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VOA慢速英语2014 AS IT IS 2014-05-18 Does a Fast-Growing Economy Mean Healthier Children?

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VOA标准英语2012--FAO Says Feeding the Future Requires Bold Decisions

FAO Says Feeding the Future Requires Bold Decisions The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said people cannot live healthy and productive lives unless they have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food. The U.N. agency has released its reco

VOA标准英语2011--Aid Agencies Reassess Somali Operations

Aid Agencies Reassess Somali Operations Sixteen aid agencies say they face new challenges in Somalia, after the al Shabab militant group banned their activities in the southern and central parts of the country. Al Shabab accuses the agencies of bias

VOA标准英语2011--Somalia Famine Spreads to New Areas

Somalia Famine Spreads to New Areas The United Nations says three more areas of Somalia have now slipped into famine. The famine is expected to spread further unless there is immediate intervention. The U.N.'s food security analysis unit and a famine

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NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-11-05

The Obama administration and congressional law makers are rejecting a plea for clemency from Edward Snowden whose in the sylum in Russia. Snowden met with a German law maker last week and gave him a letter asking the US for clemency for charges of al

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By Phuong Tran Nouakchott, Mauritania 20 August 2007 Camel milk has been honored as a gourmet food by Italy, as a poverty reducer by the United Nations and as a blessing by those who work with camels, for its healing power. A British physicist convin

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Nearly four weeks after President Robert Mugabe signed a memorandum of understanding on negotiations with his political opponents, his ZANU-PF party is accused of violating the crucial clause requiring that he lift the ban on non-governmental organi

voa标准英语2008年-Britain, EU Seek to Stave off Humanitarian Cata

The foreign ministers of Britain and France are heading to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to try to stave off a further humanitarian crisis in eastern Congo where tens of thousands are fleeing advancing rebel forces, despite a cease-fir

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Pyongyang-based senior U.N. officials are visiting the South Korean capital, to report on North Korea's ongoing food shortage. They say international food donations are up, and Pyongyang officials are being cooperative. But, as VOA Seoul Corresponde

VOA标准英语2012--Twin Crises Converge on Burkina Faso

Twin Crises Converge on Burkina Faso In northern Burkina Faso, near the Malian border, thousands of refugees have settled here in Mentao Camp, including Bassta Waleta Sidi and her family. We fled the violence and the killing in Mali. We are safe now,

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The World Health Organization (WHO) says Israel is blocking vital medical supplies from entering the Gaza Strip. The U.N. agency says it is impossible to maintain a well-functioning health system if necessary supplies are not available. The World Hea

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They were chosen from among 800 candidates to receive a special agricultural fellowship for African women. And among this year winners -- a plant pathologist, a catfish breeder, a soybean specialist. They all hope to benefit from the two-year program

VOA英语2010年-US Gives 3 Million for Emergency Food Aid Pr

The United States is giving $3 million in emergency food aid to the World Food Program to try to prevent widespread famine in southern Madagascar. The United Nations agency predicts 720,000 people in three regions could be severely affected in the ne

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 16 October 2007 The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization is calling for a renewed commitment to guarantee the right to food for the 850 million hungry people in the world. A ceremony was held at FAO headquarters in Rome

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: A hundred years ago today, the United States entered World War I. Congress voted to declare war on Germany. By the time it ended, there had been a staggering death toll - more than 17 million people worldwide. The soldiers who did

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East African countries may be inundated with heavy rain, but Zimbabwe is reeling under one of the worst droughts in its history. The government and humanitarian agencies have been left struggling to find ways to avert a hunger crisis. The unprecedent