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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The World Bank says most developing countries have made important progress toward the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals. Last week the international lender released its yearly World Devel

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The 2018 Beijing Forum on Human Rights has kicked off, with the theme Poverty Elimination: Seeking Common Development to Build a Community of Shared Future for Human Beings. The two-day event this year has over 200 attendees from over 50 countries, r

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More than 300 scientists from 14 countries brought their skills to the Greenland base camp over five summers. Jim White studies really old ice. He thinks it will help predict what the climate will be like in the future. White is director of the Insti

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During talks in Beijing, U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao endorsed a package of energy projects, including deals on clean coal and electric vehicles. Environmental analysts say the talks offer new hope the two countries wi

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2018年CRI Delegates urge more Africa-China poverty reduction cooperation

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The 2015 Global High Level Forum on Poverty Reduction and Development convenes in the Great Hall of the People, in China's capital city of Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses the event. CRIENGLISH.com now brings you a live broadcast of th

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