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VOA标准英语2008年-Locusts Threaten to Inflict More Misery on Aust

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VOA标准英语2009年-Desperate Somalis Take Risks to Escape War

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VOA标准英语2012--Somalia’s New President Faces Humanitarian Challenges

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VOA标准英语2011--East Africa Food Shortages Expected to A

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VOA标准英语2010-Climate Hastened Collapse of Angkor, Capi

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