This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Today we talk about tomatoes. Tomatoes are generally easy to grow. Experts at the University of Illinois Extension suggest you start seeds indoors if the ground is still cold. For best results with

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By Melinda Smith Washington, D.C. 19 February 2007 watch Norovirus report It can be called stomach flu, food poisoning or acute gastroenteritis. Medical experts call it the Norovirus, and this family of viruses causes diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and

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By Indonesian service, Crystal Park Washington, D.C. 24 November 2006 watch Muslim Rap report Critics of American rap music say it glamorizes thug life, and contains too many violent themes and profanity. But one Muslim rap trio, known as Native Dee

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By Efam Dovi Accra 20 October 2006 Ghana has agreed to a U.N. request to contribute more troops to the peacekeeping force in Lebanon. The West African nation already has 700 soldiers serving in Southern Lebanon, where the security situation remains

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By Suzanne Presto Washington, D.C. 19 September 2006 watch Bus Tour report Five young Americans spent two months traveling across the United States recently on a two-month bus journey. But this was not a romantic cross-country trip of self-discovery

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By Bill Rodgers Washington 01 August 2006 Fidel Castro Ruz was born August 13, 1926, on a sugar plantation in eastern Cuba, the son of a Spanish immigrant landholder and a household servant. An intellectually gifted student, he attended Jesuit schoo

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A military-led group in Guinea says it has taken power, following the death of long-time President Lansana Conte. But the civilian government in Conakry says it is still in charge. Mutinous soldiers in Guinea say they have dissolved the government a

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Iranian Dissident Group Seeks to Shed Terrorist Label The Iranian opposition group Mujahedin-e Khalq is pursuing a two-part campaign to get off of the U.S. State Department's list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. One part is a public relations eff

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As President Barack Obama makes his way through his first 100 days in office, Republicans are still trying to find their voice as the loyal opposition as they adjust to a new Democratic president and Democratic control of Congress. Barack Obama is s

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Tension Rises in Egypt Between Government, Protesters Young people in a tent city at the center of Cairo's Tahrir Square chanted a song from the 1950s, with words updated to refer to their revolution, saying they want to return Egypt to what they see

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Independent Fundraising Groups Influencing US Voters All that money flooding into the presidential campaign pays for negative ads. But all that campaign fundraising and negative advertising has sparked a backlash that recently led to the steps of the

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Cheaper, Safer Pill Targets Tropical Parasite Scientists have developed a new version of a drug used to treat leishmaniasis. The new formulation may help better battle this tropical parasitic disease. Leishmaniasis is transmitted by the bite of certa

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Gay Rights Groups Push for Anti-Discrimination Laws George Ramirez and his partner German Roa have lived together for 16 years. Now, they are allowed to marry in Maryland, after voters there endorsed a law legalizing same-sex marriage. We want the op

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Japan's hopes of acquiring the jet touted as the world's most advanced fighter are being dashed. The commander of U.S. Forces Japan, in an unusually blunt remark, says even if American senators had not voted to halt further production of the F-22, t

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Obama Proposal Could Help US-Russian Ties President Obama chose an iconic Cold War location -- the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin -- to make his new arms control proposal, offering to reduce U.S. nuclear warheads by one third. I intend to seek negotiated

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By Caty Weaver IN THE NEWS -June 15, 2002: Bush Proposes New Security Department This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program IN THE NEWS. President Bush has proposed creating a new federa

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Two anti-whaling protesters who boarded a Japanese whaling ship in the Southern Ocean have been released. The transfer defuses a tense situation on the Antarctic seas, but activists say they will continue to harass the Japanese fleet. 两名登上日本

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The U.S.-led Multinational Force turned over security responsibility for Qadisiyah province, also known as Diwaniyah, to Iraq on Wednesday. With that transfer, Iraq now has control over 10 of its 18 provinces. Iraq's national security advisor says h

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Last Monday, Helen Clark talked to the students at Otago University and promised that the Labour government would pay all university students an allowance in the future. It would happen over the next four years. In the past, students at university re

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By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 12 May 2006 Suharto (file photo) Indonesia's attorney general has dropped a graft case against ailing former President Suharto, who is suspected of amassing billions of dollar

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