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By Jill Moss Broadcast: September 22, 2003 This is Robert Covent with the VOA Special English Development Report. Literacy, by its most basic meaning, is the ability to read and write. The United Nati

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The United States Federal Reserve says it will use all available tools to restart economic growth. The central bank's main interest rate is now the lowest in its history. This week the Fed cut its ta

Death Rates Rising for Middle Age Whites with Little Education

A new study from Princeton University economists says white middle-aged Americans without college educations are dying at higher rates. Professors Anne Case and Angus Deaton wrote the study. It finds that men and women older than 45 but younger than

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Economics and weather have a lot in common. Knowing what conditions will be like weeks or months in the future is not easy. One thing that helps economists predict the future is the index of leading

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The latest Global Hunger Index report says the number of hungry people worldwide has fallen twenty-five percent since ninety ninety. Last year the estimate topped one billion for the first time. But

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New Drugs Promise Higher Cure Rates for Hepatitis C The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved two new drugs - boceprevir and telaprevir - to treat hepatitis C, a virus that can cause liver damage and cancer. The new drugs are expected to imp

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EDUCATION REPORT - Trying to Get More Students to Finish High SchoolBy Brianna Blake Broadcast: Thursday, June 08, 2006 I'm Mario Ritter with the VOA Special English Education Report. Many young peopl

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ECONOMICS REPORT - U.S. Interest Rates Expected to Rise at the End of June By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Friday, June 18, 2004 This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Financial

HEALTH REPORT - Cancer Survival Rates Up in U.S.

HEALTH REPORT - Cancer Survival Rates Up in U.S. By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 25 Jan 2005, 23:06 UTC I'm Phoebe Zimmerman with the VOA Special English Health Report. The Amer

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U.S. fixed mortgage rates continue to rise with stronger economic outlook

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. fixed mortgage rates this week edged up for the third straight week following recently released stronger economic data, according to the Primary Mortgage Market Survey released Thursday by Freddie Mac. The mortgag

ECB raises eurozone interest rates to 1.5%

The European Central Bank (ECB) has raised interest rates to 1.5% from 1.25% in an attempt to cool inflation in the 17-nation eurozone. ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet said that inflation, now 2.7%, was likely to remain clearly above the ECB's 2% t

U.S. lung cancer rates decline: CDC

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- The rates of new lung cancer cases in the United States dropped among men in 35 states and among women in six states between 1999 and 2008, according to a report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control an

India Holds Interest Rates Steady Amid Slow Growth

India's central bank kept interest rates unchanged Monday in a bid to curb inflation, despite pressure to cut rates to spur lagging economic growth. The Reserve Bank kept the rate at 8 percent, and the cash reserve rate for banks at 4.75 percent. The

Aussie banks rolling in cash, silent on rates

SYDNEY, May 2 (Xinhua) --- The Australia New Zealand Bank (ANZ) has reported first-half underlying profit of over 3 billion U.S. dollars, a result that stands in stark contrast to its refusal to keep in step with the central bank's official rate move

Obesity rates keep rising in U.S

LOS ANGELES, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Obesity prevalence was 30 percent or higher in 12 states of the United States last year, compared to nine states in 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday. In 2000, no states in the

Suicide rates in Europe 'linked' to financial crisis

The financial crisis almost certainly led to an increase in suicides across Europe, health experts say. The analysis by US and UK researchers found a rise in suicides was recorded among working age people from 2007 to 2009 in nine of the 10 nations s

China cuts interest rates, allows freer fluctuation

BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhua) -- China announced Thursday its first cut in benchmark interest rates in more than three years after slower-than-expected growth in the world's second-largest economy raised concerns of a hard landing. The People's Bank of Ch