AS IT IS - Child Soldiers in Africa Hello, Im Steve Ember. Today we take you to Africa. First stop Sierra Leone, where the Child Soldiers Initiative is working to prevent children from being forced into armed military service. Next, to South Africa,

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT – October 21, 2002: Meningitis in Africa By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Health experts from Africa and international aid agencies have agreed on

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Words and Their Stories: Nicknames for Chicago 词汇典故:芝加哥别名 Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。 A nickname is a shortened version of a person's name. A

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Official campaigning has begun in Ivory Coast's long-delayed presidential race, as election officials continue preparations for the vote on October 31st. This weekend, Ivory Coast's 14 presidential candidates officially hit the campaign trail, raisin

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By Noel King Goma, DRC 22 November 2007 Food prices are skyrocketing in eastern Congo's volatile North Kivu province as Laurent Nkunda's rebels and the Congolese army engage in what aid workers and the United Nations are calling a game of stopping an

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Agriculture Report - In Africa, the Greening of the Sahel This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Niger is located in the Sahel area south of the Sahara. The west African country is largely hot, dry desert. But since the nineteen eighties

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THISISAMERICA-YoungActorsMakePortraitsComeAlive;USWomanWalksAcrossAfricafor STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus. This week on our program, we hear about some teenagers in

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The drug Taxol is a powerful weapon in the fight against cancer, but it's very expensive and complicated to manufacture. Now, scientists at Tufts University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say they've taken the first steps to make

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[00:00]S:I'm, I'm just boning up for your Bruce Wayne meeting in the morning. [00:06]I pulled all the files on the proposed power plant and, uh, the Mr. Wayne's hoped-for investment. Uh... [00:16]This is all very interesting, though a bit on the te

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The U.S. House of Representatives is holding hearings ahead of the summit of the seven leading industrialized countries and Russia next week in Scotland hosted by British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The U.S. government has expressed support for the id

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Todd: OK, Leath, you're from Zimbabwe. Could you talk about that? Leath: Yeah, OK. Well, I'm from Harare, which is the capital of Zim. And I was born there. My folks are British. My dad is from Manchester and my mom is from Scottland. They went out a

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Broadcast: April 15, 2003 By Mario Ritter This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Soon a new organization will be established to help agricultural development in Africa. The African Agricu

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COIMBRA, Portugal, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Benfica won a fourth successive Portuguese League Cup on Saturday after beating Gil Vicente 2-1 in the final. Rodrigo gave Benfica a 30th-minute lead, but Gil Vicente levelled through Ze Luis on 78 minutes. But

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MADRID, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Reigning ACB title holders Real Barcelona took their revenge over this season's runaway league leaders and Copa del Rey holders, Real Madrid, by sending their bitter rivals on the first bus home after a thrilling 111-108 wi

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Todd: OK, hello, could you say your name please? Diana: Yes, my name is Diana Heyne. Todd: Diana, where are you from? Diana: I live in Chicago. Todd: Great, Chicago! How long have you lived in Chicago? Diana: Actually, only for a year. I'm mostly a M

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Cement is a major component of concrete, the world's most widely used man-made material, an integral part of roads, bridges and buildings. But making cement requires heating limestone and other materials to very high temperatures, a process that rele

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Loca... Loca... Dance or die... Loca... Loca... She's gettin' high all the time Just to keep you from me She get's you on like (ahh! ) Be careful amigo She talks in the morning just to wake you up She's tied to your love But your love's only mine, bo

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Belgiums former prime minister says the launch of Forbes Afrique magazine is an indication of dramatic economic growth under way in Africa. Guy Verhofstadt, who is also leader of the Liberals and Democrats in the European parliament, said there are s

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Experts and officials gathered at the first Africa Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation in Nairobi, Kenya are seeking African solutions to African problems. Participants are calling for African governments to fund and promote research and deve

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I heard the door slam, and I couldn't tell Was it just the wind, or was she mad again? (aww hell) She's gettin in her car. I hollar Baby, is there something wrong? Thought i heard her say something sounding like i'm gone. But these days gone can mean

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