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In today's Tech Bytes, Google has come up with a new way to try to keep Android users away from traffic jams. The updated version of their Google MapsNavigation App automatically routes users away from gridlock, using the current and historic traffic
Historians have revealed hard evidence thatthe settlers in the American colony at James Town, Virginia resorted to cannibalism to survivethe harsh winter of 1609. Researchers said damages to the skull of a14-year-old girl they named Jane show signs t
By Tendai Maphosa London 04 September 2007 A report by a team a team of international medical researchers says mental health is being neglected across the world, but more so in developing countries. From London, Tendai Maphosa has more for VOA. Vietn
Health Report - Refugee Camps are a Breeding Ground for Disease This is the VOA Special English Health Report. United Nations aid agencies say hundreds of thousands of refugees are living in unacceptable conditions at camps. These people fled their h
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 27 October 2006 Africa's Sahel region, stretching from Senegal to Ethiopia, along the southern edge of the Sahara, has been called the meningitis belt. More than half the world's cases of the disease occur there. Researchers i
Hurricane Gustav crashed into the U.S. gulf coast Monday bringing strong rain but winds that were weaker than initially expected. Most residents of New Orleans had already fled the city, where water is now splashing over the levees that were rebuilt
By Dan Robinson Washington 25 May 2007 U.S. Congressional Democrats say the passage of funding legislation for Iraq, even without setting a timetable for a U.S. withdrawal, marks a major step forward in efforts to end the war there. VOA's Dan Robinso
By Paula Wolfson White House 26 June 2006 The White House says a plan for a major U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq has been drafted by top commanders, but emphasizes it is one of several options under consideration. ---------- George W. Bush The with
Refugee Camps Spread Life-Threatening Diseases At a crowded camp in South Sudan, where thousands have come to escape the region's military conflict, officials report that an outbreak of Hepatitis E - a viral infection transmitted by contaminated food
Endangered Primate Offers Clues to Climate Change Scientists are studying a rare African monkey thats endangered both from climate change and humans. They hope the primates past can give clues to the future effects of rising temperatures. Its called
The race to meet the world's growing appetite for animal products may increase the risk of both human and animal diseases, according to experts, who urge policymakers to consider health implications along with the need to boost production. As the hum
NASA: Ancient Martian Conditions Suitable for Life NASA says there is new evidence that ancient Mars could have supported microbial life. NASA's Curiosity rover has drilled into a rock near an ancient stream bed on the Red Planet, and the rover has a
The U.N. refugee agency reports access to about 300,000 internally displaced Tamils in northern Sri Lanka is getting better, but remains limited. The UNHCR says more access is needed to provide critical aid to the many people living in dire condition
The United Nations International Labor Organization marked the annual World Day Against Child Labor on Thursday to raise global awareness about the cycles of poverty that force millions of children into work, often denying them the chance to an educa
By Paula Wolfson Sydney 04 September 2007 President Bush has arrived in Australia to attend the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. VOA White House correspondent Paula Wolfson reports from Sydney that Mr. Bush will also hold a series
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 19 March 2008 An international human rights group says the upcoming elections in Zimbabwe are not likely to be fair because of human rights abuses and flaws in electoral procedures. The Human Rights Watch group made the ass
By Nico Colombant Dakar 09 May 2007 Victims of tuberculosis in Liberia, as well as their doctors, are crying out for more help from their government and the international community. Funds Liberia was receiving from the Geneva-based Global Fund to fig
今天我们要学的词是affluent。Affluent, 富裕的。 A new WHO study suggests that affluent countries tend to have higher rates of depression than lower-income nations, 世卫组织一项新研究显示,富裕国家与收入较低国家相比
President Barack Obama's Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan has appealed to Congress to approve pending legislation to provide Pakistan with billions of dollars in military and non-military aid. Testimony to the House of Representat
今天我们要学的词是petition。Petition, 请愿书。日本去年三月大地震引发核泄露。 A citizen's group in Japan is gathering signatures for a petition that is calling on the government to permanently shut down all nuclear power p