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By Lisa Bryant Paris 28 March 2006 Hundreds of thousands of French poured into the streets Tuesday, in the latest, and largest, demonstration against an unpopular new employment law. The protests incl
NO.2 Working Girl《打工女郎》 ■苔丝前往新的工作岗位,向上司报到。这是她第一次见老板,一位精明的女人。非常职业的语言,威严含蓄的表达,恰当地提醒着两人彼此不同的身份。特别值得注意的是对话的开头部分,女老板一五一十的陈述要求,简洁清晰,不容抗拒。也许
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 08 November 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai Wednesday called on the world to plant one billion trees as part of a global effort to fight climate change. She launched the initiative at the United Nations' Clima
By Stephanie Ho Washington 20 November 2006 This year's Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Muhammad Yunus, says the award is shining the international spotlight on the fundamental link between alleviating poverty and maintaining peace. He spoke to reporte
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 13 October 2006 The 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winners, Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank, have lifted millions of people out of poverty in Bangladesh. Yunus pioneered the concept of microfinance, giving small loans to ver
By Paul Francuch Chicago 16 November 2006 Professor Milton Friedman, hailed by some as perhaps the 20th century's greatest champion of capitalism and economic freedom, is dead at the age of 94. Dr. Milton Friedman, 1976 Nobel Prize winner for econom
By Amanda Cassandra New York 02 October 2006 Modern music icon Bob Dylan's original song lyrics and other artifacts are on display alongside original 18th century manuscripts by Mozart and Beethoven at New York's Morgan Library. Bob Dylan, May 2, 20
Most U.S. companies act swiftly and forcefully to root out discrimination based on race, sex, age, or appearance when they discover it. And there are good reasons to do so: intolerance on the job hurts morale and productivity. It's illegal under civ
The deep downturn in the US economy gathered strength in February as another 651,000 workers lost their jobs. Crowds wait to apply for jobs outside the New York Department of Labor in the Bronx in New York, 06 Mar 2009 It was the third straight mont
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 21 February 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus says he will start a new political party in Bangladesh to give a fresh democratic culture to the country. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi that most people ha
By Larry London Washington, DC 27 October 2006 watch Los Lobos report Los Lobos Tex-Mex rock is alive and well after more than 33 years thanks to the original sounds of Los Lobos. The group recently released their new CD, The Town And the City, that
By George Dwyer Washington, D.C. 21 August 2006 watch Celebrations report Afghanistan marked the 87th anniversary of its independence from British rule this week on Saturday, August 19 with observances across the globe. As VOA's George Dwyer reports
By Mary Morningstar Washington 29 May 2007 Singer-songwriter Jacob Miller, 22, recently appeared on the Voice of America's live music show Border Crossings to talk about his debut album, Who We Are. VOA's Mary Morningstar has this report. Jacob Mille
By Scott Stearns White House 23 June 2007 President Bush is lobbying for an immigration reform bill in Congress that has already been defeated once by members of his own party. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, opposition Democrats
By Lisa Bryant Paris 25 April 2006 Chernobyl Twenty years after an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine, European countries remain deeply divided over the use of nuclear power
By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 24 April 2006 watch Chernobyl Anniversary On April 26, 1986, a massive explosion tore through Reactor Number Four at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was the most devastat
By Deborah Block Washington, DC 05 December 2006 watch Nobel Prize Science Winners On Sunday, (December 10, 2006) this year's Nobel Prizes are being presented in Stockholm, Sweden. The annual awards are given to people who have made outstanding cont
By Leslie Boctor Cairo 11 November 2006 Archeologists in Egypt have uncovered the ancient tombs of three dentists close to Egypt's oldest pyramid, located just outside Cairo. The tombs were found after a group of thieves was caught digging in the ar
By Phuong Tran Praia, Cape Verde 09 June 2007 Off the coast of West Africa, transport officials in the island nation of Cape Verde have begun a road improvement program. They say colonial-era cobblestone roads do not make much sense anymore, and are,
U.S. President Barack Obama set aside more than $30 billion for several renewable energy projects in the government's massive economic stimulus package. And this week, thousands of students from across the nation descended on Washington for a youth