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The people of South Sudan are experiencing the world's worst food security crisis, one caused not by drought or flood, but by man-made conflict: a power struggle between President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar that spiraled into a

AP 2011-03-31

1. Japanese officials said there is no threat to public health from the traces of plutonium that were found in the soil outside the crippled nuclear reactor. The reactor has been leaking radiation for over two weeks. 2. President Barack Obama has a s

NPR 2009-08-17

Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius is indicating that the administration may have backed away from its insistence on a government insurance entity to help cover the tens of millions of Americans who do not currently have health

NPR 2010-08-17

Flood survivors blocking a highway in southern Sindh province in Pakistan outrage they're not seeing the humanitarian aid promised them. The BBC's Mike Wooldridge says an estimated 20 million people are affected with waterborne diseases on the rise.

NPR 2012-03-02

The Senate's Democratic majority is blocking the GOP's bid to roll back President Obama's policy on contraception insurance coverage. The vote came down a day along party lines 51:48. It killed an amendment that would have allowed employers and insur

NPR 2011-03-18

President Obama says the US military is working around the clock to help Japan in quake relief efforts and in an attempt to soothe radiation concerns here at home. We do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the United States, whether it's

NPR 2011-04-20

Syria is abolishing nearly 50 years of emergency rule that gave the government broad powers to detain anyone considered a threat. This was a key demand for the Syrian opposition. But it may not be enough for President Bashar al-Assad to halt the more

NPR 2011-07-05

A British soldier has been killed in Afghanistan's Helmand province. NATO forces found the body after an extensive search this morning. Taliban insurgents claim they executed him. This as General David Petraeus attended a re-enlistment ceremony in Ka

NPR 2011-08-10

Wall Street's reacting to news from the Federal Reserve today that interest rates would stay low to help economic growth pick up. At last check, we see the Dow up more than 400 points or 3.8% at 11,229; NASDAQ is up more than 5% or 125 points at 2,48

美国英语听力80篇2 Lesson27

[00:04.31]Flooding is continuing for a third week in southern African countries. [00:11.31]:Strong rain and wind have destroyed houses, bridges and roads in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. [00:23.54]Crops have been destroyed, and tho

新编英语教程第二册Unit12

Unit 12 DIALOGUE I Music A: You have a very good stereo system ... What a fine sound it produces! I feel like I'm sitting in a grand concert hall. B: It is a good system. It has fine treble, soft bass

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Fighting Malaria in Africa From Your Home ComputerBy Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, July 24, 2006 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Personal computers can spend a

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Four Countries Gain Increased I.M.F. Voting RightsBy Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, September 25, 2006 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. I.M.F. Chief Rodrigo de Ra

Mothers Fight for Children’s Lives, Hunger in Yemen

A young mother in Yemen stood on the scale for a doctor. Even wearing her long, black clothing she weighed only 38 kilograms. The mother, Umm Mizrah, is pregnant, but starving. She is giving all her food to her children. The doctors office was filled

VOA常速英语2017--中非共和国暴力形势加剧

There has been a spike in violence in one of Africa's poorest and most war-torn countries, the Central African Republic, known as CAR. 非洲最贫穷、受战争蹂躏最深重的国家中非共和国(CAR)出现了前所未有的暴力形势高峰。

UN chief to visit flood-ravaged Pakistan

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-general Ban Ki- moon will travel to Pakistan（巴基斯坦） to visit the country's flood-ravaged areas on Saturday, UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said here on Friday. The spokesman noted, however, tha

CNN 2009-01-08

Good morning from the CNN center in Atlanta. I am Reggie Aqui. Thanks for checking in. This is your NOW IN THE NEWS update. A humanitarian truce in Gaza for 3 hours every other day. Israel has offered to suspend its military actions, so residents ca

CNN 2009-01-13

Good morning from the CNN Center in Atlanta. I'm Reggie Aqui. Here's what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. We begin with President Bush who gave what would likely be the last news conference of his presidency today. Bush spent time thanking members of t

CNN 2009-01-20

Good morning from the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Reggie Aqui. Thanks for checking in. Here is your NOW IN THE NEWS update. On this day before the inauguration of the country's first African-American president, the nation is honoring the memory of Ma

CNN 2011-03-04

Thanks to Mr. Prichard's students for that amazing introduction. Thanks to all of you for checking out this Wednesday edition of CNN Student News. I am Carl Azuz. Let's get going. First up, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the country of