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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Earlier this month, Michelle Obama and twenty-three schoolchildren helped prepare the ground for an organic vegetable garden on the South Lawn of the White House. The first lady showed the young gar

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VOA慢速英语2011--Putting Worms to Work to Help Your Garde

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VOA标准英语2011--Libyan Rebels Move on Gadhafi's Hometown

Libyan opposition forces are fighting for control of Sirte, the hometown of their avowed enemy, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. The rebels have taken swift advantage of a U.N.-backed military campaign that is now under NATO command. Government forces

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Something is changing on American television and online streaming services. There are more Muslim characters and more nuanced portrayals of Muslim communities. NPR's Leila Fadel starts this story on set in Los Angeles. LEILA FADE

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Gadhafi Says Other Nations Should Follow Libya's Example

Roger Wilkison Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has hailed his first visit to Europe in 15 years as historic and followed up his renunciation of weapons of mass destruction with a pledge to work for worl

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VOA标准英语2010年-Haiti's Iconic Rum Maker Back in Produ

One of Haiti's most well known exports and a symbol of national pride is back in business. Barbancourt's rum was first distilled in Port au Prince in the 1860's by Dupre Barbancourt, a French cognac maker. The company maintained production through Ha

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By Craig Fitzpatrick Washington, D.C. 01 February 2006 watch Nam Paik profile Although many people outside the art world don't know who Nam June Paik is, they probably would recognize the quick cuttin

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Tensions between Switzerland and Libya are continuing to escalate as Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi enacts a number of retaliatory measures to protest the recent arrest of his son and wife in Geneva. The son, Hannibal Gadhafi and his wife were arrest

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A son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi met senior Bush administration officials Tuesday in another sign of improved U.S.-Libyan relations. Saif al-Islam Gadhafi sees Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday. VOA's David Gollust reports from the

VOA标准英语2009-Libya's Gadhafi Lashes Out at US

Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi has lashed out at the United States by likening the 1986 U.S. Strikes on Libya to Osama bin Laden's terror attacks on the United States in 2001. He was speaking Thursday in Rome, where he is on a three-day official visi

VOA标准英语2009年-Libyan Leader Gadhafi Presides Over Mauritania

Libyan head of state Moammar Gadhafi is in Mauritania, where he opened multi-lateral talks aimed at resolving the months-old political crisis there. Libya's leader Moammar Gadhafi (file photo) In his capacity as current head of the African Union, Li

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Bob McConnell, a retired engineer, set up a new wireless router in his home this year to get faster Internet speeds. Instead, he got the opposite, with his iPad often getting no wireless connection in his bedroom 为了获得更快的上网速度，退

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By Barry Unger Washington 14 December 2007 The year 2007 saw the passing of many well-known international figures who left a lasting impression. VOA's Barry Unger takes a look back at some of these people. Jim Bertel narrates. Former Russian Presiden

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U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday that Libya's people are within reach of the future they deserve as the 42-year rule of Moammar Gadhafi comes to an end. The president spoke in Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts where Mr. Obama is vacationing w

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