新德里的街头儿童出版报纸 Newspapers occasionally write about the plight of children living in the streets, but a group of homeless kids in India's capital New Delhi is putting together their own monthly publication with stories about thei

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Obesity Poses Complex Problem 肥胖带来了复杂的问题 For the last 15 years, Plymouth, England has held a symposium on obesity. Its estimated that more than half the citys adults are overweight or obese. The rest of Britain is not fairing much

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South Sudan Conflict Fuels Humanitarian Crisis 南苏丹冲突导致人道主义危机 People of South Sudan, the world's youngest nation, appear to be hostage to the conflict between rival ethnic groups of President Salva Kiir and his former right-h

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Teenagers Live Extraordinary Lives to Make a Difference 青少年生活的改变 LOS ANGELES While most teenagers in the United States spend their time juggling school, home and friends, there are a few who are choosing a different life. They are cha

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Eastern Ukraine Oligarchs Seek to Avoid Economic Disaster 乌克兰东部寻求避免经济灾难 MARIUPOL, UKRAINE Smoke billows from Azovstal steel works here, one of the many gargantuan industrial assets in this southeastern port city owned by Ukr

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Spider-Man 2 has Global Appeal 《蜘蛛侠2》在世界范围内广受欢迎 Marc Webbs The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is one of Hollywoods summer big budget movies. It cost $250 million to make and another $150 million to market around the world. Sony Pi

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Searching for Peace amid Violence 在暴力之中寻求和平 AP10ThingsToSee - Kevin, a man accused of being a thief by civil servants at the Work Inspection office, lies in pain after being attacked by a man with a machete and sticks in plain view

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Louis Armstrong Knocks Out The Beatles This week marks an unusual 50th anniversary: the last hurrah for one of the legends of American jazz and for a type of American music that, after this time, would never again be as popular. In the spring of 1964

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For Veterans with PTS, Battle Is Just Beginning 对于PTS退伍军人战斗才刚刚开始 Veterans can spend an entire lifetime dealing with the trauma of war. While those with severe physical injuries can get help rehabilitating into society, those

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Fear Drives African Gays to Seek Asylum in US BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Homosexuality is a crime in 38 African countries and new laws in Nigeria and Uganda have increased potential punishments for engaging in gay sex. These strictures have driven some gay

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A Day in the Life of Hollywood Paparazzi 好莱坞狗仔队的一天 LOS ANGELES Paparazzi are known to camp outside celebrity homes, stalk them while they are at lunch and even fight among themselves, according to some media outlets. VOA went behind

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Pakistan's Top Military Commander to Retire 巴基斯坦的最高军事指挥官退休 ISLAMABAD Pakistans top military commander, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, will retire on November 29 after six years as chief of the countrys most powerful institu

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Saudi Women in Drive to get Behind the Wheel 越来越多沙特妇女开始学开车 WASHINGTON If you are a woman and live in Saudi Arabia, authorities say you are not allowed to drive a car. This Saturday, however, Saudi women across the kingdom ar

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UN General Assembly Gives Local Business a Boost 联合国大会给当地的业务提升 NEW YORK September is a month where some U.S. cities see a large decrease in tourism as the busy summer travel season ends. But the September slump goes unnotice

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Kerry Leaves Pakistan Hopeful, Despite Divides尽管有分歧 克里仍给巴基斯坦留下希望 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has wrapped up a visit to Pakistan with an agreement by the two countries to resume a dialogue on security issues. T

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US, Iraq Vow to Fight al-Qaida 美伊誓言打击基地组织 STATE DEPARTMENT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry welcomed his Iraqi counterpart to the State Department on Thursday, as part of a 2008 agreement outlining long-term cooperation on count

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也门总统访问华盛顿 Yemeni President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi recently met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss the democratic transition underway in Yemen. Yemen, said Secretary Kerry, has been going through an extraordinary tra

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Robot With Human-Like Hands Could Tackle Dangerous Situations 帮助处理危险情况的机器人 WASHINGTON Robo Sally is a remotely controlled humanoid robot that may one day help law enforcement officials and emergency technicians defuse bombs, p

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Nu-Blu Celebrates a Decade of Music With 'Ten' Bands come and go so quickly these days that its not often you find many celebrating five years of togetherness, let alone a decade. But thats just what North Carolinas modern bluegrass band Nu-Blu is do

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Madonna Tops Highest Paid Entertainers List Madonna tops Forbes magazine's 2013 list of the highest-paid celebrities in the world. In total, the 14 celebrities making the top 10 earned more than $1 billion. Madonna certainly has reason to smile. With

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