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Weekly Jobless Claims Drop More Than Expected The number of newly laid-off US workers filing claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week. A report Wednesday from the Labor Department shows 466000 workers signed up to receive ...

Cities and Suburbs Are Fastest-Growing Chesapeake Polluters Despite voluntary measures and regulations across six states and Washington, DC, the Chesapeake Bay, the nation's largest estuary, remains polluted, its tributaries largely unfishable and ...

American Muslims Travel for Hajj by the Thousands One of a Muslim's duties, according to the five pillars of Islam, is to make a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca at least once during his or her lifetime. An estimated three million Muslims have ...

U.S. Troops Experiment with New Afghanistan Strategy US President Barack Obama plans to announce his new strategy for Afghanistan on Tuesday, and US news organizations say he will most likely send between 30000 and 35000 additional troops. The top US ...

Cars in Russia Measured by People Power, not Horses The Russian Parliament recently made a rare legislative reversal -- withdrawing a tax increase on cars just days after approving the tax. VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky explains. ...

President Obama: "Afghanistan Troop Announcement Coming Soon" US President Barack Obama says he will announce a new Afghanistan war strategy soon. He made the remarks during an appearance at the White House with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan ...

Native American Tribe Has Highest Rate of Adult Onset Diabetes Worldwide The largest Native American tribe, Tohono O'odham, (tah-HA-nah AW-dum) has the highest rate of adult onset diabetes in the world. Many of the tribe's 28000 members live on ...

First Lady's Fashion Gets Attention Michelle Obama has already appeared on the cover of Vogue, and she is scheduled to appear on the cover of Glamour's December issue. Mrs. O, a blog devoted to the First Lady's fashion, has become so popular ...

India and US: Action on Climate Change President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have launched what the White House is calling a green partnership, affirming the countries' commitment to combating climate change and ensuring energy ...

Astronauts Talk to Media From International Space Station Astronauts aboard the orbiting space station and the shuttle Atlantis spent most of the day relaxing after long hours of unloading cargo and working on building the International Space Station. ...

US, India Vow to Work Together to Combat Terrorism President Barack Obama says the United States and India can work together to confront global challenges, including the fight to combat terrorism, climate change, hunger and the spread of nuclear ...

US Economic Growth Revised Lower As the all important holiday shopping season approaches, worries over the US economy remain front and center. New numbers released by the Commerce Department on Tuesday show the economy grew at a 2.8 percent annual rate ...

Agricultural Controls are Insufficient for Chesapeake Bay Cleanup For more than 25 years, despite voluntary measures and regulations across six states and Washington, DC, the Chesapeake Bay, the nation's largest estuary, remains polluted, its ...

Pakistani Military: "Significant Progress Made in Fight with Taliban " After five weeks of fierce fighting, the Pakistan military says it has made significant progress in an ongoing air and ground offensive against the Taliban and other ...

Thanksgiving Features Native American Foods Each year, Americans gather with families and friends in the third week of November to celebrate Thanksgiving. The celebration usually includes a meal of turkey, sweet potatoes, squash, cornbread, cranberries, ...

Major Nidal Hasan's Palestinian Relatives Try to Clear His Name New information continues to emerge on the background of Major Nidal Hasan, the US Army psychiatrist who allegedly opened fire on soldiers at Fort Hood in (the US state of) Texas. A ...

Forest Plants in Kenya Damaged, Killed Because of Harvest for Traditional Medicines Kakamega Forest is one of Kenya's last remaining virgin forests, containing many trees and plants that have curative properties. To protect these medicinal plants ...

Mumbai Terror Response Capability Questioned One Year After Attack It has been one year since 10 gunmen attacked India's commercial capital in a 60-hour siege that left scores dead. Since then, Mumbai's police commissioner says the city has ...

U.S. Cautious on Afghan Outreach to Taliban Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States is open to possible peace talks between elements of the warring factions in Afghanistan. Clinton spoke Monday in advance of another top-level, White ...