Agriculture Report - US Farmers Struggle With Drought This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A drought across much of the United States is forcing farmers to make difficult decisions. Damage to corn and soybeans is already severe in the

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By Kane Farabaugh Chicago 13 May 2008 Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has never been one to mince words. And he has said he does not care about what people think of him. Recently, he defied U.S. policy by traveling to the Middle East for meetings

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A lawyer named Strange was shopping for a tombstone. After he had made his selection, the stonecutter asked him what inscription he would like on it.

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Simon: Yeah, I got a job interview coming up and I know they're gonna ask me about what are your strong points and your weak points. You know. Todd: Yeah, that's tough, because like I know my strong points and my weak points. Simon: Yeah, well, let's

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By Nico Colombant Abidjan 23 May 2006 Hawker with little skyscrapers in background in Abidjan A new term being used to describe economic realities in West Africa is de-development. Life in cities buil

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英文歌词: Strange foreign beauty I'll never know what's in your heart Does anyone know how it feels to hold you does anyone know the secret of your mind Strange foreign beauty I'll never come to share your world Does anyone know how it feels to liv

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This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And, I'm Shirley Griffith. This week, we will tell about what is said to be the largest study yet of a treatment for Parkinson's disease. We will also tell about a stud

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Health Report - Does a Birth Control Method Raise HIV Risk? 健康报道 - 避孕药物是否真会增加艾滋病毒感染风险? This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 The World Health Orga

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A U.N. official reveals that recent drug arrests in Guinea Bissau are the result of a two-month-long investigation. The country's judicial police have arrested five people suspected to be involved with cocaine trafficking through the West African na

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Office blocks modeled on termite nests and buildings that can resist climate change have been the focus at a conference by some of Australia's most influential designers in Melbourne. They are calling for radical changes to the way that buildings ar

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Syrian Refugees Struggle on Lebanese Border The men are clamoring for a signature on their ration cards. For them, it is the difference between feeding their families tonight, and not. The refugees here support the Syrian revolution, and they have fl

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Remembering Remote Control Inventor Gene Polley Whenever someone leaves the earth having changed it, we like to make note of it. Not just the famous or notorious, but also obscure people who dreamed up something memorable or useful in our everyday li

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Emergency Aid Being Sent to Stranded Chadians Emergency aid is being sent this week to about one thousand people mostly children stranded in a remote area of Chad. The International Organization for Migration says the Chadians fled violence in neighb

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has announced an initiative called the Blue Campaign to fight human trafficking. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is part of DHS, is the largest investigator of human trafficking in the U.S. governme

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Turkey Protests Reveal Wider Political Struggle The protests have been focused on Istanbuls Taksim Square, sparked by a government-backed development plan. But analysts say thats not what its about anymore. The real agenda behind the protests is to s

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It is now nearly four weeks since the start of the terrible bush fires in the state of Victoria, Australia, which killed more than 200 people. 53 New Zealand fire fighters came to Victoria to help fight the fires. Today, they returned home and 57 new

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By Trish Anderton Jakarta 15 August 2007 Investors are beginning to show renewed interest in Indonesia, whose economy has finally been shaking off the effects of the 1997 Asian economic crisis. But one legal expert says the country's judicial system

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By Daniel Schearf Irbil 26 February 2008 The Iraqi government has demanded the immediate withdrawal of Turkish troops, saying the five-day incursion is threatening their otherwise friendly relations. Daniel Schearf reports from the northern Iraqi cit

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 21 June 2007 A general strike has brought much of Nigeria to a standstill and paralyzed economic activity for a second day. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports on worries about the economic impact of the shutdown. Peo

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Easter Sunday, a day of family, celebration, and fun. Today, after church, my family and I got together with my in-laws in the East Wenatchee Country Club for lunch. The club is actually for golf, but even if you don't golf, you can go to the restaur

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