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'Voices From Afghanistan' Exhibit Profiled In 'The Washington Post'

"The Post's" Style section highlights the exhibit at the Library of Congress, which showcases some of the thousands of handwritten scrolls and letters sent in by listeners to RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan. More

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April 21, 2006 -- Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and Iran's first female vice president, Massoumeh Ebtekar, are among seven environmental campaigners being awarded today as "Champions of the Earth."

The UN Environmental Program gives the annual awards to people or groups that show leadership in ecological issues.

(Reuters)

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