India Charity Offers Amputees Escape From Poverty Trap Losing a limb is traumatic in any circumstances, but it can become a poverty trap for those without access to advanced medical care. The Indian state of Rajasthan is home to one of the world's la

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US Port Security Technology Evolving Millions of containers from around the world enter ports throughout the United States every year. The threat to U.S. national security at these ports have grown in the last decade and so has security. At a recent

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US Hikers: Iran Held Us Because of Nationality, Not Actions Two American hikers released after 781 days in an Iranian prison are back in the United States. Appearing at a news conference in New York on Sunday, the two men criticized Iran for holding

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今天我们要学的词是popularity。 Popularity, 是有声望,得人心的意思。法国选民对萨尔科奇总统感到不满。His popularity has fallen sharply for a second successive month, 他的民众支持率连续第二月大幅度下降

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By Jeff Swicord Washington, DC 08 December 2006 watch Human Rights Day In 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Since that day, December 10 has marked World Human Rights Day. This year, the Unite

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By Paula Wolfson White House 27 December 2006 President Bush holds private consultations Thursday at his Texas ranch with members of his national security team. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House that Mr. Bush is expected to announce a

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23 December 2006 Matthew McConaughey stars in an emotional film that dramatizes the true story of how a football team helped a West Virginia university town rise from tragedy three decades ago. Alan Silverman has a look at We Are Marshall. Matthew M

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Prestigious US Research University Opens Rwanda Campus 著名美国研究大学在卢旺达建设新校区 This fall, students in Rwanda will begin classes at Carnegie Mellon Universitys Kigali campus when the U.S. research university opens its new g

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G8 Leaders to Weigh Euro Crisis, Food Security John Kirton, co-founder of the G8 Research Group, said the summit may be brief, but also significant. The G7 leaders, together with Dmitry Medvedev from Russia, will be meeting to deal with the latest er

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Afghan Security Uncertain Despite Gains in Agriculture More than 2,000 Afghan politicians, tribal elders and community leaders are in Kabul this week to discuss relations with the United States and reconciliation efforts with the Taliban. Foreign pol

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New UN Mission for South Sudan to Emphasize Security, Rule of Law With South Sudan now fully independent, plans are underway to deploy a new United Nations peacekeeping force in the country. The UN Security Council unanimously approved that force las

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UN Security Council Urges Somalis to Resolve Political Crisis The U.N. Security Council expressed its grave concern Wednesday at the continued instability in Somalia, which it says has led to a multitude of problems, including terrorism, piracy and a

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Kenya's capital, Nairobi, is home to Kiriri Women's University of Science and Technology (KWUST), the only university in East Africa that caters specifically to women. Officials and students say having an all-famale environment better prepares the sc

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Prosperity in Turkey Creates Iftar Divide In Turkey, the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan has put the spotlight on the increasing divide between rich and poor. The country's growing affluent class, a product of a decade of unprecedented economic grow

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Iowa's Make-Believe University Has Fans Worldwide The Midwest farm state of Iowa is so proud of its string of blue-water lakes - the Okoboji Lakes - that it calls them Iowa's Great Lakes. They're ringed by resorts, marinas, and fishing cabins. And th

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By Nico Colombant Abidjan 15 March 2006 Chad's security forces are reporting they foiled an overnight coup plot against President Idriss Deby Itno. They say there was an attempt to shoot dwn his plane

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 07 September 2006 A road damaged by a bomb that went off when a pickup truck with soldiers riding on it drove past on Aug. 26, 2006 in Yala province Thailand's armed forces, grappling for almost two years with an insurgency in

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今天我们要学的词是diversity。 Diversity, 多元。 The school is committed to improve the diversity of its student body, 学校致力于提高学生的多元化。星期一是美国法定假日,马丁.路德金日。 It's a time for peopl

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By Barbara Schoetzau New York 04 August 2006 U.N. Security Council President Nana Effah-Apenteng has expressed frustration at the slow pace of efforts to end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. U.N. officials also say the humanitar

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By Peter Heinlein United Nations 10 May 2007 Washington's ambassador at the United Nations says most Security Council members back a plan to grant supervised independence to Kosovo. But as VOA's correspondent at the U.N. Peter Heinlein reports, veto-

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