Europe Re-Examines Extreme Right Groups After Norway Massacre A terror attack in Norway last week, which was carried out by an extreme right-wing Norwegian man, has raised questions about security threats in Europe. Is the perceived threat from Islam

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(七月)

Support groups offer emotional help following the diagnosis of an illness. CNN's Judy Fortin reports The thought of opening up and sharing personal details of an illness with strangers may not appeal to everyone,but many people do welcome the reinfo

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Humans aren't the only species that forms friendships. Lots of animals prefer to spend their time only with certain individuals. It's all very well showing that you do get social relationships and social bonds forming, but why on earth would you form

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By Brian Wagner Port-au-Prince 17 April 2008 Foreign aid groups in Haiti say they are hurt by the high cost of food just as much as ordinary citizens whose anger over the rising prices led to violent protests in the Caribbean nation last week. In Por

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2008年(四月)

By Noel King Khartoum 09 January 2007 The governor of the U.S. state of New Mexico, Bill Richardson, visited Sudan's Darfur region on Tuesday in an attempt to get holdout Darfur rebel groups to agree to a 60-day ceasefire with the Sudanese governmen

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 22 September 2007 A meeting of rebel groups from Sudan's Darfur region, aimed at finding a common position ahead of October peace talks, has been temporarily suspended. Phuong Tran reports from VOA's Central and West Africa burea

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By Dorian Jones Istanbul 16 June 2008 Several governments and women's rights groups say forced and arranged marriages are a growing problem in European countries. Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul the Turkish city recently hosted one of a series me

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At Olympics, Christian and Islamic Groups Compete for Souls The competition is for peoples souls. Christian groups like Amana Trust are handing out Bibles and spreading the Christian word of God. Robin Fenwick, a volunteer from Canada, says they came

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A coalition of religious groups and refugee organizations wants U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to take a new approach to Chad. The coalition of aid groups says the Obama administration should set a new foreign policy agenda for Chad that includes

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As the governments in India and Pakistan try to resume their peace dialogue derailed more than 15 months ago by the Mumbai terror attacks, a private peace initiative is underway in both countries. Desire for Peace or Aman Ki Asha in Urdu and Hindi. T

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The State Department has condemned Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's announced decision to bar international relief groups from distributing aid in that country within a year, and said blame for resulting hardships will rest with the Khartoum gove

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Muslim Groups Back Occupy Wall Street Protesters Scores of social and civic groups are backing the Occupy Wall Street protest movement around the world. At the site of the original Occupy demonstration in New York, a group of Muslims held Friday pray

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By Elizabeth Lee Washington 23 October 2009 According to the World Health Organization, one in three women in the world will experience violence in her lifetime. Human Rights groups are urging members of Congress to pass the International Violence A

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By Carolyn Presutti Washington 26 October 2009 Technology is transforming our lives. It's also transforming the way non-profit groups police human rights abuses around the world. Pictures taken from high in the skies are revealing gruesome stories -

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Four prominent Darfur rebel groups are forming a unified front to engage in future peace talks with Sudan's government, and urging other factions to join them. The front still faces big obstacles as members try to patch up differences that doomed pr

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 11 March 2008 Kenyans are beginning to come to terms with the violence that followed the country's 2007 elections in which more than 1,000 people were killed and as many as 600,000 were displaced. There are growing calls for

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US Democracy Groups Mark 30 Years of Progress, Controversy WASHINGTON Democracy has made numerous advances around the world in the past three decades, thanks in part to several U.S.-based organizations. The National Endowment for Democracy and relate

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By Derek Kilner Nairobi 05 March 2008 Kenya's parliament is set to reconvene Thursday to begin the process of enacting a power-sharing agreement reached last week between the country's two main parties. But as Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, incid

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 19 October 2009 Civic groups meeting in Thailand are petitioning regional governments to halt dam construction on two major Southeast Asian rivers. The groups say the dams threaten food supplies for millions and are leading to

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 09 October 2009 Civil society groups in Southeast Asia are calling on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for full implementation of human rights and other reforms. The call was being made ahead of an ASEAN summi

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