up and running. Mike O'Sullivan visited one large Haitian company, Acra Indu

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Drumbeats called the faithful to what is left of Port-au-Prince's main cathedral for a somber Mass Sunday, the first since the devastating earthquake. The Cathedral, once a symbol of hope for Haiti now lies in ruins and parishioners are vowing to reb

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1. Crews have begun the grim task of carrying bodies out of a West Virginia coal mine rocked by an explosion Monday that killed 29 miners. There was thin hope four miners have survived, but their bodies were finally discovered ending days of futile s

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1. It's getting even nastier out there on the campaign trail. With just a few days before the election, John McCain accused Barack Obama of being too liberal for the country. Meantime, Obama has shot back by saying McCain has abandoned the integrity

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