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US Democratic Presidential Candidates Meet With Low Income V

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A new survey indicates several South East Asian countries rank poorly in providing accessible and transparent information on their national budgets, raising fears of corruption in spending programs. Survey by the Washington-based International Budge

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UNITED NATIONS, May 12 (Xinhua) -- More than 80 percent of people living in urban areas that monitor air pollution are exposed to air quality levels that exceed the limits set by the World Health Organization (WHO), a UN spokesman said here Thursday.

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Taxes on wage income vary heavily around the world. 世界各地的工资税率大不相同。 The OECD recently published a report comparing the tax burden on wages in the world's developed economies. One of the main measures the OECD used in the re

2007年VOA标准英语-Senegal Low-Income Workers Open Bank Accounts

By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 19 May 2007 In the West African nation of Senegal, fewer than 10 per cent of people have accounts at traditional banks. Such accounts have traditionally been seen as only for the very rich. But a growing network of branches ext

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SINGAPORE, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Jin Liqun, president-designate of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), said here on Saturday that the AIIB is a very good combination of strong features of public sector companies and private sector compani

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