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By Jeff Swicord Washington, DC 23 January 2007 watch US Poverty report The United States is a wealthy nation, but poverty still exists here. By the government's own measure, more than one in every eight Americans lives below the poverty line -- on i
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 05 November 2006 Undated visualization picture from NASA shows a view of Europe at night Across Western Europe, power cuts temporarily plunged homes into darkness overnight. Millions of people were affected in France, Ger
By Stephanie Ho Washington 11 February 2006 The issue of lobbying, which is the process of trying to influence policy-makers in favor of a specific cause, has been under intense scrutiny in the United
AS IT IS 2013-05-18 A Non-Profit Group Gives Millions of Needy Children 'Room to Read' This is As It Is. Welcome back. Im Caty Weaver. On todays show, we talk about two educational programs for children, thousands of miles apart. We also remember an
Education Report - Conflicts Keep Millions of Children Out of School 教育报道 - 冲突使得数百万儿童失学 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。 Conflicts around the world are ke
PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Artie Shaw, 1910-2004 : Last Great Musician of What Has Been Called the Big Band Era DOUG JOHNSON: Im Doug Johnson with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell the story of a musician who led one of the most popula
THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: Creativity Reached New Heights During Great Depression ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. (MUSIC) Hard economic times and social conflict ha
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 02 May 2006 The World Health Organization says it may be possible to prevent or delay a human bird-flu pandemic if countries immediately act to contain outbreaks. -----
South Korean religious groups have temporarily taken over leadership of protests against the resumption of American beef imports, calling for peace and police restraint. At the same time, South Korea's biggest labor union group has begun a strike an
Family-Planning Campaign to Aid Millions in World's Poorest Countries The Margaret Pyke Center is a sexual health clinic in central London that offers provides everything residents need for family planning. Patients can pick up a variety of contracep
MillionsOfStatelessPeopleDeniedBasicRights The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has launched a global campaign to raise awareness of the plight of millions of stateless people around the world. The UNHCR says an estimated 12 million people live in a
Gas Shortages Highlight Pakistan's Energy Crisis At Islamabad gas stations, this is what it looks like on Wednesdays. People are stocking up, because on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, stations close and there is no gas. In recent years, when gasoline
Global Concern Grows About Deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome The new Middle East Respiratory Syndrome strain was diagnosed in Saudi Arabia last year. It is a coronavirus, the same viral family that triggered the outbreak of SARS, Severe Acute R
Obama Defends Secret Surveillance Programs Obama put forward his defense of the secret surveillance programs when asked by a reporter during a health care event in California. My assessment and my team's assessment was that they help us prevent terro
类缘何而来?猩猩?还是猿?要追溯到更远的话,应该是单细胞生物吧! 纳尼!还不对? 那究竟是什么呢? 今天的节目将为您讲述生命的起源 Life Traces in Lava Don: Can I ask you something, Ya?l? Ya?l
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 02 November 2009 The World Health Organization and United Nations Children's Fund say better nutrition and access to immunization can save millions of children from dying of pneumonia. The two agencies are launching a new acti
By Scott Bobb Bangkok 10 April 2006 United Nations officials say the bird flu virus that has killed more than 100 people and millions of fowl in various parts of the world continues to pose a major th
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 26 October 2007 South African Reggae star Lucky Dube is to be buried Sunday in a private family ceremony. Fans, however, have already paid an emotional tribute to the singer, who was shot to death a week ago in an attempted
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 16 May 2007 In a just released report Wednesday, Handicap International says hundreds of millions of people worldwide face a daily risk of death or maiming by cluster bombs. Lisa Schlein has more for VOA from Geneva, where the
The new High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, is calling on governments to stop the arbitrary and unlawful detention of their citizens. Pillay is launching a United Nations initiative to abolish this illegal practice and to highlight the