BBC Learning English Weekender Easter ceremonies [STING] William:Hello and welcome to Weekender Im William Kremer. Now for over a billion people across the world, this weekend is very special. It's Easter weekend, the time that Christians remember t...
The U.N. refugee agency says it is increasingly concerned about the humanitarian situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as attacks by the Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army, continue. The UNHCR says the number of deaths, abdu...
The U.S. military in Afghanistan says troops conducting several raids targeting al-Qaida, Taliban and Haqqani militant networks have killed 19 fighters. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from neighboring Pakistan that there are also news reports that the...
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An Easter chick, symbolic of new life at springtime. The Easter bunny has arrived, chocolate Easter eggs are in the shops, the daffodils are out, and the weather is getting better! Easter is a great time of year, but what are its origins? Originally...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 23 March 2008 Thousands of pilgrims gathered at the Vatican's Saint Peter's Square for Pope Benedict's open-air Easter Mass. In his Easter message, the Pope urged solutions to world trouble spots including Sudan's troubled...
Which came first - the rabbit or the egg? Its Easter in the UK and the shops are full of Easter eggs , hot-cross buns and Easter bunnies . Although Easter is widely seen as a Christian festival which celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, its origins...
By Malcolm Webb Nairobi 23 August 2007 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says many of the 10,000 Congolese refugees, who fled to neighboring Uganda Tuesday, have returned to their homes. The exodus from villages in the North Kivu prov...
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 07 August 2007 Ethiopia's government is claiming near victory over a rebel group that has waged war against it in eastern Ethiopia, just days after bombs killed one person and wounded at least eight in the region's capital. Ni...
Michele Norris: With Passover and Easter upon us, it's that time of year when you think of matzos and chocolate bunnies. But in Central America, they are thinking about bananas. At banana plantations, it's a tough time of the year. It's Semana Santa...
