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Health Report - More Low Cost Anti-AIDS Drugs Mean More People Treated This is the VOA Special English Health Report. An American program called the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief helps millions of people infected with HIV, the virus respo

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VOA标准英语2013--Report: Superfood for Babies

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By Nina-Maria Potts Paris, France 14 April 2006 watch French Riots report Following the rioting by disadvantaged young people in France last fall, the French government tried to institute a law making

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Report: Migrants Often Scapegoats for Societys Problems A new report says few areas of public policy are subject to greater bias, polarization and political debate than migration. The International Organization for Migration, IOM, calls it one of the

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