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By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 03 July 2007 Welfare organizations say there has been a dramatic increase in the number of abandoned babies in South Africa in the past year. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our bureau in Johannesburg. HIV-positive

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 04 May 2006 A young boy works on a tire at a garage in Allahabad, India A new report by the International Labor Organization, ILO, says child labor, especially in its worst form

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VOA标准英语2012--Growing Number of Runners Opt to Run in Bare Feet

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VOA标准英语2012--Record Number of Africans Flee to Yemen

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VOA标准英语2012--Number of Chinese Students in US Dramatically Expands

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VOA标准英语2012--Aleppo Hospital Struggles With Rising Number of Civilian Casualties

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By Daniel Schearf Beijing 30 October 2007 The U.S. envoy to talks on North Korea's nuclear program says a team of experts will travel to Pyongyang this week to begin disabling the North's nuclear program. Daniel Schearf reports from Beijing. U.S. Ass

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英语作文 Why is one such a bad number? It is because when the date has this number in it, some bad thing always happens. Let me give you some examples. There midnight in Taiwan. The earthquake was very horrible. That night, there were about three th

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As speculation continues over the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, there are new signs the North is advancing its decades-old ballistic missile program. VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul. Private sector intelligence analysts have made pu

2007年VOA标准英语-Talks Between North Korea, Japan Sputter to Une

By Kurt Achin Seoul 06 September 2007 Two days of talks between North Korea and Japan have drawn to a close in Mongolia with an agreement to meet again, but little else. VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul the two sides had hoped to draw closer to no

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Angela: Hey, look at this. This restaurant is holding a contest . If you can guess the number of marbles in this bowl, youll get a free meal every day for one year! Dwight: Ill take a stab at it . Angela: So will I. Lets see, I think there must be cl