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ILO: World Needs 600 Million Jobs Within 10 Years The International Labor Organization says the world faces an urgent challenge of creating 600 million productive jobs over the next decade. It says those jobs are needed to generate sustainable growth
Calfornia Foundation Announces $10 Million Genetics Prize The X Prize Foundation is offering a $10 million prize to the reseach team that excels at fast, accurate and cheap genetic sequencing. On Wednesday, the California-based organization, which us
By Margaret Besheer Washington 17 October 2006 Immigrants take the oath of U.S. citizenship in Gilbert, Arizona (file photo) The U.S. population has reached 300 million, according to the Census Bureau. Only China and India have larger populations th
By Marissa Melton Washington 13 February 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the United States is canceling the multimillion-dollar debt owed to it by Liberia. Speaking at a Liberia donors conference in Washington Tuesday, she said she
By Barbara Schoetzau Washington 28 September 2007 A private U.S. foundation has launched a $100 million initiative to strengthen health systems in Africa. From VOA's New York Bureau, correspondent Barbara Schoetzau reports the initiative will support
By Zulima Palacio Atlanta, Georgia 20 December 2007 The Christmas season is celebrated in communities throughout the United States. Producer Zulima Palacio recently visited Stone Mountain Park outside Atlanta in the southeast state of Georgia to take
By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 11 July 2007 Nepalese women carry fodder on a street in Kathmandu, (File Photo) The U.N.'s World Food Program is appealing for $49 million to help more than a million people affected by a decade of conflict. The WFP says th
184 Million Africans at Risk for Malaria 1.84亿非洲人面临疟疾风险 New research shows that after 10 years of intensified campaigns against malaria 184-million people in Africa still live in moderate to high-risk areas. While the number is hi
Four Million Sudanese Face Food Insecurity 四百万苏丹人面临粮食是不足问题 Food insecurity in Sudan could affect as many as four million people in the coming months. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization blames conflict, displaceme
Pritzker Breaks Campaign Finance Record, Annoys Illinois With $80 Million Of Ads AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: It's official. J.B. Pritzker has contributed more money to his own campaign than any other candidate in history. The Democrat is running for governo
An innocent man spent 20 years in jail. He got out when he was 58. Two years later, New York City awarded him $10 million. Alan had been convicted of murdering a woman. He hadn't murdered that woman. He hadn't murdered anyone. He was innocent. A cop
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 17 July 2007 A judge has approved a $660 million settlement between more than 500 alleged victims of clergy abuse and the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan reports, the landmark agreement follow
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 02 June 2008 A new report finds nearly three million HIV-positive people in low and middle-income countries now are receiving life-saving anti-retroviral treatment. While praising this accomplishment, the World Health Organiza
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 03 August 2007 Relief workers are struggling to help at least 20 million people affected by floods in South Asia. More than 200 people have died so far in this year's annual monsoon rains. Anjana Pasricha in VOA's New Del
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 08 October 2007 The World Health Organization says more than three-quarters of a million people in 19 countries, most in Africa, will receive life-saving anti-tuberculosis drugs over the next year and a half. It says UNITAID, a
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 11 December 2007 The United Nations has issued an appeal for $406 million in 2008 to ease the humanitarian crisis is Somalia. As Nick Wadhams reports from Nairobi, the United Nations says years of chaos coupled with recent fig
By Luis Ramirez Bangkok, Thailand 12 May 2008 The United States has delivered its first load of humanitarian supplies for victims of Cyclone Nargis in Burma, and announced it is raising its relief donation to more than $16 million. A U.S. Air Force C
By Scott Stearns Dar es Salaam 17 February 2008 President Bush and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete have signed a nearly $700-million grant to improve Tanzanian roads, energy, and water. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story fro
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 16 June 2007 The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is appealing for $85 million to assist hundreds of thousands of internally displaced Iraqis.It warns large numbers of people will be forced to flee Iraq's borders,
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 06 October 2009 The United Nations is appealing for $74 million to provide emergency assistance to hundreds of thousands of victims of two catastrophic typhoons that have struck the Philippines in less than two weeks. A reside