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South Africa Uses Biogas to Turn Waste into Power 南非利用排泄物转换成沼气燃料 JOHANNESBURG Like many countries, South Africa is struggling to meet its energy needs. But instead of developing new technologies, the nation is trying a dif

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S. Africa Prepares for Enormous Crowds at Mandela Memorial 数以万计的南非人民深切悼念曼德拉 JOHANNESBURG Mourners in South Africa are expected to crowd into a football stadium Tuesday for the main public memorial service for former pr

VOA双语新闻：联合国为南非外国难民提供协助

The UN refugee agency says it is providing 2,000 tents to the South African government to help provide much-needed shelter to thousands of people made homeless in the recent xenophobic attacks against foreigners. The UNHCR says it does not think camp

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AZUZ: Meantime, Cape Town, the second most populated city in South Africa, is running out of water. Drought is a natural disaster that South Africans prone to. And for years, the amount of water being used in the country has exceeded the amount that'

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South Africa Investigating Mandela Sign Interpreter 南非将调查曼德拉追悼会冒牌手语翻译一事 South Africa's government says it is investigating the alleged incorrect use of sign language at a ceremony honoring late President Nelson M

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S. Africas New Immigration Laws Worry Zimbabwean Immigrants 津巴布韦移民忧心南非新移民法 JOHANNESBURG Four years ago, the South African government granted amnesty to hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans -- who had fled to that country s

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Young South Africans of Born-Free Generation Not All Keen to Vote 南非年轻一代并非都热衷于投票 JOHANNESBURG As general elections in South Africa approach, many young people who were born after the end of apartheid will vote for the firs

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Small Parties Risk Big Money to Compete in S. Africa Elections JOHANNESBURG They don't have the money or the influence of the African National Congress, but a number of small parties in South Africa are hoping to have impact on policy by winning a fe

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Chine and Mongolia are seeking to build stronger economic links by boosting trade to 10 billion U.S. dollars by 2020 and facilitating cargo transportation for landlocked Mongolia. The agreement comes after a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinpi

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South Africa's police force has an image problem. Faced with one of the world's highest crime rates, its officers are seen by many as ineffective, sometimes corrupt and often lumberingly overweight. That's now all supposed to change under Bheki Cele

VOA标准英语2013--移动诊所为南非农村带来医疗保障

Mobile Clinics Bring Health Care to South Africa Countryside 移动诊所为南非农村带来医疗保障 MOKOPANE, SOUTH AFRICA South Africa has a serious lack of healthcare facilities in rural areas. In many cases, people must walk for kilometers

VOA常速英语2013--南非环保人士以毒制恶拯救犀牛

South African Conservationists Use Poison to Save Rhinos 南非环保人士以毒制恶拯救犀牛 WASHINGTON, D.C. South Africa home to most of the worlds rhinoceros - continues to struggle with effective means to curb poaching, which has reached a

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S. African Scientists Claim Discovery of First Comet Strike 南非科学家发现首个彗星曾撞击地球的证据 JOHANNESBURG South African researchers say they have found conclusive evidence of earth's first-ever known comet strike, about 28 mi

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Year After South African Mine Shooting, Residents See No Change 南非矿场枪击案一年后现状仍未变 MARIKANA In South Africa, August 16, 2012, will be remembered as the date of one of the country's most violent police confrontations since t

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A new report says the worst places to be a refugee last year were Thailand, South Africa and the Gaza Strip. In its annual report on worldwide refugees, the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants lists Brazil, Ecuador and Costa Rica among the bes