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In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in hi
Islamists Show Solidarity in Massive Egypt Rally Tens of thousands of Egyptians supporting a variety of political movements rallied on Cairo's Tahrir Square Friday. The groups don't necessarily agree on what kind of country to build in the wake of th
Tahrir Square Packed as Egyptians Mark Uprising For many, being on Tahrir Square once again has brought the memories of last year's revolution flooding back. Doctor and former protester Rabie el Khouly brought his wife and children. My family as a wh
Fidel Castro is a Cuban revolutionary leader who became one of the highest profile figures of the twentieth century. He was Cuba's leader from 1959 until his retirement in 2008. For most of his life he has fought the political and commercial influenc
THE FIRST REPUBLIC OF FREE BLACK PEOPLE Discovered by Columbus in 1492,the island,or at least the western part of it now known as Haiti,was the scene of some of the most advanced political developments in the Western world in the late eighteent
Digital Revolution Transforms Comic Books For the past 30 years, Golden Apple Comics in Los Angeles has been selling comic books to adults and children like eight-year-old Evan Cray. I just like holding the pages and reading it, he says. The look of
Libyan Economy in Post-Revolution Boom On a busy road on the outskirts of town, a vegetable stand run by Ibrahim Jiuma Garguti has doubled in size since the revolution. Garguti says people have more money to spend and officials don't bother him anymo
The Revolution Continues on Chicago Blues Tribute Album A tribute album to Chicago blues wouldn't be complete without an appearance by two of the city's most beloved bluesmen, Buddy Guy and James Cotton. Both appear on the all-star recording, Chicago
Yemenis Take Another Step Forward in Unfinished Revolution The outcome is pre-ordained, but that did not stop people in the capital from flooding polling stations to choose their first new president in nearly 34 years. Pride in the success of the upr
A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply—all these were important 1 in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution. 2 they were not enoug
AILSA CHANG, HOST: OK. It's nothing compared to what our Founding Fathers had to contend with, nor does it compare to the weighty issues facing our country today. But, still, when the Fourth of July falls on a Wednesday, celebrating can become a seri
In 1966, the co-winner of the TV Record Festival was Chico Buarque, who became an instant star with A Banda. Buarque was praised by traditionalists as the heir to the great samba cancao writers of the 1930s, who would become a symbol of resistance to
This became known as the festival of booing. Roberto Carlos, the most successful pop star in Brazilian history and the host of a highly successful TV music show, was of course given a hard time. And the winner, predictably enough, was a singer associ
The main aim of Tropicalism was really shake the environment, the musical and cultural environment. This small group from Bahia thought that violence of our situation and the importance of mass culture had a lot in common, you know, political violenc
He was the embryo of the very thing we were trying to do consciously. He had started with bossa nova, and he had added rhythm'n'blues and rock'n'roll to his thing. And he had a new synthesis that prefigured everything the Tropicalistas wanted to, to
The timing was right for a new internationally influenced musical movement. 1968 was a year of global upheavals and rock music provided the soundtrack. In communist Czechoslovakia, Soviet tanks rolled in to end Dubceks experiment in socialism with a
The military took their revenge by harassing Nascimento. In the early 70s, he was estranged from his wife and son who were living in Sao Paolo and he was phoned, warning of the consequences if he tried to visit his family. Long passages of Spanish se
In the early 70s, when Gil met them, Filhos De Gandhi were in a bad way, they were the only Bloco Afro in Bahia, playing African at ceremonies, that they have few members and werent even taking part in Carnival. Gil joined the group and brought them
THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: Social Revolution in the 1960s STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. Today, we tell about life in the United States during the nineteen sixt
Topic1- China to Facilitate Toilet Revolution China's tourism authorities have announced the plans to build or upgrade 25,000 public toilets in 2016, 3,000 more than last year. It looks like the public toilet revolution will be carried out nationwide