By Selah Hennessy London 29 September 2009 An international aid group says East Africa is facing the worst humanitarian crisis in 10 years. The Britain-based agency, Oxfam, says climate change is leading to extreme drought, killing cattle and threat

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 30 October 2009 European Union leaders overcame differences on funding for climate change, and moved forward on new leadership posts for the 27-member block as they wrapped up a two-day summit. European Union leaders meeting in

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US Aid Groups Organize HIV/AIDS Camps in Africa In parts of the world where it is summer time and schools are out, many kids go to camps for different activities and fun. In Africa, there is a growing trend among U.S.-based aid groups to organize HIV

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U.S. Palestinian Aid Cuts Hit Programs Providing Food And Health For Gaza's Poorest RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The U.S. government is a major aid donor to the Palestinians, but this year, the Trump administration has withheld millions of dollars even for p

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Your home can be a dangerous place. But, if you understand what you can do to make your home safer, you can prevent accidents. And always keep a first-aid kit in your home - just in case ( 以防 ) there is an accident. The kitchen, bathroom and bedro

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 02 March 2006 Hooded police in Kenya have raided the privately owned Standard media group's television offices and newspaper printing presses. The managing editor of the Keny

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 16 June 2006 French President Jacques Chirac, second right, gestures while speaking with Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel, second left, during a group photo The European Union approved new humanitarian aid to the Palestini

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By Scott Stearns White House 01 May 2008 U.S. President George Bush is asking Congress for $770 million to help ease food shortages and rising prices around the world. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. President Bush says he

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By David Gollust Washington 14 December 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday launched an effort to mobilize U.S. private-sector support for rebuilding Afghanistan's legal system. Under a new public-private partnership effort, U.S. l

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By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 24 April 2007 South Korean officials say their agreement Sunday to send rice to help North Korea feed its people will only go through if Pyongyang honors a pledge to begin dismantling its nuclear weapons program. And P

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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

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Thailand's central bank hopes to help the country's beleaguered exporters by allowing more investment overseas part of a strategy to cheapen the Thai baht. Thailand market analysts doubt the plan will offer much respite from the global economic slum

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Leaders of the G8 developed nations wound up talks in Italy Friday with a pledge of $20 billion to boost food supplies in poor nations. Commitments to food security and to stem global warming were among the highlights of the meeting. US President Ba

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Some Food Aid Arrives in Bangui 一部分援助食品已经抵达班基 A vehicle filled with people and heavy load, precedes a convoy of over 100 trucks arriving in the Central African Republic capital Bangui from Cameroon, Monday Jan. 27, 2014. The

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By David McAlary Washington 14 December 2006 President Bush has expanded the number of African nations receiving special U.S. aid to combat malaria. Mr. Bush says there can be no turning back from his goal of cutting the number of malaria deaths in

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By Noel King Khartoum 19 June 2006 Sudanese children collect water from a well in the village of Brikatouly in South Darfur, Sudan The top United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Sudan says that fighting among rebel factions is blocking humanitar

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 15 February 2007 Many West African countries do not have enough money to pay teacher salaries on a regular basis or to refurbish schools. The result is a decaying educational system, with frustrated teachers, students and par

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With many people in Zimbabwe at the point of starvation, a government ban on field work by relief organizations is putting them at further risk. As Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA, even if the restrictions are lifted now, humanitarian groups say it

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By David Gollust State Department 09 May 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the United States is sending $10 million in emergency medical aid to the Pale

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In Sri Lanka, aid agencies say a crowded hospital in the northern war zone has been shelled, killing at least nine people. The attack on the hospital comes amid growing concerns for an estimated 250,000 civilians caught in the fighting between the g

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