VOA标准英语2011--UN Assists Sudanese Refugees Fleeing Conflict

UN Assists Sudanese Refugees Fleeing Conflict The U.N. refugee agency continues emergency airlifts to aid thousands of refugees fleeing fighting in Sudan. The fighting between government forces and rebels is taking place in two Sudanese states Blue N

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June 20 is World Refugee Day. The United Nations General Assembly decided to create this day in 2000. It marks the 50th anniversary of the international convention relating to the status of refugees. The day is also Africa Refugee Day. A different th

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 20 June 2006 The UN Refugee Agency says people who flee persecution are forced to leave behind their most precious relationships and belongings. But, the UNHCR says the one thing all refugees carry with them is the hope that t

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 03 November 2006 The U.N. refugee agency says Iraq is facing a displacement crisis, on a larger scale than was anticipated when the war began in 2003. The UNHCR says continuing violence is leading more Iraqis to flee their hom

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The U.N. refugee agency is appealing to European Union countries to make sure that people seeking asylum are given a fair hearing of their claims for international protection. The UNHCR says it is concerned about the treatment of the growing number

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 19 April 2007 The U.N. refugee agency says it has sent medical and relief supplies to a small Somali town near the Kenyan border, the destination of many people fleeing violence and instability in Somalia. Cathy Majtenyi rep

VOA标准英语2008年-Somali Refugees Head to Nairobi's 'Little Mogad

By Derek Kilner Nairobi 20 June 2008 As fighting in Somalia between Islamist insurgents and the transitional government backed by Ethiopian troops has intensified over the past year, thousands of refugees have been streaming into neighboring Kenya,

VOA标准英语2011--US Pledges Aid for Drought-Stricken Soma

US Pledges Aid for Drought-Stricken Somali Refugees With the drought in Somalia officially declared a famine, the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, was in the Dadaab refugee camps of Kenya to pledge Ameri

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VOA常速英语2007年-Unique Indian Coffee Plantation Falls to Conser

By Steve Herman New Delhi 20 December 2007 Espresso drinkers are losing what critics praise as one of the world's best certified organic robusta coffees. The government of Kerala state has refused to extend the lease on the land where the rare beans

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2006年VOA标准英语-UN Refugee Agency Heading to Beirut

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 20 July 2006 The U.N. refugee agency is gearing up for a multi-million dollar operation to help tens of thousands of people displaced by the current crisis in Lebanon. The UNHCR says the first members of an initial 11-strong e

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今天我们要学的词是crowd pleaser。 A crowd pleaser, 指深受欢迎的人或事。 The movie is a crowd pleaser, 大家都爱看这部电影。 His performance was a crowd pleaser, 他的表演得到一致好评。大熊猫泰山在美国的时

VOA常速英语2008年-Gullah-Geechee Community Embraces African Roots

By Roger Hsu Washington, DC 06 February 2008 On a number of islands off the coasts of the southern states of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, live the Gullahs, a group many believe is the most authentic African-American community in the U.S. The

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June 20th is World Refugee Day, a day to remember refugees world wide who have had to leave their homes and may never return. A refugee is a person who has had to escape from their country because they could be imprisoned or killed for their beliefs.