The Venezuelan economy is in free fall, with soaring inflation and severe shortages of food, water, and medicine. Political opponents of the regime of Nicolas Maduro reportedly have been subjected to imprisonment and torture. Faced with such misery,

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World First Aid Day started in the year 2000. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) introduced it to raise global awareness of how first aid can save peoples lives in everyday situations. It occurs on the second

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Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is How to Use Attributives Guest writer Sal Glynn writes: Dialogue is hard to write and dont let anyone tell you otherwise. Getting characters to have individual voices has caused more sleepless nights than too much co

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The head of Oxfam says the British aid group is investigating 26 new reports of sexual wrongdoing by its workers. Mark Goldring spoke before Britains parliament Tuesday. He answered questions about the behavior of Oxfam workers on the Caribbean islan

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In a rural area in northern Yemen, many families with starving children have nothing to eat but the leaves of a local plant. They cook the leaves in water, creating a bitter, sharp-tasting green substance. International aid agencies have been surpris

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Broadcast: Mar 27,2003 The Bush administration's decision to include about one billion dollars in aid to Turkey as part of its Iraq war budget has boosted investor confidence, 1) perking up financial

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A Speech by The Duchess of Cambridge at SportsAids 40th Anniversary Dinner Kensington Palace 9 June 2016 Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. It is an absolute pleasure to be here with you tonight to celebrate SportsAids 40th anniversary. Some of you

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Less Financial Aid Going to Students Who Need It Financial aid is an important resource for students who want to attend college in the U.S. but dont have enough money. Financial aid is offered by banks, the government, and the school a student plans

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The U.S. military has reopened the severely damaged seaport in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince to help improve delivery of aid to victims of last week's massive earthquake. The military has also opened three more airports to assist the flow of

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: It's an emerging idea in the fight against global poverty. Instead of offering poor people traditional aid, such as seeds or job training, why not just give cash? NPR's Nurith Aizenman traveled to Zambia where they've just finished

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WildAid, an international environmental conservation organization, protects endangered species through communication campaigns aimed at raising awareness of the threats facing wildlife all over the world. With the support of celebrities like Chinese

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - FIRST AID: How to Help When Someone Is Sick or Injured By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English

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SANTO DOMINGO, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The United States has donated(捐赠) 634,000 U.S. dollars in a new bid to help the Dominican Republic fight HIV/AIDS, the government said Friday. The funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (

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GENEVA The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) reports it is struggling to provide assistance to increasing numbers of new poor in Europe. The latest statistics by the European Union show more than 26 million peopl

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The Millennium: January 1, 20006:20 A.M. I was driving south on I-25 and kept sneaking glances through my half-closed eyes in hopes of seeing those first, dull, yellow rays of daylight crawling up from the horizon. My county in northern Wyoming is ap

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Russia says it is ready to commit more than $10 billion to the International Monetary Fund to help support the struggling eurozone economy. President Dmitry Medvedev made the pledge Thursday in Brussels during the biannual EU-Russia summit. We will a

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PARIS - Some of the planet's poorest countries may be feeling the fallout of Europe's financial crisis. New studies show that European Union development aid is falling, and that billions of dollars are not reaching needy countries. Released Monday, a

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Liz Waid. Voice 2 And Im Joshua Leo. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand - no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Do you know what to do when someone

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Joshua Leo. Voice 2 And Im Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand - no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Imagine this situation. You are at

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Joshua Leo. Voice 2 And Im Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand - no matter where in the world they live. Voice 3 Most of us do not think about a cri

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