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The United Nations reports that deaths and injuries from the conflict in Ukraine have been rising in recent months. The conflict has now entered its fourth year. Russian-supported separatists in eastern Ukraine are fighting forces loyal to Ukraines c
AS IT IS 2014-02-22 Gold Gains Importance in DRC Conflict 黄金是刚果民主共和国冲突的重要因素 Welcome to As It Is, from VOA Learning English! Im Bob Doughty in Washington. Today on the program, some nations are attempting to cut links
Bipartisan legislation on so called conflict minerals was recently introduced in the US House of Representatives. The bill is designed to create transparency and allow consumers to make informed choices when they purchase electronic devices like cel
Libyan Conflict Brings Out Mixed Emotions in Rebel Hub Rebels in Libya continue to battle forces loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi for control of the country. Many in the rebel hub of Benghazi have mixed emotions about the conflict. Scott Bobb reports
By Wajid Ali Syed Washington, DC 26 September 2006 watch report Conflict Professor For the past 12 years, students at the University of Maryland, outside Washington, D.C., have been learning about conflict resolution from an unusual team of professo
Economics Report - Conflict Presses Syrian Economy This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Eighteen months of conflict in Syria have hurt the countrys economy. But in the capital, Damascus, a certain level of normalcy exists. Prices are hig
Somalia's Ethiopia-backed transitional government and some opposition figures have formally signed a peace deal reached two months ago at U.N.-led talks in Djibouti. But with the leadership on both sides deeply divided, the pact is not expected to s
Syrian Conflict Gives Kurds New Freedom When Syrian government forces withdrew recently, the Kurdish city of Afrin came under the control of the Kurd's Democratic Union Party, known as the P.Y.D. Afrin has its own checkpoints and flies its own flag.
Water Scarcity Root of Darfur Conflict The conflict in Western Sudan's Darfur region erupted more than eight years ago. It has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and displaced an estimated two million people. Disputes over scarce water and grazin
Libyan Conflict Seen as Stalemate Fresh fighting in Libya Tuesday follows the failure of an African diplomatic initiative to end hostilities between pro- and anti-government forces. Both the Libyan government and rebel leaders outwardly express confi
By Selah Hennessy London 18 November 2009 Young Afghan girls help their father cleaning outside of their house in impoverished locality in Kabul (Oct 2009 file photo) A Britain-based charity has found a majority of Afghans see poverty and unemployme
Past Conflict Still Affects Aid Workers The many years of conflict in northern Uganda between government forces and the Lords Resistance Army took a heavy toll on the civilian population. The LRA carried out killings, rapes, looting, mutilations and
Aid Agencies: World Has Forgotten Darfur Conflict An estimated 300,000 people have died in the decade-long conflict in Darfur, most of them civilians. Almost two million have fled their homes. Abakar Adam has lived in a refugee camp near the town of
US Poised for Prolonged Syrian Conflict U.S. military experts have been in Jordan already, training Jordanian troops working to prevent a spillover of violence from Syria. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told Congress he is boosting that force by deplo
By Raymond Thibodeaux Gulu, Uganda 02 March 2006 Opposition supporters scream at Ugandan riot police as police and opposition supporters clashed in Kampala, February 25, 2006 Many of the nearly two mi
Diplomatic efforts are continuing in an effort to secure a cease-fire in Georgia and the withdrawal of Russian troops from the former Soviet Republic. In this report from Washington, VOA Senior Correspondent Andr de Nesnera looks at what the current
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 10 November 2009 The U.N. refugee agency says it is extremely concerned about the recent escalation of the conflict in northern Yemen between the government and rebel Houthis. The UNHCR says there has been a significant increa
今天我们要学的词是conflict of interest。 Conflict of interest, 利益冲突。 Since Wal-Mart is in dispute with the city, the council member sold his Wal-Mart stocks to avoid a conflict of interest, 这名市议员卖掉了跟市政府有争
As efforts to salvage the ceasefire agreement shifted to Moscow, China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei said a political solution is the only way to end the conflict in Syria. The recent escalation of violence in Syria has led to casualties.
今天我们要学的词是 armed conflict. Armed conflict 武装冲突。The Red Cross said the situation in Syria amounts to an international armed conflict following the U.S. missile strikes. 美国实施导弹打击后,红十字会说,叙利亚