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The international community has pledged a total of $9.9bn (?6.5bn) in immediate and long-term aid to earthquake-hit Haiti at a UN donor conference. The $5.3bn (?3.5bn) of support over the next two years exceeds the $4bn requested by the Haitian gover

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Poor Afghanistan Three years after allied forces routed the ruling Taliban, living conditions in Afghanistan rank near the bottom of the 178 countries surveyed by the United Nations. According to the

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On February 20th, the United Nations declared a famine in parts of South Sudan. This crisis is man-made, the direct consequence of a conflict prolonged by South Sudanese leaders who are unwilling to put aside political ambitions for the good of their

NPR 2008-12-11

A proposed 14-billion-dollar financial rescue bill for the ailing domestic auto industry may itself be in need of some help if the debate in the House has anything to go by. Virginia Republican Allen Kantar says having the government take on increas

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美国外交博物馆将于2017年开放

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Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey and Uganda have won non-permanent seats on the U.N. Security Council. They will serve two-year terms beginning in January. From United Nation's headquarters in New York, VOA's Margaret Besheer has more on Friday's elec

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Pakistan holds talks this week with the International Monetary Fund about what is expected to be an estimated $10 billion bailout package. With foreign currency reserves dwindling and the rupee trading at all time lows against the dollar, Pakistan i

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An unusual political irony is reaching a climax on the South Asian island nation of Sri Lanka. The two proclaimed heroes of the recently-ended quarter century civil war, who are openly accusing each other of war crimes, are facing off in the country'

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Representatives from about 60 countries are arriving in Kabul for a major international donor conference scheduled for Tuesday. Sean Maroney | Kabul 19 July 2010 Violence has reached record levels in recent months, as the Taliban intensifies its insu

Iraqi Officials Ask Donors to Speed up Distribution of Finan

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 12 February 2007 Liberians have high expectations for the upcoming week of meetings, donor conferences and forums between top officials in Washington, set to address their need for help. VOA's Nico Colombant has more from Daka

Cholera Operations in Haiti Seriously Under-funded

The United Nations is holding a special meeting with donor countries to drum up support for its cholera treatment and control operations in Haiti. It says it has received less than half of the $175 million it needs to carry out its life-saving progra

Red Cross Struggling to Aid Europe's 'New Poor'

GENEVA The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) reports it is struggling to provide assistance to increasing numbers of new poor in Europe. The latest statistics by the European Union show more than 26 million peopl

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A US Air Force photo shows tents on the edge of the runway at Port-au-Prince airport, providing shelter to US military personnel participating in the Haiti's relief effort, 15 Jan 2010 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will fly to Port-au-Princ

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Pakistan holds talks this week with the International Monetary Fund about what is expected to be an estimated $10 billion bailout package. With foreign currency reserves dwindling and the rupee trading at all time lows against the dollar, Pakistan is

VOA双语新闻：劳拉.布什突访阿富汗

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A climate council report has found heat waves in Australia are becoming more frequent, hotter and are lasting longer. It says some parts of the country experienced an average increase of one to three heat waves days in the last 60 days. Total fire ba

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-07-09

Leading the news this morning. The prime minister's asylum seeker reference group is preparing to meet, the Opposition is refusing to take part and is defending a key plank of its own policy. Opposition leader Tony Abbott is under attack after admitt

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Presiden Obama has announced an extension to the US military presence in Afghanistan, reversing an election pledge to end America's longest war. Close to 10,000 troops are to remain in the country for much of next year, with that number halving by th