A 'Ragged School' Gives U.K. Children A Taste Of Dickensian Destitution SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: Charles Dickens made the East End of London infamous. In his time, it was rife with poverty and crime. Today, row houses in the gentrified area cost more th

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 21 April 2007 Palestinian assailants have bombed an American-run school in the Gaza Strip, but there were no casualties. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, there has been a breakdown of law and order in t

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U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Indonesia and Australia has been postponed a few days. But it is still generating excitement, particularly in Indonesia. Many Indonesians see the U.S. president as a native son because his mother married an Indo

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Indonesian Documentary Highlights Tribes Fighting Developers and Conservationists A new documentary about a school in a remote rainforest in Indonesia highlights how education is helping indigenous people to stand up for their rights. In addition to

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 14 June 2006 Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has been released after 25 months in jail for the role he played in the deadly 2002 Bali bombings. Abu Bakar Bashir waves to supporters who surround him as he wal

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 02 September 2006 Tens of thousands of Palestinian government employees, who have not been paid in months, went on strike Saturday. The labor unrest poses a major challenge to the Palestinian government, led by the Islamic

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