Laurie Kassman The latest World Refugee Survey issued by the U.S. Committee for Refugees estimates the global total of refugees and asylum seekers now reaches nearly 12 million. The survey this year h

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(上)--国际时事

By Dorian Jones Istanbul 27 July 2007 The July 22 general election in Turkey resulted in a landslide victory for the Islamic rooted Justice and Development party, or AK. While many people in Turkey are still coming to terms with the scale of the vict

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Young People Navigate Relationships, Romance and HIV The exercise in this panel discussion: whether to disclose HIV status in a hypothetical relationship. Red means no, green means yes and yellow means maybe. There's a variety of responses in the sce

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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Sometimes, you need to leave home to see it clearly. On our recent trip to Canada, we found an American comic who was taking stock of the U.S. from just across the border. ERIK GRIFFIN: It's good to be here, guys, up here i

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By Zulima Palacio Washington, DC 24 April 2006 watch Wind Power report It is estimated that the world's consumption of energy will increase by 60 percent over the next 20 years. Today half of U.S. ele

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By Gary Thomas Washington 19 January 2006 US Vice President Dick Cheney shakes hands with Pakistan's President, Pervez Musharraf, left Pakistan's prime minister is in the United States and is schedule

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 01 August 2007 WHO Breastfeeding awareness poster The World Health Organization and United Nations Children's Fund say breast-feeding babies immediately after birth can prevent many neonatal deaths in developing countries. The

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By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 11 December 2007 Vietnam has been holding four Vietnamese-born American citizens since late November, accusing them of terrorism. The U.S. ambassador to Hanoi has criticized Vietnam's conduct in holding the U.S. citizens. Mat

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By Nathan Morley Nicosia 21 March 2008 Hopes are now high that the face-to- face meeting between the two community leaders in Cyprus has paved the way for peace on the divided Mediterranean island. The new president of the Republic of Cyprus Demitis

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 28 May 2008 Various international agencies and advocacy groups say North Korea is close to its worst food crisis in a decade. However, political changes on the Korean peninsula have complicated South Korea's ability to come to the

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Colonial Ties Cloud Debate Over French Intervention in Mali On a back street of the Paris suburb Montreuil lies the Foyer Bara, home to dozens of Malians who have emigrated to the former colonial power. Here you can get everything from a hot lunch to

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Students from more than 100 countries live and socialize at International House while studying at New York's universities. The peaceful atmosphere seems a world away from Egypt, where millions have demonstrated to force President Hosni Mubarak from p

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Ending Hunger and Undernutrition 终结饥饿和营养不良 A new report says ending persistent hunger and undernutrition should be top development priorities. The International Food Policy Research Institute, IFPRI, has released its annual Global F

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By David Hubler and Faith Lapidus Washington 10 November 2007 For nearly 60 years, Norman Mailer was one of America's most prolific and controversial authors. A colleague says Mailer died early Saturday at a hospital in New York City. He was 84. Mail

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The big news over last few weeks, Bill Clinton reemerging on the campaign trail, here he was in Iowa last week. I know some people sort of say well, you know, look at them, they are old. And they are sorta yesterdays news, you know. Well, yesterdays

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By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 13 April 2006 The Asian Development Bank warns Asian governments to prepare for a possible collapse of the U.S. dollar as the trade gap widens between Asia and its Western tra

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By Andre de Nesnera Washington 11 October 2007 Relations remain tense between Russia and Georgia several weeks after Georgian forces killed two Russian military officers in the Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia. In this background report from Wa

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Britain's Arms Sales Are Boon, but Pose Predicament英国武器销售创新高 但面临窘境 LONDON A recent report from the British Parliament says the country has arms sales contracts with six countries it has designated as having poor human righ

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The newspaper industry was already pressing through changes. The recession has simply accelerated the process. The figures make grim reading. In the past five years, some of the countries biggest and most established regional newspapers have seen the

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