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Agriculture Report - Putting Worms to Work to Help Your Garden Grow 农业报道 - 使用蚯蚓和食物垃圾制作堆肥 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 What can you do with earth
By Nancy Palus Dakar 31 March 2008 Union leaders in Guinea urged workers not to go on strike Monday, the day unions had set as a deadline for resolving disputes that sparked protests early this year. But while a strike has been averted for now, right
Join us for our last ever show, as we bid farewell to Travelling with Stu-pid and the C4 Show. And how are we going to celebrate? By eating sand worms. WHAT? Yes, worms that live in the sand.
A species of armyworm has spread to over 20 African countries and threatens Africa's main food crop -- maize. The warning comes from the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID. Joseph Huesing works as an advisor to USAID. He sus
Researchers may have found an unusual way to reduce plastic pollution, one bite at a time. It turns out that the common wax worm can eat plastic. Also known as the Galleria mellonella, these worms may help reduce the waste caused by plastic bags. Eac
By Nico Colombant Conakry, Guinea 06 February 2008 In Guinea, as in many other coastal parts of West Africa, entire communities depend on fishing as their essential source of income. The industry remains one of the region's most lucrative. But severa
By Nico Colombant Conakry 09 January 2008 Union leaders in Guinea have backed down from the threat of a general strike, after reaching an agreement with the government and long-standing President Lansana Conte over applying previous accords. The thre
DNA Tests Prove Worms in Sardine Cans are Kosher Let's say one day you're opening up a can of sardines and you come across a worm. It is not as unusual as you might think. Unfortunately, recently, it hasn't been unusual at all, noted Rabbi Chaim Loik
Why The World Isn't Close To Eradicating Guinea Worm ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: For the past few years, the world has been on the edge of one of the biggest medical triumphs of modern history. A global effort has nearly wiped out the Guinea worm, a horrific
By Phuong Tran Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 01 April 2008 Guinea-Bissau's military has long dominated the course of the country's history. Soldiers control many of the country's economic interests. Elections in 2005 brought back to power a previous presiden
By Phuong Tran Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 01 April 2008 Guinea-Bissau, like many African countries, is a difficult place to do business. Some of the obstacles include unclear regulations, pervasive corruption, political instability and the lack of infrast
By Uma Ramiah Dakar 16 April 2008 Four people are dead and seven missing after a jet carrying officials from Equatorial Guinea's ruling political party plunged into the Gulf of Guinea Wednesday morning. Uma Ramiah reports for the VOA from our West Af
By Nico Colombant Nzerekore, Guinea 05 February 2008 Health and aid workers in the west African country, Guinea, say they face many challenges to help victims of HIV / AIDS, mostly because of a lack of funding and inadequate information campaigns. Ni
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 04 April 2008 The global campaign to eradicate the debilitating Guinea worm disease continues, with hopes for eliminating it by 2009. Four countries ended transmission of the disease in 2007. Gilbert da Costa attended a cere
The West African nation of Guinea marks the 50th anniversary of independence which it gained after breaking with other French-African colonies that accepted a power-sharing agreement with France, the colonial power. But the celebrations have been su
By Kari Barber Dakar 06 February 2007 Guinea's President Lansana Conte has been getting help and advice from the government of neighboring Guinea Bissau to put an end to union-led protests. Union leaders in Guinea are threatening to resume a nationw
By Nico Colombant Dakar 04 January 2008 Angry youth in Guinea have taken to the streets in the capital Conakry, burning tires and building barricades, after the president fired the communications minister. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from our West A
Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight, Im Robin Basselin. Voice 2 And Im Ryan Geertsma. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Do you ever have a song tha
Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight, Im Robin Basselin. Voice 2 And Im Ryan Geertsma. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Do you ever have a song tha