By Efam Dovi Accra 30 September 2006 In Ghana, a senior police officer and 17 others are being prosecuted for their involvement in a major cocaine drug scandal that has engulfed the West African nation. ----- Ghana Ghana's government last July set u

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(122) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(九月)

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 25 June 2007 The United Nations says there is growing evidence that the worldwide epidemic of drug abuse is being brought under control. In this year's World Drug Report, the United Nations notes there have been significant and

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. More than six thousand people died last year in Mexico's drug wars. So far this year the violence has only gotten worse. More than one thousand people have already been killed. Police have become common ta

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(三)月

By Martin Secrest Washington, D.C. 18 April 2007 There may have been advances in the development of a vaccine to protect people against the H5N1 avian influenza virus, or bird flu. Researchers say it could be possible to substantially increase global

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By Jessica Berman Washington 24 December 2006 A new study by the World Health Organization has found drug-resistant tuberculosis in virtually all of the 79 countries the organization surveyed around the world, with particularly high levels in countr

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By Melinda Smith Washington 24 May 2007 A new drug study has caught the attention of millions of diabetics around the world and doctors who treat them. VOA's Melinda Smith has more about the study which links a popular insulin controlling drug to an

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 24 April 2006 A child was killed and nine other people injured when a plane skidded off a runway and damaged nearby homes in southern Afghanistan. The Russian-made plane was

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College Makes Human Rights a Major Issue For years, Southern Methodist University Professor Rick Halperin pushed for a human rights degree program. The former chairman of Amnesty International USA taught his first human rights on campus 21 years ago,

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Drug Crime, Development Top Agenda for Summit of Americas Port of Spain, Trinidad, in 2009. The president attended his first Summit of the Americas, pledging to seek equal partnerships with other nations in the hemisphere. He also had his first encou

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 16 October 2006 The United Nations' drug agency says there has been another sharp fall in opium cultivation in the area of Southeast Asia known as the Golden Triangle, where Burma, Thailand and Laos meet. But, U.N. officials ar

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By Carolyn Weaver Kampala, Uganda 03 May 2006 watch Drug Resistance report Anti-microbial resistance -- germs becoming resistant to medicine -- is part of the natural history of infectious disease. No

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A recent Pentagon document suggested that Mexico could become a failed state as drug trafficking cartels continue to challenge government authority with widespread violence. Authorities in towns on the U.S. side of the 3,000 kilometer border are exp

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By Melinda Smith Washington 01 June 2007 A growing number of critics are calling for stricter regulation of the pharmaceutical industry and how drugs are sold in the United States. The concern comes from medical experts, consumer groups and even fro

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By Crystal Park Washington, DC 07 June 2006 watch FDA Obesity report A new report released by theU.S. Food and Drug Administration, the F.D.A., says restaurants should be doing more to help Americans

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By David McAlary Washington 10 January 2007 One of the main weapons to prevent mother-to-child transmission of the AIDS virus during birth is the drug nevirapine. But when nevirapine is used alone just once, HIV starts becoming resistant to it. Rese

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By Scott Bobb Pretoria 19 October 2006 Health officials from southern Africa and the World Health Organization (WHO) met Tuesday and Wednesday in South Africa to discuss ways to deal with growing cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis. Because new dru

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Doctors in Ghana say they are noticing a very disturbing trend of more and more pregnant women getting addicted to hard drugs like cocaine. But they say health practitioners lack knowledge or even basic statistics to help tackle the problem. VOA's N

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By Melinda Smith Washington, D.C. 12 June 2007 Obesity is a worldwide problem. Researchers have still not come up with the perfect diet or pill to help those who need to lose weight keep it off. The latest drug to show some promise is a synthetic hor

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 18 June 2007 West Africa is increasingly becoming a transit point -- as well as a stopping point -- for illicit drugs. So far, local governments have proven incapable to combat the trend. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from our

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By Brian Wagner Sao Paulo 13 May 2007 Pope Benedict, on a visit to Brazil, has been pressing church leaders to seek new solutions for social and economic problems in Latin America. From Sao Paulo, VOA's Brian Wagner reports that, in a speech on Satur

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