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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Imagine this: An official in a position of trust helps you choose a company for a service important to your future. You expect that the advice will be in your best interest. What you do not know is t

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 December 2007 Some 40,000 young Christians are gathering in Geneva to participate in a five-day pilgrimage organized by the Taize religious community and Swiss churches. The Taize community, based in Burgundy, France, has in

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A few months ago, a small entrepreneur in Nanjing who makes cheap souvenirs sold in Chinese railway stations and local airports borrowed a modest sum from an internet loan shark to pay his staff as his business slowed and cash flow dried up. Although

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Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has hailed the success of the bond swap deal with private lenders to keep the country solvent. During a speech on state television Friday, Papademos said, for the first time, Greece is not adding, but taking debt

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The British government has banned an Islamic group under the country's counter-terrorism laws. Islam4UK had planned to stage a march through the British town Wootton Bassett to honor Muslims killed in Afghanistan. Britain's home secretary has announc

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