World Bank Praises Burundis Regulatory Reforms The survey evaluates governments according to their ability to ease stumbling blocks in creating and operating businesses. Among the hurdles are dealing with construction permits, registering property, g

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Black Lives Matter Movement Seeks Reforms to End Police Brutality WASHINGTON The Black Lives Matter movement is renewing calls to end police brutality and is pushing for criminal justice reforms across the United States. The social movement is trying

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China Plans Economic Reforms as its Economy Slows 中国计划经济改革应对经济增长放缓 Hello there! Welcome to As It Is. Im Steve Ember in Washington. Twenty years have passed since South Africa ended its system of racial separation, know

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Report: Africa Agricultural Reforms Could Ensure Food Security Experts say Africa needs agricultural market reforms if its going to overcome food shortages and high prices. A new report outlines what it calls high payoff, low-cost solutions. The Alli

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Cambodian Minister Vows Meaningful Reforms to US Investors 柬埔寨部长承诺对美国投资者进行有意义的改革 WASHINGTON Cambodian Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol has concluded a trade mission to the United States during which he emphasiz

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 03 May 2006 A man pushes a cart filled with collected cardboard boxes past posters of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic The European Union has suspended talks on clo

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By George Dwyer Washington, DC 26 September 2006 watch Afghan Crisis Group report War-torn Afghanistan The Washington D.C.-based International Crisis Group works to resolve violent struggle around the world and help regions recover afterward. It dis

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By Daniel Schearf Singapore 21 September 2006 Finance ministers from mainly developing countries have expressed concern that the World Bank's anti-corruption campaign may divert resources from poverty relief and attach too many conditions to aid. At

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 15 May 2008 French banking giant Credit Agricole says it will sell billions of dollars in assets to deal with subprime losses by its investment arm. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports the new financial blow adds to the economic worr

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The fraud scandal at one of India's largest software outsourcers, Satyam Computer Services, has again placed the spotlight on corporate governance in Asia. Experts say the region has made some progress, but more needs to be done. A security personne

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 13 December 2007 European Union leaders are adopting a groundbreaking treaty in Lisbon aimed to streamline and grant more powers to the 27-member institution. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports the document is the result of a length

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By David Gollust Jakarta 15 March 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gestures during a speech to a group of Indonesian students, parliamentarians and businessmen Wednesday March 15, 2006 in

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By David Gollust Jakarta 13 March 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Indonesia to begin the Asian leg of a globe-circling overseas trip. She'll meet President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

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By Steve Mort Miami, Florida 13 August 2007 Acting Cuban President Raul Castro is promising to introduce changes on the island a year after taking power. Castro's older brother Fidel turns 81 today and has not appeared in public since having emergen

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By CCTV correspondent Grace Brown December 3rd marks the United Nation's World Day for Persons with Disabilities. This year's theme is: break barriers, open doors. But despite many reforms in China to boost their employment, opportunities for handica

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 14 November 2007 Public transportation ground to a virtual halt across much of France as workers went on strike for the second time in a month to protest proposed government reforms. For VOA, Lisa Bryant has more in this report f

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 17 October 2007 European Union leaders are expected to approve a treaty on E.U. reforms during a meeting in Lisbon Thursday and Friday. Lisa Bryant reports from Paris that if signed and ratified, it will end a two-year political

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 15 April 2008 The winner in Italy's national elections, Silvio Berlusconi, has promised to form a streamlined Cabinet that could get to work quickly to tackle the country's problems. After his center-right coalition emerge

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In addition to Tianjian, Chinas State Council approved two other new free trade zones last month. Two provinces, Guangdong and Fujian, will have free trade zones modeled on Shanghai Free Trade Zone. In the past year, the Shanghai Free Trade Zone has

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Here in the United States, some prison guards are defending the use of solitary confinement. It's been controversial for centuries. As long ago as 1824, the Marquis de Lafayette, hero of the American Revolution, was shocked to le

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