By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 31 July 2006 Villagers of Thar desert draw water from well (File photo) Pakistan's environment is in trouble. Overworked land and decade-old drought mean forests are disappearing, wells are drying up and deserts are spread

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By Carolyn Weaver Washington, DC 30 June 2006 watch report Sexual Harrasment The U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, was rocked by charges of sexual assults in 2003. A military jury acquitted a U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadet of rap

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They kissed and said goodbye one more time. Then the man left. The airport guard still hadn't returned to his chair. The exit was completely unguarded. A terrorist could have entered the airport through this exit. About five minutes later, the guard

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By Paula Wolfson White House 01 January 2006 President Bush began the new year by visiting with U.S. soldiers who were injured in Iraq or Afghanistan. Mr. Bush ended a holiday stay in his home state o

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 28 June 2006 Israel has launched an air and ground assault on the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip. The offensive was prompted by the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier on Sunday. --------- One of the three bridges in Gaza, dest

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By Scott Stearns White House 20 December 2006 U.S. President George Bush says there will be no direct talks with Iran until it stops enriching uranium. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, a bipartisan panel studying U.S. policy in I

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By Kane Farabaugh Concord, New Hampshire 12 June 2007 The U.S. Constitution does not outline how a political party can nominate a candidate for president. The process simply has evolved over time, and now both major parties -- the Democratic and Repu

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By Steve Herman Okinawa, Japan 09 March 2006 The United States pledges to move 8,000 of its Marines off the southern Japanese island of Okinawa. But U.S., Japanese and Okinawan officials are strugglin

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I was nearly asleep in my seat when I heard this announcement: Folks, this is the captain speaking from the cockpit . We are experiencing a lot of turbulence and Im turning on the fasten seatbelt sign . Please remain in your seats. I didnt think anyt

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By Mil Arcega Washington, D.C. 28 August 2006 watch Business Travel report Travel analysts say flying business class is becoming more attractive as heightened airport security makes traveling more of a hassle. As VOA's Mil Arcega reports business cl

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By Brian Wagner Miami 21 June 2007 Scientists are seeking new ways to reverse the buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that many believe is the cause of global warming. Today on Searching for Solutions, VOA's Brian Wagner reports that one proj

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - American Scientists Create The World's First Genetically Engineered Monkeys CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Christopher Cruise. JUNE SIMMS: And Im June Simms. Today, we tell about the

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 23 April 2007 Two media watchdogs are condemning recent attacks against print and broadcast media organizations in Somalia's capital. Cathy Majtenyi reports for VOA from Nairobi they are calling for a full investigation by

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By Al Pessin Washington 22 February 2007 The second-ranking U.S. commander in Iraq says his forces are working to counter two new capabilities developed by insurgents -an improved ability to shoot down helicopters and a new type of bomb that involves

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By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 22 November 2006 watch Kidney Transplant report Five living donors have given five desperately ill people a kidney and a new life. None of the donors knew the recipients. And it was not until nearly a week after the s

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Legislation to revise U.S. surveillance law survived a key test vote in the Senate Wednesday, despite opposition from some majority Democrats to a provision protecting telephone companies from possible privacy lawsuits. The Senate could give final a

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 15 January 2007 As residents of Liberia's war-torn capital Monrovia prepare to mark the first year of power for President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the mood remains one of general praise and hope for Africa's first elected femal

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By Margaret Besheer Bagdad 07 April 2007 A US military convoy drives through Diwaniyah, south of Baghdad, Iraq, 06 Apr 2007 Iraqi and U.S. forces continued security operations for a second day in the southern city of Diwaniyah. Meanwhile, Iraqi offic

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By David Gollust Kuwait City 16 January 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in the Gulf region, trying to persuade America's Arab allies to actively support President Bush's new strategy for quelling violence in Iraq. The mainly Sunni Mu

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By Greg Flakus Prescott, Arizona 03 November 2006 watch Forest Fire Prevention In the western United States this year nearly four million hectares of land have been scorched by fire, in the worst wildfire season on record. Twenty-one firefighters ha

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