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By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 10 July 2007 Sudan's government has missed a deadline to withdraw all its troops from southern Sudan as called for by a landmark peace deal. As Nick Wadhams reports from our East Africa bureau in Nairobi, the news could be a b

Career and Fans 'Rise Up' for Singer Andra Day

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The U.S. Defense Department says it wants to turn over security responsibility to Iraqi forces as quickly as possible, but that the timing should be based on conditions. A spokesman repeated the position Tuesday in response to a statement by Iraq's

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In Africa's battle against malaria, two low-tech tacticsinsecticides and bed netshave done a decent job killing off mosquitoes. But it's mainly one species that's been affected. That's a species called Anopheles gambiae, sometimes called the African

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VOA标准英语2008年-India Thrilled After Bindra Wins Country's Firs

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Forlan admits difficult Inter start

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By Al Pessin Washington 10 April 2008 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he no longer holds out the hope that the U.S. troop level in Iraq will be down to 100,000 by the time the Bush administration leaves office in January. But he does hope fo

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This is the eighth episode of an audio rendition of the literary non-fiction work, Liangjiahe, which tracks the early life of Chinese President Xi Jinping, as he lived and worked alongside the fellow villagers at Liangjiahe for seven years since 1969

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This is the third episode of an audio rendition of the literary non-fiction work, Liangjiahe, which tracks the early life of Chinese President Xi Jinping, as he lived and worked alongside the fellow villagers at Liangjiahe for seven years since 1969.

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2018年CRI Liangjiahe: Lifelong friends in a place that feels like home

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