The UN has just issued a report saying that six million people in Myanmar need food right now. How critical is the situation? It's a real paradox, because in the same year that Cyclone Nargis devastated the, what had been the rice bowl of Myanmar, th

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SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's central bank on Thursday decided to leave the key interest rate at the current level of 2.25 percent for the third straight month. In its monthly monetary(货币的) committee meeting, the Bank of Korea re

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 29 May 2008 The U.S. Army reported Thursday that the suicide rate among its soldiers continued to rise last year, and is now nearly double the rate recorded before the invasion of Iraq. But they say last year's increase was not

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WASHINGTON, May 3 (Xinhua) -- People diagnosed with asthma in the United States grew by 4.3 million between 2001 and 2009, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(预防) (CDC). In 2009, nearly one

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The central parity rate of the Chinese currency weakened against the U.S. dollar two days in a row after a relaxation of controls on capital outflows, ending a record 11-day rise. China is pursuing a prudent and neutral monetary policy in 2017, apply

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. poverty(贫困) rate climbed to 14.3 percent in 2009, the highest level since 1994, as households' incomes were squeezed by the deepest recession(衰退) since the 1930s and high unemployment(失业率 )

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