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Agriculture Report - High Food Prices, Revolutions, and the Future 农业报道 - 高粮价的影响及未来 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 Food prices are down from their record
Political unrest continues in Egypt with thousands of anti-government protesters taking to the streets for a sixth day. Opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei says President Hosni Mubarak can end the crisis right now. People have been saying or demonstr
People in Cairo are setting up neighborhood watch groups to protect their property against the looters as unrest continues in the capital. Despite a nighttime curfew, thousands of demonstrators continue to fill the streets, demanding Egyptian Preside
Turkish television is reporting a prison riot as a result of today's strong aftershock in the eastern city of Van. Authorities say inmates of the facility that can incarcerate as many as 1,000 people apparently panic. They set bedding on fire in an a
The two leading contenders for the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, are both campaigning in Florida today, two days before the primary. NPR's Greg Allen reports from Fort Myers both campaigns have unveiled some new a
Despite relentless shelling in parts of Syria, today thousands of people still demonstrated across the country in support of the city of Homs. NPRs Peter Kenyon reports that four embassies and the Red Cross are working now to evacuate the wounded, in
The US Supreme Courts justices are done with a closed-door meeting during which they were expected to cast a preliminary vote on the nation's contentious health care law. But NPR's Nina Totenberg reports however, each of the nine justices leans on th
President Barack Obama is paying tribute to veterans this Memorial Day weekend, honoring those willing to sacrifice their lives for their country. The President opened his weekly * and * an address that reflected on the meaning of the holiday. The Pr
The bill passed at 177 to 153 in the senate. This is the bill that was debated longer than most every other bill in the ... Republic. 150 hours with the debate, in the end still opposition senators who were declaring that they haven't been heard that
The Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has been forced from power after a month of protests over unemployment and high food prices. The announcement was made on state TV by the Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi, who said he was now assuming p
Protests Erupt Across Islamic World Over Video Fresh protests erupted Friday across the Islamic world, sparked by an Internet video produced in the United States that mocks the Prophet Muhammad. Thousands of people took to the streets in Pakistan, wh
Thousands of protesters marched in European cities on Saturday as part of a global protest to demand a change to the world's political and financial systems. Police in Rome fired tear gas to disperse protestors who smashed bank and shop windows. Prot
Representatives of World and Middle East power has begun new talks aimed at putting the Syrian peace process back on track. Germany's foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said diplomats have to find way to return to the political negotiation. Our
South Africa is marking the 40th anniversary of the start of the Soweto Uprising with thousands of black students marched against being forced to learn in the Afrikaans's Languge. It was a turning point in the fight against white minority rule. Hundr
Nigeria's main unions have called for nationwide strikes and demonstrations beginning next Monday, unless the government restores a popular consumer fuel subsidy. The Nigeria Labor Congress and Trade Union Congress made the announcement Wednesday aft
Thousands of Belgian students stayed away from school the past two Thursdays to join protests in Brussels. The protesters have been demanding action to fight climate change. The first demonstration took place on January 10. Organizers have announced
Business 商业报道 E-commerce and data security 电子商务与数据安全 The phishers' big catch 数据大失窃 A large theft of company e-mail lists causes controversy 众公司电子邮件名单遭遇严重失窃引发争论 AN OUTRAGED cons
欧洲领导人在乌克兰呼吁结束暴力 BRUSSELS, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and also leaders from Croatia and Latvia, among others, have called on an end of violence in Ukraine on Wednesday. Ukraine's
President Barack Obama met with a group of state governors from his Democratic Party on Friday, to discuss ways to boost the U.S. economy and deal with state budget crises(危机). The governors said they did not talk about the ongoing budget furor i
Nevertheless, any one's experience will teach him, that though he can take in an undiscriminating sweep of things at one glance, 话虽如此,任何一个人的经验都会告诉他,尽管他一眼就可以无差别地看到一切事物, it is