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Former New York Mayor Gives $1.8 Billion to Johns Hopkins University Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced he is donating $1.8 billion to his former school, Johns Hopkins University on Sunday. 纽约前市长布隆伯格周日宣布将
In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in hi
DFID's Country Strategy Paper for China and further details of our project portfolio are available via the Internet. 国际发展部制订的中国国家战略文件,以及我们的项目组成的详细内容可以从因特网上获得。 Our Count
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Children eat sugar cane near their home in Kumbali, Malawi earlier this year. UNICEF says the southern African country is among those where the child death rate is improving. UNICEF says the death
By Amanda Cassandra New York 29 December 2006 New York's Number Seven subway train is nicknamed the International Express, because it weaves through Queens County, the nation's most ethnically diverse neighborhood, with people from 150 countries liv
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The World Bank says most developing countries have made important progress toward the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals. Last week the international lender released its yearly World Devel
Item nine. Vocabulary. poverty, halt, malaria. In September of 2000, world leaders set eight goals for bringing millions of people out of poverty. These became known as the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Among them, cut in half the numb
The tantalizing mysteries of Stonehenge may have come one step closer toward being solved. New radiocarbon dates of human cremation burials there indicate that Stonehenge was used as a cemetery from its inception just after 3,000 BC until well after
Robert Bob Nesta Marley is the greatest ever reggae singer. He spread reggae and his message of love and unity to a worldwide audience. His live performances were legendary for their passion and energy. Marleys album Exodus was voted by Time magazine
National Cyber Security Week begins on Monday for the first time in China. The week of activities kicks off in Beijing with an exhibition on cyber security, an issue of growing importance as more go online. Liu Yunshan (R, front), a member of the Sta
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Delegates from around the world have agreed on a new plan to end the worst kinds of child labor by two thousand sixteen. More than four hundred fifty delegates from eighty countries approved the pla
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The lack of clean drinking water is a major problem worldwide. The World Health Organization says more than one billion people live in areas where renewable water resources are not available. The pr
Where Do the Worlds Poor Live? Most of the worlds poor do not live in poor countries. New research says nearly 80 percent are actually in middle income countries. Two billion poor people those who live on two dollars a day or less live in middle inco
Study: Uneven Progress in Child Nutrition A new study estimates fewer than half of developing countries are likely to reach the Millennium Development Goal to reduce child hunger. It says about 110 million children worldwide are moderately or severel
The tantalizing mysteries of Stonehenge may have come one step closer toward being solved. New radiocarbon dates of human cremation burials there indicate that Stonehenge was used as a cemetery from its inception just after 3,000 BC until well after
HEALTH REPORT - Number of Americans Living with H.I.V. Estimated Above 1 Million By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Logo of
By Sarah Simpson Nairobi 17 October 2007 Kenyans joined millions of people worldwide in an international demonstration to end poverty on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Sarah Simpson reports from the Korogocho slum area of the c
An Incredible Opportunity 机不可失 How would you like to go behind the scenes on the set of the next Harry Potter film? What about meeting the stars of the films? And best of all actually appearing in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows itself?
By Scott Stearns Accra, Ghana 20 February 2008 The president and Mrs. Bush are in Ghana where they were the guests of honor at a state dinner hosted by President John Kufuor and his wife, Theresa. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the s
It paved the way for the three decades-long rule of President Mobutu. They didn't come any greedier in Africa. It's estimated he stole around half of the 12 billion dollars his country received in aid. The West helped to keep him in power. A people a