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China's coastal cities attracted international traders, missionaries and adventurers for 200 years before the communist party took power in 1949. Most Westerners left soon after that, but many retain fond memories of their years in China. They are ca
Nine Australians missing after a tsunami off Indonesia's west coast have been found alive. At least 108 people have been killed and more than 500 are still missing after that earthquake triggered a tsunami, which hit Sumatra's remote Mentawai Islands
Former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung has died in Seoul at the age of 85. He had been hospitalized since last month for pneumonia. Mr. Kim was credited with ushering a new era of reconciliation with wartime enemy North Korea. His own life story
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week, Americans gather with loved ones to celebrate Thanksgiving. This holiday season is a time of fellowship and peace. And it is a time to give thanks for our many blessings. During this holiday season, we give th
Celebrating Christmas: A Visit With Nicholas 圣诞老人,报上名来 Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ, the Nativity of the babe in the manger whom Christians believe was the Son of God. Indeed, the very word Christmas means Christ festiva
On his recent trip to the Middles East, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made clear that Saudi Arabia's security is a priority for the United States. 近日,在出访中东期间,美国国务卿蓬佩奥(Mike Pompeo)明确表示,保证沙特的
A group of 11 refugees left the Chadian capital N'Djamena by air on Sunday to be resettled in the United States. The group is comprised of seven urban refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, three urban Sudanese refugees and one person f
Internally displaced ethnic Tamils watch Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse during his visit to the Manik Farm refugee camp, in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka (file photo) The United Nations refugee agency reports that all 490 Tamil passengers on a cargo sh
匈牙利因渲染移民恐惧氛围遭批 At least 5,000 refugees and migrants cross from Hungary to Austria every day, many seeking asylum from war and persecution back home. 每天至少有5000名难民和移民从匈牙利进入奥地利境内,许
全世界难民数量创新纪录 WASHINGTON The United Nations refugee agency says a record number of people worldwide have been displaced by war, violence and persecution and the number of people forced to flee their homes is rapidly growing. In a
Outside the monks were giving thanks for the waters of the Nile. Here in Ethiopia we feel the water represents life to human beings. If man doesn't have water, he has to endue drought. The river Nile making its way around Ethiopia nutritious the coun
By Stephanie Ho Washington 08 March 2007 Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are accusing Iran of increasing persecution and legal prosecution of women's rights activists. As VOA's Stephanie Ho reports, the two groups held a joint news confe
By Tendai Maphosa London 04 April 2008 Britain has long been a haven for immigrants, from highly skilled workers from Europe and the United States to those coming from developing countries to escape political persecution or find a better life. Many o
By Lauren Comiteau The Hague 07 November 2007 The trial of Serb-Nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj has opened at the U.N. war crimes Tribunal in The Hague. He faces nine charges related to his use of hate speech and recruiting paramilitary groups, wh
To the non-believers, the divine reckoning Muhammad invoked wasnt average. His dismantling of their heritage and customs deeply unset them. It was a threat, a threat in several ways, to their social order, to their age-old traditions, and an economic
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 17 April 2007 The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, is calling for a greater effort by the international community to help millions of Iraqis uprooted by the war. Guterres made his call at a conference in G
By Luis Ramirez Dalton, Israel 30 September 2009 During the Israeli war of independence, thousands of Palestinians fled or were expelled from their villages in what is today the state of Israel. In the shadows of the ruins of the Arab villages, Jewi
Stark warnings over the inability of the international community to cope with record numbers of refugees forced to flee war zones provided the grim backdrop to events marking World Refugee Day on Saturday. According to the UN High Commission for Refu
What makes Galileo a science hero? For one thing, he moved human knowledge forward against outstanding prejudice and even persecution. Back in 1616, when Galileo argued that Copernicus had been right in suggesting the earth moves around the sun, he w
Galileo, however, used one of the earliest telescopes to look at Jupiter. He noticed that Jupiter has moons going around it. Apparently everything in the cosmos didnt have to go around the earth! Perhaps, Galileo said, it just looks like everything m