Natterer's slaty antshrike (plural Natterer's slaty antshrikes)
A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus stictocephalus.

Afghanistan's Warring Sides Seek Advantage Prior to Possible Talks The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan is approaching its 10-year anniversary with no end in sight to the fighting. There are efforts, however, to negotiate a political settlement to the con

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Syria's Opposition Wants More Arms With rebels having retreated and Syrian army forces having moved into the opposition stronghold of Baba Amr, there are calls in the international community for limited military intervention against President Bashar

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By Alan Silverman Hollywood 06 January 2007 In a world without babies, a newborn child could be the key to humanity's future in a dark and compelling thriller co-written and directed by Mexican-born filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron. Alan Silverman has this

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 14 March 2006 Villagers walk past a Nepalese army armored vehicle at Khanikhola, Nepal, Tuesday, March 14, 2006 In Nepal, a transport blockade called by Maoist rebels has

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AS IT IS - Psy's Gangnam Style Welcome to AS IT IS! your daily magazine show from VOA Learning English. Today we visit the New York City neighborhood of Harlem. Efforts are underway to return the area to its former glory. We also hear about a new dan

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By Yi Suli Boston, Massachusetts 21 November 2006 watch Boston Harbor Islands Boston Harbor Boston Harbor, in the northeastern state of Massachusetts, is one of the busiest seaports on the east coast of the U.S. Dotting the harbor are a number of is

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By Nico Colombant Kinshasa 26 July 2006 U.N. officials have expressed confidence in the overall success for Sunday's post-war election in the mineral-rich Democratic Republic of Congo, but have also raised several security concerns. Some political m

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 01 January 2007 Somalia's interim governments says it has captured the Islamic Movement's Women wait to be brought at a funeral of a family that died from an unknown explosion in Mogadishu, 31 Dec 2006 last stronghold, followin

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Photo: AP Security guards man a gate outside the bombed Ritz-Carlton hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, 22 Jul 2009 The United States Embassy in Jakarta has warned Americans that an attack may occur on the resort island of Bali on New Year's Eve. According

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The political opposition in Iran says hundreds of thousands of people turned out for the funeral of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri. The dissident cleric, who died Sunday at the age of 87, had been a spiritual guide for opponents of the governm

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Ahmadiyah woman followers walk outside An-Nur Mosque after prayers at Manislor village in Kuningan, West Java, Indonesia, 30 Jul 2010. The minority Islamic sect told followers Friday to prepare for war after rock-throwing mobs attacked one of their m

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Kenya's capital, Nairobi, is home to Kiriri Women's University of Science and Technology (KWUST), the only university in East Africa that caters specifically to women. Officials and students say having an all-famale environment better prepares the sc

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Iowa's Make-Believe University Has Fans Worldwide The Midwest farm state of Iowa is so proud of its string of blue-water lakes - the Okoboji Lakes - that it calls them Iowa's Great Lakes. They're ringed by resorts, marinas, and fishing cabins. And th

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EDUCATION REPORT – September 12, 2002: 'Liberty’s Kids' Television Show By Jerilyn Watson This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A new public television program is helping American chil

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By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 04 August 2006 Street scene in Mogadishu The recent ousting of unpopular factional warlords by Islamists in the Somali capital Mogadishu has raised hope among residents that peace will finally prevail after more than 15 years

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By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 13 February 2006 Since the fall of Somalia's last functioning government in 1991, Somalis have become used to the warring factions fighting each other with automatic weapons an

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 12 October 2006 A high-ranking member of the Islamist group that controls Somalia's capital, says it is not planning an attack on neighboring Ethiopia. Fears of such an attack were raised when a leader of the Islamist group dec

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SYDNEY, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Australia's airline Qantas planes will be back in the air some time on Monday afternoon after Fair Work Australia (FWA) ruled to terminate Qantas industrial action, local media reported on Monday. Tens of thousands of pass

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By Jennifer Glasse London 06 November 2009 Emma and Bryn Parry Emma and Bryn Parry have deep connections to the British military. Their son Tom is a second lieutenant, now serving in Afghanistan. Bryn Parry is a former soldier himself. So after the

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A Turkey's Tragety火鸡的悲剧Chatting with a bull, a turkey sighed and said, I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree, but I haven't got the energy.一只火鸡在和一头公牛聊天时叹着气说道:我想飞到那棵树顶上去

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acathetic
Angami
astsyor (oster)
bobbinnet
brachysporium yamadaeanum matsuura
burkhas
carburettors
caytonanthus
certified seed
chromospheric spectrum
chuffily
churnalising
commercial capital construction
constraining set
copper (smelting) furnace
county agents
cutting edge
cyclohexene-1-carboxylic acid
database integrity
Deacety
densic material
dimerising
dirt-stained
discontinuous zone
disinter from
dragomirs
dragon ladies
Dukhlata Pestera
e arm
economic dynamics
exponential growth of economy
faddling
formal administrative act
frame encapsulation
Gaelicises
Gerstetten
godder
goodsire
governmental power
grate lever shaft
haby
houcle rayon
hydraulic bender
inland sabkha
investment-driven
ischioneuralgia
isochemical
jackii
Jove poplin
kolatin
lavender print
lay in a stock of merchandise
ligamenta articuli cricothyreoidei
manhole frame
Markham River
mean crown-length
medial anterior malleolar artery
mercury-wetted relay
Meticorten
microphotonics
middle gimbal angle
misreporting
monninger
moraine amphitheater
mountain hydrology
nanopolariton
negatively-chargeds
normal illumination
output document
palaeoentomologist
Planck scale
polyvinyl fluoride
pressure-equalizing pipe
release speed at retarder
rosa banksiae var.lutescens voss.
salariats
scrutinate
search up
seawomen
special pv panel for building construction
squizzled
steam -jet heater
story play
Symplocarpus nipponicus
Tapanui
technical junior college
tessie
Themeda caudata
trouser-pocket
tube-nosed bat
turning machine for alignment
unipolar division
village college
vivyan
washday
water-jug problem
what's his
winterized concrete plant
write gun
wuas
zeckhauser
zenith reading