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Tallest Candidate Wins Majority of US Presidential Elections
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Skip to main content. Skip to main Navigation. Listen to VOA Programs. International Edition 2330 EDT. International Edition 0030 EDT. Tallest Candidate Wins Majority of US Presidential Elections. October 25, 2011. At 185 centimeters - 61 - Barack Obama was noticeably taller than his 173-centimeer (58) Republican opponent, John McCain, in 2008. Email to a Friend. Latest research affirms our preference for tall leaders. The authors point to what’s called the big man tribal leadership of many ancient socie...
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Obama Leaves Early for 17-Day Vacation
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Skip to main content. Skip to main Navigation. Listen to VOA Programs. Obama Leaves Early for 17-Day Vacation. August 07, 2015. A photograph of President Barack Obama, top, is attached to a shelf near hats and souvenir clothing in a shop, Aug. 6, 2015, in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on the island of Marthas Vineyard. Email to a Friend. US President Barack Obama and his family return to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts Friday for a vacation in which he is likely to spend time playing golf. Last year, he addresse...
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Israeli Troops Fire at Protesters at Golan Heights Border
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Skip to main content. Skip to main Navigation. Listen to VOA Programs. International Edition 1305 EDT. Sonny Side of Sports. Sonny Side of Sports. Israeli Troops Fire at Protesters at Golan Heights Border. June 04, 2011. Israeli soldiers take aim next to the Syrian-Israeli border fence near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, June 5, 2011. Email to a Friend. The demonstration has been planned for weeks, and Israel had prepared by deploying thousands of soldiers and reinforcing the fen...
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UN to SE Asia: Don't Turn Away Migrants
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Skip to main content. Skip to main Navigation. Listen to VOA Programs. Issues in the News. UN to SE Asia: Dont Turn Away Migrants. May 19, 2015. Get Adobe Flash Player. Email to a Friend. The United Nations is intensifying pressure on Southeast Asian governments that have been reluctant to come to the rescue of refugees and migrants stranded at sea following a crackdown on human traffickers. Many of the migrant boats were abandoned by human traffickers after a Thai crackdown on a vast people-smuggling ri...
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Google to Track Users Across Services
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Skip to main content. Skip to main Navigation. Straight Talk Africa [simulcast] Wed.,. Google to Track Users Across Services. January 24, 2012. Email to a Friend. If you are one of the millions of people who use Google's online search engine, email or YouTube video site, you might want to pay close attention. Google is changing its privacy policy to allow it to track users across services. Google and social media titan Facebook have faced privacy disputes in the past. The European Commission proposed new...
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Old Tradition Lives On in Baltimore, Maryland
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Skip to main content. Skip to main Navigation. Listen to VOA Programs. Old Tradition Lives On in Baltimore, Maryland. November 14, 2013. Get Adobe Flash Player. Email to a Friend. Residents of Baltimore are familiar with the traditional call of what are known as arabbers - street vendors who sell fruits and vegetables from horse-drawn carts. Twenty-five-year-old BJ Abdullah has been arabbing most of his life. He starts his day by loading his cart with local, freshly bought produce. The origin of the word...
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LA Kings Tune Up for NHL Season in Hamburg
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Skip to main content. Skip to main Navigation. Listen to VOA Programs. LA Kings Tune Up for NHL Season in Hamburg. October 04, 2011. Hamburg Freezers warm up before the game. Email to a Friend. The National Hockey League’s Los Angeles Kings. Had a successful final tune-up for the regular season, edging past the host Hamburg Freezers, 5-4, in an exhibition match. Hamburg Freezers Captain Christoph Schubert talks to reporters after the game. Even though the Freezers lost, team captain Christoph Schubert sa...
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US Team in Nigeria to Aid Search for Kidnapped Girls
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Skip to main content. Skip to main Navigation. International Edition 1305 EDT. Sonny Side of Sports. US Team in Nigeria to Aid Search for Kidnapped Girls. May 08, 2014. South Africans, protesting the abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls and what protesters said was the failure of government to rescue them, march to the Nigerian Consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa, May 8, 2014. Email to a Friend. Parents of the kidnapped girls said troops had arrived on Thursday in Chibok on a mission to find the girls.
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Trump Takes Center Stage in First Republican Debate
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Skip to main content. Skip to main Navigation. Listen to VOA Programs. International Edition 2330 EDT. Trump Takes Center Stage in First Republican Debate. Last Updated: August 07, 2015. Republican presidential candidates from left, Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Scott Walker, Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and John Kasich take the stage for the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loa. Email to a Friend. The big problem this country has is being poli...
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UN Chief: Burma Should Address Citizenship Demands of Rohingya
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Skip to main content. Skip to main Navigation. Listen to VOA Programs. Issues in the News. Issues in the News. UN Chief: Burma Should Address Citizenship Demands of Rohingya. July 11, 2013. An internally displaced Rohingya woman holds her newborn baby surrounded by children in the foreground of makeshift tents at a camp for Rohingya people in Sittwe, northwestern Rakhine State, Burma, May 13, 2013. Email to a Friend. The UN. chief has in the past called for Burmese authorities to address the Rohingya...
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