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Every week, more children arrive to work in the hundreds of primitive mines in the bush. Here they endure long hours at dangerous jobs, wringing flecks of gold from the dirt with mercury. One of them is a 12-year-old boy named Saliou. Momodou is just

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People start stereotyping early. Even toddlers react positively to members of their own race, but often distrust those from different groups. The seeds of racism are planted in most everyone. Everyone, that is, except people with a rare genetic condi

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US Election Enters New Phase

By Jim Malone The U.S. presidential election campaign has entered a new phase, with both major party candidates criss-crossing the country in search of votes. After ceding the week to John Kerry and t

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Time now for StoryCorps. This oral history project is traveling the country, collecting interviews between friends and families. Today we hear from a daughter and her father. --My name is David Warm, I'm 51 years old. --My name is Mary Warm, and I'm

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The International Monetary Fund says the U.S. economy is struggling to overcome sluggish growth due to an unresolved government debt crisis and weaknesses in the housing market and household finances. In a report released Tuesday, the IMF downgraded

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2904 phase out

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