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Mr Ford:As all of you are well aware, competition in the laptop computer sector is intense. Mr Ford:We continue to fight with our competitors for market share, and this is the case both in the developed markets in the West, as well as more developing
The tropical night descends on a quiet beach, but just off shore, beneath the tranquil waves things are busy. A group of research scientists are scouring a coral reef looking for fish, or more accurately, the parasitic passengers attached to the fish
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 12 October 2007 A new report sponsored by the United Nations and the World Bank says progress has been slow at reducing the number of deaths worldwide from pregnancy and childbirth. The report says more than one-half million wo
Donors Pledge $12 Billion for Global Fund 捐助者承诺捐助近120亿美元 Donors showed strong support this week for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. They pledged 12-billion dollars at the funds replenishment meeting in W
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A premature baby in a hospital in Istanbul, Turkey Each year millions of babies are born too soon and too small. Premature or preterm births are defined as births at less than thirty-seven weeks. P
Education Report - Conflicts Keep Millions of Children Out of School 教育报道 - 冲突使得数百万儿童失学 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。 Conflicts around the world are ke
AS IT IS 2013-10-01 "Out of Darkness" Walks Raise Money for Depression Research, Suicide Prevention From VOA Learning English, welcome to As It Is! Im Steve Ember. Today we meet some Americans who take part in Out of Darkness Walks. They go on th
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 19 December 2006 U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has used his farewell news conference to defend his stewardship of the world body. VOA's correspondent at the U.N. Peter Heinlein reports Mr. Annan is promising to s
According to an international aid agency, the number of people living on the edge of poverty has nearly doubled during the past two years. A new report by CARE International says the surging price of food is the main reason behind the alarming jump.
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 23 January 2008 In a blunt statement to the U.N. Conference on Disarmament, the U.N. Secretary-General urged the 65-member body to start negotiations on a nuclear weapons material treaty. Ban Ki-moon said the nuclear threat was
The U.N. Secretary-General says between $25 billion and $40 billion is needed each year to boost agricultural production and assist farmers worldwide, in order to curb the growing global food crisis. From United Nation's headquarters in New York, VO
As the International Year of the Potato 2008 winds down, the United Nations is appealing for continued global attention on the role the potato can play in providing food security and eradicating poverty in helping to achieve the Millennium Developme
Emergency Birth Training Curbs Infant Mortality Responding immediately when newborns fail to breathe in the critical moments after birth could dramatically cut the number of infant deaths worldwide. That's the focus of a new training program for mate
A new report by UNICEF and the Zimbabwean shows reduced access to key social services for the poorest women and children especially those in rural areas. Ish Mafundikwa | Harare 25 November 2009 Children gather eggs at a rubbish dump in Mbare, a tow
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is back in the United States after a seven-nation tour of Africa. Secretary Clinton's Africa trip was meant to follow-up on the policies outlined in President Barack Obama's speech before Ghana's parliament la
By Tom Rivers London 07 December 2006 Ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who died last month after being poisoned, has been buried in London. Around 50 family members and friends attended, some traveling from Russia and Italy. For VOA News, Tom Ri
By Douglas Bakshian Manila 08 October 2007 The Asian Development Bank says Asia and the Pacific are behind in meeting certain parts the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals. A new report by the ADB and the U.N. Development Program says progre
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 06 January 2007 Thousands of families were in Saint Peter's Square Saturday to receive the pope's blessing on the feast day of the Epiphany. At a morning mass the pope said that religious leaders must stress the spiritual
Africas High Cost of Adapting to Climate Change Africa is being called the continent most vulnerable to climate change. A report commissioned by the African Development Bank says if the continent does not adapt it may be unable to meet its future foo
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, Regional Director of the World Health Organization's Africa Region, says Tu Youyou's development of a treatment for malaria has been a life-saver. As you know Malaria is one of the biggest killers of African people, particularly