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Broadcast: Jan 29 2003 Two senior U.N. officials warn the HIV/AIDS pandemic in southern Africa is changing the nature of 1) famine in the region and is 2) unleashing a disaster that threatens the exis

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Scientists Observe Birth of Huge Galaxy Cluster For the first time ever, astronomers have observed the birth of a galaxy cluster, known as a protocluster. The event, billions of light-years away, could form one of the largest-known structures in toda

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By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 23 August 2007 The electricity shortage in Iraq continues to plague the country. Power blackouts have become a telling symbol of the difficulties Iraq's government and the United States are having in improving life for ord

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Fukushima Farmers Worry About Region's Brand With the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant set to continue through most of this year, many people in the region are worried about the long-term impact on the Fukushima brand. Nowhere can

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A rebel group in Ethiopia's arid Somali region has issued an urgent appeal for humanitarian assistance, accusing the government of blocking aid deliveries. The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) insurgent group says people and livestock are dyin

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2018 marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. On August 30th, local officials of the Ningxia Hui autonomous region briefed media on the development of the region over the past 60 years at a press conference hel

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The Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southwestern Gansu province is the location of major tributaries of both the Yellow and Yangtze rivers. In recent years, local governments have been working to restore the local environment to protect the h

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By Derek Kilner Nairobi 06 February 2008 Two explosions have killed at least 20 people in the port town of Bosasso in the semi-autonomous Puntland region of Somalia. As Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa Bureau in Nairobi, Puntland has gener

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By Douglas Bakshian Manila 08 October 2007 The Asian Development Bank says Asia and the Pacific are behind in meeting certain parts the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals. A new report by the ADB and the U.N. Development Program says progre

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In the Pacific state of Hawaii, U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday told leaders of the 21 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation economies that the region will be key to U.S. economic recovery. With much of the formal summit activity, including a worki

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Residents of the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia voted for a new president Friday, three years after Russia recognized the region, and another breakaway area, South Ossetia, as independent states. Three candidates are hoping to replace Presiden

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What makes the sun shine? For a lot of folks, this is the kind of thing that doesn't even require explanation: it just does. But just being a commonplace phenomenon in no way explains it. Something must cause the sun to shine. And, in fact, there is

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The British actor Alan Rickman has died of cancer at the age of 69. In movies, he won fame for his role as Severus Snape in the Harry Potter series and before that in films such as Truly Madly Deeply, Love Actually, Die Hard, Sense and Sensibility an

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