The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says it is preparing to help thousands of displaced Sudanese who will be returning from the capital, Khartoum, and other parts of northern Sudan to their new country in the south. Relief agencies anti

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(二月)

By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 27 October 2009 Protester fires sling shot during clashes with police in Standerton, South Africa, 15 Oct 2009 For at least three years, as the country's winter months begin to bite, poor South Africans have taken to

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Somali kidnappers have released six foreign hostages. The four European aid workers and their two Kenyan pilots were released Tuesday after eight months of captivity. A car carrying people alleged to be former hostages in Somalia leaves Nairobi's Wi

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大批索马里难民亟待返乡 A quarter century of civil war, exacerbated by the rise of the violent al Shabaab terror group and cyclical droughts of historic proportions has seen wave after wave of Somalis leaving their home country. Today, some

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Ebola Strains Sierra Leone Healthcare The Head of World Hope International says Sierra Leone has a shortage of ambulances and isolation centers, making it much more difficult to contain the Ebola outbreak. The virus has killed more than 600 people in

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New Smart Toilet to Prevent Water Pollution in Disaster Areas 灾区设新式智能卫生间防止水污染 WASHINGTON The destruction of sanitary systems by war or natural disasters can aggravate the initial tragedy, causing disease and prolonged ri

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Urbanization Helps Curb Poverty, Says World Bank It says countries and regions with a high rate of urbanization lead in the effort to reach their Millennium Development Goals (or MDGs). For example, countries with large population centers in East Asi

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World Bank President Says Ending Extreme Poverty Within Reach 世界银行行长表示消除极端贫穷指日可待 The head of the World Bank says slowing economic growth around the world is hurting the institutions goal of ending extreme poverty b

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肯尼亚智力障碍儿童接受救助 Living in a Nairobi slum is not easy. 内罗毕贫民窟的生活可不容易。 Electricity is scarce, clean water expensive, sanitation poor, and quality education hard to come by.But for children living with

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Oxfam Warns of South Sudan Hunger Crisis 乐施会警告南苏丹会出现饥荒 Oxfam International says a massive and rapid surge in aid is needed for South Sudan. Otherwise, it says, millions of people are at risk of what it calls catastrophic lev

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Just in time for these hot days of summer, British historian Rosemary Ashton has written the history of one very hot summer in London many years ago, in 1858. That year, the talk of the town was all about marital mores and public

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By Sonja Pace London 17 March 2008 A new Red Cross report says that five years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, many Iraqis still lack adequate access to basic health care, sanitation and clean drinking water. VOA's Sonja Pace has more from Londo

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By Phillip Wellman Dakar 12 October 2007 Officials at the United Nations say they would like to review disaster management policy in West Africa, where recent floods have killed hundreds and left hundreds of thousands displaced. They say the floods h

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 26 October 2007 The United Nations is launching an emergency appeal for $5.4 million to help more than 90,000 flood victims in Burkina Faso. The United Nations says these floods, the worst in decades, have caused widespread dev

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 02 November 2007 U.N. refugee agency says the situation inSomalia's capital, Mogadishu, has calmed down, but remains volatile. It says 90,000 people fled the recent fighting between Ethiopian troops, backing the transitional go

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By David McAlary Washington 07 June 2006 Children collect water in Luanda, Angola Researchers in Bangladesh have tested a drug that cures cholera in most patients, showing that it is a useful new weap

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The European Commission is calling for Russia to halt its military incursion into Georgia. Tendai Maphosa has the details from London. A woman in Gori, Georgia cries, after finding out that her child was killed, 11 Auf 2008 The European Commission e

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By Terry FitzPatrick Cape Town 08 February 2008 South African President Thabo Mbeki on Friday outlined his plan of action for his final full year in office. He says his country is still on course, despite a decline in economic growth, widespread elec

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 07 January 2008 Relief agencies are warning that heavy rains in Mozambique and neighboring countries are causing floods that already have killed six people and made 13,000 homeless. Correspondent Scott Bobb reports from our

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The U.N. Children's Fund says it is deeply concerned about the condition of thousands of children who have been displaced by conflict in northwestern Pakistan. UNICEF says children are in urgent need of health, education and other services. Displace

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