Obama Visit to Soweto Seen as Bow to Struggle for Freedom The images from a 1976 student uprising in the township of Soweto remain searing to this day: apartheid police firing at, and beating back, black students rebelling against a deliberately raci

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EU Membership Fails to Spark Enthusiasm in Croatia In Brussels, the fireworks are already being set off as the Croatian flag joins 27 other member countries in the political heart of the European Union. So how will life change for the ordinary Croati

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US Jeans Manufacturers Fear EU Tariff Will Cripple Industry I look at denim kind of like wine, said Kim. You know, you can have the same batch of grapes. How you treat, it how you process it, you can make completely different things. Like wine, the p

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Environmentalists Embrace Obama Climate Plan The plan would help curb carbon emissions, prepare the nation for the impact of climate change and expand the U.S. global role in fighting it. Eileen Claussen, president of Climate and Energy Solutions, an

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Conditions Worsen for Darfurian Refugees, Others A medical aid group says conditions are getting worse for tens of thousands of people whove fled fighting in Sudans Darfur region. Refugees and others have been gathering for months in the Chadian town

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Doctors say Treating Lung Infections in Elderly Patients is Problematic South Africans and admirers around the world expressed their feelings for Nelson Mandela, also known by his clan name of Madiba, the man identified with transforming South Africa

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Obama Means Business During Africa Trip JOHANNESBURG This is only Obamas second trip to sub-Saharan Africa, after he made a brief stop in 2009 in the West African nation of Ghana. There, he spoke about the importance of democracy. This time, his focu

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Going Deaf, Sound Expert Races to Finish His Life's Work Higher stakes For Hempton, it started with an experience familiar to many people, having to keep asking, What? What did you say? Then the stakes got higher. I was laying in bed in the springtim

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Displaced Syrians Despair Over Civil War Late morning at the Bab al-Salama camp in northern Syria. Life has become routine and tedious as residents wait for places in Turkey's refugee camps. This camp has grown in 10 months from nothing into a small

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Darius Rucker Releases Third Country Album True Believers recently became Darius Ruckers third consecutive Number One Country album. He says its title track is the most personal song on the collection. Rucker collaborated with his producer Frank Roge

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Enthusiasm Lingers After Iran Election Scenes of celebration following Rowhani's victory were captured by Iranian citizens on cell phone cameras. Videos were sent to VOA's Persian service, finding their way out of Iran despite what had been an ongoin

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Arab-Israeli Singer Bridges Cultures Through Music NEW YORK Arab-Israeli songwriter and pop star Mira Awad began her weeklong run at New Yorks Metropolitan Room by singing a traditional tune from the Arab village in northern Israel where she was born

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Nigeria Reaches for the Stars The Nigerian space agency complex is as ambitious and seemingly as impossible as the program itself. On 200 hectares of land, a museum and a planetarium are being built along with a complex for visiting scientists and a

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Thai-Cambodia Border Decision Risks Renewing Nationalist Protests Thai nationalists two years ago demanded the United Nations cultural office de-list a Cambodian temple as a World Heritage site. They view the recognition as a loss of Thai sovereignty

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India Uses Railway as Mobile Science Classroom Raghav Pandya loves science, so much so, that he spends six months out of the year on this train to help share his passion with youngsters across India. I am passionate about spreading and popularizing a

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Syrian Rebels Welcome Arms Pledges Bab al-Salama camp near Syria's border with Turkey. Abdulhamid Assad arrived from Aleppo several months ago with his extended family of fighters with the Syrian rebels. They fled because they ran out of bullets. Ass

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Kerry: Lives May be Lost Due to Snowden's Betrayal With Snowden on the run from Hong Kong, Secretary of State John Kerry said there will be consequences for countries that help him escape U.S. justice. All appropriate countries have been notified wit

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Stevia: a Sweetener for Kenyan Exporters and Farmers Pockets Stevia, known worldwide as a natural sweetener, comes from plants that are grown in the tropics and subtropics. The leaves of the popular plant are sweet and ideal for people conscious of t

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Asian Americans Break Stereotypes Through Urban Dance Whether it's dancing freestyle in a cypher or dance circle, or a carefully choreographed routine, when these dancers move their bodies, something magical happens, said Philippine urban dancer Mich

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Washington Week: Focus on Immigration, Same-Sex Marriage A proposal to dramatically boost U.S. border security could be the key to unlocking bipartisan support needed to pass comprehensive immigration reform in the Senate. Democrat Charles Schumer sa

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