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J: Hello and welcome to American Cafe! My name is Jody! Y: 大家好，我是杨晨。Eh, Jody... 你拿了一堆什么东西啊? J: Oh, this stuff? Let's see, I have political posters .... what else

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Here's the text of the e-mail the Obama team sent out to backers: Today, we are filing papers to launch our 2012 campaign. We're doing this now because the politics we believe in does not start with expensive TV ads or extravaganzas, but with you --

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By Jim Malone President Bush and his Democratic opponent, Senator John Kerry, took their campaigns into Ohio and Pennsylvania Saturday, two critical states in the November election. The president focu

1）UNICEF Begins Tetanus Immunization Campaign in Afghanista

Broadcast: Feb 02, 2003 The U.N. Children's Fund units service is starting a weeklong campaign to immunize thousands of Afghan women against tetanus. This is part of a global campaign to eliminate mat

UN to Launch Anti-Polio Campaign in India

Broadcast: Feb 05, 2003 U.N. agencies say they are getting ready to launch the largest-ever mass immunization campaign to fight an outbreak of polio in India. The agencies are planning to vaccinate 16

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The November fourth presidential election in the United States is only about three months away. The two candidates are in a close race. Recent opinion studies show voters are most concerned about the econo

THIS IS AMERICA - Presidential Campaign Update

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Broadcast: April 14, 2003 By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The United Nations has launched a new ten-year campaign to increase literacy around the world. People with li

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Chinese demand effective tree-planting campaign

BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) -- This year's Tree-Planting Day comes at a fitting time, as the memory of a sandstorm that ravaged large parts of north China last weekend is still stingingly fresh. The Chinese public observed Tree-Planting Day, a yearly

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The U.S. presidential campaign has grown increasingly personal and negative in recent days, as public opinion polls show Democratic candidate Barack Obama moving into a lead over Republican John McCain. VOA National Correspondent Jim Malone has been

Obama defends campaign, jabs Republicans

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday defended his campaign, denying accusations that he is running a negative reelection campaign, while jabbing the Republicans. In an impromptu news conference at the White House, Oba

Special campaign launched to strengthen school bus safety

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National campaign to send street children home

BEIJING, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- China has launched a one-year inter-agency national campaign aiming to return most street children home, the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) said Monday. The MCA will lead the campaign, which is joined by the ministries o

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BEIJING, Sep. 1 (Xinhuanet) -- A campaign is being launched across U.S. to help lovers of sugar drinks reduce their habit by the Center for Science in the Public Interest. This campaign is based on the findings of a new survey conducted by CDC (Cente

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