VOA Says Goodbye to Uzbek, Other Tongues
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Back home on a farm in Uzbekistan, Navbahor Imamova's mother and siblings crowd around their cranky, Soviet-made radio and tune in daily to Voice of America broadcasts in Uzbek. Though frequently scrambled by Chinese martial music, the VOA journalist said, the broadcast is her family's chief source...
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Â· Change of strategy after spokeswoman resignsÂ· Couple consult former News of the World editor
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MOSCOW -- A Russian nonprofit organization funded by the U.S. government to train journalists and improve management at local television stations has been shuttered by a criminal investigation that critics charge is politically motivated.
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ATHENSâGreece said goodbye to the XXVIII Olympiad last night, staging an uproarious farewell pageant under the glow of a full moon, replete with security blimps and a swarm of police helicopters swirling overhead.
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Pro-Taleban militants in Pakistan's Waziristan region announce an end to their truce with the government.
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A celebration to honor the new words, considered too mild by many, was canceled.
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Sejm Speaker and Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) leader JÃ³zef Oleksy is expected to officially announce his resignation as Sejm Speaker.
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The company has decided to leave the public markets.
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Text of report in English by Moscow Times website, on 11 December  A BBC radio broadcast is off the Russian airwaves for the second time in one year.
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Iran is cracking down on Internet communications, one of the country's last forums for free speech and a crucial tool for local social activists, Human Rights Watch said.
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The board of this growing desert town has struck down a law that made English the official language and barred residents from flying a foreign flag by itself.
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Excerpt from report by Kenyan newspaper The Standard website on 31 January  [Passage omitted] Meanwhile, the Voice of America (VOA) will on 12 February begin a new daily broadcast to the Horn of Africa.
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From wardrobe malfunctions to erectile dysfunction, it's been a tough year all around for the guardians of English &#151; language purists from blue, red and battleground states who long to say "You're fired!" to offensive words and phrases.
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Saying goodbye (finally) to the rickshaw
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BESLAN, Russia Sept. 5, 2004 - Wails of mourning echoed through the streets of this southern Russian town on Sunday, and the region&#39;s top police officer reportedly resigned in the wake of the school hostage
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Insistence on an official language means complications for a diverse work force.
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Of the estimated 7,000 languages spoken in the world today, linguists say, nearly half are in danger of extinction and are likely to disappear in this century.