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AS IT IS 2014-02-18 Cambodia to Restart International Adoptions 柬埔寨重新开始国际收养 This is As It Is. Thanks for joining us today. Im June Simms in Washington. Today on the program, more and more Chinese couples are having babies by wom
Thirty two years ago, I was young and barely surviving. Terri Fuller put her two-year-old son up for adoption. I felt he needed a family. Her aunt said she knew a couple who couldn't have kids. Then I took him to California, Red Bluff and my aunt, I
We're back and of all the tragic stories coming out of Haiti, one of the most wrenching is the thousands of children who were orphaned in an instant when that earthquake hit. We've been reporting on efforts by Americans to adopt some of them. Now our
One is just the passage of time. It's been out there, people has a chance to adapt to it and to learn how to use it in the way that works for them. So first reason. The second reason really is that it does provide an efficient way to triage potential
Real-life 'Philomena' Fights to Help Mothers Find Lost Children Stephen Frears Oscar-nominated drama Philomena tells the true story of Philomena Lee. Fifty years ago, as a pregnant Irish-Catholic teenager, Lee was disowned by her family and sent to a
By Jade Heilmann Dakar 21 December 2007 Six French aid workers from the group Zoe's Ark have gone on trial in Chad. The six are accused of the attempted kidnapping of 103 children who were discovered by authorities as they were being flown to Europe
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 02 June 2006 A U.N. meeting on AIDS concludes Friday with adoption of a declaration setting out a blueprint for global action to battle the pandemic. U.S. First Lady L
South Africa's elder statesman Nelson Mandela is marking his 90th birthday Friday in a private celebration with his family at his home in the Eastern Cape. However, as VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our bureau in Johannesburg, the rest of the co
The U.N. Security Council is considering new sanctions against North Korea for its recent underground nuclear test, including cargo inspections and a total embargo on the export of arms. Video grab released by North Korean Television shows a three-s
UK Scientists Develop Cheap Adjustable Glasses 英国科学家开发廉价可调眼镜 Ninety-five percent of people in Sub-Saharan Africa who need glasses don't own a pair, according to the Britain-based charity foundation Vision for a Nation. Its f
By Lisa Bryant Paris 13 December 2007 European Union leaders are adopting a groundbreaking treaty in Lisbon aimed to streamline and grant more powers to the 27-member institution. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports the document is the result of a length
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The people of Ireland vote tomorrow in a referendum that would open up the availability of abortion - this, in a country that has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe. Opinion polls show that the vote is likely to
By Jade Heilmann Dakar 10 December 2007 A lawyer involved in the case of the six French charity workers detained in Chad on suspicion of trying to illegally fly 103 children to Europe, has said they will be tried in a criminal court in Chad. Several
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 14 June 2006 West African leaders are meeting in Nigeria to ratify a draft convention to control the proliferation of small arms in the region. The agreement is being hailed as a breakthrough for a turbulent region. -------
Kenyan Farmers Turn to New Breeds to Withstand Climate Change 肯尼亚农民种植新作物应对气候变化 NAIROBI Kenyan farmers over the years have often seen their crops wiped out by either floods or drought, causing poverty and soil degradati
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 10 December 2007 The United Nations marked the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Nairobi by highlighting the persecution of journalists in Somalia. Derek Kilner has more for VOA from N
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 12 April 2006 South African labor unions and other organizations are forcing a slowdown in cross-border traffic at three of the country's five border posts with Swazila
The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing member states to fight pirates in Somali territory by land, sea and air. 联合国安理会一致通过决议,授权各成员国在陆地、海上和空中打击索马里海盗
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Around the world today is Human Rights Day. It was on this December day in 1948 that member states of the United Nations approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. That declaration listed what people would be entitled to
Pearl S.Buck:The Cross-Cultural Envoy 赛珍珠:中西文化使者 Pearl was bom in Virginia, the United States in 1892 and her parents were Christian missionaries. When Buck was three months old, her parents took her with them on a mission to Chin