VOA慢速英语2011--The World at 7 Billion, and Growing

Health Report - The World at 7 Billion, and Growing 健康报道 - 世界人口达到70亿并继续增长 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 The United Nations estimates that the world reac

UN Seeks $1.5 Billion in Aid for Sudan Refugees

By Lisa Schein The United Nations is appealing for $1.5 billion for humanitarian assistance next year in conflict-ravaged Sudan. Lisa Schlein in Geneva reports almost half the money will go towards li

Module 9 Unit 1 The population of China is about 1.37 billion

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VOA慢速英语2010-Economics Report - More Than $5 Billion P

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. More than fifty countries and organizations have promised to give more than five billion dollars to help Haiti rebuild after an earthquake destroyed much of the country in January. United Nations Secr

Iran Air Signs $16 Billion Plane Deal with Boeing

Irans main air travel company Iran Air has signed an agreement with American manufacturer Boeing to buy 80 passenger airplanes. The two companies announced the $16.6 billion deal Sunday after a signing ceremony in Irans capital,Tehran. The agreement

AS IT IS 2016-02-07 US Promises Billion in Aid for Syrian Refugees

AS IT IS 2016-02-07 US Promises Billion in Aid for Syrian Refugees Hours after talks to bring peace to Syria were stopped, the United States has promised almost $1 billion in aid for Syrian refugees. International donors met in London to talk about S

VOA标准英语10月-Iceland Says It Needs $6 Billion Bailout

Iceland's prime minister says his country needs about $6 billion in loans to recover from the global financial crisis, as Reykjavik's central bank hikes its interest rates by a massive six percentage points. For VOA, Tom Rivers reports from London.

VOA标准英语2010年-The New Bottom Billion: Where Are the

Most of the world's poor are not in poor countries. That's the finding of new research from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex. It could lead to a re-thinking of donor aid and ways of achieving the Millennium Devel

VOA常速英语2008年-Bush Budget Has $585 Billion for Defense in 200

By Al Pessin Pentagon 04 February 2008 President Bush's budget for next year, sent to the Congress for debate on Monday, includes more than half a trillion dollars in basic defense spending, and another $70 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghan

Trading Scheme Costs Swiss Bank $2 Billion

Police in London say they have arrested a man accused in an unauthorized trading scheme that allegedly cost Swiss bank UBS about $2 billion. Police say Kweku Adoboli, 31, was taken into custody Thursday on the suspicion of abusing his position to com

Google Earth tops 1 billion downloads since launch

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Google announced Wednesday that Google Earth, the tech giant's virtual globe, map and geographical information program, has been downloaded more than one billion times since it was first introduced in 2005. According

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Haikui causes over 3 billion yuan economic loss in Anhui

Haikui causes over 3 billion yuan economic loss in Anhui HEFEI, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- East China's Anhui Province has recorded an economic loss of 3.28 billion yuan (515.69 million U.S.dollars) since severe tropical storm Haikui entered the province on

U.S. Treasury to receive 5.75 billion dollars from AIG stock sale

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Treasury said on Monday that it expected to receive 5.75 billion U.S. dollars from the latest sale of the American International Group (AIG) stock, 750 million dollars more than initially estimated, as the unde

Russia Pledges $10 Billion in Eurozone Aid

Russia says it is ready to commit more than $10 billion to the International Monetary Fund to help support the struggling eurozone economy. President Dmitry Medvedev made the pledge Thursday in Brussels during the biannual EU-Russia summit. We will a

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The intention of the collider was to let scientists probe the ultimate nature of matter, as it is always put, by re-creating as nearly as possible the conditions in the universe during its first ten thousand billionths of a second. The plan was to fl

Belarus Asks IMF for Rescue Loan of Up to $8 Billion

Belarus is requesting a new economic rescue loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help it cope with a deepening financial crisis. Belarusian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich said Wednesday the government has asked for an IMF loan betw

JPMorgan Loss Hits $5.8 Billion

The largest U.S. bank, JPMorgan Chase, says it lost $5.8 billion in bad trades this year, nearly triple its original estimate. The Wall Street investment bank said two months ago it estimated that losses originating in its London trading office would

G7 Nations Pledge $38 Billion to Arab Nations

International financial institutions have promised $38 billion more to four Arab countries trying to transition to democracy, nearly doubling a previous pledge. French Finance Minister Francois Baroin announced the pledge Saturday at the second day o

Coca-Cola to Invest $3 Billion More in India by 2020

Coca-Cola says it will invest $5 billion in India by 2020 - nearly triple more than originally planned - as it looks to capitalize on the growing market in the South Asian country. CEO Muhtar Kent said in a statement Tuesday that the additional $3 bi