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KORVA COLEMAN, HOST: Here's a number that shows just how bad the opioid crisis is in Huntington, W. Va. The rate of babies born there with a drug dependency is 10 times higher than the national average. We're going to meet two people in that communit
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By Paula Wolfson White House 10 May 2007 President Bush is losing his strongest ally on Iraq. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports Britain's prime minister, Tony Blair, is stepping down at a time of slipping approval in Britain for the Iraq war. Prime Ministe
Related reading: BEIJING, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Guo Boxiong, former vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission (CMC), has confessed to taking bribes, military prosecutors said Tuesday. Military prosecutors have finished investigating Guo's al
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Xi Jinping says the campaign against corruption should continue to cover all sectors and zero tolerance will be shown to violators. He also stresses that China is gaining ground in the fight against corruption, urging all Party members to maintain co
We do not often talk about politics on this podcast, but today is different. Today is a special day. Our Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has been Prime Minister since 1997. But today he will resign. In fact, Tony Blair told us many months ago that he was