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By Mario Ritter Broadcast: October 24, 2003 This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. People invest money in the hope their wealth will grow over time. Some have financial adv

OECD: Eurozone Needs Bigger Bailout Fund, Reforms

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) demanded more reforms and a stronger financial rescue fund to help the eurozone recover from its debt crisis. The call by the Paris-based group comes just days before a key European fin

Eurozone Finance Ministers Launch Bailout Fund

Eurozone Finance Ministers Launch Bailout Fund PARIS Europe's new bailout fund is being unveiled as finance ministers from the 17-nation eurozone meet in Luxembourg, amid more gloomy indicators about Europe's economic health. Officially called the Eu

VOA常速英语2007年-Global Fund Says Insecticide-Treated Bed Nets R

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 27 November 2007 The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria reports nearly every family with children in Africa soon could have a bed net to protect against malaria. The Geneva-based Global Fund says it has delive

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Fund established to fight child abduction in China

BEIJING, May 24 (Xinhua) -- A fund dedicated to fighting child abduction via online microblogging services was established Thursday by the China Social Assistance Foundation (CSAF). The CSAF said the public fund, which was initiated by some Chinese c

Nadal targets 2016 Rio Olympics

SAO PAULO, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Former world No. 1 Rafael Nadal has revealed the Rio 2016 Olympic Games has provided him with motivation to continue his career beyond the age of 30. The 11-time grand slam winner is competing in both the singles and do

Special Olympics open in Pyeongchang

SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The 2013 Special Olympic World Winter Games kicked off in the alpine town of Pyeongchang, located northeast of Seoul, on Tuesday with a grand opening ceremony. About 3,300 intellectually disabled athletes from 110 countries

Armstrong stripped off Olympic bronze medal

NEW YORK, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- American cyclist Lance Armstrong was stripped of a bronze medal he won at the 2000 Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday, hours before the airing of his interview with Oprah Winfrey in a

Olympic boxing champion Spinks dies at 74

LONDON, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Britain's Olympic boxing champion Terry Spinks has died after a long illness at 74, it was confirmed Friday. Spinks, who won an Olympic boxing gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne Games, died at his home in Essex just outside

Olympic Torch passes testing of worst weather

LONDON, April 11 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic Torch has passed rigorous testing to ensure even the worst of Britain's weather will not be able to put it out, the Evening Standard newspaper said Wednesday. Two prototypes withstood 50mph winds, extreme temp

Vasco da Gama to revamp stadium for Olympic rugby

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's Vasco da Gama will increase the capacity of its Sao Januario football stadium to 43,000 for the 2016 Olympic rugby sevens tournament. The club has until Wednesday (Oct. 31) to present redevelopment plans t

Lin Dan in quest for second Olympic title as China set to stamp authority

BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Badminton superstar Lin Dan is in quest for a record second Olympic title at the London Olympic Games starting from July 28 to August 5 when star-studded China will be looking forward to stamping its authority. Different

Olympic men's 56kg weightlifting results

LONDON, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the women's 56kg division weightlifting competition at the London Olympic Games on Sunday: 1. Om Yun Chol, DPR Korea, 293kg 2. Wu Jingbiao China, 289kg 3. Valentin Hristov, Azerbaijan, 286kg 4.

Kobe, LeBron to tour in China after Olympics

LONDON, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Kobe Bryant will lead a bunch of big names from the U.S. Olympic basketball team to tour in China after the London Olympics. Bryant will fly directly from London to Beijing to kick off his journey that will start from Jina

Olympic champion Liu knocked out of badminton Denmark Open

Olympic champion Liu knocked out of badminton Denmark Open ODENSE, Denmark, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Sixth seeded Juliane Schenk of Germany caused a huge upset beating second seed Li Xuerui of China, who won gold at the London Olympics, in two sets 21-19,

Eurozone Finance Chiefs Fall Short on Bailout Fund

European finance ministers have failed to raise $261 billion to help contain the continent's governmental debt crisis. Finance chiefs from the 17 nations that use the euro agreed Monday to raise $195 billion from eurozone central banks to help the In

Chinese young paddler Xu eyes on Rio Olympics

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LONDON, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The London 2012 Paralympic Games, running from Aug. 29 to Sept. 9, will bring together 4,200 athletes from 166 countries and regions to compete in 503 medal events from 20 sports. The athletes includes 1,513 women, more th

China's Liu Xiang to be ready for Olympics

LONDON, July 14 (Xinhua) --- Liu Xiang's back injury which forced him out of Saturday night's London Diamond League final will not affect his chance of winning at the Olympic Games in three weeks time, his coach Sun Haiping said here on Saturday. It'