Nigeria Oil Spills Double Risk of Infant Mortality, Research Shows Babies are much more likely to die in their first few weeks of life if their mothers live close to the site of an oil spill, according to new research. Scientists studied data on infa

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Health Report - In US, an Epidemic of Prescription Drug Abuse 健康报道 - 美国处方药滥用成灾 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 Officials in the United States say deadly abuse o

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Mitch Woods Takes His 'Blues Beyond Borders' Woods spends more than half the year on tour, with many of those dates in countries around the globe. Some are solo concerts and others feature his band The Rocket 88s, who toured Turkey for five weeks in

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BBC news with Julie Candler. The United States has said it could take further military actions against the Syrian government after firing missiles at a Syrian airbase from which Washington believes a chemical weapons attack was launched. Addressing a

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Todd: So Julia, I was looking at your website and I noticed that you did a bike trip in Cambodia. Julia: Yes, that's right. I joined an organization called Pepi and we did a ride from Siem Reap to Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City. Todd: Wow, that's pretty c

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By Carrie Giardino Talks between a militia leader and the Nigerian president aimed at ending further violence in the oil-rich southern region are in a third day in Abuja. But the rebel leader has accu

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Cameroon-Nigeria Border Demarcation Due to be Finished Next Year An agreement between Cameroon and its western neighbor, Nigeria, is serving as a model for the peaceful resolution of border disputes. The Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission was created

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By Margaret Besheer United Nations 20 May 2008 Before departing for cyclone-stricken Burma Monday, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he hopes to meet with government officials, neighboring leaders and relief coordinators to plan the way forward

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By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 23 May 2008 Burma's military junta has agreed to allow relief workers of all nationalities to enter the country to help victims of Cyclone Nargis. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says Burmese leader General Than Shwe made t

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The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta blamed the resumption of the attacks on the suspended peace talks due to President Umaru Yar'Adua's absence. Gilbert Da Costa | Abuja 19 December 2009 The rebel group responsible for most of the at

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Militants from Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta set off several small bombs in the capital during ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of independence. Police in Nigeria say at least eight people have been killed and several others injured. Two car

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The Nile has always been synonymous with Egypt. The ancient Greek historian H* called Egypt the gift of the Nile. Nowhere else is more evident than in the country's breadbasket, the Delta. From above, it's been described as a flowering lotus plant, a

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: The big three airlines - American, Delta and United - are taking on discount carriers like Spirit and Frontier by offering no-frills discounted fares called basic economy. Some are calling it misery class because among other thing

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The Streaming down the Yangtze team is in Shanghai, home to China's first Free Trade Zone. As a major shipping and trading city Shanghai grew in importance in the 19th century due to imports, exports, and recognition of its economic potential. The mu

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Hi, everyone. I'm Patty Kim. Today we're headed for Southern Africa, a place that holds something for every traveler, for every budget: cosmopolitan cities, world-class safaris, not to mention record-setting sites that'll take your breath away. Here'

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Now, however, nine out of every ten people in Egypt are Mohammedans and, instead of building pyramids, they build beautiful mosques. Close by these big pyramids is the Sphinx, a huge stone figure with the body of a lion and the head of one of the Egy

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There is something beautiful in the subtlety of that exchange, in the attention that each party must pay to the motivations and desires of the other. 这段对话的精彩之处就在于它蕴涵的意思非常微妙,双方都需要注意对方言谈

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Chapter Eight Rice Paddies and Math Tests 第八章 稻谷种植与数学测试 NO ONE WHO CAN RISE BEFORE DAWN 360 DAYS A YEAR FAILS TO MAKE HIS FAMILY RICH. 早起的鸟有食吃 The gateway to the industrial heartland of Southern China runs up thr

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The Games organised at Olympia led to the development of the Panhellenic Games, which also included: - The Games at Delphi (Pythian Games) - The Games at Corinth (Isthmian Games) - The Games at Nemea

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Doug Levine | Washington 04 January 2010 Rock, blues and soul come together on a new release titled Pearl River by rising singer and guitarist Mike Zito. For Mike Zito, singing Dirty Blonde from Pearl River, the phrase up-and-comer is a thing of the

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