By Kevin Billinghurst Stockholm 15 October 2007 The 2007 Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics will be shared by three Americans, Leonid Hurwicz, Eric Maskin and Roger Myerson. From Stockholm, Kevin Billinghurst reports for VOA. The three are hono

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Republicans and Democrats in Congress are reacting to President Barack Obama's speech, in which he warned Americans that the economy faces a dire day of reckoning, but one the country can recover from. President Barack Obama addresses a joint sessio

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US Congress Prepares to Vote on Three Free Trade Pacts Both houses of the U.S. Congress are expected to approve free trade pacts with South Korea, Colombia and Panama. The accords were negotiated during the former Bush administration, and had been sh

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Two former U.S. Secretaries of State are recommending that the United States change its procedures for deciding to go to war. VOA's Kent Klein reports from Washington. James Baker III, left, and Warren Christopher answer questions following a press

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The highest-paid US television stars have been revealed, with the stars of The Big Bang Theory topping the list for comedy and drama. 美国收入最高的电视明星于日前公布,《生活大爆炸》的主演们荣登喜剧和戏剧排行榜榜首

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 11 January 2007 As Bush administration and U.S. military officials faced skeptical lawmakers on Capitol Hill, some of the strongest criticisms of the president's military surge in Iraq came from some new members of Congr

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