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By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: July 12, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, In the News. President Bush was in Africa this week to discuss the AIDS crisis, trade, African confli
Making Local Food More Nutritious About one in three people worldwide eats food that fills them up but lacks protein, vitamins and minerals. Health experts have a name for this situation: hidden hunger. It can lead to weakness in the bodys natural de
Ebola Is Top Health Story for 2014 If asked, What was the most important health story of 2014? there would be little debate. Ebola has killed more than 6,800 people and infected more than three times that number. But this is not the first time the wo
Report: Ebola Fueled by Distrust As health officials in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone struggle to eliminate the final cases of Ebola, a new report said some hard lessons have been learned. The group International Alert says a lack of trust between
Topics: Americans Abroad-The Founding of Liberia; The Gateway Arch; to struggle versus to fight versus to carry on; to churn and burn; hipster doofus Words: to sponsor to colonize liberty to declare intention abolitionist gateway arch to expand memor
Health Report - Do Sex Strikes Work? This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Last month, women in a civil rights group in Togo called a weeklong sex strike to try to force the president of the West African nation to resign. Members of Let's Sa
To avoid UN sanctions, arest and heavy fines, he shifted the stones on the false documents. Carrier was right with cash in the bank at Antwerp and went back with rough diamonds hidden in their body cavities. Together they tracks the orgins of r* stor
By Leah Krakinowski Diamond smuggling in West Africa has become a steady, almost untraceable source of funding for U.S.-listed terror groups like al-Qaida and Hezbollah, according to information disco
Liberians Hope Election Marks Turning Point 利比里亚人期望选举会成为一个转折点 Voting day Tuesday was a celebration of democracy - huge crowds waiting patiently to cast their ballots
AS IT IS 2014-08-13 WHO Says Experimental Drugs Ethical for Ebola Patients 世卫组织称实验药物治疗埃博拉合乎伦理 Officials in Liberia say they expect to receive an experimental drug from a U.S. company to treat Ebola patients. The dr
In Liberia, there are mixed reactions to this week's announcement by President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf that she will run for re-election next year. A draft report by the country's Truth and Reconciliation Commission said President Sirleaf should be bar
The United Nations says there must be reforms to Liberia's young, post-war security sector to guarantee peaceful elections next year. Liberian police do not carry weapons because principle responsibility for security still rests with United Nations p
Ebola Weakens Liberia Food Security Liberia has been the hardest hit country in West Africas Ebola outbreak with more than three-thousand cases. Fourteen of the countrys fifteen counties have been affected. Some of the first cases in Liberia were rep
无国界医生组织反思埃博拉疫情 More than a year after the Ebola epidemic began in West Africa the end appears to be near. Liberia has been declared Ebola-free and Guinea and Sierra Leone have reported just a few cases in recent days. Memb
The smuggler began to suspect he was being set up. He was vulnerable and carrying more than a quarter of a million dollars. It would be all too easy for blood-thirsty rebels to take his money and his life. -Is he going to kill me, my holy God? Fear f
GWEN IFILL: Despite new pledges of aid, international leaders provided downbeat assessments of the current battle against Ebola. The head of the World Bank said the international community community had quote failed miserably in its initial response.
1. A strong earthquake hit Nepal on Tuesday just weeks after another quake killed thousands. The US Geological Survey said the latest quake had a magnitude of more than 7, and that it hit a remote area. 2. US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with
The UN Children's Fund warns thousands of Ivorian refugees(难民,逃难者), who have fled to Liberia, are threatened by disease outbreaks. UNICEF says cramped living conditions are increasing health and protection risks for children and women.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 1938) became President of Liberia in 2005. She was Africa's first ever elected female head of state. She has the nickname Iron Lady because of her iron will and determination. She also actively campaigns for womens rights.
本期内容: TheWorldHealthOrganisationdeclaredLiberiafreeofEbola,endinganoutbreakinwestAfricawhichhaskilledmorethan11,000people.TheWHOsaysthediseasecouldstillflareupagain.Scientistsannouncedencouragingnewsonanewtreatment.Novaccineyetexists,though