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He published journals and identified the remains of a massive temple dedicated to the God Amon. As Montet's work progressed, his fame and reputation spread across the world. The more his teams excavated, the more statues and obelisks of Ramesses the
Broadcast: Jan 29 2003 Two senior U.N. officials warn the HIV/AIDS pandemic in southern Africa is changing the nature of 1) famine in the region and is 2) unleashing a disaster that threatens the exis
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 11 September 2007 The U.N. refugee agency reports the first two out of 40 camps for internally displaced people are to be closed Tuesday in Uganda's northern Lango region as most of the IDPs there have gone home. The UNHCR says
UN, Camps in Iraq Prepare for New Wave of War Victims IRBIL, IRAQ U.N. and camp officials in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region are already preparing for another wave of Iraqis displaced by war to flood into the area as the conflict against Islamic ext
By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 23 August 2007 The electricity shortage in Iraq continues to plague the country. Power blackouts have become a telling symbol of the difficulties Iraq's government and the United States are having in improving life for ord
Report: More Troops, Resources Needed to Stop LRA A new assessment has been released on efforts to end LRA rebel attacks in central and east Africa. The Enough Project says despite the deployment of U.S. advisers, current operations lack resources an
Easing Displacement through Development Last year there were more than 26-million people displaced within their countries by violence, conflict or natural disasters. A new report says development initiatives may help alleviate or even prevent displac
The International Organization for Migration reports a significant drop in the number of Haitians living in displacement camps. IOM reports for the first time since the catastrophic earthquake struck a year ago, the camp population in Haiti has gone
Religious Freedom Report Highlights Displacement, Repression STATE DEPARTMENT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says countries that undermine religious freedoms ultimately threaten their own security. Secretary Kerry says those who attack religious
Report: Displacement Risk Soars Its estimated about 27 million people are displaced every year by natural disasters. A new report says the problem will get worse with more frequent extreme weather events and development in hazard-prone areas. Interna
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 15 June 2007 U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) officials say camps for internally displaced people are beginning to sprout up across Iraq. This is happening, officials say, because communities in the country are closing their doors t
DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Number of Refugees in the World at Lowest Level in 25 YearsBy Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, April 24, 2006 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Development Report. The numb
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 06 February 2008 Two explosions have killed at least 20 people in the port town of Bosasso in the semi-autonomous Puntland region of Somalia. As Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa Bureau in Nairobi, Puntland has gener
By Douglas Bakshian Manila 08 October 2007 The Asian Development Bank says Asia and the Pacific are behind in meeting certain parts the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals. A new report by the ADB and the U.N. Development Program says progre
Barack Obama had a parting shot for his successor this week. A day before Donald Trump predicted he would be the greatest jobs producer that God ever created, the outgoing US president appeared like the ghost at the feast, warning of the relentless p
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 09 January 2007 The U.N. refugee agency says it remains extremely concerned over the security situation in eastern Chad where there are now more than 220,000 Darfur refugees from neighboring Sudan and over 100,000 internally d
In the Pacific state of Hawaii, U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday told leaders of the 21 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation economies that the region will be key to U.S. economic recovery. With much of the formal summit activity, including a worki
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday Sudan is at a critical juncture as parties prepare for elections in April that could consolidate peace between north and south. U.S. envoy for Sudan Scott Gration plans Sudan-related travel in Afric
Residents of the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia voted for a new president Friday, three years after Russia recognized the region, and another breakaway area, South Ossetia, as independent states. Three candidates are hoping to replace Presiden
New poetry 新诗集 Sparks of warmth 温暖的火花 Love's Bonfire. By Tom Paulin. 《爱之篝火》汤姆 坡林著 TOM PAULIN, an Anglo-Irish poet and Oxford academic, is no stranger to the evocative power of words. He was born in Leeds in 1949