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The leader of a small suburban village near Chicago made his name as a small town politician and big city prosecutor. Little did his constituents know that by the time he had entered college, nearly two decades earlier, Mark Damisch was an accomplis
VOA标准英语2008年（八月）
By Tendai Maphosa London 18 October 2007 A three-day conference on ways to reduce preventable deaths of newborns and women during pregnancy has opened in London. Tendai Maphosa has more for VOA from London. The Women Deliver Conference has attracted
2007年VOA常速英语（十月）
By Tendai Maphosa London 20 October 2007 The three-day Women Deliver conference, which focused on maternal and infant mortality, ended Saturday in London. As Tendai Maphosa reports, the organizers and delegates hope it will give new momentum to effor
2007年VOA常速英语（十月）
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 11 December 2007 Education officials and donors are meeting with representatives of international organizations this week in Senegal to discuss plans and progress towards the U.N. Millennium Development goal of universal primar
VOA常速英语2007年（十二月）
Ethiopia Cuts Child Deaths by Two-Thirds埃塞俄比亚三分之二削减儿童死亡 28 February, 2014 2014年2月28日 Hello again, and welcome to As It Is from VOA Learning English. I'm Steve Ember in Washington. 大家好，欢迎，因为它是来
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By Efam Dovi Accra 26 October 2006 In Ghana, former President Jerry John Rawlings has denied allegations he is planning a coup. Ghana's current president made the accusation this week at a campaign rally. Relations between Ghana President John Kufuo
2006年VOA标准英语（十月）
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 March 2007 A new report says the global tuberculosis epidemic has leveled off for the first time since the World Health Organization declared TB a public health emergency in 1993. WHO's Global Tuberculosis Control report fi
2007年VOA标准英语（三月）
By Paul Sisco Washington, D.C. 21 March 2007 watch World Water Day report Coping with water scarcity is the theme of this year's World Water Day (March 22nd). World Water Day is an annual day of observance and action coordinated by the United Nation
2007年VOA标准英语（三月）
By Tendai Maphosa London 26 May 2008 In 2000 the United Nations adopted the Millennium Development Goals to be achieved by 2015. One of these is halving the number of people living in extreme poverty. However, with only seven years left, campaigners
VOA标准英语2008年（五月）
President Bush says America's commitment to international development is strong, even in tough economic times. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports that Mr. Bush's comments came Tuesday in an address to a conference on development issues organized by the Whi
VOA标准英语2008年（十月）
By Selah Hennessy London 25 September 2009 View of United Nations General Assembly in New York, 24 Sep 2009 Women's issues are moving towards center stage in the global campaign to end poverty around the world. This week, British Prime Minister Gord
VOA标准英语2009年(九月)
Mixed Future Awaits Hyper-Connected Youth For a long time, there was talk about Americas Generation X and then Generation Y, referring to our young people. Now the buzzword is millennials, since many of our teenagers and young adults were born in the
VOA标准英语2012年(三月)
Africa's biggest investors and lenders are making available another $15 billion to help the continent weather the global financial crisis. President of African Development Bank Donald Kaberuka in Dakar, 12 May 2009 The $15 billion is meant to promot
VOA标准英语2009年(五月)
The World Health Organization says there has been a sharp drop in the number of deaths among children under age five. The just released report, World Health Statistics 2009, shows 27 percent fewer children died in 2007, the last year for which stati
VOA标准英语2009年(五月)
Experts Tackling Education in Africa The statistics are hard to ignore. Sub-Saharan Africa is the lowest-ranked region in the world on the United Nations' education development index. The U.N. education agency (UNESCO) says a quarter of all children
VOA标准英语2012年(二月)
Saudi Arabia's Pre-Islamic History Revealed Roads of Arabia opened at the Smithsonians Arthur Sackler Gallery. The exhibit, the first about Saudi culture in the U.S., showcases more than 300 objects ranging from ornate pottery and monumental statues,
VOA标准英语2012年(十二月)
Chronically Hungry Numbers Decline 全球饥饿人口呈现下降趋势 Global hunger continues to decline. About 805-million people are reported to be chronically undernourished. That's down 209-million since the early 1990s. 全球饥饿人口继续呈
VOA标准英语2014年(九月)
Urbanization Helps Curb Poverty, Says World Bank It says countries and regions with a high rate of urbanization lead in the effort to reach their Millennium Development Goals (or MDGs). For example, countries with large population centers in East Asi
VOA标准英语2013年(四月)
Tutu Lends Support to Age Campaign Archbishop Desmond Tutu is lending his support to a campaign to ensure the rights of older people. The Nobel Laureate wants the issue included in the new U.N. Sustainable Development Goals being finalized late this
VOA标准英语2015年(五月)
Older People Face Greater Disaster Risk 报告显示老年人面临更大的灾难风险 A new report ranks countries according to the disaster risk faced by older people. It says those in Somalia, Central African Republic and Afghanistan face the hi
VOA标准英语2015年(三月)