Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Voice of America: Polio Victim Searches for Love in 'The Sessions'

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Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries
Polio Victim Searches for Love in 'The Sessions'
Oct 16th 2012, 12:36

John Hawkes and Helen Hunt co-star in The Sessions, the true story of a man paralyzed by polio but determined to have a full life. In the movie and in real life, Mark O'Brien contracted polio when he was six years old. Although he was paralyzed from the neck down, he went on to graduate from university and have a career as a writer. The Sessions is adapted from a chapter in his life when he set out to experience intimacy with the help of a trained therapist - a sex surrogate - named ...

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Voice of America: Citizen Astronomers Discover Planet with Four Suns

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Citizen Astronomers Discover Planet with Four Suns
Oct 16th 2012, 15:02

Imagine if four suns rose and set every day. That could be the reality on the newly discovered planet, PH1 (Planet Hunters 1). Citizen astronomers contributing to the PlanetHunters.org website discovered PH1 with the help of a Yale University-led team of international astronomers that enlists the public to review data from NASA's Kepler spacecraft for signs of distant planets. PH1 orbits a double star, which in turn orbits a distant pair of stars. It is the first reported discovery of ...

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Voice of America: Experts Question Validity of GMO Cancer Study

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Experts Question Validity of GMO Cancer Study
Oct 16th 2012, 16:25

A recent study claiming that genetically modified corn caused tumors in rats is drawing a chorus of criticism from scientists around the world. European officials say the study was too badly done to support its conclusions. The debate comes as voters in the U.S. state of California consider whether to require labels on all foods with ingredients from genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. The pictures are shocking. Rats fed GMO corn for two years grew giant tumors in this study in the ...

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Voice of America: World Food Day: Co-Operatives Feed People Around Globe

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World Food Day: Co-Operatives Feed People Around Globe
Oct 16th 2012, 14:53

Agricultural co-operatives are an important tool in the global fight against hunger, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. It's a point being underscored on World Food Day. The Food and Agriculture Organization's Eve Crowley said agricultural co-operatives are important because they have social objectives, mobilize resources locally, and focus on sustainability. What is more, she said, they turn a good profit. "When you add up the economic turnover of the 300 ...

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Voice of America: Polio Victim Searches for Love in 'The Sessions'

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Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries
Polio Victim Searches for Love in 'The Sessions'
Oct 16th 2012, 12:36

John Hawkes and Helen Hunt co-star in The Sessions, the true story of a man paralyzed by polio but determined to have a full life. In the movie and in real life, Mark O'Brien contracted polio when he was six years old. Although he was paralyzed from the neck down, he went on to graduate from university and have a career as a writer. The Sessions is adapted from a chapter in his life when he set out to experience intimacy with the help of a trained therapist - a sex surrogate - named ...

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Voice of America: Citizen Astronomers Discover Planet with Four Suns

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Citizen Astronomers Discover Planet with Four Suns
Oct 16th 2012, 15:02

Imagine if four suns rose and set every day. That could be the reality on the newly discovered planet, PH1 (Planet Hunters 1). Citizen astronomers contributing to the PlanetHunters.org website discovered PH1 with the help of a Yale University-led team of international astronomers that enlists the public to review data from NASA's Kepler spacecraft for signs of distant planets. PH1 orbits a double star, which in turn orbits a distant pair of stars. It is the first reported discovery of ...

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Voice of America: Experts Question Validity of GMO Cancer Study

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Experts Question Validity of GMO Cancer Study
Oct 16th 2012, 16:25

A recent study claiming that genetically modified corn caused tumors in rats is drawing a chorus of criticism from scientists around the world. European officials say the study was too badly done to support its conclusions. The debate comes as voters in the U.S. state of California consider whether to require labels on all foods with ingredients from genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. The pictures are shocking. Rats fed GMO corn for two years grew giant tumors in this study in the ...

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Monday, October 15, 2012

Voice of America: Soros to Economists: Germany Can Avoid European Depression

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Soros to Economists: Germany Can Avoid European Depression
Oct 15th 2012, 21:35

Billionaire investor George Soros says Germany can help Europe avoid a depression by committing itself to helping the continent's weaker economies or leaving the eurozone. Soros spoke in New York City on Monday at the 54th annual meeting of the National Association for Business Economics.  George Soros set up his prescription for rescuing Europe's economy by telling the roomful of experts that economics is not an exact science like physics, which can be quantified and predicted.  ...

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Voice of America: Children Accused of Witchcraft Left Vulnerable in Central African Republic

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Children Accused of Witchcraft Left Vulnerable in Central African Republic
Oct 15th 2012, 22:02

Eleven-year-old Gracia sits in a chair that is two sizes too big for her, dangling her skinny legs and speaking with poise and wisdom about a life that has not been easy.   She was born poor; her parents died when she was very young. After that, people who knew her say she began to act erratically. She had strange dreams.   Gracia says the uncle she lived with accused her of being a witch. "When I was with my family," she says, "they beat me and accused me of sorcery because I ...

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Voice of America: Obama, Romney to Face Off in Pivotal 2nd Debate

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Obama, Romney to Face Off in Pivotal 2nd Debate
Oct 15th 2012, 22:02

U.S. President Barack Obama faces a crucial second debate Tuesday with Republican challenger Mitt Romney at Hofstra University in New York state.  Both candidates have made intense preparations for this encounter. With polls showing either President Obama or Mitt Romney with a narrow lead nationally, and close contests in key battleground states, both campaigns have expressed confidence ahead of the debate. Romney has been in the Boston area practicing. President Obama spent a third ...

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