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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 29 April 2008 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he will head a new task force to tackle the global food crisis that is plunging tens of millions of people into poverty and hunger. He is calling for international donors to

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Business:The Financial Crisis 商业：金融危机

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Its being called the worlds worst food crisis since the 1970s. Around the globe, food prices have risen about 40% in the last year, sparking protests and violence in at least 14 countries, and pushing the problem to center stage at the United Nation

Uganda Blames British Colonists for Sudan Crisis

By Cathy Majtenyi Uganda says conflicts in Darfur can be traced to British colonial rule and blames the colonial policies for the rise of rebel movements throughout the country. Ugandan presidential s

HEALTH REPORT - UN Says AIDS Crisis Is Getting Worse

HEALTH REPORT - UN Says AIDS Crisis Is Getting Worse By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 This is Phoebe Zimmerman with the VOA Special English Health Report. The Fifteenth Internationa

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Monti Sworn in as New Italian PM Economist Mario Monti has been sworn in as Italys new prime minister, with a mandate to restore stability to the countrys economy and respectability to its politics. At European Union headquarters in early October he

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VOA常速英语2007年-2007 Brings More Crisis to Lebanon

By Challiss McDonough Cairo 19 December 2007 A political stalemate in Lebanon that started at the end of 2006 has dragged on through the entire year, culminating in a crisis that has left the country without a president. VOA Middle East Correspondent

VOA常速英语2008年-UN Holds Food Crisis Talks in Switzerland

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 28 April 2008 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is heading emergency talks aimed at tackling the growing crisis caused by soaring food prices around the world. Participating in this two-day high-powered meeting in the Swiss ca

VOA标准英语2008年-Political Crisis, Inflation, Power Crisis Hurt

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Islamabad 09 January 2008 Political turmoil in Pakistan, rising inflation and power shortages could derail the country's strong economic performance of the past five years. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins reports from Islamabad. Pa

VOA常速英语2008年-UN Says Humanitarian Crisis at Risk of Escalati

By Margaret Besheer United Nations 25 February 2008 The U.N. humanitarian chief warns that if Kenya's political crisis is not quickly resolved, the risk of fresh violence, more displacement, and further polarization of society will be high. From U.N.

Kerry arrives in Cairo for talks with Morsi

CAIRO, March 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Egypt Saturday on a two-day visit as part of his first trip aboard as Washington's top diplomat, Egypt's official news agency MENA reported. Kerry, who planned to visit a number

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G20 Hope to Move Beyond Greek Crisis

After the Greek political crisis dominated the first day of the G20 economic summit, the second and final day is expected to focus largely on the health of the global economy. Large industrial countries gathered in Cannes expressed relief at Greece's

Europe's Financial Crisis Intensifies

Europe's financial crisis has deepened this week as worries rose about the health of another bank - the Franco-Belgian-owned Dexia. Dexia's board meets Saturday to discuss the bank's future. Dexia's woes underscore growing criticism about the region'

Europe's Economic Crisis Intensifies

Europe's financial and political problems deepened, as stock markets tumbled, Italian bond yields rose over the political turmoil in Rome, and a new coalition government prepares to take over in Greece. The eurozone crisis has risen another notch wit

Cote d'Ivoire's political crisis deepens

ABIDJAN, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Cote d'Ivoire's political crisis deepens with the appointment of two prime ministers by the two presidential candidates declared the winner of the Nov. 28 run-off respectively by the electoral commission and the Constituti

ndian PM: World Economic Crisis Deepening

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has warned that the world economic crisis is deepening, threatening developing countries and the global financial system. In his address to the United Nations General Assembly Saturday, Singh said the shoots of re

Far Right Poised to Take Advantage of Eurozone Crisis

The eurozone crisis is feeding far-right, nationalist parties in Europe which have long criticized the single European currency - and the broader idea of a European project of closer economic and political unity. But will that translate into more vot