International trade is good for business. By making business more productive and competitive we raise living standards. There is good evidence that companies which export pay more, invest more in training and are more aware of health and safety issue

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While Mr. Ballmer, who has been at the helm of Microsoft since 2000, is known for his eccentric personality and episodes of excitable public behavior, he gives sound and structured advice to business leaders about how he approaches his work at Micros

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Norway to Invest Millions to Improve Arctic Seed Vault Norway has announced it will spend 100 million Norwegian crowns, or $13 million, to make improvements to a special seed vault in the Arctic. 挪威宣布斥资1亿挪威克朗(约1300万美元)

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By Suzanne Presto Irbil 01 June 2008 French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner inaugurated a new French diplomatic office in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil on Sunday evening, the second day of his two-day trip to Iraq. VOA's Suzanne Presto attended

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By Paula Wolfson Washington 25 December 2006 U.S. President George Bush heads to his Texas ranch Tuesday for a week-long holiday break. But as VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from Washington, it will be very much a working vacation. President Bush is ex

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 12 November 2006 Indian girl collects drinking water from a tank at a slum in New Delhi (File photo) In its latest human development report, the United Nations says one of the world's poorest countries, Bangladesh, has m

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 07 August 2006 watch Peacekeeping report Lebanon has been pounded by outbreaks of violence and war throughout its recent history. In 1978, following years of tension along the country's border with Israel, the United

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By Mariama Diallo Washington 06 November 2009 American filmmaker Bryan Single explores the rehabilitation process of former child soldiers in northern Ugandan in his new movie Children of War. The film premiered recently in Washington. Children of W

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Death Valley Is Beautiful but Dangerous Welcome to This Is America with VOA Learning English. Today we visit one of Americas great national parks. It is a place of strange and silent beauty. As beautiful as this place is, its name provides evidence o

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By Barry Kalb Hong Kong 23 February 2007 U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney says that nations like the United States and Australia simply cannot indulge in the option of ignoring safe havens for terrorist groups around the world. Speaking in Sydney, he

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By Bill Rodgers Washington, DC 26 April 2006 watch Latino Power report The U.S. Senate is expected to again take up the issue of immigration reform. Some Hispanic immigrant advocacy groups are plannin

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By Jim Malone Washington 28 March 2007 U. S. Senator Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has picked up the endorsement of a prominent women's organization. The endorsement followed appeals by Clinton and her Democratic Party rivals for labor unio

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The Obama administration is advising patience in efforts to develop a unified response in the U.N. Security Council to North Korea's test of a long-range ballistic missile on Sunday. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had telephone discussions on th

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The military is now in charge in Egypt after the so-called Supreme Council of the Egyptian Armed Forces took power Friday, ending the three-decade rule of President Hosni Mubarak. Analysts say it remains to be seen whether the military leaders will c

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Young Somali immigrants say they face racism and feel unwanted in Australia. Their problems have drawn more attention since four men from Somali backgrounds were charged with planning a suicide attack on an army base in Sydney. Community groups say

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By Paula Wolfson White House 05 March 2007 President Bush is expanding U.S. aid for education, health care, housing and other programs for Latin America. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House the announcement came just days before the pre

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 20 May 2007 Newly arrived internally displaced ethnic Tamils prepare themselves to be registered with camp officials in Kiran, Sri Lanka (File Photo) The World Food Program warns renewed fighting in Sri Lanka's long-running civ

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By Brian Wagner Miami 07 November 2007 The crew of the space shuttle Discovery has returned to Earth after completing a more than two-week mission to the International Space Station. VOA's Brian Wagner reports that the astronauts performed crucial co

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By Efam Dovi 04 August 2006 The key to battling HIV/AIDS and poverty, say representatives from 18 African legislative bodies meeting in the Ghanaian capital of Accra, is working together to create stronger political and economic blocs within the con

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By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 03 May 2007 Two new reports by international financial institutions say extreme poverty could be eliminated in Asia by the year 2020. Claudia Blume in Hong Kong looks at the reasons for the optimism, and the challenges that

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