Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday. It is the name of a celebration that takes place on the day before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the 40-day period of Lent. Mardi Gras is the final day ofa three-day period, which starts on the Sund

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Killer Virus Brought Back From the Past, With the Hope to Avoid a New One By Cynthia Kirk and Caty Weaver Broadcast: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE

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by Jill Moss Broadcast: July 23, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Health Report. A medical company in Australia, PanBio, has developed a new test for West Nile 1)virus. The test ex

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CANBERRA, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- A rare virus that can be contracted by humans has killed a large number of Victorian pigeons after being detected in the Australian state for the first time, Agriculture Department confirmed on Tuesday. According to the

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The Basque separatist group ETA has declared a permanent ceasefire. The group has waged a violent campaign to form an independent state in northern Spain and southwest France. A video posted on the website of Basque newspaper Gara shows masked people

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-Blair: What are you doing? -Nate: I'm going to Victrola. I promised Chuck. Itsimportant to him. -Blair: I saw your father get arrested. Why didn'tyou come to me? I would've listened. -Nate: I've tried, Blair. But every time I try,somethings got your

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