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Terrorism: Religious and Poverty Roots?

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: There's an unprecedented experiment happening in a village in Kenya. Most people there had been scraping by on less than $2 a day. But last fall, an American charity announced they're going to give every adult an extra $22 a mont

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每日一词【280】poverty：贫困

今天我们要学的词是poverty。 Poverty, 是贫困的意思。To sink into poverty, 意思是陷入贫困。To fight poverty, 意思是打击贫困。美国人口普查局公布的最新数字显示，美国去年的贫困人口率出现下降，

China to "basically eradicate poverty" in 10 years

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U.S poverty rate rises to 14.3 percent last year

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. poverty（贫困） rate climbed to 14.3 percent in 2009, the highest level since 1994, as households' incomes were squeezed by the deepest recession（衰退） since the 1930s and high unemployment（失业率 ）

CCTV9英语新闻：New strategy of targeted poverty reduction

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NW China to lift 100,000 people out of poverty

LANZHOU, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Over the past few days, Rugur and his partners have been reconsidering how to help their village in northwest China's Gansu Province shake off poverty and make more money. Rugur is head of the remote Haikang village in t

More Nigerians Slip Into Poverty, Particularly in North

Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation and its biggest oil producer. The West African country exports more than two million barrels of crude oil a day. Despite its oil wealth, however, a new government study says the number of Nigerians sinking int

学个词Learn a Word 第280期 Poverty

今天我们要学的词是poverty。 Poverty, 是贫困的意思。To sink into poverty, 意思是陷入贫困。To fight poverty, 意思是打击贫困。美国人口普查局公布的最新数字显示，美国去年的贫困人口率出现下降，

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Rich or poor, death is something that comes to us all. Yet for many in China, the cost of giving loved ones a proper send-off is an increasing struggle. To help those families living below the poverty line, welfare funerals are being introduced in so

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