No coins, no red faces: Apps change Chinese attitudes to splitting bills Splitting the bill is a relatively new idea to most Chinese. It's being embraced by cash-strapped young people. This is how young Chinese go Dutch these days -- scan a QR code a

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By Nico Colombant and Pauline Bax Abidjan and Conakry 09 January 2006 Youth struggling to make ends meet in Conakry, Guinea In the West African nation, Guinea, which some economists fear could collaps

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By Jim Malone Washington 09 May 2006 Two recent public opinion polls show President Bush's approval ratings in the low to mid-30s, and those low numbers are a major concern for Republicans hoping to h

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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 Chad Bouchard Jakarta 25 September 2007 Indonesia's highest court has rejected final appeals from two people convicted for a terrorist attack in Bali in October 2002 that killed more than 200 people, mostly foreign tourists. The court's decision m

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White House: June Jobs Numbers 'Disappointing' With the United States' unemployment rate at its highest level this year, President Barack Obama is calling on lawmakers to pass a series of his administration's proposals to improve the economy. Opposit

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Today marks a dark day in American history. It has been six years since 26 children and educators were shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. The gunman later killed himself. Now a group of Sandy Hook par

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By Reza Allahyari Iraq-Jordon border 05 March 2007 watch Refugee report The violence in Iraq has displaced thousands of people across the country. For one group of Iranian Kurds, this journey has led them to the Iraqi border with Jordan where they h

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By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 16 November 2007 Hong Kong-based human rights groups who recently returned from a fact-finding mission to the Philippines found that the frequency of extrajudicial killings in the country has gone down. Disappearances, howe

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