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US Donations to Japan Lower Than After Other Disasters Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: March 18, 2011 Natural disasters typically trigger an outpouring of monetary and in-kind support from Americans.  But a week after the deadly earthquake and tsuna...

Famous Violinist Works to Eradicate Polio Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: March 18, 2011 Poliomyelitis, known as polio, is a viral disease that can cause paralysis.  It once infected millions of people each year, but vaccination effort...

SAF Settlement Residents Struggle as World Marks Water Day Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: March 18, 2011 The international community is marking World Water Day this year under the theme of water and urbanization - noting that for the first time in hist...

US Supports No-Fly Zone Against Libya Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: March 18, 2011 The U.S. decision to support a United Nations sponsored no-fly zone and possibly other military actions in Libya comes as forces loyal to Libyan le...

Japanese Tsunami Survivors Face Daily Struggle Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: March 18, 2011 Amid the desperate attempts by rescue teams to find anyone alive in the wreckage left by the Japan tsunami, survivors of the disaster are struggli...

New Lupus Drug Approved in 50 Years Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: March 18, 2011 The first new lupus drug in a half century is heading to market in the United States. Under the trade name Benlysta, it is the first federally-app...

Making the Band Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: March 18, 2011 In the first part of this web video series about U.S. high school marching bands, VOA’s Nico Colombant showcases members of the Oxon Hill Clippers...

Economic Price Tag Rising for Japan Quake Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: March 18, 2011 The economic cost of the worst natural disaster in Japan’s history continues to rise. Experts are saying the devastating combination of earthquake,...

Rodeo Brings Out the Boots Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: March 17, 2011 In some areas of the western United States, cowboy boots, hats, and belts  are still popular even as the percentage of people who actuall...

Obama Aims to Show Support for Democracy, Praise Economic Progress in Latin America Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: March 17, 2011 President Barack Obama is scheduled to arrive Saturday in Brazil to start a five-day Latin America trip also taking him to Chile and El Salvador.&a...

Libya’s Opposition Tries to Define Itself to Gain Western Support Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: March 16, 2011 As the West debates whether to impose a no-fly zone over Libya, rebels there are left to fend for themselves against pro-government forces pushing...

World Leaders Review Nuclear Policies Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: March 16, 2011 The threat of a nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima power plant in Japan is causing anxiety about the safety of nuclear power plants worldwide.  VOA’...

US Search, Rescue Teams in Japan to Help with Post-Quake Rescue Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: March 16, 2011 The United States has deployed two elite urban search and rescue teams from Los Angeles and Virginia to help find victims of Friday’s catastrophic ...

Rescue Teams Reach Tsunami-Stricken Town Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: March 16, 2011 The estimated death toll from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan is now well over 10,000. Rescue teams are searching through the wreckage in Ofuna...

Japan Nuclear Crisis Moves Past Scale of Three Mile Island, but Not Chernobyl Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: March 16, 2011 As the crisis at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant deepens, so do fears about the spread of radiation and just how bad the situation could ult...

Infrastructure is Challenge for Electric Vehicle Owners Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: March 16, 2011 Auto experts say electric vehicles are a practical alternative to gasoline-powered cars, at least for some drivers. As VOA’s Mike O'Sulli...

World Markets Plunge as Japan Disaster Widens Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: March 16, 2011 Stock markets in the United States, Asia and Europe plunged sharply on Tuesday as investors dumped stocks over worries about the nuclear crisis in...

Congress Considers Cutting Gasoline Makers' Ethanol Subsidy Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: March 15, 2011 More than 90 organizations are calling for an end to the $6 billion-dollar-a-year subsidy that encourages the production of ethanol biofuel from ma...

Nuclear Industry Watchdogs in US Raise Safety Concerns Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: March 15, 2011 The ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan has sparked renewed debate around the world about the safety of nuclear power. VOA’s Laurel Bowman reports on w...

Bilingual People Stave off Memory Loss, Dementia Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: March 15, 2011 If you speak more than one language, you have a better chance of staving off memory loss and, possibly, the mental and physical decline associated...

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