By Doug Levine Washington 05 March 2006 Few jazz vocalists have the courage to take on the Billie Holiday Songbook. Those songs evoke such deep feelings - many expressing heartache and others extreme

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Doping cases at the Beijing Olympics have been far fewer compared to recent games. As of Friday, just five athletes had tested positive for banned substances. As VOA's Jim Stevenson reports from Beijing, the news is good for the International Olympi

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By Steve Herman Tokyo 24 September 2006 American beef is back in the Japanese market and slated to return to South Korea soon. But for America's beef exporters, who lost two of their three largest markets in 2003 after a few cases of mad cow disease

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By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 25 January 2006 Polls have closed across Gaza and the occupied West Bank and the vote count has begun, after landmark Palestinian elections. Indications are the militant Islami

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The Nigerian government said it is ready to prosecute those implicated in a multi-million-dollar bribery case involving a subsidiary of the U.S.-based Halliburton Corporation. Information Minister Dora Akunyili told reporters the Nigerian government

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On Sunday, the Republic of Congo held its second presidential election since the civil war that erupted in 1997, but voter turnout appeared low after an opposition boycott. Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou-Nguesso (file photo) Incumbent pres

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Thailand Seafood Industry Denies Human Trafficking Allegations 泰国海鲜产业否认贩卖人口的指控 BANGKOK Thailand reels in more than $7 billion annually as the worlds third largest exporter of seafood, but the industry has been tainted by

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海伦米伦支持归还纳粹掠走艺术品法案 Helen Mirren got interested in the subject during the making of the movie Woman in Gold,in which she portrayed a Jewish woman who fought successfully to reclaim a piece of art that was stolen from h

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US Violent Crime Falls While Police Killings Rise 美国暴力犯罪下降但警察击毙嫌疑犯数上升 WASHINGTON The latest figures (2013) from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation suggest violent crime in the United States has fallen to it

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Today marks exactly one year since the mayor of Flint, Mich., declared a state of emergency because of lead in the city's drinking water. While the water system as a whole is improving, Michigan Radio's Lindsey Smith reports filt

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China is taking action to curb plastic bag litter. Soon, free shopping bags will be a thing of the past. 中国正在采取行动减少遍地是塑料袋垃圾的现象。不久,免费提供购物袋的现象将会成为历史。 Starting June 1, s

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South Korea has lifted a formal ban on U.S. beef imports. Authorities are also taking a harder line on street protesters opposing the imports, now that an amended deal has been reached with Washington. 韩国正式解除了从美国进口牛肉的禁令

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By Chris Simkins Washington 17 October 2007 Exiled former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is set to return to her homeland this week (October 18th) in a possible power sharing agreement with President Pervez Musharraf. For producer Chris Simki

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Most of China began a three-day public holiday Wednesday and more than 50 million Chinese travelers have taken to the roads, to celebrate the country's National Day. Despite several serious crises, earlier in the year, China has many recent reasons

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 08 September 2007 Civil society groups are marching in Niger's capital Saturday to demand that the French nuclear energy company, Areva, quit mining Niger's uranium. The march comes after months of government accusations that the

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 04 December 2006 Madagascar President Marc Ravalomanana casts his ballot in Antananarivo, 3 Dec 2006 In Madagascar, preliminary returns from Sunday's presidential election show the incumbent in the lead. International obse

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By George Dwyer Washington, DC 06 October 2006 watch Afghanistan Polio report The number of polio cases reported in Afghanistan so far this year is up sharply over figures tallied for the whole of 2005. As VOA's George Dwyer reports, nearly all of t

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By Steve Herman New Delhi 17 September 2009 Afghanistan's president is denying there was any major fraud in last month's voting. Full, preliminary results show the incumbent, Hamid Karzai, capturing enough votes to avoid a runoff with his closest ch

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Russia has banned the importation of kangaroo meat from Australia. Producers fear the decision will decimate their industry. Russia was the main market for the Australian kangaroo trade, accounting for about 70% of international demand. Russia is wo

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U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is moving his White House transition forward, as political turmoil builds over the selection of his successor in the United States Senate. The governor of the state of Illinois stands accused of trying to sell the Se

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