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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: The Olympic flame may be out in Vancouver, but we're just getting fired up over terms related to fire. RS: We lit on the idea after our friend and fellow master of word...

Ted Landphair |Washington, DC 15 March 2010 Photo: Allie_Caulfield, Flickr Creative Commons This could be Charleston, South Carolina, or another Old South town. But it was taken in Cape May, where a number of southern gentry once summered...

Brian Padden|Jakarta 15 March 2010 Photo: AP US President Barack Obama (File photo) U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Indonesia and Australia has been postponed a few days. But it is still generating excitement, particularly in Indone...

Melinda Smith | Washington 14 March 2010 Dr. Robert Bunning has been studying possible side effects of bisphosphonates, drugs commonly taken to treat osteoporosis Around the world, millions of older women and a smaller number of older men...

Brian Wagner | Miami 10 March 2010 Photo: VOA Marvin Dunn As a university professor in Miami, Florida, Marvin Dunn launched an inner-city garden to give his students an outlet for volunteer activity. Now his vision has grown into a year-ro...

Cathy Majtenyi | Nairobi 13 March 2010 Photo: VOA Two of six Education Ministry officials facing charges in connection to the alleged theft Investigations are continuing into the alleged theft of more than $1 million from a government prog...

Cathy Majtenyi | Nairobi 13 March 2010 Photo: VOA Kenyan government and advocacy groups teamed up to inform parents and protect children against Internet abuse As Kenya becomes increasingly wired to the Internet, problems are cropping up r...

Bernard Shusman | New York 13 March 2010 Photo: VOA In general, the reaction to 3D has been enthusiastic. For the moment, the 3D sets come with one pair of glasses. Extra ones cost about $150 each. Avatar, the biggest box office success in...

Peter Fedynsky | Moscow 12 March 2010 Photo: AP The leader of the left wing movement "Left Front" Sergei Udaltsov holds a poster reading "Everyone is equal before the law" outside the Moscow headquarters of Russian oil company Lukoil, 09 M...

Steve Herman | New Delhi 12 March 2010 Photo: AFP Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh following a joint statement to the press in New Delhi, 12 Mar 2010. A short visit to India b...

Robert Raffaele | Washington 12 March 2010 Iraq's election remains too close to call. Partial results Friday showed Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's coalition holding a slim overall lead over a faction led by former Prime Minister Iyad All...

Mary Morningstar | Washington 12 March 2010 Album Climbs the Charts Mary Morningstar | Washington 12 March 2010 During the past year, Gloriana has quickly become one of the hottest new acts in Country music and is having success with a sel...