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On The Scene: Generosity Overwhelms Quake-Stricken Nepal KATHMANDU Time is running out to find more survivors of Saturdays huge earthquake in Nepal, which the countrys prime minister estimates could have killed 10,000 people. But the effort to get cr
AIDS-Stricken Mother Wages War Against HIV When Catherine Wyatt-Morley tested positive for HIV, she was told she had six years to live. Nearly two decades later, the mother of three is still alive, still fighting AIDS and finding strength in helping
A female worker is working on a colorful fan to be sold via retail website Taobao.com [Photo: China Plus] Chinese e-commerce is seen as little short of a miracle, with billions of transactions made every day across the country. Recently there's been
But it may be that an unprecedented demand and need for underlay action may call for temporary departure from that normal balance of public procedure. 但现在前所未有的对紧急行动的需要要求国民暂时丢弃平常生活节奏,紧迫起
Going to the hospital Father felt dizzy and would like to vomit recently. I accompany father to the hospital, since there was nobody but me at home. Father had the doctor examined his stomach. The doctor gave him a shot in his wrist for stopping his
By Steve Herman A powerful aftershock has rattled the quake-scarred region in Japan's Niigata Prefecture where more than 30 people have died and 100,000 have been homeless for four days. Meanwhile all
A famous scientist was on his way to yet another lecture when his chauffeur offered an idea.
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 04 August 2007 The United Nations Children's Fund says it is concerned that tens of thousands of primary school children in flood-stricken parts of Pakistan will miss out on school, because it has not received much-needed fundi
When I was young I knew everything And she, a punk who rarely ever took advice Now I'm guilt-stricken, sobbin' with my head on the floor Stopped a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice, no Can't be held responsible She was touchin' her face I won't b
By Peter Heinlein Shashemene, Ethiopia 18 May 2008 Humanitarian agencies are rushing emergency aid to drought-stricken central Ethiopia, where a sudden deterioration in food supplies has led to surge of child mortality. At least 23 children have die
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 19 May 2008 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon goes to Burma Thursday, where he plans to visit some of the hardest hit areas of the cyclone-devastated country and meet with the reclusive regime's top leaders. The U.
U.N. aid agencies are rushing aid to help thousands of people affected by devastating floods in Yemen. The agencies say many of the victims are without shelter, food and proper medical care. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva. The United Natio
US Pledges Aid for Drought-Stricken Somali Refugees With the drought in Somalia officially declared a famine, the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, was in the Dadaab refugee camps of Kenya to pledge Ameri
Scientists meeting in Nairobi are urging Africa's leaders to develop more sustainable models for the continent's water use. Kenya is currently suffering under a serious drought that is leaving millions hungry and stifling the country's economic reco
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The new novel Severance is about immigration and 21st-century office work and also the apocalypse. The main character, Candace Chen, is a first-generation American whose parents came from China. When a fatal disease wipes out most
A famous scientist was on his way to yet another lecture when his chauffeur offered an idea. Hey, boss, I've heard your speech many times, I bet I could deliver it and give you the night off. sounds great, the scientist said. When they got to the aud
By Catherine Maddux Washington 07 February 2006 From East Africa all the way to the southern most part of the continent, drought has ruined crops, leaving millions of people dependent on international
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 07 August 2007 A woman wades through a flooded street to collect food in Sirajgonj, about 104 kilometers (65 miles) north of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, 03 Aug 2007 United Nations aid agencies are warning that millions of peopl
U.S. President Barack Obama has pledged a wide-ranging response for farmers and ranchers to the one of the worst droughts in more than 50 years. Obama said in his weekly address Saturday the current corn crop is in poor or very poor condition and cat
Reflection on Natural Disasters 1. 最近国内外灾害不断发生,这些灾害引起了我们对于自然所做的行为的再一次思考。 2. 你是如何看待自然灾害的? 3. 我们应该采取哪些措施来尽可能避免这些灾害和