The US economy is growing a little more than earlier estimates show. But as NPR's Paul Brown told us the rate of growth is still very small. The Commerce Department says the gross domestic product to grow at 1.3% annual rate in the second quarter. It

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THIS IS AMERICA - Girl Groups' in Rock Music By Robert Brumfield Broadcast: Monday, February 02, 2004 (THEME) VOICE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I'm Phoebe Zimmermann. In the l

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Good morning from the CNN center in Atlanta. I am Reggie Aqui. Here is what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. We are gonna start with the president who wants to set a $500,000 pay cap for executives at companies that got some bailout money. New rules are

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From npr news in Washington, I am Jack Spear, as the searching for missing Malaysia airline continues, answers remain short of supply, the 777-200 disappeared from contact almost 4 days ago, speak the cancellor former relations today, Director John s

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By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 16 November 2007 Hong Kong-based human rights groups who recently returned from a fact-finding mission to the Philippines found that the frequency of extrajudicial killings in the country has gone down. Disappearances, howe

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The Otago Rugby Football Union (ORFU) is 131 years old but it is in financial trouble. It owes $2.35m, some to the Bank of New Zealand (the BNZ), the Dunedin City Council (DCC) and local businesses. For the last two weeks it seemed it would be in liq

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