By Nancy-Amelia Collins Islamabad 22 January 2008 Islamic militants attacked and killed five Pakistani soldiers in the country's tribal mountainous region near the border with Afghanistan as analysts say the al-Qaida-linked fighters appear to be gain

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The Australian government is investigating reports that the Taliban killed up to 20 Afghans who were denied asylum in Australia and sent back to Afghanistan. They allegedly were among 400 asylum seekers denied entry into Australia by the former gove

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Still exploring after 50 years, Donald Walsh is shown here at the North Pole. Donald Walsh grew up near San Francisco in the 1930s. Among his earliest memories is the mega-construction project he saw from his home in the Berkeley hills. Namely, the G

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New Malaria Vaccine Passes Safety Test The fight against malaria may have taken a promising step forward with the latest tests of a new kind of vaccine, which aims to keep people healthy and prevent the infection from spreading. Most malaria vaccines

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A new organization aims to sharply improve the quality of African laboratories, allowing health professionals to better track, treat and test for diseases. It's called the African Society for Laboratory Medicine, or ASLM. A new organization aims to s

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Scientists around the world predict that climate change will have dramatic effects on agriculture in the coming decades. So, too, will pests and pesticides, the loss of species and the need to increase food production for a growing population. Resear

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Topics: Ask an American: Chocolate; dispute versus disagreement versus conflict; using times in comparing amounts; use of infinitive to phrases as adjective, adverb, or noun Words: comfort food to melt in (ones) mouth sensation hot off the presses to

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Topics: Ask an American: Obsolete; regarding versus concerning versus as for; can't be bothered; How you doing? Words: block soundtrack to tote ghetto blaster forefinger knob cultural reference next door otherwise to Tweet terse to water down regardi

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Topics: United States Postal Service, summer camp, whereas vs. but, RSVP (again), to be unable to make heads or tails of something Words: mail carrier mailbox FedEx parcel summer camp camper campfire to roast marshmallows camp counselor whereas to be

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Topics: After school activities, ethnic neighborhoods in Los Angeles, nude vs. naked vs. bare, anything but Words: athlete coach tournament yearbook orchestra marching band speech debate choir ethnic nude naked bare anything but to contradict

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Topics: Mount Rushmore, Indian summer, to cut to the chase, to jaywalk, current vs. present, to prove someone wrong Words: mount monument to carve Indian summer dog days (of summer) humidity severe heat wave to harvest harvest moon crops horizon opti

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Today's topics: Nicknames and shortened names, 'To kill two birds with one stone' and 'The early bird gets the worm,' May vs. Can, Using do + verb, Suite, and to wash down. Words: Sponsor Nick, Nicky Mike, Mikey Kathy, Kath Dave Alex Frank, Frankie L

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Today's topics: Spam, Valentine's Day, the Winter Olympics, In terms of, Must vs. have vs. got to, Possessives, To raise vs. to rise Words: scam fraud card jewelry pendant fabric stuffed animals figure skating Michelle Kwan Bode Miller to party downh

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Today's topics: Taking a survey, Special bonus podcast Secrets to Improving Your English, Housing prices in the US, To have vs. To be and the past participle. Words: Condo Condominium Mortgage Real estate Long-term To afford something

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Words: content to go away I don't suspect blog to dumb down opinion poll random sample Gallup Poll pollution global warming Green Party recycle proper nouns COB = Close of Business

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Topics: Popular words in the US media, People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive, to make a spectacle of yourself, to go berserk, basically, I'm whooped, doozy, fault vs. defect vs. error, David versus Goliath Words: global warming avian flu aight = all ri

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Topics: Country music, July 4th celebrations, clever vs. smart, you formal vs. informal, college vs. high school, to ride vs. to drive, Tell me about it!, to throw in the towel Words: rural banjo cowboy stereotype crop declaration fireworks display s

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Topics: John McCain, Little League sports, how to pronounce years and hours, using some plus a number, to hock, larger than life, to cheat on someone, I might say vs. I can say Words: navy liberal conservative term of office league World Series 1800s

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Topics: Daylight Saving Time, March Madness, to solve vs. to resolve, She smells good vs. She smells well Words: Daylight Saving Time March Madness to spring ahead to fall back collegiate office pool to be favored winning record Sweet 16 opponent sem

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Topics: Ask an American: Being a single woman in the US, obviously vs. apparently, sorrow, to delay vs. to postpone vs. to defer Words full gradual to be partnered with to decorate to be willing and able to entirely satisfactory equality mutual commo

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