By Kari Barber Washington 01 October 2007 Sierra Leone's long civil war was especially brutal, with children serving as soldiers and rebels hacking off the limbs of civilians. When it ended, the country lay in ruin, a once thriving tourist industry

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LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: When Forbes Magazine first ranked the 400 richest Americans back in 1982, there were 13 billionaires. On the latest list, every single person on the Forbes 400 is a billionaire. America's ultra rich - you know some of th

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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is marking its 10th anniversary. But celebrations have been subdued because of a lack of donations needed for future projects. The United States is being called on to lead efforts to replenish t

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The cost of rice has risen up to 50 percent on world markets, raising concerns among aid agencies in Asia. The agencies say they are facing shortfalls in efforts to feed the hungry in the region. 世界市场上大米价格暴涨引起亚洲救援机构

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Online Support For DRC Organizations 在线支持刚果民主共和国组织 This month, the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, and the Eastern Congo Initiative released an online video series detailing a database of community-based

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A new U.N. report warns that not enough progress is being made in raising literacy rates, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia. U.S. First Lady Laura Bush was at U.N. headquarters in New York Tuesday to spotlight the need for improve

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By Barry Wood Washington 10 July 2007 The Washington-based World Bank, the planet's biggest anti-poverty agency, has been in turmoil--its president forced out amid a staff revolt. VOA's economics correspondent Barry Wood reports that the bank--owned

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By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 26 December 2007 Areas of Indonesia devastated by the Indian Ocean Tsunami are marking the third anniversary of one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. As the effort to build housing and roads wraps up, reconstr

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By Scott Stearns White House 30 May 2007 President Bush says he wants former U.S. trade representative Robert Zoellick to head the World Bank. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Zoellick would replace Paul Wolfowitz, who steps down

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 27 April 2006 Eritrea's presidential spokesman says his country is pursuing a long-term food security strategy that largely shuns foreign food aid as a way of making the coun

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By Joe Bavier Niamey 24 April 2006 Last year, widespread food shortages hit Niger, forcing a massive relief effort to save millions of people at risk of malnutrition. Now, nearly one year later, the l

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday urged more international assistance for Haiti, saying the impoverished Caribbean state is in jeopardy because of the global recession and hurricane damage. Clinton is scheduled to visit Haiti and th

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AIDS Funding Boosts Overall Healthcare The battle against HIV/AIDS has received more donor funding than most other diseases combined. Many tens of billions of dollars has been spent in the more than 30 years of the epidemic. The amount of funding has

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Funding Shortfalls Threaten Polio Eradication The WHO-sponsored World Health Assembly ended recentedly in Geneva, Switzerland, with the announcement of a new strategy to wipe out the polio virus forever. Organizers said global polio eradication has s

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Foreign ministers and delegates from various countries attend an international conference on Afghanistan's future in Kabul, Afghanistan, 20 July 2010 Representatives from countries around the world and international organizations have met in Kabul at

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Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf attends the New World, New Capitalism conference in Paris, 9 Jan 2009 (file photo) Liberian President, Ellen Sirleaf Johnson is urging countries to make free health care available to the poor. The Liberian pre

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Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has asked South Africa for short-term financial assistance to get his government and the public service working again. Mr. Tsvangirai first unsuccessfully sought assistance from Western donor nations. Morgan

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Advocacy Group Praises Clinton AIDS Remarks Advocacy groups are praising Secretary of State Hillary Clintons comments that an AIDS-free generation is within reach. Mrs. Clinton spoke Monday at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Mitchell Warren c

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EmergingEconomies,EmergingDiseases Emerging economies such as China, India and South Africa are discovering there is a downside to prosperity. As incomes rise, health can decline. On Monday, the U.N. opens a high-level meeting on non-communicable dis

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Informing Girls about Puberty Has Many Benefits Helping African teenage girls deal with puberty has the added benefit of increasing their attendance at school. A new study in the journal PLOS ONE says simple, low cost interventions can have long-term

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