Nigerian Students Threaten Massive Protests Over Fuel Price Increase Fuel prices in Nigeria more than tripled in some areas of the country this week after the government announced an end to the fuel subsidy. Iny Ememobong, a spokesperson for the Nati

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(108) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(十二月)

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Well, first the military takes the biggest chunk, 726 billion dollars in 2011. Wow! We could build a lot of better future with that kind of money. Spending billions on fighter planes we don't need or wars with no end and then saying we're broke just

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We are in the middle of open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act. It goes until December 15. People can sign up for health insurance plans under Obamacare. And holiday health insurance shoppers are finding something new this y

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$147 million fund for Brazil's cotton farmers aims to end long-running WTO dispute Steve Baragona | Washington, DC 28 April 2010 The U.S. has agreed to establish a $147 million dollar fund to help cotton farmers in Brazil and other countries improve

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Egyptians Wonder if Sissi Can Heal Egypt's Economic Woes 埃及人想知道塞西能否治愈经济困境 CAIRO During his campaign, Egypt's president-elect Abdel Fattah el-Sissi promised to heal the nation's ailing economy. And while many Egyptians

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Tens of Thousands of Nigerians took to the streets for a third straight day Wednesday in the main commercial city of Lagos and the capital, Abuja, to protest soaring fuel costs, sparked by a government move to end a popular fuel subsidy. 抗议政府取

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By Challiss McDonough Cairo 24 March 2008 In Egypt, a shortage of subsidized bread has resulted in long lines and occasional clashes in which several people have been killed. The president has ordered the army to use its bakeries to try to end the br

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Nigerian Midwives Improve Rural Healthcare Maternal healthcare is improving in rural Nigeria thanks to a program to expand the use of midwives. The program could serve as a model for other developing countries. Its called the Midwife Service Scheme a

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Indias Food Security Plan Met With Skepticism With food inflation hitting 8.25 percent in May, New Delhi resident Geeta Kashyap bargains even harder at the market to keep costs down. As food prices rise, she is left to wonder how the poorest in India

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Local Start-Ups Dominate Africas Seed Industry 当地企业主导非洲种子产业 A new report released on May 7, finds that locally owned African seed companies now dominate Africas seed industry. The analysis was conducted by the Alliance for a G

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Hollywood Visual Effects Go Global 好莱坞视觉特效走向世界 LOS ANGELES Many of todays Hollywood blockbuster movies include stunning visual effects. Most of those effects used to be produced in Hollywood, but that has changed. Now, one film

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: There's a new plan to stabilize the Affordable Care Act for next year, specifically to shore up its insurance markets. Now, this is a bill from a bipartisan group of senators led by Republican Lamar Alexander and Democrat Pat

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The Congressional Budget Office has weighed in on a health care proposal floated by President Trump. He's been threatening to cut off payments the government makes to insurance companies to lower the cost of co-payments and deduc

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With More Big-Box Stores In Reach, Are Commissaries Still Needed? play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0003:56repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flas

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right, consumers who buy their insurance through the Affordable Care Act markets might be pleasantly surprised about their premium costs come this fall. The price of premiums could actually drop in several states, as NPR's Ali

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By Greg Flakus Houston 16 October 2007 In recent months food costs in the United States have gone up by well over six percent and some economists see government-mandated use of bio-fuels as a key reason. But, as VOA's Greg Flakus reports from Houston

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Policy Cancellations Threaten Promise of Obamacare 美平价医保令许多人望而却步 While technical problems with the web site have plagued the initial implementation of the Affordable Care Act -- President Obama's health care program, there a

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 04 June 2008 India has raised domestic fuel prices, in the wake of the massive surge in international crude oil prices. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, there are worries the move will fuel inflation at a cruci

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 10 October 2007 Australian farmers are eager to see progress in World Trade Organization talks, they think the WTO is the best way to foster greater prosperity and open up overseas markets. Economists say that international trad

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