This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. New rules will let millions of Americans know where more of their food came from. The law is known as COOL -- Country of Origin Labeling. Congress first passed the law in two thousand two. Stores h

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. An endowment is money from donations and investments. Colleges use endowment money for student aid and campus improvements, and for financial security. But college costs in the United States have bee

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AS IT IS 2015-06-23 Once Again, Americans Debate Gun Violence 美国枪支暴力再次引起争论 After a deadly shooting at a church in South Carolina last week, U.S. politicians are again debating how to deal with gun laws and gun violence. The Ce

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'Take' Is a Building Block in English Now, the weekly program Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore the history and usage of common expressions in American English. And we give examples so that you can learn t

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Singer Angelique Kidjo Wins Award for Human Rights Work 贝宁着名歌手基德约获人权奖 Benin-born musician Angelique Kidjo has won a major human rights award, along with three African youth activist movements. Kidjo and the groups were honor

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AS IT IS 2016-05-04 US Tech Industry Blamed for High Cost of Housing 美国科技行业造成了高成本的住房 Housing costs are rising in northern California because of a small supply of rental apartments and growing demand for them by technolog

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AS IT IS 2015-11-24 Power Out in Crimea After Lines Blown Up 克里米亚电力供应系统被炸毁 Crimea is trying to restore power after two of its main electricity lines were blown up Sunday. By late Sunday, power was restored to more than a qua

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AS IT IS 2015-10-21 Heroin, Cocaine Use Increase in Uganda 乌干达吸毒人员增加 Ugandan police are dealing with an increase in illegal drugs. Neighboring Kenya and Tanzania have increased their efforts to end the transport of illegal drugs. So

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研究显示巴基斯坦童婚比例女性明显高于男性 Raeena was 14-years-old when she was married to a man 21 years her senior. She moved in with her husband's family with little idea of what a marriage means or what was expected of her. 蕾亚

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HARARE, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- The 18th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) opened Sunday in the Zimbabwean capital where countries took stock of the achievements and challenges they have encountered in response to HIV and AIDS o

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Science and Technolgy 科技 The history of AIDS 艾滋病的历史 Heroes and villains 英雄与狗熊 The story of AIDS involves many larger-than-life characters, good and bad 艾滋病的故事造就了众多的传奇人物,也展示了人性的善

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Political conferences 政治会议 Revving up the bases 发动群众 Auditions down south and tactical debates up north, as activists on both sides plot a course for the coming election 南部轮流试镜,北部战术辩论,两边的积极分子都

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JUDY WOODRUFF: A coalition of groups opposing same-sex marriage rallied in Washington today outside the U.S. Capitol, marching to the Supreme Court in support of marriage between one man and one woman. This comes just days after the Obama administrat

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Young People Are Subject of World Population DayBy Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, July 17, 2006 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The world has more than six thous

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Violence Continues in Middle East Meredith Buel Jerusalem 15 Aug 2001 12:46 UTC Israeli soldiers have shot and killed a Palestinian activist in the West Bank city of Hebron. The killing followed an Is

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默克尔会见乌克兰反对派领导人 BERLIN, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with Ukrainian opposition leaders here on Monday, her spokesman Steffen Seibert said in a statement posted on the German government's website.

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再过十天,艾玛?沃森主演的真人版《美女与野兽》就要上映了,这部电影在前期宣传阶段就已赚足眼球,想来票房也会相当火爆。然而,日前却传来这部片子可能在俄罗斯被禁映的消息,原因

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British Prime Minister David Cameron says there is growing evidence the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against rebels, backing up a report by U.S. intelligence agencies. Prime Minister Cameron on Friday called the development very distur

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Not every Silicon Valley company with rich intellectual property bothers to defend it. Altruistic, perhaps, but it is also a recipe for an activist attack. UNPRotected IP is money on the table. 并非每家拥有丰富的知识产权的硅谷公司都会

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BBC News It all started with a slogan on a T-shirt. On the face of it, the slogan Girls do not need a prince doesn't seem that controversial. BBC新闻 - 一切始于一件T恤衫上的口号。表面看来,这句女孩不需要王子的口号没有那

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