Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Voice of America: Kenny Rogers to Join Country Music Hall of Fame

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Kenny Rogers to Join Country Music Hall of Fame
Apr 10th 2013, 22:14

Veteran singers and songwriters Kenny Rogers, Bobby Bare and "Cowboy" Jack Clement will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, organizers said on Wednesday, achieving one of the highest honors in the music industry. Rogers, 74, the husky-voiced three-time Grammy winner best known for songs like "The Gambler" and "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town," will be inducted in the "Modern Era" category, the Country Music Association announced. ...

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Voice of America: Survey: Friendships Cut Short on Social Media as People Get Ruder

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Survey: Friendships Cut Short on Social Media as People Get Ruder
Apr 10th 2013, 22:49

Rudeness and throwing insults are cutting online friendships short with a survey on Wednesday showing people are getting ruder on social media and two in five users have ended contact after a virtual altercation.   As social media usage surges, the survey found so has incivility with 78 percent of 2,698 people reporting an increase in rudeness online with people having no qualms about being less polite virtually than in person.   One in five people have reduced their face-to-face ...

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Voice of America: Syria’s Islamist Nusra Rebels Deepen Rift with Moderate Opposition

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Syria's Islamist Nusra Rebels Deepen Rift with Moderate Opposition
Apr 10th 2013, 23:30

The head of Syria's main Islamist rebel group has sworn allegiance to al-Qaida, deepening a rift with moderate rebels over how to rule the nation if they topple President Bashar al-Assad. Abu Mohammad al-Golani, leader of Jabhat al-Nusra, or Nusra Front, made the pledge of loyalty to al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in an audio message posted on militant websites Wednesday. Golani also acknowledged that his group receives logistical support and training from al-Qaida's Iraq-based ...

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Voice of America: NYC Museum Given $1 Billion in Cubist Art

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NYC Museum Given $1 Billion in Cubist Art
Apr 10th 2013, 22:36

Cosmetics company heir and art collector Leonard Lauder is donating his $1 billion Cubist art collection to New York City's famed Metropolitan Museum of Art.  The gift includes 78 works by Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Jaun Gris, and Fernand Leger.   In a statement, the museum says the collection "is unsurpassed in the number of masterpieces and and iconic works critical to the development of Cubism. "  Museum Director Thomas Campbell described the donation as ...

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Voice of America: Kenny Rogers to Join Country Music Hall of Fame

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Kenny Rogers to Join Country Music Hall of Fame
Apr 10th 2013, 22:14

Veteran singers and songwriters Kenny Rogers, Bobby Bare and "Cowboy" Jack Clement will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, organizers said on Wednesday, achieving one of the highest honors in the music industry. Rogers, 74, the husky-voiced three-time Grammy winner best known for songs like "The Gambler" and "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town," will be inducted in the "Modern Era" category, the Country Music Association announced. ...

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Voice of America: Report: Yemen President Removes Key Officer in Army Shakeup

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Report: Yemen President Removes Key Officer in Army Shakeup
Apr 10th 2013, 22:12

Yemen's president removed the commander of the elite Republican Guard, a powerful political foe, from the military on Wednesday, state television reported, in an apparent move to unify the divided armed forces under his own control.        The television read out orders by President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi appointing Brigadier General Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is the son of Hadi's predecessor, former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, as ambassador to the ...

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Voice of America: See-Through Brains Promise to Clear Up Mental Mysteries

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See-Through Brains Promise to Clear Up Mental Mysteries
Apr 10th 2013, 21:13

If Dr. Karl Deisseroth were an architect, he might be replacing stone or brick walls with floor-to-ceiling glass to build transparent houses. But since he is a neuroscientist at Stanford University, he has done the biological equivalent: invented a technique to make brains transparent, a breakthrough that should give researchers a truer picture of the pathways underlying both normal mental function and neurological illnesses from autism to Alzheimer's. In fact, the first human brain the ...

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Voice of America: Kaesong Industrial Zone's Hidden Human Face

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Kaesong Industrial Zone's Hidden Human Face
Apr 10th 2013, 21:58

The hidden human face of North Korea's decision to shutter an industrial park it ran with Seoul is its 53,000-strong workforce. At the Kaesong industrial zone, North Korean workers earned regular wages and formed bonds with their southern compatriots, even flirting once in a while. North Korea's most skilled laborers have kept South Korean factories at the park humming for nearly a decade, at the same time putting food on the tables of an estimated 200,000 people in one of the ...

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Voice of America: Russia to Make $500M Loan to Serbia, Pledges Support on Kosovo

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Russia to Make $500M Loan to Serbia, Pledges Support on Kosovo
Apr 10th 2013, 21:05

Russia granted Serbia a $500 million loan on Wednesday and promised to back Belgrade in its dispute with Kosovo but warned it must broker a deal with its former province on its own.   Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic in Moscow that Russia would "always support our Serbian friends'' but said the push for a deal with majority Albanian Kosovo must come from Belgrade itself.   Serbia on Monday rejected the principles of an accord that ...

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Voice of America: 'Art' of Diplomacy on Display in Washington

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'Art' of Diplomacy on Display in Washington
Apr 10th 2013, 19:55

Art has a way of bringing people together, and that was on display at the fifth "Festival des Artistes" in the U.S. capital where members of the diplomatic community - representing more than 20 countries - showcased their talents.    Gisele Essongue was among the artists at the festival, hosted by THIS for Diplomats. The group helps envoys and their families adapt to life in the United States. Essongue creates intricately beaded necklaces, bracelets and dangling ...

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Voice of America: Egypt's Morsi Drops Complaints Against Journalists

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Egypt's Morsi Drops Complaints Against Journalists
Apr 10th 2013, 20:45

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has ordered the withdrawal of legal complaints filed by the presidency against journalists, in a move that appeared aimed at fending off accusations of a crackdown on dissent by the Islamist-led authorities. Morsi withdrew the complaints out of respect for freedom of expression, according to presidential spokesman Ehab Fahmy. ​Morsi is under international pressure to work for consensus and stability while Egypt seeks aid from the International Monetary Fund ...

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Voice of America: Pentagon to Cut Workforce, Weapons Systems

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Pentagon to Cut Workforce, Weapons Systems
Apr 10th 2013, 22:01

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has unveiled a new budget that includes deep cuts in weapons programs, the civilian workforce and infrastructure.   Only hours after President Barack Obama announced his budget plan, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel unveiled his own spending blueprint, which he says reflects a state of financial uncertainty for the Pentagon.   Hagel said the new $526 billion spending plan for the next fiscal year will include cuts in the civilian workforce, ...

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Voice of America: Survey: Friendships Cut Short on Social Media as People Get Ruder

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Survey: Friendships Cut Short on Social Media as People Get Ruder
Apr 10th 2013, 22:49

Rudeness and throwing insults are cutting online friendships short with a survey on Wednesday showing people are getting ruder on social media and two in five users have ended contact after a virtual altercation.   As social media usage surges, the survey found so has incivility with 78 percent of 2,698 people reporting an increase in rudeness online with people having no qualms about being less polite virtually than in person.   One in five people have reduced their face-to-face ...

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Voice of America: Pentagon to Cut Workforce, Weapons Systems

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Pentagon to Cut Workforce, Weapons Systems
Apr 10th 2013, 22:01

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has unveiled a new budget that includes deep cuts in weapons programs, the civilian workforce and infrastructure.   Only hours after President Barack Obama announced his budget plan, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel unveiled his own spending blueprint, which he says reflects a state of financial uncertainty for the Pentagon.   Hagel said the new $526 billion spending plan for the next fiscal year will include cuts in the civilian workforce, ...

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Voice of America: 'Art' of Diplomacy on Display in Washington

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'Art' of Diplomacy on Display in Washington
Apr 10th 2013, 19:55

Art has a way of bringing people together, and that was on display at the fifth "Festival des Artistes" in the U.S. capital where members of the diplomatic community - representing more than 20 countries - showcased their talents.    Gisele Essongue was among the artists at the festival, hosted by THIS for Diplomats. The group helps envoys and their families adapt to life in the United States. Essongue creates intricately beaded necklaces, bracelets and dangling ...

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Voice of America: Egypt's Morsi Drops Complaints Against Journalists

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Egypt's Morsi Drops Complaints Against Journalists
Apr 10th 2013, 20:45

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has ordered the withdrawal of legal complaints filed by the presidency against journalists, in a move that appeared aimed at fending off accusations of a crackdown on dissent by the Islamist-led authorities. Morsi withdrew the complaints out of respect for freedom of expression, according to presidential spokesman Ehab Fahmy. ​Morsi is under international pressure to work for consensus and stability while Egypt seeks aid from the International Monetary Fund ...

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Voice of America: Russia to Make $500M Loan to Serbia, Pledges Support on Kosovo

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Russia to Make $500M Loan to Serbia, Pledges Support on Kosovo
Apr 10th 2013, 21:05

Russia granted Serbia a $500 million loan on Wednesday and promised to back Belgrade in its dispute with Kosovo but warned it must broker a deal with its former province on its own.   Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic in Moscow that Russia would "always support our Serbian friends'' but said the push for a deal with majority Albanian Kosovo must come from Belgrade itself.   Serbia on Monday rejected the principles of an accord that ...

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Voice of America: See-Through Brains Promise to Clear Up Mental Mysteries

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See-Through Brains Promise to Clear Up Mental Mysteries
Apr 10th 2013, 21:13

If Dr. Karl Deisseroth were an architect, he might be replacing stone or brick walls with floor-to-ceiling glass to build transparent houses. But since he is a neuroscientist at Stanford University, he has done the biological equivalent: invented a technique to make brains transparent, a breakthrough that should give researchers a truer picture of the pathways underlying both normal mental function and neurological illnesses from autism to Alzheimer's. In fact, the first human brain the ...

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Voice of America: Kaesong Industrial Zone's Hidden Human Face

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Kaesong Industrial Zone's Hidden Human Face
Apr 10th 2013, 21:58

The hidden human face of North Korea's decision to shutter an industrial park it ran with Seoul is its 53,000-strong workforce. At the Kaesong industrial zone, North Korean workers earned regular wages and formed bonds with their southern compatriots, even flirting once in a while. North Korea's most skilled laborers have kept South Korean factories at the park humming for nearly a decade, at the same time putting food on the tables of an estimated 200,000 people in one of the ...

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Voice of America: Report: Yemen President Removes Key Officer in Army Shakeup

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Report: Yemen President Removes Key Officer in Army Shakeup
Apr 10th 2013, 22:12

Yemen's president removed the commander of the elite Republican Guard, a powerful political foe, from the military on Wednesday, state television reported, in an apparent move to unify the divided armed forces under his own control.        The television read out orders by President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi appointing Brigadier General Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is the son of Hadi's predecessor, former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, as ambassador to the ...

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