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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A locavore is someone who eats foods produced locally. Locavores usually define local as within one hundred sixty kilometers. This new term grew out of a reaction to the long distances that food no

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Harare Residents Face Water Shortage

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Pattern seen in 50 countries in children up to age 5 Art Chimes | Washington, DC 26 April 2010 A new study of more than 50 low- and middle-income countries, finds a consistent association between maternal height and offspring health. Related Links JA

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Institutions like the United Nations and World Bank are increasing their attention on girls education, but in countries like the West African nation of Mali only about half of all girls are enrolled in school. There are efforts by local people in rur

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By Sabina Castelfranco Venice 14 November 2009 Native Venetians stage a mock funeral procession in Venice, Italy, 14 Nov 2009 The city of Venice, Italy, with its famous waterways and beautiful buildings is losing official residents at a rapid rate c

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VOA标准英语2013--Gao Residents Rebuild, after Islamist Occupation

Gao Residents Rebuild, after Islamist Occupation An everyday scene that would have been unthinkable just four months ago under the Islamist militant sect MUJAO. And certainly not in Gao. MUJAO anointed the Sharia Square; it's where they whipped peopl

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By Mike O'Sullivan Ramona, California 27 October 2007 As firefighters continue to battle blazes in Southern California, many San Diego residents returned to neighborhoods once in the fires' path. Mike O'Sullivan reports from Ramona, outside San Diego

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The men take everything, but the women -- nothing -- Camp resident Rosemonde Desmesier Residents of makeshift tent cities throughout Port-au-Prince say that conditions have improved since the earthquake three weeks ago, but shortages of food and reli

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As international aid continues to flow into Haiti, residents of the Port-au-Prince slum of Cite Soleil say they are still waiting for tents and other essentials more than three weeks after a devastating earthquake. Cleanup has begun in parts of Port-

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ESL Podcast 553 – A Homeowners’ Association

Cuca: What possessed you to agree to become the head of the homeowners association ? Emiliano: Im just tired of all of the waste and not having a say . Our dues keep going up and there seems to be special assessments every year. Im not even sure the