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Senior African finance officials say per capita income in Africa fell for the first time in a decade because of the global economic recession. But during a meeting in Malawi they also noted that the economic rebound had improved growth prospects for
Lesson Twenty-four 听力部分 Dialogue Completion: Listen to the tape repeatedly and try to complete the following dialogues, using the exact words or phrases that you hear on the tape. A Speaker: Thank you. Napoleon once said, ____ asked to explai
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Sir Timothy Berners-Lee is a British computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web. He received a knighthood from the British Queen for his efforts (so he is called Sir). He is director of W3C, which looks after the Webs development. A leading B
DEVELOPMENT REPORT – Study Calls for Millions of New Health Workers By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, December 06, 2004 05 Dec 2004, 20:18 UTC This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Developme
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 28 November 2007 A pioneering partnership of public and private donors in the past year has funded vaccinations for several hundred million children in the world's poorest countries, saving countless lives. VOA's Scott Bobb
Experts blame the lack of progress in maternal and child health on a severe shortage of doctors, nurses and midwives in the affected countries. Many countries with the highest mother and child death rates continue to fall short, a decade after pledgi
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The latest Global Hunger Index report says the number of hungry people worldwide has fallen twenty-five percent since ninety ninety. Last year the estimate topped one billion for the first time. But
Dr. Pierre Fran?ois Unger, State Councillor of the Canton of Geneva, addresses delegates at the opening of the Sixty-third World Health Assembly, 17 May 2010 The 193-member World Health Assembly has agreed to work for the global eradication of measle
Joe DeCapua 27 April 2010 Sub-Saharan Africas maternal and child mortality rate remains high despite an overall worldwide reduction, according to The Lancet medical journal. About 350,000 women die annually from child-birth related accidents. As a re
An unidentified resident stands in front of a poor apartment in Lagos, Nigeria Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006. The International Day of the Eradication of Poverty is marked worlwide Tuesday with the aim of eradicating absolute poverty and reducing overall po
Africa's Sahara Desert, as seen from the International Space Station's new seven-windowed cupola Crew members of the U.S. space shuttle Endeavour opened the shutters on the International Space Station's new observation deck Wednesday, revealing a spe
Ethiopia to Host 16th International Conference on HIV/AIDS The Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, is making final preparations to host the 16th international conference on HIV/AIDS in Africa. The conference will bring together more than 7,000 delegates,
New Agency Trains Women Leaders in Southern Sudan Among the issues facing women in southern Sudan are high rates of poverty, illiteracy and maternal mortality. Bringing those numbers down by 2015 is the aim of the U.N. Millennium Development Goals, o
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon is pushing for an overhaul of current energy consumption trends and for more investment in green technology. Speaking at the fourth annual World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, Ban said renewable energy could hel
Scientists from more than a dozen West African countries discuss how technology can help meet Millennium Development Goals. World Leaders are gathering in New York this week to discuss the United Nations Millennium Development Goals - a set of object
The winner of the 2010 World Food Prize says eradicating hunger is within reach. The comment came as the United Nations prepares to hold its summit next week (9/20-22) on the Millennium Development Goals. Rev. David Beckmann says he's encouraged by e
国际艾滋病会议将在埃塞俄比亚举行 22.5 million of the world's 33 million AIDS sufferers are in Africa. So the conference opening December 4 is aimed at raising public awareness. Ethiopia's Health Minister Tewodros Adhanom calls the wee
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Back in January, we introduced you to the Rahimov family. They had immigrated from Uzbekistan, and we met them on the day they became U.S. citizens in Kansas City, Mo. In that story, we heard 16-year-old Murad Rahimov talk about
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