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难民危机为叙利亚孤儿带来生机 If you ask the children at this orphanage what they want in the future there is one consistent answer. They want to return to Syria. 如果你问那些生活在孤儿院里的孩子,问他们对未来的展望
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 30 May 2008 South Africans in several cities around the country held marches Friday to protest recent attacks by their countrymen against foreigners. The marches came as government officials studied measures to deal with th
First story, people from around the world are closely watching what happens with an election in the Netherlands. With the population of just over 17 million, it's neither Europe's largest country nor its largest economy. But the vote that took place
By Kane Farabaugh New York City 06 October 2006 watch Doctor Without Border Makeshift refugee camp in Brooklyn, NY Doctors Without Borders, also known as Medicines Sans Frontieres, or MSF, is taking its work on the road - in the United States. The n
By Kane Farabaugh New York City 26 June 2006 watch AIDS Exhibit report Twenty-five years ago, the United States released its first report on what is now known as HIV AIDS. While people in the developed world are living longer with the disease thanks
By Paula Wolfson Sao Paulo, Brazil 08 March 2007 President Bush has embarked on a week-long tour of Latin America. VOA White House correspondent Paula Wolfson sets the scene for the trip from his first stop, Sao Paulo, Brazil. President Bush, right,
By Sonja Pace London 24 May 2007 A group of British-based relief organizations has launched an urgent public appeal for funds to help some 4.5 million Africans affected by the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region and surrounding countries. VOA's Sonja P
When U.S. President Barrack Obama visited Turkey last month, he raised the plight of a small religious school of the Greek Orthodox Church. The Halki seminary was closed by the government in 1971, and despite intense pressure by the church and diplo
Syrian Opposition Groups Try to Meld Divergent Approaches As the Arab League moves closer to Syria's opposition, differences in both aims and approach among anti-government forces are coming to the fore. Syria's opposition is united on one point: the
Twelve South Pacific islanders taken hostage by Somali pirates earlier this year have been released. The men were seized off the east African coast and have been set free after their employer reportedly paid a ransom. A pirate taking a stroll on sho
The UN refugee agency said security concerns are making it increasingly difficult for aid workers to gain access and provide assistance to the growing number of victims of Somalia's civil war. The UNHCR estimated more than 220,000 people have fled S
Civil Rights Pioneers Remember Struggle for Equal Rights WASHINGTON On July 2, many people across the United States are marking the 50th anniversary of the signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act into law. It's a sweeping piece of legislation that outla
Photos Highlight Syrian Refugees in Jordan, Displaced Persons in S. Sudan Rich calls himself a photojournalist in the right place at the wrong time. He has photographed and filmed every major conflict during the past 40 years. Hes been wounded, kidna
US Lawmakers Examine Response to Boko Haram Abductions CAPITOL HILL The Obama administration says it is taking action to help rescue more than 250 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted in mid-April, but that it is encountering challenges and obstacles in the
By Steve Herman Tokyo 14 December 2006 Shinzo Abe (File photo) The Japanese government has told families of Japanese abducted by North Korea that the fate of their relatives will not take a back seat to improving ties with the communist state. VOA's
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 12 December 2006 Sri Lankan soldiers sort the belongings of students at a school which came under artillery attack by Tamil Tigers in the North Eastern village of Kallaru, 7 Dec. 2006 The United Nations has expressed con
By David Gollust Jakarta 14 March US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, shake hands with Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Tuesday praised I
By Nico Colombant Dakar 02 February 2007 The war crimes trial for former Liberian President Charles Taylor is set for early June at the Hague. Prosecutors at the Special Court for Sierra Leone have charged Mr. Taylor with war crimes and crimes again
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 03 October 2006 Unidentified children of farm laborers, who faces eviction, inside their home near Messina, South Africa, in February 2005 A new report says the practice of forced evictions is increasing dramatically in Africa
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 16 October 2009 School children eat free lunch at government school in Hyderabad on World Food Day,16 Oct 2009 Despite a goal set by world leaders nine years ago to cut the number of hungry people in half by 2015, the num