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Britains business leaders Monday offered a stark warning on the growing cost of Brexit uncertainty. Brexit is consuming government, every politician, every civil servant and its also consuming British business. Our firms are spending hundreds of mill

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By Jessica Berman Scientists with the U.S. space agency NASA have begun investigating the crash landing Wednesday of the Genesis space capsule in Utah. The mission came to a disastrous end when a para

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Facebook is trying to figure out how to deal with its worst hack ever. The company says a security issue has affected almost 50 million accounts. Facebook's engineers first noticed something unusual on September 16. It took them 11 days after that to

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The crisis at the damaged Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Station in northern Japan has raised worries about radiation risks. We spoke Tuesday with Jonathan Links, an expert in radiation health sciences

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There's an important vote coming up in the United Kingdom next week. We mentioned it once before. It's an early or snap election. Though the country's general elections are scheduled to take place every five years, British Prime Minister Theresa May

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By Scott Stearns White House 07 November 2007 U.S. President George Bush and his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, say they are determined to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports the two

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Many countries and regions have issued travel alerts to South Korea, but China has yet to follow suit. On Wednesday, Chinese health authorities say they were keeping a close eye on the MERS situation in South Korea, and will respond accordingly. Chin

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By Amy Katz Washington, DC 13 February 2006 watch Security Tests report Two recent tests in Washington, DC show the government's efforts to make the United States safe from terrorists. In one, the Was

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By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 20 February 2008 Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is calling for a harmonious coalition in the new national assembly, which is now dominated by opposition parties. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that Mr.

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad, Pakistan 03 August 2007 Pakistani and Afghan leaders will meet August 9-12 to discuss cross-border security issues in a landmark assembly or grand jirga. The four-day talks come as extremists continue to inflict heavy cas

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