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The UN has just issued a report saying that six million people in Myanmar need food right now. How critical is the situation? It's a real paradox, because in the same year that Cyclone Nargis devastated the, what had been the rice bowl of Myanmar, th

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By Greg Flakus Houston 05 March 2008 Hillary Clinton made a stunning comeback in Tuesday's primaries and caucuses, winning decisively in Ohio and Rhode Island and coming out on top of a close race in Texas. John McCain won all four states, to clinch

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By Melinda Smith Washington 06 September 2007 In 2006, the World Health Organization issued a report that a critical shortage of doctors and nurses has contributed to severe health problems in Africa and parts of Asia.The report said at least four mi

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By Jordan Davis Dakar 17 February 2007 With a little over one week before Senegal's presidential elections, candidates are working hard to win over voters. Though some have called into question the fairness of traditional media outlets, candidates a

VOA标准英语2012--North Darfur State Lacks Critical Medical Services

North Darfur State Lacks Critical Medical Services The aid group Doctors without Borders has sharply reduced essential healthcare services in parts of Sudans North Darfur State. The group, also known as MSF, says it has no more drugs or medical suppl

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When Augustus White was growing up in the American south in the 1940s, racial segregation was an accepted part of life. African Americans got second best - in education, employment, and health care. But White overcame those barriers, becoming an orth

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Every day, a sea of decisions stretches before us. 我们无时不刻都在做各种各样的决定。 Some are small and unimportant, but others have a larger impact on our lives. 有些微不足道，有些却会对我们的生活造成很大影响。

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By Noel King Khartoum 09 December 2006 In another blow to emergency aid operations in Sudan's embattled Darfur region, the International Committee of the Red Cross says it has been forced to evacuate staff from the town of Kutum in northern Darfur d

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URUMQI, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- A total of 168 tourists were rescued early Thursday after being stranded by high winds for 12 hours in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, rescuers said. The tourists were traveling by car and bus on a prov

2007年VOA标准英语-Asia Threatened by Global Financial Imbalances,

By Kurt Achin Kyoto 04 May 2007 Asia's economic development is a success story that has been decades in the making. But in the past decade, the region has become a key factor in a global imbalance marked by too much reliance on exports by countries i

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In the Pacific state of Hawaii, U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday told leaders of the 21 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation economies that the region will be key to U.S. economic recovery. With much of the formal summit activity, including a worki

2006年VOA标准英语-Indian Kashmir Rocked by Grenade Blasts

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 11 July 2006 Civilian carries a girl, injured in a grenade explosion in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, July 11, 2006 Several grenade blasts have rocked the capital of Indian Kashmir, killing six people and injuring nearly two

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Residents of the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia voted for a new president Friday, three years after Russia recognized the region, and another breakaway area, South Ossetia, as independent states. Three candidates are hoping to replace Presiden

VOA标准英语2009年-Cameroon Closes Radio Station Critical of

By Scott Stearns Dakar 08 October 2009 Cameroon President Paul Biya (file photo) Authorities in Cameroon have closed a private FM radio station that has been broadcasting illegally from the capital for several months. The station was highly critical

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Media reports always criticized that there have been insufficient number of public facilities in Chinese cities. Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference said Tibet has realized remar