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The airport is your first stop before leaving on your dream vacation or trip. Generally speaking, you should arrive at the airport with plenty of time to spare. Don't arrive 10 minutes before your plane departs. You can park your car in long-term par

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Many world leaders are expressing shock and sympathy following the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and are offering to assist the country as it struggles to recover from the disaster. U.S. President Barack Obama pledged assistance for wh

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 July 2007 The International Organization for Migration says only a fraction of the more than 2.2 million people forced to flee their homes in Iraq is getting the basic humanitarian assistance they need. The organization call

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 24 August 2007 United Nations aid agencies say the situation in Peru's earthquake affected areas is moving rapidly from one of emergency to rehabilitation and reconstruction. But the agencies say there is still a great need of

VOA标准英语2008年-UN Reports 500,000 Kenyans Will Need Assistance

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 11 January 2008 The United Nations says it expects one half million people in Kenya, whose livelihoods were destroyed during post-election violence, will need assistance in the coming months. U.N. aid agencies report the situat

VOA标准英语2010年-US Officials: Medical Assistance and F

Reports of chaotic food handouts, Monday, highlight the difficult conditions survivors face as many continue their search for the dead, mourn those they have lost and struggle to meet their basic needs of food and water. William Ide | Washington 26 J

VOA标准英语2010年-Sahel Food Security Depends on Reinves

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U.S. strategies in Afghanistan and Pakistan, continuing support for Iraq, and Middle East peace efforts figured highly in debate Thursday in a key House of Representatives committee. Debate on these issues occurred as the House Appropriations Commit

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VOA常速英语2008年-UN Security Council Condemns Rebel Attacks in C

By Margaret Besheer United Nations 04 February 2008 The United Nations Security Council has issued a statement expressing its grave concern over rebel groups' efforts to overthrow the government of Chad. VOA's Margaret Besheer reports from U.N. headq

Lawmakers call for including non-governmental groups in social assistance

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VOA常速英语2007年-Africa Assistance Workers Report Ready-to-Eat F

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi, Kenya 10 December 2007 Many medical aid workers in countries facing nutritional emergencies extol the virtues of ready-to-eat foods. A nutrition specialist for Doctors Without Borders reported such therapeutic foods were us

Germany reveals Afghan troops withdrawal timetable

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China calls for more assistance to Central Africa

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