VOA标准英语2013--IMF, World Bank to Discuss Poverty, Power, and Growth

IMF, World Bank to Discuss Poverty, Power, and Growth More than one billion people around the world live in extreme poverty, and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim is determined to change that. He is asking the banks member nations for more resources

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VOA标准英语2013--Afghan Opium Crop Headed for Record High

Afghan Opium Crop Headed for Record High The sun is shining in Afghanistan's Helmand province, and farmers are busy harvesting their opium poppies. This year, for the third year in a row, they are looking at a bigger opium crop. Farmer Faiz Mohammed

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VOA标准英语2013--Venezuelans Vote for Chavez Successor

Venezuelans Vote for Chavez Successor Early on this election day the voting lines were shorter than expected in some parts of Caracas. Nicolas Maduro, the successor to the popular Hugo Chavez, who died of cancer last month, is counting on a high turn

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VOA标准英语2013--Washington Week: Focus on Immigration, Gun Control

Washington Week: Focus on Immigration, Gun Control Months of negotiations between a group of Democratic and Republican senators have yielded a bipartisan immigration reform bill, expected to be unveiled later this week. Reports say the proposal would

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VOA标准英语2013--Spectacular Cherry Blossoms in Maryland Lure International Visitors

Spectacular Cherry Blossoms in Maryland Lure International Visitors Twelve hundred cherry trees line the streets of this neighborhood called Kenwood. The blooms are at peak, and so are the number of tourists who come to gaze at them. This is the firs

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VOA标准英语2013--US Rally Highlights Worldwide Rights Struggle

US Rally Highlights Worldwide Rights Struggle They began at the embassy of the Dominican Republic, calling for answers to the 2009 disappearance of rights activist Juan Almonte. Witnesses say police kidnapped him. Authorities call him a fugitive. Bar

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VOA标准英语2013--Africa Sees Strong Economic Growth

Africa Sees Strong Economic Growth The World Bank says while the global economic recovery remains slow, sub-Saharan African countries continue to grow at a strong pace. The bank has released its latest economic forecast for the region. Four years aft

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VOA标准英语2013--US Plays Unique Role in Fighting Deadliest Diseases

US Plays Unique Role in Fighting Deadliest Diseases Looking back over 25 years ago, there was no AIDS cure. Treatment was limited. The diagnosis ... a death sentence. Two American doctors, Eric Goosby and Anthony Fauci, were there at the beginning an

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VOA标准英语2013--Antiretrovirals Allow Near Normal Life Spans

Antiretrovirals Allow Near Normal Life Spans Antiretroviral drugs have saved the lives of millions of people infected with the HIV, the AIDS virus. Now, new research shows HIV-infected people, who start treatment, can expect near normal life spans. T

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VOA标准英语2013--Kenya Real Estate Boom Threatens Prime Farmland

Kenya Real Estate Boom Threatens Prime Farmland There is a booming housing market from Ghana to Nigeria to Kenya. More and more Africans are moving to major cities like Nairobi to earn a living, and they are looking for housing. They are the driving

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VOA标准英语2013--War On Terror Focuses Too Much on Extremists, Scholar Says

War On Terror Focuses Too Much on Extremists, Scholar Says French troops fighting al-Qaida-affiliated terrorists in Mali have helped restore order to areas overrun by an ethnic Tuareg rebellion. But local leaders, like Moussa Ag Oumeytta, say solving

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VOA标准英语2013--Iran Talks Leave Issues Unresolved

Iran Talks Leave Issues Unresolved The delegates gathered in Kazakhstan amid hopes they would build on the upbeat atmosphere of the last round of talks there in February. Some believed there was a chance of agreement on first steps toward ending the

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VOA标准英语2013--G8 Ministers to Meet With Syrian Opposition

G8 Ministers to Meet With Syrian Opposition U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has confirmed that he also will meet with members of Syria's opposition in London. He spoke to reporters Tuesday at the end of his three-day visit to Israel and the West B

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VOA标准英语2013--Venezuelan Election is Again Choice Between Socialism, Capitalism

Venezuelan Election is Again Choice Between Socialism, Capitalism Business has not been good for Rotzen Villabon, who owns a gift shop called Viqiu. He needs dollars to import products made in China but he can't find any at the official exchange rate

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VOA标准英语2013--US Drone Strikes Under Scrutiny

US Drone Strikes Under Scrutiny Unmanned drones are being used with increasing frequency in fighting terrorist groups like al-Qaida. A recent analysis by the New America Foundation estimated drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen since 2004 have killed

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VOA标准英语2013--N. Korean Threats Cause Worry on S. Korean Island

N. Korean Threats Cause Worry on S. Korean Island Fisherman Lee Hwan-sun has lived all his life on Baengnyeong Island. These days he does not take his boat out very far. I used to take my boat out into the waters about five minutes out of this port.

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VOA标准英语2013--Iraqis Debate Impact of War

Iraqis Debate Impact of War For many, the day Iraqis -- aided by U.S. troops -- toppled the statue marked the the end of a brutal dictatorship and the beginning of a new hope. Today the square is bedecked with campaign posters for this month's local

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VOA标准英语2013--Venezuelan Students Stage Hunger Strike for Election Reform

Venezuelan Students Stage Hunger Strike for Election Reform About 25 university students have set up camp in downtown Caracas and have have vowed not to eat for the ten days leading up to Sunday's presidential election. Tugomir Yepez says they are th

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VOA标准英语2013--Hopes and Fears in China Bird Flu Battle

Hopes and Fears in China Bird Flu Battle Authorities culled poultry in Shanghai markets after detecting H7N9 in local pigeons. Taiwan will make anti-viral drugs available for public purchase, at a subsidized price, through April. While China reported

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VOA标准英语2013--Maceo Parker's '98% Funky Stuff' Shares Life Stories

Maceo Parker's '98% Funky Stuff' Shares Life Stories Maceo Parker was the heart and soul of James Browns horn section, performing funky sax riffs on hits like I Got You (I Feel Good). While his illustrious career as a sideman and soloist is well-docu

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