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By Tom Rivers London 19 November 2007 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is urging all nations to rise to the challenges of combatting global warming, which he compared to the challenge of recovery after World War II. For VOA, Tom Rivers in London r

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Economists across the world are expressing concern about rising food prices. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization recently released its Food Price Index. The list showed that a number of foods cost more than during the world food cris

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Higher Production Costs Shift Chinese Manufacturing For decades, China's factories have supplied the world with cheap goods - from denim jeans to desktop computers. But export prices are expected to go up as Chinese manufacturers are battered by high

VOA标准英语2011--World Bank Discusses High Food Prices

World Bank Discusses High Food Prices Global food prices have risen by 36 percent in the past year, according to figures released this week by the World Bank. The Bank hosted its spring meetings in Washington this week, where it called on policymaker

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Looking ahead, one of the challenges China's new leadership will face is guiding the country's export-reliant economy through global headwinds. Much of Chinas extraordinary growth over the past 30 years has been thanks to its manufacturing might. But

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By Michael Bowman Washington 15 October 2007 During the past year, basic foods have become significantly more expensive in many parts of the world, adding to the misery of impoverished regions and straining the budgets of families across the globe. V

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And for more on this, joining me now in the studio is CCTVs Jin Yingqiao. Q1. Yingqiao, its called price liberalization for telecom services. Is it going to have a big impact on the telecom market and consumers in China? A1. Well. Yes and no. Yes bec

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Biosecurity Australia will now allow New Zealand to export apples to their country. However, Australian apple growers are not happy. To understand more about this, you need to listen to April 15th 2010. Australian apple growers do not want New Zealan