Japanese voters have resoundingly rejected the party that has set the country's policy agendas for more than half a century. The rise of a center-left party promising to soothe the pain of globalization is being seen as a major break with business a

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South African Newcomer Wins Multiple Music Awards Bulelwa Mkutukana, better known as Zahara, released her first album titled Loliwe, or The Train, towards the end of 2011. To date it has sold over 300, 000 copies making her one of South Africas bigge

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Banda Aceh, Indonesia 29 December 2006 watch Aceh Election report A former separatist rebel has been elected governor in Indonesia's tsunami-ravaged province of Aceh, following its first ever direct elections for governor, ma

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The Springfree Trampoline won the US Childrens Product of the Year Award this year. Springfree was designed by Professor Keith Alexander of Canterbury University Mechanical Engineering department. He designed it because he wanted a safe trampoline fo

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By Brian Wagner Columbia, South Carolina 20 January 2008 Arizona Senator John McCain has won the Republican presidential primary in South Carolina. In Columbia, VOA's Brian Wagner reports McCain won 33 percent support, over 30 percent for former Arka

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Technology Report - 'FlashFood' App Wins US Finals in Imagine Cup for Students This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Students from Arizona State University won top honors last week at the Imagine Cup finals in the United States. Microsof

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By Dorian Jones Istanbul 22 July 2007 Turkey ruling Justice and Development Party scored a big victory in Sunday's parliamentary election, according to the state-run Anatolia news agency. With most of the votes counted, the agency said the Islamic-ro

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Israel's Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, has won a narrow victory in the ruling centrist Kadima party's primary election, putting her on track to become Israel's first female Prime Minister in more than three decades. Ms. Livni will replace Ehud Olme

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By Greg Flakus Houston 21 May 2006 Mayor Ray Nagin speaks to his supporters at his victory party in New Orleans, May 20, 2006 Appearing before cheering supporters, Mayor Ray Nagin thanked them and the

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By VOA News Kampala, Uganda 25 February 2006 Police and opposition supporters clashed in Kampala Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has extended his 20-year rule, beating his chief rival, Kizza Besigye

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 27 June 2006 Daniel Pearl Daniel Pearl, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, was kidnapped and murdered by Islamic militants in Pakistan in 2002. One week after his death, Pearl's family established a foundation to

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 21 May 2008 Hillary Clinton won the Kentucky primary election, Tuesday, by a margin of more than two to one, but Barack Obama won the race in Oregon and passed a milestone in the Democratic Party's presidential contest.

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Mauritania's former military leader has won election as president. Opposition candidates are rejecting the results of a vote meant to return the country to constitutional rule. A supporter of former military leader Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz celebrates

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Pioneering Soil Researcher Wins Top Environment Prize Biologist Diana Wall went to the ends of the earth - the seemingly lifeless Antarctic desert - to study the life in soil. What soil life does for us, it provides us with many benefits that we don'

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Helen Grace James won her honorable discharge from the U.S. Air Force this week at the age of 90. It's a battle she fought for 60 years. Helen Grace James grew up in Pennsylvania where she worked her family's farm and asked her mot

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By Delia Robertson Polokwane, South Africa 18 December 2007 The National Conference of the African National Congress has elected Jacob Zuma as the new president of the organization. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from Polokwane. The announcement of Ja

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To set the mood for the pageantry of the Olympic Games in Beijing, a competition was held to select an official musical overture. More than 100 entries were received and The Chinese Ministry of Culture and Sport selected a composition by Swedish com

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By Jim Malone Washington 13 February 2008 Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain were the big winners Tuesday in presidential primaries in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. VOA National Correspondent Jim Malone has the lates

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Indians have joyously greeted the news of the country's first-ever Olympic gold medal in an individual event. The milestone at the Olympic Games in Beijing has resulted in an outpouring of national pride. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi that

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 07 June 2007 Senegal's electoral commission confirmed the presidential coalition's apparently easy victory in last Sunday's legislative election, which was boycotted by major opposition parties. The coalition dominates the legisl

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