NPR 2010-03-01

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Hundreds more Chileans are confirmed dead from one of the worst earthquakes ever in the South American country. Today, President Michelle Bachelet said the death toll had pushed up to 708 across central

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Jordans Queen Rania is a very modern monarch. She has worked for companies like Citibank and Apple Computer and appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show. She also uses YouTube to help people around the world understand more about the Arab world. She became

11 Nations Sign Trans-Pacific Trade Deal Without US

Eleven countries in the Pacific region have signed a major Asia-Pacific free trade agreement in Santiago, Chile. The deal is a new version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership from which the U.S. withdrew last year. The agreement is called the Comprehens

WHO Wants to Remove Trans Fats from Food

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. There may be something in your food that you cannot see and cannot taste. But it could be killing you. It is an artificial oil commonly called trans fat. Trans fat is a toxic chemical th

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WASHINGTON, April 25 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday met with visiting Jordanian King Abdullah II in Washington to discuss the Syrian crisis, the White House said in a statement. Hosting the king for breakfast at the Naval Obser

CNN 2010-01-08

We have an update for you now on the U.S. Embassy in Yemen. Today it is back open and ready for business. Washington closed the embassy on Sunday because of the threat of an al Qaeda attack. A senior administration official says intelligence suggeste

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By Ursula Lindsey Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been identified as an al-Qaida-linked operative and a lead suspect in many of the worse acts of terror in Iraq this year. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi grew up in the

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By Reza Allahyari Iraq-Jordon border 05 March 2007 watch Refugee report The violence in Iraq has displaced thousands of people across the country. For one group of Iranian Kurds, this journey has led them to the Iraqi border with Jordan where they h

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Part 2. Green Transporation Festival. Keywords. Green Transporation Festival, oil, environment, reduce, other kinds of fuels. Vocabulary. hydrogen, propane, scooter, hybrid, ethanol. A. You are going to hear a report on green transporation festival.

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Jordan has extended air strikes against the Islamic State group to Iraq. The move comes after Jordanian foreign minister Nasser Judeh said the country is stepping up its air campaign against the IS. We have to increase and step up this, not just air

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AMMAN, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The United States will send 200 soldiers to Jordan to enhance the capabilities of the Jordanian army, the state-run Petra news agency reported Wednesday. The move is part of the continuing cooperation between the Jordanian

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BEIJING, Nov. 4 (Xinhuanet) -- The amount of trans fat and other nutritional information will be marked on the labels of prepackaged food, according to the country's first national standard for food nutrition. The labeling will take effect on Jan 1,

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The video shows Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi sitting next to the current commander of the Pakistani Taliban Hakimullah Mehsud. In the tape, Balawi says he intends to avenge the killing of former Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud. Ayaz Gul

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This is AP news minute. 1. Details remain unclear in what led to a Minnesota police officer fatally shooting an Australia woman over the weekend. Minneapolis authorities will only say that the officers were responding to a 911 call about a possible a

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The suicide bomber who killed 7 CIA employees on a US base in eastern Afghanistan was seen, on Saturday, in a pre-attack video alongside Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud. In the video, Humam Khalil Abu Mulal al-Balawi, a Jordanian, says he w

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JUDY WOODRUFF: But first, we take a closer look at what's driving many Syrian refugees to risk their lives by attempting the journey to Europe. Syria's neighbor, Jordan, has taken in more than 600,000 refugees over the past four years, and has quite