Right now,as schools prepare to begin a new year, one concern is the H1N1 virus, often called swine flu.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

Intensive vaccination campaigns have reduced the number of new polio cases reported worldwide to fewer than two thousand a year.

VOA: special.2010.01.18

Without new treatments, the WHO said, the number of new cancer patients could increase to 27 million a year by 2030.

VOA: special.2009.01.13

In two thousand six, the year after Hurricane Katrina, the Saints returned to play at the repaired Superdome in New Orleans.

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In cycling,American Lance Armstrong announced he will return to the Tour de France next year with a new American-based team.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

In nineteen eighty-six, sixteen year old Rakim started to work with the New York City music producer,Eric B.

VOA: special.2009.10.14

Every year thousands of bands and fans travel to the southern state of Louisiana for the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

VOA: special.2009.05.01

She returned the next year to prepare for a series of stories for the New York Times newspaper.

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It was a tradition to open the White House on that day so the president could wish visitors a happy new year.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

That same year, Clemente helped his team beat the New York Yankees to win the World Series - the national baseball championship.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

There are plans for improved versions of the Soleckshaw, and to use them when New Delhi hosts the Commonwealth Games next year.

VOA: special.2009.05.11

The new law will reduce the most that borrowers must repay each year from fifteen percent of their income to ten percent.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

When we talked to her earlier this month, their plans for the New Year were still open.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

We wish you all the best in the New Year, and look forward to hearing from you.

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But that is not all she and her family like to do to celebrate the New Year.

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He had planned to perform on New Year's Eve at B.B.King's Blues Club in New York City.

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Some gardeners suggest that to get the best tasting parsley, you should plant new seeds every year.

VOA: special.2009.06.02

I'm 48 years old. In the New Year, I just hope things start to get right again.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

For the New Year, I want the Eagles to go to the Superbowl and world peace.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

Two other traditions for welcoming the New Year are a midnight kiss and an attempt to sing a song that almost no one knows.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

In the Netherlands, it is illegal to explode firecrackers in the weeks before New Year's Day.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

A new study found better results in four-year-olds who go to bed around the same time every night and sleep at least eleven hours.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

Ashley's friend, Charlotte Cicero from Rochester, New York, is also to graduate this year.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

She arrived at school in New York City -- only to learn that an unwritten limit of "two Negro students per year" had already been met.

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