Agriculture Report - 'Property Ladder' Helps Poor Gain Land Rights This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Less than a third of people in developing countries own or have any official right to the land they live on. Groups like UN-Habitat

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From Believeland To Blockland Cleveland Aims To Be A Tech Hub STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Cleveland, Ohio, is moving to update its image and its economy. The city known for old-line industries, Lake Erie, LeBron James and the Rock Roll Hall of Fame wants to

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: Thousands of people in the United States are not exactly homeless; more like houseless. They live in vehicles - RVs, campers, vans. And they follow the work, moving from job to job. The journalist Jessica Bruder embedded with this

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Trump Push For 'Energy Dominance' Boosts Drilling On Public Land SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: In parts of the West, the Trump administration is opening up millions of acres of public land to oil and gas leases. That's fueling a drilling boom in places like

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Burma Legal Advisers Help Land Grab Victims 缅甸的政治和经济开放已吸引大量的外国投资者和刺激了房地产繁荣。 Land values are soaring in parts of Burma, even in ethnic states, where fighting has left thousands homeless. Th

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By Penelope Poulou Washington, DC 21 September 2006 watch Hollywoodland report The mystery drama Hollywoodland is in American theaters. Alan Coulter, director of legendary TV series such as 'Sopranos,' 'Six Feet Under' and 'Sex and the City' explore

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Angelina Jolie Makes Directorial Debut with 'In The Land of Blood and Honey' American movie star Angelina Jolie is making her directorial debut with a film set during Bosnia's civil war in the 1990s. In an exclusive interview with VOA's Bosnian servi

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 13 September 2006 The International Campaign to Ban Landmines reports dramatic progress in de-mining around the world. But landmines still inflict a terrible toll in 58 countries worldwide, says the campaign group in its annual

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By Steve Herman India Goa Land 23 January 2008 The tiny coastal state of Goa has become the first state in India to rescind the creation of special economic zones - putting it into conflict with the central government and powerful developers across t

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By Peta Thornycroft Harare 23 April 2006 The Zimbabwe government is making it possible for some white farmers to legally remain on their land, and for others to return home, after they were evicted du

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Sugarland's latest album sold more than 202,000 copies its first week of release to give the duo its third Number One debut on both the Billboard 200 and Country Albums charts. Sugarland describes The new album Incredible Machine as a collection of a

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: Many plays have been called kitchen sink dramas because of their attempts at realism. A new play takes that to the extreme. Oh My Sweet Land uses not only the sink but the stove, refrigerator, food processor, a chopping board and a

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: In Colombia, a decades-long conflict between FARC guerrillas and the government might be officially over. But the country still grapples with a nasty legacy of that war - landmines. Farmers are afraid to return to some fields. Pare

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The lives of Native Americans are still shaped by decisions made by the federal government in the 19th century. In California, the federal government never officially recognized around 40 tribes, a decision that left them without

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Writer and director Damien Chazelle's new movie La La Land is very different from his first one, Whiplash. That was about a jazz drummer's struggles with his abusive mentor. Now, La La Land is also about struggle and jazz. But in

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: At last night's Golden Globes, Damien Chazelle and his movie La La Land made it big. The film won a total of seven awards, including Best Actor and Actress in a Musical or Comedy. Chazelle won for Best Director and Best Screenpla

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Louisiana is losing its coast faster than any place in the world. That's because of sea level rise, development and sinking marshland. Officials are trying to rebuild those marshes and the wetlands, but much of the coast can't be

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LYNN NEARY, HOST: For the past decade, Boko Haram has been killing thousands across northeastern Nigeria, causing millions to flee from their homes. But now there's another conflict in Nigeria that's killing more people than Boko Haram and threatenin

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By Peta Thornycroft Harare 08 February 2006 Zimbabwe's commercial farmers union has asked the government to issue orders to halt land seizures and work out a way to restore agricultural activity. The

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By Rory Byrne Phnom Penh 03 July 2007 Soaring property prices have resulted in an explosion of land-grabbing in Cambodia, leaving tens of thousands of people destitute. A recent United Nations report accuses the Cambodian authorities of allowing a we

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