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Citizen Scientists Map Global Emissions

Power plants account for more than 40 percent of carbon dioxide emissions More

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Video Green Card Lottery Faces Elimination Under US Immigration Reform

The popular Green Card Lottery program could be eliminated if the U.S. Congress passes the current version of the bipartisan immigration reform plan. The lottery was set up as a way to give anyone a chance at the "American dream." But as VOA’s Brian Padden reports, the new plan will focus instead on adding more highly-educated workers in science, technology, engineering and math.

USA

A patrol car is seen through a fence on the US-Mexican border in El Paso, Texas (file photo).

Indian, Brazilian Nationals Sentenced in US for Human Smuggling

Prosecutors say the two charged Indian citizens up to $60,000 for providing them passage into the United States More

Asia

A South Korean man watches a TV news reporting missile launch conducted by North Korea, at a Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, May 18, 2013.

North Korea Launches Short-Range Missiles into Sea

N. Korea routinely launches such sort-range missiles in an effort to improve its arsenal, but it comes this time when tension is high between the two Koreas More

Africa

Zimbabwean Prime Minister and Movement for Democractic Change (MDC) President Morgan Tsvangirai, left, and his wife Elizabeth greet the audience on the first day of the party's National Policy Conference in Harare, May 17, 2013.

Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai says Mugabe's Party is Dead

Prime Minister Tsvangirai says Zimbabwe’s next elections will be a 'formality' and predicts a landslide victory More

Middle East

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Gunmen Kill Iraqi Police Officer and Family

Officials say attackers gunned down an administrator for al-Rasheed district Saturday, and also killed the police captain's wife and their two children More

Science & Technology

Water on Moon

Earth and Moon Share Water Source

Most of water on Earth thought to have come from ice-bearing meteorites; some of that water transported with new Moon during its birth in cataclysmic collision More

Arts & Entertainment

Actress Emma Watson poses for photographers during a photo call for the film The Bling Ring at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, May 16, 2013.

Emma Watson Turns to Crime in Celebrity-Obsessed Film at Cannes

'The Bling Ring', written and directed by Sofia Coppola, is based on a real-life teenage gang robbing their Hollywood idols' homes More

Health

Scientists Race to Contain Malaria: New Discoveries, More Resistance

Scientists Race to Contain Malaria: New Discoveries, More Resistance

World Health Organization is warning about dire consequences if drug-resistant form of malaria spreads beyond southeast Asia More

Economy & Business

An investor monitors the stock market at a securities brokerage in Taipei, Apr. 16, 2013.

Opinion: Washington's Scandals Won't Stunt US Recovery

Obama administration, its allies are right to be worried, but those who invested in US growth have little reason to fret More

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