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By Peter Fedynsky Washington, D.C. 14 March 2007 watch Halliburton report Halliburton, an American oil services company and the largest private contractor in Iraq, is moving its corporate headquarters from Houston, in the U.S. state of Texas to Duba
By Joe Bavier Abidjan 01 February 2006 Ivory Coast's popular northern opposition leader, Alassane Ouattara, has formally regained his position as leader of his party three years after he fled into exi
US Takes Action Against Cyber Theft Threat From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report in Special English. The United States has announced a plan to fight the quickly growing threat from cyber spies and Internet attackers known as hacker
THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: George W. Bushs First Term STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. GEORGE W. BUSH: America, at its best, matches a commitment to principle wit
IN THE NEWS - Protests Against Big Business Spread in US 新闻报道 - 美国占领华尔街运动蔓延至全国 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 Protests that began last month near Wall S
By Greg Flakus St. Joseph, Missouri 27 March 2008 April 3 is an important date in the Midwestern city of St. Joseph, Missouri because two historic events happened there on that day, 22 years apart. One involved a short-lived, but thrilling chapter in
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 30 May 2007 More than a quarter of the deaths of children under five in Senegal can be attributed to malaria. A U.S. government campaign to distribute mosquito nets and educate the population about treatment and prevention aim
By Peter Fedynsky Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 24 September 2007 It is said that it takes money to make money. Last year, an economist from Bangladesh won the Nobel Peace Prize for an innovative program called micro-lending that enables poor people to borrow
Pills Offer New Hope in Fight Against Yaws Scientists have found that a medicine taken in pill form is just as effective in treating the neglected tropical disease yaws as the usual treatment, a shot of penicillin. The easier-to-use therapy raises ne
Arrests Mark 1st Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street Demonstrators sought to occupy Wall Street only to find police already there. Nonetheless, protesters got within one block of the New York Stock Exchange to make their point that a wealthy one percen
Ivory Coast Pushes for UN Military Action in Mali Islamist fighters say they now have full control of the north of Mali. In late June, a fierce battle in the town of Gao drove out the last of their Tuareg rivals, the separatist MNLA. The Islamist adv
Ocean Levels Rising Fast on US Coasts Ocean levels are rising faster and higher on both coasts of the United States than in other parts of the globe, according to two new studies, and California could be especially hard hit. There will be about one m
Stem Cell Therapy Effective Against HIV Virus in Mice The actual stem cells were injected in my arm, said Diana Souza. Diana Souza says stem cell therapy helped restore full use of her severely fractured arm. It is a miracle. It does work. And I have
Activists Protest G8 Summit Several hundred Ethiopian activists came from across the United States to protest meetings involving Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who has been in power since 1991. The United States is a major aid contributor to
Shooting of Unarmed Black Teenager Ignites Protests in Several US Communities New details have emerged that offer support to George Zimmerman's claims that he shot and killed Trayvon Martin in self defense. George Zimmerman suffered a broken nose and
Civil War Songs Reset for 21st Century The U.S. Civil War may be a century and a half behind us, but American emotions about the conflict can still be raw. Director Peter Sellars has taken music by Pulitzer-prize winning composer George Crumb and upd
New Orleans Artists Prepare for Mardi Gras New Orleans explodes into a carnival every year for Mardi Gras. And on that final day before the beginning of Lent, giant colorful floats parade down the city's streets. Groups known as krewes are responsibl
Worlds Tallest Flagpole, Flies World's Largest Flag in Tajikistan The worlds tallest flag pole, flying the worlds largest flag, now flies in Tajikistan, in the heart of Central Asia. Celebrating 20 years of independence Rising 165 meters in the air,
First Funerals Held for US School Rampage Victims Mourners streamed into a funeral home in Fairfield, Connecticut where services were held for six-year-old Noah Pozner. Local police lieutenant James Perez described the mood inside as beyond somber an
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 27 October 2009 The U.N. refugee agency reports a Chadian colleague working in eastern Chad was killed in an ambush during the weekend. The UNHCR says dozens of humanitarian aid workers have been killed in eastern Chad this ye