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科特迪瓦积极备战里约奥运 It is the home stretch for three Ivorian taekwondo athletes. The Rio Summer Games are just weeks away, and Ivory Coast has won only one Olympic medal in its history. That one was 32 years ago. Track and field is s

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美国欧盟称中国操纵人民币汇率 China is pushing back at criticism from U.S. President Barack Obama about Beijing's currency and trade policies. Obama says Washington does not want China to take advantage of the United States. China's fore

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VOA常速英语2016--心力衰竭患者有望逐步医治

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国际艾滋病会议将在埃塞俄比亚举行 22.5 million of the world's 33 million AIDS sufferers are in Africa. So the conference opening December 4 is aimed at raising public awareness. Ethiopia's Health Minister Tewodros Adhanom calls the wee

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让马修告诉你 时尚就是用来颠覆的 Twenty-six-year-old Matthew Rugamba got his start in fashion trying to modernize thetraditional kitenge loincloth common across East Africa. At his House of Tayo in Kigali, theRwanda designer has expande

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Poor Residents in Cleveland Not Feeling High Hopes of Republican Convention 克利夫兰的贫困居民对共和党大会期待不高 CLEVELAND With the Republican Party's National Convention underway in Cleveland, Ohio, delegates and visitors are ga

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非洲抗逆转录病毒药物供不应求 Stphane Alliali Di Kouam walks one neighborhood in Abidjan every day to visit people livingwith HIV/AIDS. Treatment with antiretroviral drugs can reduce mother-to-child transmissionduring pregnancy and birth

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