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By Leta Hong Fincher Washington, DC 02 May 2006 watch National Anthem report A new Spanish version of the United States national anthem has added to the controversy over the role of immigrants in U.S.

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 24 July 2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross is stepping up humanitarian operations for 100,000 displaced people in the Central African Republic. A Red Cross Official just back from the CAR tells VOA these people a

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Central banks of the leading industrialized nations are working together to try to ease a financial crisis that originated in the United States but has roiled markets worldwide. From Washington, VOA's Michael Bowman reports. A Wall Street street sig

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With just a few days to go before Iran's presidential election, the pace of campaigning has picked up and the four presidential candidates are stumping across the country. An unexpected wave of popular enthusiasm for Friday's election has caught ana

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By Kari Barber Dakar 29 October 2007 A new World Conservation Union report says a large number of the world's endangered primates are at risk of extinction in West and Central African countries. Experts say hunting for bushmeat is threatening the ani

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By Barbara Schoetzau New York 29 February 2008 The United Nations is asking for $32 million in immediate humanitarian aid for the Central African Republic (CAR). The UN's humanitarian coordinator, Toby Lanzer, says the aid will help stabilize a volat

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Fog to hit central, E China

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