STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: When the American Civil War neared its end, Abraham Lincoln spoke of the need to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan. It's the orphans we speak of this morning - orphans of the war in Ira

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Angelina Jolie Appeals for Action on Behalf of Syrian Refugees 安吉丽娜朱莉呼吁保护叙利亚难民 UNITED NATIONS Actress Angelina Jolie Pitt, U.N. special envoy for refugee issues, told the Security Council on Friday of the suffering of Sy

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By Nico Gnecchi Nairobi 27 August 2006 U.S. Senator Barack Obama, right, walks with his grandmother Sarah Hussein Obama at his father's house in Nyongoma Kogelo village, western Kenya, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2006 U.S. Senator Barak Obama delighted crowd

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 13 October 2006 Reports that pop star Madonna is in the process of adopting an orphan from the African nation of Malawi have brought praise for raising awareness about the rising number of orphans in Africa and other parts

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AS IT IS 2014-05-11 Neglected Crops in Africa Could Help Ease Hunger 非洲被忽视的作物或能帮助缓解饥饿 Hello again, and welcome to As It Is! Im Jonathan Evans in Washington. On our program today, we tell how a new law in the United Sta

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 25 February 2007 An unidentified girl looks from a broken window at the Just Children Foundation for orphans in Harare (File) The U.N. Children's Fund says the number of orphans and vulnerable children in Zimbabwe continues to

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In the early 1990s China made it easier for families from abroad to adopt Chinese orphans, most of whom were girls. Today about 60,000 adopted Chinese children live in North America, and about 15,000 live in Europe. Many families take special tours

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Now a story of discovery, a buried literary treasure. The great poet Walt Whitman wrote a novel in 1852 called The Life And Adventures Of Jack Engle. That text was forgotten for more than a century until a graduate student at the U

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By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 08 March 2006 Population growth in most of Africa is expected to rise sharply over the next 50 years. But, in southern Africa, AIDS is cutting a deadly swath through tw

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By Kari Barber Dakar 26 February 2008 Recent civil wars in the West African nations of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast destabilized neighboring southeast Guinea with a flood of refugees and increased poverty. Health workers say the movement of

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