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By Crystal Park Washington, DC 28 February 2006 watch eWaste report Constant innovations and breakthroughs in technology are helping the world. But there's a downside. The amount of electronic waste,
Unit 26 Friends Bring Happiness We sit around the rough wooden table in the summer cabin for a class reunion. About 15 men and women who have one thing in common: we all went to elementary school together. A classmate sums it up. What's most importan
In Hong Kong, the versatility and resourcefulness of Customs officers are taken to such extremes 在香港,海关人员具备多方面的知识和技能。 That we are not only responsible for performing our traditional duties as tax collector and
By Steve Herman New Delhi 29 February 2008 A disabled passenger ship being towed across the Pacific Ocean is rekindling debate about how such vessels are scrapped. VOA correspondent Steve Herman reports from New Delhi. A once glorious ocean liner is
By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 30 January 2007 watch Highway Pollution report A study of 3600 children living near busy highways in southern California shows that auto emissions can stunt a child's lung development and increase the risk of early re
Environmentalists are hailing a Bangladesh High Court decision to order the closure, in two weeks, of all ship-salvaging yards which do not have environmental clearances. The judges also have banned toxic ships from entering Bangladeshi waters. The
By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 19 January 2007 watch Railway Safety report A train transporting hazardous materials derailed on Tuesday in the southern U.S. state of Kentucky. The accident raises new concerns about railway safety in the United States.
By Joe Bavier Abidjan 28 October 2006 More than two months after hundreds of thousands of liters of toxic waste were dumped in Ivory Coast's main city, a massive cleanup operation is nearing completion. Waste removal experts work to remove hazardous
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 09 February 2006 A U.S. Senate office building was evacuated late Wednesday after sensors detected the possible presence in the air of what was initially described as a ne
Agriculture Report - Making Power From Coconut Shells, Mango Pits 农业报道 - 通过椰子壳和芒果核发电 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 Seth DeBolt is a plant scientist a
By Phil Mercer Sydney 14 August 2006 Australian Prime Minister John Howard Australia's conservative government has withdrawn a controversial asylum bill before the Senate looked ready to defeat it. Prime Minister John Howard, whose 10 years in offic
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 12 September 2006 United Nations disaster-management experts have gone to Ivory Coast to help with the investigation of a toxic waste dumping incident that has left at least six people dead and thousands ill. ----- A man point
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 08 January 2008 U.S. Senators Tom Harkin and Bernie Sanders and Congressman Elliot Engel are in Abidjan, Ivory Coast'scommercial capital, for a two-day visit related to child labor in cocoa production. They are set to meet with
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 06 August 2006 Child laborers who were rescued from small-scale industrial units wait to get themselves registered at a police station, in Bombay, India (File photo) India has announced it will ban the employment of chil