By Michael Bowman Washington 19 February 2008 Reaction from around the world to the retirement of Cuban President Fidel Castro has been mixed and cautious. From Washington, VOA's Michael Bowman reports. Fidel Castro's retirement formally ends the rul

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The head of the World Trade Organization is in India, before heading to the United States, in an effort to try to revive failed global trade talks. As VOA correspondent Steve Herman reports from New Delhi, Indian trade officials are giving no indica

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As leaders of leading developing and advanced economies prepare to meet in Washington November 15 to discuss weakening conditions in the global economy, there is an expectation that they will endorse increased government spending to maintain economi

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Following big losses in Asia, Europe is faring little better on equity markets. Persistent recession fears and new layoff announcements are contributing to the gloom as VOA's Tom Rivers reports from London. Current bad economic news seems to be echo

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U.S. President George Bush says he will host a summit of nations soon to address the global economic crisis. Mr. Bush made the announcement as he greeted French President Nicolas Sarkozy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso Saturday

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By Paula Wolfson White House 23 September 2009 President Barack Obama speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative 2009 Annual Meeting in New York, 22 Sep 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama is calling on leaders from all sorts of backgrounds to come togeth

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US Drought Impacts Global Food Security The United States is the leading producer of corn and soybeans two commodities that developing countries rely on. However, over the past two months, prices have risen sharply as the U.S. experiences its worst d

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Report: Funding Global Health Helps US Economy Grow This project to develop a vaccine against tuberculosis is just one example of the kind of work the U.S government has been supporting. Overall, in fact, the United States contributed $12.7 billion t

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Former Ghana President to Lead Global Fight Against Tropical Diseases It is truly an honor to declare my acceptance for the position just offered to me, he said. Former President Kufuor will now be the lead advocate for controlling and eliminating so

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The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, warns that the world economy will further decline this year. Strauss-Kahn says Germany's biggest stimulus package since World War II offers some hope, although he caut

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Representatives from the world's top energy consuming and greenhouse gas emitting nations are through Tuesday in Paris for global warming talks before a major U.N. conference in December. Most energy use produces carbon dioxide and other greenhouse

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said broad, coordinated global action is key to repairing the damaged credit markets and lifting the world out of recession. He said the Obama administration wants Congress to act quickly on legislation that

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Hunger Remains Serious Global Problem The 2012 Global Hunger Index says hunger remains a serious problem worldwide, with alarming levels in some countries. The Index links hunger to the unsustainable use of land, water and energy resources. The Globa

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By Selah Hennessy London 20 October 2009 A global watchdog group says world oil supplies are running low and that may lead to food shortages and spiraling armed conflict. Britain-based Global Witness says governments are doing nothing to prepare for

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Global Concern Grows About Deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome The new Middle East Respiratory Syndrome strain was diagnosed in Saudi Arabia last year. It is a coronavirus, the same viral family that triggered the outbreak of SARS, Severe Acute R

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Global Initiative Unveils Six-Year Plan to Eradicate Polio A new campaign has been announced to eradicate polio. The six-year plan costing $5.5 billion was unveiled Thursday at the Global Vaccine Summit in Abu Dhabi. The Global Polio Initiative says

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Drug-Resistant TB is Global Threat 耐药性肺结核对全球造成了威胁 The medical aid group -- Doctors without Borders -- warns that drug-resistant tuberculosis has become a global threat. It says despite the growing number of cases, there ar

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By Paul Sisco Washington 13 March 2008 The Global Seed Vault openednear the North Pole on 26 February, and an Internet project aimed at promoting biodiversity went on line. The so-called doomsday vault is in the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalba

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Indonesia's stock index plummeted more than 10 percent in one of the worst days of trading ever seen in Asia. In Tokyo, the key index closed more than nine-percent lower, the worst trading day since the global stock market crash in 1987. Katie Haman

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World markets were mixed Wednesday amid efforts to revive a $700 billion US bailout package aimed at rescuing troubled American financial institutions and reversing tight credit that could strangle global economic growth. VOA's Michael Bowman report

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