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Mountain of Trash Blights Historic Lebanese City of Saida Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: September 24, 2010 The Lebanese city of Saida is known for its historic ruins dating to the 5th century BC. It also is known for its giant garbage dump, which reside...

Rocky US-Iran Relations Date Back Decades Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: September 24, 2010 As nations of the world convene in New York City for the opening of this year’s United Nations General Assembly, one of them, Iran, is in the spot...

Obama Urges Global Support for Mideast Peace Efforts Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: September 23, 2010 President Barack Obama Thursday called on the global community to rally behind U.S.-led efforts for a solution of the Israel-Palestinian conflict w...

New Iran Sanctions Tighten Controls on Consumer Goods Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: September 23, 2010 Iran’s government faces yet another new round of sanctions.  'CISADA'  -  the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions Accountability and Div...

Clinton Global Initiative Addresses Problems — Major and Minor Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: September 22, 2010 Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has opened the Clinton Global Initiative, an annual gathering of world leaders, businesspeople, NGOs and philan...

Hamas Absent From Negotiations, but Looms Large Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: September 22, 2010 One question that emerges as Israeli and Palestinian leaders hold talks on a possible peace agreement is what future role Hamas will play. The mili...

Pakistan Trapped Between Floods, Water Shortages Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: September 22, 2010 Pakistan is struggling to recover from its worst flooding in decades, but the country also faces a different kind of water problem - not too much,...

Pirate Attacks Expected to Pick Up in Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: September 22, 2010 As the monsoon season ends in Asia, the Indian Ocean calms and incidences of piracy usually increase. Piracy is a booming and increasingly lucrati...

Senate Panel Considers Creating Infrastructure Bank Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: September 22, 2010 A U.S. Senate panel is looking at ways to help spur investment in roads, bridges and other costly public projects.  The US currently spends less o...

US Debates Terrorism Trials Nine Years After Attacks on New York and Washington Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: September 22, 2010 On September 27 a court in New York City is scheduled to open the first civilian trial of a terrorism suspect from the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba detent...

'Fugees Family' Provides Hope, Opportunity for Refugee Children in US Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: September 22, 2010 Jordanian-born soccer coach Luma Mufleh runs a refugee support organization called Fugees Family in a community outside of Atlanta, Georgia. The o...

Green Clothes Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: September 22, 2010 People who choose to eat only what’s grown locally, near to their homes, call themselves food locavores. In Northern California, there are also cl...

Gene-Modified Fish Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: September 22, 2010 A genetically modified variety of salmon may soon become the first bio-engineered animal to reach dinner tables. The U.S. Food and Drug Administrat...

New York Conference Tackles Investment in Africa Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: September 22, 2010 Although financial experts say that Africa is among the world’s most risky places to invest, some like former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin  see...

Republican Hispanics Divided by US Immigration Issue Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: September 22, 2010 Earlier this year, the Republican Party dominated legislature of Arizona passed a law calling for police to question the immigration status of any...

Gene-Modified Salmon Nears Approval Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: September 21, 2010 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering whether to approve genetically modified salmon for human consumption. If it does the fish woul...

Six Arrested In Alleged Threat to Pope Benedict Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: September 18, 2010 British police have arrested a sixth man in connection with an alleged threat against Pope Benedict during his historic visit to London.&nb...

Making an Album — the Way it Used to be Done Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: September 17, 2010 The Big Band sound — the kind of jazz popular in the 1930s and '40s -- can still be heard today.  Some of the top musicians in H...

Tensions High Ahead of Afghan Parliamentary Vote Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: September 17, 2010 Polling centers across much of Afghanistan are expected to open Saturday for the country’s latest round of elections.  Nearly 2,500 candid...

Kenya’s Poor Make Art to Escape Slum Life Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: September 17, 2010 Joseph Muchina was a teenager living in a Kenyan slum in the early 1970s when a radical concept took shape: teach the poor skills to make them self...

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