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A Race Against Time to Get Help to HaitiansU.N. makes an emergency appeal for earthquake victims. But the damage in Port-au-Prince has slowed efforts to dist
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Steps Urged to Prevent Snakebites, Improve TreatmentsAbout 5.5 million people a year are bitten. The W.H.O. now recognizes snakebite as a neglected tropical
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Revisiting the Accord From CopenhagenWhat environmentalists and others are saying about the recent accord. Also on this week's program, a report on the pand
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Margaret Mead, 1901-1978: A Public Face of AnthropologyMany consider her the most influential social science researcher of the 20th century. Yet some experts
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New Understanding of How Plants Use WaterDiscovery may help engineer better plants. Transcript of radio broadcast:25 January 2010This is the VOA Spe
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Most of New Orleans Still Struggles to RecoverAlso: Music by three jazz bands in the city hit by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. Transcript of radio broadc
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Less Salt Can Mean More LifeA new study shows a cut of three grams of salt a day prevent tens of thousands of deaths among Americans Transcript of radio broa
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Getting Schools Not Just to Go Green but Teach It, TooThe Green Charter Schools Network in the U.S. seeks to produce young ''change agents'' to protect n
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Weighing the First Year of Obama as PresidentHe angered conservatives, yet some liberals saw him as too willing to compromise. Many Americans think his push
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American History Series: Trial of Andrew JohnsonCongress acted in 1868 after the president dismissed the secretary of war. But the Senate found him not guilt
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For Youths in US, a Jump in Media UseA survey finds that children and teens are doing even more multi-tasking, and that heavy users are more likely to do poo
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Words and Their Stories: Back, Shoulders and ChestEnglish idioms that are head and shoulders above the rest. Transcript of radio broadcast:22 January 2
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Words and Their Stories: Farm ExpressionsEnglish expressions related to agriculture. Transcript of radio broadcast:30 January 2010Now, the VOA Speci
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A Museum Better Known as the US CapitolThe building's art and sculpture collections tell a story about the country's history. Transcript of radio broadcast
