AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: politics in the classroom. What an English teacher in the American South has learned from her international students. RS: Yvette Drew was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands. She has

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Waiting, waiting, waiting. It's difficult to do sometimes. I found myself waiting a couple of weeks ago at Seattle International Airport. My sister and my two nephews were coming for a two week visit, so I made the three hour drive over the mountains

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Largest Wildfire in California History Still Growing The largest wildfire in Californias history continues to grow.Hot and windy conditions have tested firefighters across the state. 加州史上最大的山火仍在蔓延。炎热多风的天气状况

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 16 February 2008 The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is appealing for $19 million to help nearly one million people in Iraq who are largely overlooked by social welfare and aid programs. From Ge

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The U.N. refugee agency says it is concerned about the safety of tens of thousands of displaced civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where fighting between government and rebel forces threatens North Kivu's provincial capital Goma. Lis

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AS IT IS 2013-05-16 Conflicts Displace People Around the World Hello, again! Im Jim Tedder in Washington. Today we examine the human side of war, not from a soldiers point of view, but from that of civilians who are forced from their homes by conflic

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AS IT IS 2016-09-08 School Year Begins in Cameroon, But Many Children Not in Class 新学年已开始但喀麦隆很多孩子无课可上 Schools in Cameroon re-opened this week for the beginning of a new school year. 喀麦隆的学校在本周重新运

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UN: Big Increase in People Fleeing Conflict The United Nations says conflicts forced many people from their homes during the first half of 2014. The U.N. refugee agency reported this week that 5.5 million people were forcibly displaced during that si

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Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo continued on offensive near the town of Goma, as government troops retreated from their positions. Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi that the U.N. refugee agency says 30,000

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The blue helmets of UN peacekeepers distinguish them from the many armed groups in Darfur. As Sudan's government and Darfur rebels move closer to a final peace, efforts are under way to build housing for some of the estimated 2.7 million people uproo

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M23 Rebels Urged to Protect Civilians Humanitarian agencies in the eastern DRC are scrambling to locate displaced civilians and provide assistance following the M23 rebel groups takeover of Goma. For years, the town has been the center of aid operati

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Displaced Syrians Despair Over Civil War Late morning at the Bab al-Salama camp in northern Syria. Life has become routine and tedious as residents wait for places in Turkey's refugee camps. This camp has grown in 10 months from nothing into a small

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南苏丹难民营直击:战乱不休 返乡无日 A month after a political power struggle erupted into ethnic violence, South Sudanese continue to flee the fighting that has divided the country. 上个月,南苏丹的权力斗争演变为部族暴力

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Enam: Katia, what are the environmental problems in your country? Katia: Well, I can think of three problems. One is water drought. The scarcity of water. Second, we have a lot of air pollution, and third a lot of deforestation. Enam: OK, so can you

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In Ghana, government teams are still working to clean up debris left after Wednesday night's severe flooding in the capital. As many as 200 people are estimated to have died, as they sought shelter at a petrol station, which caught fire before explod

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By Noel King Goma 13 November 2007 An estimated 25,000 people on Tuesday fled camps for the displaced in Congo's restive North Kivu province, after fighting erupted between forces loyal to dissident general Laurent Nkunda and the Congolese army. For

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The United Nations Children's Fund is calling for a halt to the forced recruitment of child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It says all warring parties in North Kivu Province forcibly recruit children into their armies. Lisa Schlein re

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The U.N. refugee agency reports more than 50,000 people have been forced to flee their homes by fighting in the Ituru region in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from UNHCR headquarters in Geneva. U.N. refugee s

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 18 September 2009 The U.N.'s Human Rights Chief is calling for an investigation into Yemeni air strikes that killed dozens of civilians. U.N. aid agencies say the humanitarian situation of the civilian population caught in the

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By Selah Hennessy Goma 15 December 2007 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres has visited a displacement camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. He told reporters the conflict situation in Congo needs a political ra

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