2012 a Banner Year for American Roots Musicians Since American Roots music is difficult to define, it might be easier if you listen to some of the years best like the Grammy-nominated Hold On by Alabama Shakes. Rolling Stone Magazine named that Alaba

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Chicago passed a grim milestone recently. The city has seen more than 700 homicides this year, that's more than any other major U.S. city. Of course, that startling number does not begin to tell the whole story. As we're about to

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Nigeria Sees Bloodiest Year of Boko Haram Attacks The building was the office of ThisDay, a prominent Nigerian newspaper. While a suicide bomber rammed a car into the building, an accomplice stood by with a camera, later posting the destruction on Yo

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Pre-Listening Vocabulary revolution: to go around something (Earth revolves around the Sun.) rotation: the spinning of something (Venuss rotation is backwards.) axis: a real or imaginary line that something rotates on retrograde: in a backwards movem

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Oral Workshop: Discussion lesson31-32(Text B) ; [00:09.91] Lesson 31 ; [00:19.06] Thoughts on the Spring Festival Text A ; [00:24.81]My first Spring Festival in north China was a bit of a shock. ; [00:30.58]Where was the spring? ; [00:32.38]There was

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 January 2006 Former President George Bush, right, with an earthquake survivor from Leepa Valley of Pakistani Kashmir during his visit to quake survivors' tented village in Is

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Infosnacking is the 2005 word of the year. It's chosen by the editors of Webster's New World College Dictionary. They define infosnacking as those stolen moments at work at which we sneak time to handle personal e-mail, Google sports scores, old frie

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 23 January 2006 The U.N. Children's Fund calls 2006 a make or break year for Sudan. UNICEF warns war could break out again if millions of refugees and internally displaced peopl

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Hydroponic Farmer Produces Year-Round Harvest Mary Ellen Taylor sells her produce at weekend farmers markets near Washington, D.C. The heads of lettuce, still attached to their roots, are popular and she has many repeat customers. The lettuce just ta

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A look at the Cairo address that held out hope of closing gap between Muslims and America on many fronts religious, social, governmental and economic Watch: Video report Windows Media Elizabeth Arrott | Cairo 31 May 2010 US president Barack Obama cal

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The Holy Land enjoyed a flood of visitors last year, which benefited Israelis and Palestinians alike. It was a record year for tourism in Israel thanks to a lull in violence. There were 3.45 million visitors in 2010, 14 percent more than the previous

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Libya Declares Liberation From 42-Year Gadhafi Rule Libya's transitional leaders on Sunday declared their eight-month revolution over, after the fall of the last strongholds of the former government and the death of former leader, Moammar Gadhafi. Ju

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: At age 87, Marvin Kalb has spent a great many interesting years. He was a Moscow bureau chief and a diplomatic correspondent for CBS and for NBC. He's been the host of NBC's Meet The Press and the author of many books. And his ne

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A Year After Paris Attacks, Tour Managers Reflect On Security play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0003:31repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash pl

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 20 December 2007 Zimbabwe ended 2007 with uncertainty looming over national elections scheduled for next year. Negotiations aimed at holding a free and fair vote had made progress, but remained deadlocked over key points. S

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By Steve Schy Portland, Oregon 03 December 2007 The United States has ended its 12-year Davis Cup tennis title drought by defeating Russia 4-1 in the final in Portland, Oregon. But as VOA's Steve Schy reports, some fans wondered why talented American

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U.S. authorities have charged a Pakistani-born U.S. citizen with terrorism related charges in connection to the failed Times Square bombing. Thirty-year-old Faisal Shahzad was charged Tuesday in a five-count complaint, one day after he was arrested w

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According to some analysts, maintaining economic growth might be the top priority among all the objectives of the new national 5-year plan. Wang Jun, an expert from China Center for International Economic Exchanges, says China's economy should grow a

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By Scott Stearns White House 18 December 2007 With fewer than 400 days left in office, President Bush says he is sprinting to the finish line. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns looks ahead to the president's final year. President Bush opene

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By Jim Fry Washington 18 December 2007 It has only happened twice in the last century in the race for president of the United States. There are no sitting or past presidents or vice presidents running for either of the two major political party nomin

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