PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD Thurday 12/03/09 1. I’m Bob Doughty. 2. And I’m Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about five individuals around the world who are making a difference. They are making the world a better place by helping people in special ways. 1. Our first individual who is making a difference is a refugee from Burma. Thousands of people flee Burma each year to escape poverty‚ oppression and civil war. Many of
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European nations competed for land in Africa. Before 1850 there was very little European influence‚ but after the Berlin conference‚ which no African nations were invited to this conference. This conference changed that by 1914 only Ethiopia and Liberia remained free. Before the scramble in document 1 for Africa British colonies on the coast of Africa were very important because it set up trading post and fueling stations for the navy. In document 2 the domestication of animals for agricultural
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Savanna The African Savanna biome is a tropical grassland in Africa between latitude 15° North and 30 degrees S and longitude 15 degrees W and 40° West. It covers Guinea‚ Sierra Leone‚ Liberia‚ Cote D’ivore‚ Ghana‚ Togo‚ Benin‚ Nigeria‚ Cameroon‚ Central African Republic‚ Chad‚ Sudan‚ Ethiopia‚ Somalia‚ and the Democratic Republic of the Congo‚ Angola‚ Uganda‚ Rwanda‚ Burundi‚ Kenya‚ Tanzania‚ Malawi‚ Zambia‚ Zimbabwe‚ Mozambique‚ Botswana‚ and South Africa. Around 2 million large plant-eating
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sent searching troops‚ Germany and China sent officers of technical assistance‚ aircraft carriers arrived from Russia‚ Israeli medical staff came‚ Iran allocated tents for families that lost their homes. Even such countries as Guyana‚ Estonia and Liberia have sent money. It would seem that the sum these countries sent was ridiculous‚ but for a
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nuclear bombers across the North Pole to Russia. Later‚ it was found useful for submarines. When the eight station chain became operational‚ day to day operations were managed by the United States Coast Guard in partnership with Argentina‚ Norway‚ Liberia‚ France‚ Japan and Australia. Coast Guard personnel operated two U.S. stations – one in La Moure‚ North Dakota and the other in Haiku‚ Hawaii. OMEGA employed hyperbolic radio navigation techniques and the chain operated in the VLF portion of the spectrum
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officials are working desperately to find those who may have come in contact with a victim of the Ebola virus. Some‚ who have this virus‚ have actually been able to make a recovery. Thus‚ getting the Ebola virus is not entirely a “death sentence.” In Liberia‚ a local health clinic was mobbed and patients fled leaving officials to have to search for where the Ebola patients have gone. They were eventually found‚ and once those who mobbed the clinic realized it was a misunderstanding they vowed to return
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admired president that fought for human equality. However‚ his meaning toward “emancipation of slaves” is slightly different what nowadays people think because of what he saying: “My first impulse would be to free all the slaves‚ and send them to Liberia to their own native land.” Lincoln favored colonization‚ so an African-American migration to Africa would resolve the slavery problem. Basically‚
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Salahudin and Julia‚ We write to inform you that we are members and inhabitants of the affected local communities including chiefs‚ elders‚ women and youth within the proposed Malaysian palm oil company‚ Sime Darby 220‚000 ha oil palm concession in Liberia. Specifically‚ we are local inhabitants of towns and villages which include a) Sije‚ b)Moore town‚ c) Kon town‚d)Medina‚ e) Gayah Hill‚ f) Beafinie‚ g) Gbasomou‚ h)Dama‚ i) Bama‚ j) Gbar‚ k)Baaja‚ l) Claymontuah‚ m)Gobo‚ n) Zarmeyan‚ o) Vonzua
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"destroy marriages" * motorbikes‚ motor cars‚ and factories destroy the ozone layer‚ which contributes to global warming * motorcars‚ motorbikes‚ and airplanes have caused the death of many lives * "many people lost their lives in Iran‚ Liberia‚ etcetera;" "the victims are the youths who are the cream of society" * "science helps to terminate urban [or possibly I misheard and he said "unborn"] lives through abortion;" "many women now refuse to pregnate" * students no longer interested
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The Locus Effect‚ by Gary Haugan and Victor Boutros‚ discusses the many ways violence manifest itself in developing countries and the impact it has on families trying to get out of poverty. Haugan and Boutros described the “Locus” as the destroyer‚ as it destroys food‚ farm work‚ and any effort for one to build a life free from violence‚ abuse‚ and inequities. There are many things Haugan and Boutros highlighted that we have spoken about in this class‚ including how violence destroys efforts for
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