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Plan to Create Worlds Largest Marine Reserve Off Antarctica Fails 建立世界最大的南极洲海洋保护区计划失败 Despite a decade of negotiations, talks to create the worlds largest marine reserve in waters off Antarctica broke down Friday
Northern Portugal is known for its black grapes used in the production of world-renowned sweet port wine. Dry soil and high altitude mean fewer grapes. But also a high concentration of sugar in the grapes exposed to the Sun on steep slopes. Port wine
Human Rights Central To U.S.-Vietnam Relations Human Rights are a central part of the U.S.- Vietnam relationship, said U.S. Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Scott Busby, speaking recently at a reception
By Lisa Bryant Paris 12 November 2007 The international climate change panel that won this year's Nobel peace prize is holding a meeting in the Spanish city of Valencia this week to draft a key report on global warming. Environmentalists hope the doc
By Phil Mercer Sydney 05 October 2007 Australia's main scientific research agency says it has produced the most accurate projections of climate change ever made - and the outlook is not good for Australia. Phil Mercer reports from Sydney, where the g
A move by South Korean lawmakers to advance a controversial free-trade agreement with the United States has sparked physical clashes between opposing parties -- with one side physically barricading itself from the other. The scuffles underline an in
US President Barack Obama, left, shake hands with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev, right, after signing the newly completed New START treaty reducing long-range nuclear weapons at the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, 8 Apr 2010 Top Pe
A tense summit meeting between Russia and the European Union has failed to provide assurances Europe will not face another mid-winter gas cutoff. Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has also warned that stronger European ties with former Soviet republ
The new president of the European Parliament, former Polish Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek, has pledged to make the European Union more accessible to average citizens following a record-low voter turnout in recent European elections. As the first East E
IMF, World Bank to Discuss Poverty, Power, and Growth More than one billion people around the world live in extreme poverty, and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim is determined to change that. He is asking the banks member nations for more resources
Greece Gets Reprieve But Difficulties Far from Over 希腊获得缓刑但困难远未结束 Following marathon negotiations over several days, European leaders announced a tentative agreement Monday to provide Greece with another bailout, its third i
By Kurt Achin Seoul 24 April 2008 The United States and South Korea are each gearing up for a crucial vote to ratify a major trade liberalization deal. In South Korea, opponents of the pact are trying to block a separate compromise to open up the cou
By Peter Heinlein New York 07 November 2006 Panama's Ambassador Dr. Ricardo Arias votes in UN General Assembly, November 7, 2006 Panama has been elected to a U.N. Security Council seat that had been the object of a bitter battle between Venezuela an
After the bitterness of last month summit, the European leaders seem to bear no grudges. Following the handshake that wasnt David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy, even managed to contact for the Camerons. Inside there was an agreement on boosting growth
By Kurt Achin Seoul 02 July 2007 U.S. President George Bush and South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun signed a wide-ranging trade liberalization agreement Saturday. Legislators in both countries will need to vote on whether to ratify the treaty. As VOA
By Phil Mercer Sydney 11 March 2008 Australia has ratified its acceptance of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. The new government elected last year made signing the emissions-limiting accord its first act. From Sydney, Phil Mercer reports. The Ky
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 13 October 2006 Collins report - Download 334k Listen to Collins report Environment ministers from ASEAN countries at the beginning of their meeting on the annual haze problem, Oct. 13, 2006 Southeast Asian environmen
By Bill Gasperini Moscow 14 July 2007 Russia has suspended its participation in a European arms control treaty, because of what the Kremlin has described as extraordinary circumstances. From Moscow, Bill Gasperini has more for VOA on what is being vi
President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon have pledged to work together to fight drug trafficking, border violence, environmental dangers and other shared challenges. The two leaders met at the country's presidential residence. 美国
By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 16 December 2007 Russia's top general has sharply criticized U.S. plans for an anti-ballistic missile shield in Europe and accused the West of using the arms control system as a political tool. He warned that Russia could lau