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Amber: Hello, I'm Amber, and you're listening to bbclearningenglish.com. th Today, since we are a website, we join in celebrations for the 15 birthday of the World Wide Web! The World Wide Web has changed the lifestyle and working environment of peo

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Since the Internet emerged a decade ago as a free and accessible global communications network, there have been countless assaults by malicious computer viruses and numerous attempts by saboteurs to crash the system. The Internet has survived them al

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The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has often had a difficult relationship with the Internet. The government has repeatedly attempted to restrict news and social media websites during times of political unrest. The restrictions d

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By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 29 November 2006 watch Internet report It's called the Virtual World, but many people are making it more and more part of their real worlds. It's modern-day life on the Internet. Paul Sisco takes a look at where we are -

EXPLORATIONS - The Internet: Linking People in a Way Once Th

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This is Day to Day from NPR news, I am Medlin Bran. Have you ever wondered just who runs the Internet? Well a non-profit organization here in the US is responsible for technical oversight, but lately there's been some loud protests from other countri

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Computers around the world are connected in an extensive communication system called the Internet. Transcript of radio broadcast: 17 June 2008 VOICE ONE: I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Tod

VOA标准英语2012--Internet Opens World to Microloan Investors

Internet Opens World to Microloan Investors A $2 loan lets a woman in Burundi start a business brewing banana beer, and a $65 loan helped a woman in Pakistan start an embroidery business that now supports 30 local families. These small entrepreneurs

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New Internet Cafe Connects Afghan Women to World There is barely room to move as women crowd around laptop computers in this small cafe in central Kabul. The Afghan activist group YoungWomen4Change runs the cafe as a safe place where women can access

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The popularization of the Internet has brought the world closer to local Tibetans. Not only are locals using the internet to gain access to more information, but they are also managing to make a profit. QiongDa is a villager in Lhasa. There were no t

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By Margaret Besheer New York 19 September 2007 A new U.N.-sponsored initiative is being launched to bridge the digital divide and connect African countries with each other and the rest of the world. VOA's Margaret Besheer reports from U.N. headquarte

Internet Opens World to Microloan Investors

The Internet is linking entrepreneurs in the developing world with investors in industrial nations through sites that broker small people-to-people loans. These so-called microloans go to family-owned businesses in Africa, Asia and other areas. A $2