By Jill Moss Broadcast: October 20, 2003 This is Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Development Report. An estimated one-hundred-thirty-five million people have low vision. Forty to forty-five

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World Environment Day(世界环境日)World Environment Day (WED) was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. Commemorated yearly on 5 June, WED is one of the principal

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Women are joining together all over the world to mark the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day on March 8. Women poured through London's streets on Tuesday singing loudly for women's rights. The banners they carried trained a spotlight on t

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World AIDS Day 2012 More Hopeful Than in Past According to the United Nations, about 34 million people worldwide are living with HIV, and 2.5 million were infected last year alone. In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control says there is a

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The International Day of Peace should be one of the most important days of the year. It occurs annually on September 21st. It is dedicated to peace as well as the absence of war. This day also serves as a global ceasefire day. Many countries, politic

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Buy Nothing Day is a great way of reminding yourself you dont need to go shopping. In todays world, most of us buy too much, too often. There is really no need for us to buy half the stuff we purchase. In fact, make that three-quarters, or even nine-

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International Dance Day, also known as World Dance Day, is celebrated on April 29 each year. It started in 1982 to commemorate the birthday of the dancer Jean-Georges Noverre. The day is organized by the International Dance Council (IDC), which is pa

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Nerd Pride Day, also called Geek Pride Day, is a fun and serious day that celebrates nerds and geeks. Anyone around the world can feel proud to be a nerd or geek on this day. The day started in 2006 and takes place on May 25. This is a very special d

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Canada Day is on July the 1st every year. Canadians all around the world celebrate the day when their nation became a country on July 1, 1867. Today, it is a federal national holiday. Many Canadians call it Canadas birthday. Canada Day recognizes the

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By Paul Sisco Washington, D.C. 21 March 2007 watch World Water Day report Coping with water scarcity is the theme of this year's World Water Day (March 22nd). World Water Day is an annual day of observance and action coordinated by the United Nation

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By Mandy Clark London 19 June 2008 On World Refugee Day Friday, as the world commemorates the plight of 11 million people who have fled their homes, the U.N. refugee agency has created a refugee village in the heart of London. The aim is to highligh

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World Population Day Focuses on Family Planning There are already seven billion people living in this world. Half of the population is under the age of 25. We add a quarter of a million people a day to the world population, and, of course, the planet

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World No Tobacco Day Proven Successful Every year, Americans observe the Great American Smoke Out, a day set aside to encourage smokers to go without a cigarette for one day. Suddenly giving up a habit is referred to as going cold turkey. In Knoxvill

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World Prematurity Day Aims to Lower Rates of Premature Births This tiny newborn is one of more than 15 million babies who start their lives with a major disadvantage...being born too soon. Preterm birth is the greatest killer of newborns around the w

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World Health Day Raises Awareness of Deadliest Condition On an evening at Dakar beach in Senegal, the sands are packed with people exercising. A recent World Health Organization report indicated that one out of eight Senegalese women aged over 20 are

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HEALTH REPORT- World AIDS Day 2004 Focuses on Risk to Women and Girls By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. December first

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-In 1921, at the International Co-operative Congress of World Co-op Leaders wanted to identify and define the growing co-operative movement's common values and ideals to help unite co-ops around the world. They decided to hold a special event to cele

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 08 November 2007 November 14th is the first United Nations observed World Diabetes Day, and health experts say diabetes has reached epidemic levels in many countries, including the United States. In Los Angeles, diabet

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LONDON, April 16 (Xinhua) -- China's top snooker player Ding Junhui will take on Ryan Day in the opening round of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield next week. Ding, who entered the semifinals last year but was knocko

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June 20th is World Refugee Day, a day to remember refugees world wide who have had to leave their homes and may never return. A refugee is a person who has had to escape from their country because they could be imprisoned or killed for their beliefs.

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