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VOA标准英语2011--Rabbi, Imam and Pastors Defend US Food Subsidy Program

Rabbi, Imam and Pastors Defend US Food Subsidy Program A group of Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious leaders pretended to be poor, as they went shopping in a Washington supermarket this week. Their aim was to protest proposed cuts to a government

VOA慢速英语2016 油价下跌令尼日利亚陷入困境

油价下跌令尼日利亚陷入困境 Nigeria is Africa's biggest oil producer. But the fall in crude oil prices has Nigerians preparing for a below average economy this year. 尼日利亚是非洲最大的石油产出国，但原油价格的下跌让

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John Key returned yesterday from a quick trip to Hollywood. The purpose of his visit was to remind Hollywood movie companies that New Zealand is a good place for making movies. In return for making a movie which cost $15m or more, New Zealand would g

VOA慢速英语2017--喀麦隆英语区的教师继续罢工

Teachers in English-speaking Areas of Cameroon Remain on Strike Thousands of teachers celebrated World Teacher's Day in Yaounde, Cameroon's capital on October 5. Ernestine Tabe, a teacher, came to the capital in September to look for a job. She used

CNN 2012-01-16

First up, it's round two in the US presidential primary season. Eastern race for the Republican nomination moves to New Hampshire. - and - were predicting a possible record turn up for yesterday's primary. Around two hundred and fifty thousand voters

VOA慢速英语 2008 0205a

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A woman in Zambia with a bag of corn from the international aid group CARE The United States provides more than half the world's food assistance. American programs totaled close to two billion doll

VOA慢速英语2015 印度尼西亚将成为亚洲下一个万亿美元经济体

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VOA标准英语2012--Pressure Mounts on Nigerian Government Over Fuel Prices

Pressure Mounts on Nigerian Government Over Fuel Prices 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 gov

VOA标准英语2015--Amid Slumping Global Oil Prices, Indonesia's Fuel Subsidy Cut Pays Off

Amid Slumping Global Oil Prices, Indonesia's Fuel Subsidy Cut Pays Off JAKARTA At the beginning of this year, Indonesian President Joko Widodo cut long-standing government-funded fuel subsidies. In the past, protests and even riots have followed pric

2017年CRI Resettlement almost done on tornado anniversary

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1.09 mln cataracts patients cured under subsidies

BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- More than 1 million cataracts patients in China have been cured in the past three years with the help of 872 million yuan (138 million U.S. dollars) in subsidies from the central government, according to Health Ministry fi

China's healthcare reform tasks completed

BEIJING, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Missions set in a three-year plan for China's healthcare reform program in the 2009-2011 period have been completed on schedule, according to a new official report. The report said the reform efforts have brought about pr

China to support renovation of rural rundown homes

BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government said on Saturday it will subsidize 4 million poor rural households through a pilot scheme to renovate their dilapidated houses in rural areas this year. Subsidies allocated by the central government

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Nigerian Unions Call for Fuel Price Strike, Protests

Nigeria's main unions have called for nationwide strikes and demonstrations beginning next Monday, unless the government restores a popular consumer fuel subsidy. The Nigeria Labor Congress and Trade Union Congress made the announcement Wednesday aft

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Official figures from the Ministry of Transportation show emissions from car exhaust account for 31 percent of the country's total air pollution. In an effort to bring that figure down, the central government has been supporting a series of subsidies

India Cuts Interest Rate for First Time in 3 Years

Indias Central Bank has cut interest rates for the first time in three years to give fresh momentum to a slowing economy. The government hopes it will revive confidence in an economy that many fear is losing its sheen. The Central Bank announced Tues

我国新能源汽车市场增幅大幅下挫

China experienced a drastic slowdown in new energy vehicle (NEV) output and sales in September after authorities cracked down on subsidy scams, the latest industry data showed. 最新行业数据显示，我国有关部门打击骗补后，9月新能源