USA - Voice of America: US Drought Linked to Climate Change

USA - Voice of America usa

US Drought Linked to Climate Change Jul 27th 2012, 14:57 As one of the worst droughts ever continues to grip major portions of the United States, a new study links this summer's record-setting dry spell, and other extreme weather events, to the world's warming climate.       Parched earth In Texas, the earth is parched. Rivers have dried up, and pasture land has turned brown from the heat. It's been this way since January 2011. The southwestern state is the fourth largest producer of rice in the United States but the ... Media files: CF49383F-6760-434D-98B8-24CD60DDA5B2_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Africa - Voice of America: Malawi's Muslim Artists Experiment with New Sound

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Malawi's Muslim Artists Experiment with New Sound Jul 27th 2012, 14:28 Among the artists who have taken the country's Islamic song industry by storm are Ishmael Katawala, Ahmed Pilo and Ishmael Mtenje. Mtenje's popularity is owed to his hit R&B tune 'Ka Hijab' – which is sung in the local language, Chichewa.   The song depicts a young man who wants a wife who will always wear the Islamic headscarf, the Hijab. The singer fuses rap with his lyrics, describing the beauty of his dream girl. Malawi's only Islamic radio station banned the song after ... Media files: 27DC133A-E6AB-4A2B-BAEF-33B6D34C5E2F_cx0_cy12_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Africa - Voice of America: A South African Group Gives Opera an African Feel

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A South African Group Gives Opera an African Feel Jul 27th 2012, 13:59 Isango Ensemble is a theatre group that does musicals, plays and opera with an added African twist. Their work focuses on re-imagining classics from Western theater and re-contextualizing them in a South African township setting. They recently flew back to the city following good reviews of their theater performances at The Globe and Hackney Empire Auditorium in London, as well as the Admiral's Palace in Berlin.   Thet group's musical director Mandisi Dyantyis said in London,  ... Media files: F93BBCC4-93E1-4440-B197-783708CC2B20_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Asia - Voice of America: Graffiti Artists Paint Beijing

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Graffiti Artists Paint Beijing Jul 27th 2012, 12:17 BEIJING — In China's capital, graffiti art is gaining a following among young and fashionable Chinese. There is a small group of artists who use the city's public spaces to express their feelings about their lives and rapidly changing country.   Wang Mo is an artist who prefers to work on the surfaces he finds outdoors.  "If you paint on paper you have to paint within the boundaries of the paper," he explained. "But graffiti doesn't obey that.  Graffiti means you can ... Media files: C2E92F61-644F-4665-A71A-45407036C932_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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USA - Voice of America: Young People Navigate Relationships, Romance and HIV

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Young People Navigate Relationships, Romance and HIV Jul 27th 2012, 11:15 WASHINGTON — Relationships and romance. They are tough to navigate for all young men and women, and they are even more complicated for young people who are living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.  HIV-positive youth who work with AIDS Alliance discussed disclosing one's HIV status at the International AIDS conference in Washington. The exercise in this panel discussion: whether to disclose HIV status in a hypothetical relationship. Red means no, green means yes and yellow ... Media files: 7CB624A6-6692-4B6F-88FA-68B1D5D84900_cx0_cy2_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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USA - Voice of America: Technical Problems Knock Twitter Offline

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Technical Problems Knock Twitter Offline Jul 27th 2012, 12:50 The social media website Twitter was offline for two hours Thursday after its systems unexpectedly failed. Twitter's vice president for engineering, Mazen Rawashdesh, wrote on the site's blog post that the blackout occurred when both its data system and its backup system failed simultaneously.  Rawashdesh apologized for the failure, which he described as a "infrastructural double-whammy." Thursday's failure was the second in as many months for the popular ... Media files: BAD13114-1875-4E06-A7DA-F1A3537E3E8E_cx5_cy0_cw81_w800_r1.png (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Economy - Voice of America: Facebook Earnings Fall Despite Higher Revenue

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Facebook Earnings Fall Despite Higher Revenue Jul 27th 2012, 12:33 Facebook, the world's most popular social network website, says it lost money during the second quarter of the year, despite higher than expected revenue. In its first earnings report since its initial public offering of stock last May, Facebook posted a net loss of $157 million on revenue of $1.18 billion, up more than 30% from the same period one year ago. The company attributes the loss to compensation for investors after computer mishaps and other problems during the IPO. Facebook ... Media files: 6B646E31-B91A-4BE4-80C1-DBD86402DD70_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Asia - Voice of America: Chinese Government Criticized for Downplaying Floods

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Chinese Government Criticized for Downplaying Floods Jul 27th 2012, 13:32 Chinese authorities in Beijing are coming under continuing criticism for allegedly downplaying the severity of deadly floods that have killed scores of people since last week.   Skepticism Internet users Friday reacted with skepticism to the official death toll, and called it a man-made disaster that has highlighted the government's poor emergency response.   Pan Anjun, deputy head of the municipal flood control and drought relief headquarters appeared at a news conference on ... Media files: D6AAE3C4-612F-4233-9885-ED7C2E959A84_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Asia - Voice of America: Muslim Groups Increasingly Worried About Fate of Burma's Rohingyas

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Muslim Groups Increasingly Worried About Fate of Burma's Rohingyas Jul 27th 2012, 12:15 Muslim groups worldwide are increasing pressure on the Burmese government to stop human rights abuses committed against ethnic Rohingya Muslims. The plight of the technically stateless group in Burma's western Rakhine state has long been a concern of the global Muslim community. But attention has intensified in recent weeks after longstanding tensions erupted between the Rohingya and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists, leaving dozens dead and tens of thousands displaced. Rights groups such as ... Media files: 970C0809-1BBE-49C1-8303-B28428C57F35_cx0_cy12_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Asia - Voice of America: China Reacts to Gu Kailai Murder Charge

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China Reacts to Gu Kailai Murder Charge Jul 27th 2012, 12:39 BEIJING – In China, the announcement of murder charges against the wife of one of China's most prominent politicians left many unanswered questions about a case that remains highly sensitive. News of murder charges against Gu Kailai, wife of Bo Xilai covered the front pages of Chinese newspapers Friday. Gu is charged with murdering British businessman, Neil Heywood. While news articles hail the trial as progress in establishing rule of law in China, Internet searches for Gu and her husband's ... Media files: 5F92646C-9850-483F-A6AE-BA13CF0D058A_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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