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VOA Special

SENEWS-2007-06-18 Report
Development Report



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This Is The VOA Special English Development Report.

The United States has accused several of its arable air lies are being amount of the worst of fenders that human trafficking. The state department released it trafficking in persons report for 2007. The report reads efforts by 164 countries and territories to end modern day slavery. It lists B., Kuwait, Oman and Qatar among 16 countries with the worst records are prim twelve last year. It also names A., E., and Malaysia. And listed it again this year, are S., Iran, S., Sudan, Pakistan, Burma, North Korea, J. and Venezuela.

Zimbabwe, B. and Laos were listed among the worst fenders in last year’s report but are now in the second tier group. Countries in the second tier do not flee meet the requirements but are working to improve. Countries are divided into three groups or tiers based on how well they meet the requirements of the trafficking victims protection act. The United States Congress crossed this law in 2000.

Countries in tier three face possible cuts in the American assistants. But the officials say the goal of the report is not to punish. The reports are based on information from American diplomats, none governmental organizations and other groups. The United States estimates that about 800,000 people are forced across international borders each year. It says up to 17,000 are believed to enter this country. The great majority of victims are female and as many as half are children and teenagers. Thirty two nations are on a watch list in this year’s report, the list is supposed to be a warning. A., China and South Africa are unlit for the third year in the role. India, Mexico and Russia are listed for the fourth year.

In fact, state department official Mark L. said the world’s largest democracy has the world’s largest problem of human trafficking. He says India has hundreds of thousands of sex trafficking victims and millions of bounded laborers. With include forced child laborers. The report came out last Tuesday, which was world day against child labor. Estimates out that more than 200 million children world wide are forced to work mostly on farms. The United Nations is calling for an end to the worst forms of child labor by 2016.

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From the VOA News Center in Washington, I'm Bill Hazard, VOA News.

Afghan police say a bomb ripped through a police bus today in the capital of Kabul, killing around 35 people. Officials say the police academy bus was carrying several recruits near a police station in a crowded section of the city when the bomb went off. Most of the dead are Afghan police officers or recruits. Estimates on the number of casualties vary with the number of wounded ranging from 10 to 35. Some civilians are reported to be among the casualties. Authorities are investigating if the attack was a suicide bombing or if the bomb may have been planted on the bus. The attack is one of the deadliest in Kabul since the Taliban was toppled in 2001. Afghanistan's insurgent Taliban movement has claimed responsibility for the bombing. Afghan officials said Saturday a suicide bomber struck near a convoy of foreign forces and in the northern city of Mazari-Sharif, killing one civilian and wounding at least 6 others.

Hamas officials say a BBC journalist Alan Johnston who was kidnapped in Gaza more than three months ago could be released soon. After taking control of the Gaza Strip last week, Hamas officials said they had made contact with Johnston's kidnappers and would work to win his release. A Hamas spokesman said on Friday the group would not allow Johnston's captivity to continue. Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip on Thursday.

In other news, Israel said today it is cutting off gasoline supplies to Gaza gas stations in the wake of the Hamas takeover. Meanwhile, media reports from the West Bank say Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued a decree early today appointing a new emergency cabinet. The cabinet, headed by newly appointed Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, is also due to be sworn in by Mr. Abbas later in the day.

Iraqis returned to the streets of Baghdad after the cancellation of a four-day curfew today which was imposed after the bombing of a Shiite shrine. The curfew imposed Wednesday after two gold-top minarets of the Askariya Mosque in Samarra were destroyed by suspected al-Qaida militants. On Saturday, visiting US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the recent arrival of 28,000 additional troops in Iraq is only now starting to have a full impact. Gates was on a one-day visit where he was briefed by US commanders about the surge intended to help the Iraqi army quell sectarian violence. He said he travelled to Baghdad to press Iraqi leaders to make progress toward national reconciliation. Also Saturday, the US commander in Iraq General David Petraeus said his forces have begun new offensives against al-Qaida insurgents in and around Baghdad. The general also announced the arrest of two key insurgent leaders in recent days. VOA's Al Pessin has more on that part of our story in this report from Baghdad.

General David Petraeus announced the offensives at a news conference on Saturday. "Literally in the last 24 hours, we have launched a number of different offensive operations in the Baghdad belts in particular, and we're continuing a number of operations that have been ongoing in Baghdad itself." General Petraeus says the operations are targeting areas that have been al-Qaida safe havens, and bases for launching car bomb attacks. The general said he is taking advantage of the fact that the last of the extra US forces have finally arrived, bringing new capabilities he can use to go after insurgents on their home ground. He would not provide any details of the operations. The general also announced the arrest of two key insurgent leaders in recent days. General Petraeus spoke at a news conference with US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who was on a one-day visit to Iraq. Al Pessin, VOA News, Baghdad.

Meanwhile, the US military said it has found the identification cards of two missing soldiers in a suspected al-Qaida safe house in Samarra.

A UN Security Council team has arrived in Khartoum for talks with Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir on the deployment of peacekeepers in the troubled Darfur region. The delegation is seeking confirmation from Mr. Bashir on the speedy deployment of around 20,000 UN and African Union peacekeepers. Khartoum had previously rejected attempts to send large numbers of UN peacekeepers to Darfur, but finally agreed last week amid intense world pressure and threats of tougher UN sanctions.

From the VOA News Center in Washington, I'm Bill Hazard, VOA News.

Vocabulary

recruit: n. someone who has just joined the army, navy, or air force 新兵
vary: v. to change often 多变
make contact with sb.: 与某人取得联系
in the wake of: 在...之后;紧跟
identification card: 身份证
safe house: a house used by people who are hiding, for example by criminals hiding from the police, or by people who are being protected by the police from other people who may wish to harm them 安全藏身处，（间谍、恐怖分子的）藏身房

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The governing center right UNP Party of French President Nicolas Sarkozy has won a comfortable majority in the final round of parliament elections although not the predicted landslide victory. Final results gave the UNP 314 seats in the national assembly. The socialist won 180 seats, more than expected. The UNP seemed to have suffered after the socialist highlighted government plans for increase in value added tax. Caroline Wyatt reports from Paris.

The dismay was clear on the faces of many UNP supporters as they watched the initial results come through. This was far from the blue wave or landslide victory of the polls have predicted. Instead, it was a moderate victory which gives the new President Nicolas Sarkozy’s party a clear majority in parliament, but a smaller one than before. Despite Minister / was putting a brief face on it, said the results still validate the new government plans to modernize French and its economy.

The new Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has called all sides to recognize that his emergency government is the only legitimate administration in the Palestinian territory. Hamas which seized control of Gaza last week has called Mr. Fayyad’s government illegal, but the Prime Minister said there would be no real dialogue with the faction until it changed its position. In the BBC interview, Mr. Fayyad also said law and order was, now, his top priority. “I think we do have serious accountability problem, that really in the main, I mean that’s a fact,…., there has been a lot of deterioration. Particularly in the security field. And that’s why should not be a surprise everyone, that we view that as the main priority of this government, law and order.”

Talks have ended in Luxemburg between European Union foreign Ministers with Poland insisting it won’t back down over its opposition to a new EU treaty. The treaty is designed to replace the proposed EU constitution which was rejected by voters in France and Netherlands in 205. Jonny Dymond reports.

This was a preparatory meeting and not one that will see the hard bargaining, now makes the big decisions. But countries laid out their positions that became clear that Britain, Poland and the Czech Republic are the problem children in the class of 2007. Poland wants radical changes to the proposed voting system. The Czech has supported them. Britain is not quite so publicly stubborn as Poland, but has a wider range of problems with the proposed treaty.

The organization which says it’s holding the kidnapped BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston has denied a deal has been reached for his release. A spokesman for the Army of Islam told the Arabic television station Al Jazeera that Alan Johnston would not be freed until its demands were met. The spokesman said negotiations were continuing with the military wing of Hamas which now controls Gaza. Earlier, two Hamas spokesman made conflicting comments about whether Alan Johnston might be released soon. The BBC says it’s watching developments very closely.

World news from the BBC.

Thousands of veterans of Falklands War have taken part in the ceremony of London to mark the end of conflict twenty five years ago when Britain retake the islands after they were invaded by Argentina. The British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Britain’s leader of the time of the conflict Margaret Thatcher were among the dignity who attended the parade and fly past.

Condolences have been pouring in from Italia’s top designers for one of country’s most famous //. J., who was died in Rome at the age of sixty two, he suffered a brain hamraige. In 1989, F. became the stylist director of the prestigious French fashion house Christian Dior. Following the end of that association, he returned to Italy where he designed his own collections.

The former England football captain David Beckham has played his final match for the Spanish Club Royal Madrid before he moves to an American team in Los Angeles. Royal Madrid won the game against M. M 3:1 to take the Spanish League title giving Beckham his first winner’s medal since he joined the club four years ago. Mike S. reports from Madrid.

On a personal level, there wasn’t a quiet Hollywood ending for the man who has Hollywood fans. But though he wasn’t on a pitch for / / come back, he could claim to winning the title by proxy. Beckham barely linked towards the dog out, hit bald and title fading away just simply before R. attacked the important //. M. scored second to wrestle the title from Barcelona before R. dispatched a wonderful third to ensure David Beckham’s dream movie star send off.

At motor racing, the young British driver Louis Hamilton has won the American Ground Prix I. his fellow Mclion driver / of Spain came second, and Brazilian driver / Philip M. came third. It’s the second time Hamilton has won the race in his first year in Formula One following a victory in Canadian Ground Prix a week ago. The twenty two year old has finished the top three in every race of the season, and is now ten point ahead of / along the driver’s championship.

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VOA Special

SENEWS-2007-06-19 Report

Agricultural Report



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This is the VOA special English "Agriculture Report".

Singer and song writer Adrienne Young brings together music and agriculture activism.

"Feel like I been riding for a thousand years
Down this lonesome road and bitter trail of tears
But I gotta keep on
Gotta be strong".

She even included seeds in the album cover of her first CD. Adrienne Young wants people to know that she supports the movement in America to increase local farming. She offers information about agriculture issues on her website. And now, part of the money from her third and newest release, "Room to Grow", will be donated to help support community garden.

Adrienne Young's family has lived in Florida for seven generations. Her ancestors helped develop the agriculture industry there. The state of Florida is the nation's second largest producer of foods and vegetables after California. Adrienne Young has said that her interest in nature was shaped by the fact that she did not grow up on a farm. She grew up in a house her grandfather built on what had been farm land two generations ago. But the land was developed and was now partly a large highway.

Adrienne Young has teamed up with two organizations that support local farming and gardening efforts. One is the American Community Gardening Association. The other is Food Roots, a group she has represented for several years. Food Roots says buying locally grown food is not only about taste and freshness. The group says buying locally also helps to strengthen local economies and protect the environment. Experts say food in the United States travels an average of more than 3,000 kilometers from farm to store. We leave you with Adrienne Young and the title song from her new CD "Room to Grow".

"She's a buckskin baby made of silk and steel
Daughter of her Mother's heart
Dyed in the wool
Future farmer of a brand new start
She could've been a supermodel or a rich man's queen
Livin up on easy street
But the call of the wild
And the solid earth beneath her feet

Seemed to complete her
Let her see into her soul
To pastures greener
Where there's room enough to grow

Back to where the red fern knows
The sweetness of the mountain rose
And the land she laughs at all this wood and wire"

And that the VOA special English "Agriculture Report", wirtten by D.D.. You can learn more about American agriculture at voaspecialenglish.com.

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It's 10:00 Universal Time. This is news from the Voice of America.

From the VOA News Center in Washington, I'm Bill Hazard, VOA News.

US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan say 7 children were killed late Sunday in an airstrike against a compound where al-Qaida militants were believed to be hiding. The coalition said in a statement today it had intelligence that insurgents were at the complex which included a mosque and a religious school. The statement said several militants were also believed to have been killed in the strike in the eastern province of Paktika.

The European Union foreign policy chief says the bloc plans to restart direct aid to the new Palestinian government in the West Bank. Javier Solana made the announcement today, a day after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas swore in a new cabinet. Mr. Abbas, whose Fatah group controls the West Bank, dismissed Hamas member Ismail Haniyeh from his post as prime minister during last week's fighting between the two factions in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says his country will work toward peace with the new Palestinian government if it becomes a serious partner in the West Bank. The Israeli gas company that supplies fuel to the Gaza Strip says that it has resumed shipments that were suspended when Hamas gained control of the territory last week.

The chief US negotiator on North Korea's nuclear program says Pyongyang could shut down its main nuclear reactor in a matter of weeks. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill made the comment today in Beijing where he and his Chinese counterpart are discussing North Korea's offer to allow UN inspectors into the country. A North Korean official told Russia's Interfax News Agency that Pyongyang plans to shut down the reactor in the second half of July.

The US military in Iraq says troops killed 20 suspected terrorists during an operation against a network transporting weapons from Iran to Iraq. A military statement says six other suspected terrorists were wounded and one detained during the raids in Amara and Majjar al-Kabir in eastern Iraq. It says the terrorist network was also known to bring militants from Iraq to Iran for training. Meanwhile, the US military commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, says hopeful signs, such as a drop in sectarian killings, have emerged since more American troops have arrived in the country. "Outside of Baghdad, the Baghdad belts, as they're called, south and north of the city, are areas into which we are now going in much greater force, again, areas in which Al Qaeda has had some sanctuary in the past. And then in Diyala province, an area to which some of the Al Qaeda fighters have moved as they have been pushed out of Anbar and out of some of the Baghdad neighborhoods, is an area that requires considerable additional attention over the coming weeks, and it will get that as well." But General Petraeus said on US television on Sunday that it could take up to a decade to completely stabilize Iraq.

An Italian judge has suspended the first trial involving the CIA's extraordinary rendition program until the county's highest court can rule on the case. The judge Milana adjourned the trial today until October 24 when Italy's Constitutional Court is to decide whether prosecutors violated state secrecy laws during their investigation.

The World Food Programme says the tiny South African country of Lesotho needs urgent international assistance. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva.

The UN agencies say they expect the hardest food crisis to hit in the first three months of 2008. They say 400,000 people across Lesotho, or 1/5 of the population, will face food shortages and need help. The agencies say serious food shortages will begin in the next three months. This will affect about 140,000 of the most impoverished people. A World Food Programme spokeswoman Christiane Berthiaume says drought is the biggest problem facing Lesotho. It is responsible for this year's extremely poor harvest. But she says the high prevailance of HIV AIDS in the country is making a bad situation even worse. "31% is very very high. And it is obviously undermining the economic resources in the country." She says the World Food Programme is preparing an appeal for Lesotho. Lisa Schlein for VOA News, Geneva.

And from the VOA News Center here in Washington, I'm Bill Hazard, VOA News.

Vocabulary

swear in: （使）宣誓就职
sanctuary: n. 1, a peaceful place that is safe and provides protection, especially for people who are in danger 庇护所，避难所； 2, the right that people had under Christian law, especially in former times, to be protected from police, soldiers etc by staying in a church 庇护权
adjourn: v. if a meeting or law court adjourns, or if hte person in charge adjourns it, it finishes or stops for a short time （使）（会议、审讯）暂停［＋for/until］
state secrecy laws: 国家机密法
Lesotho: a country in South Africa that has a lot of mountains, and is completely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. It is a member of the British Commonwealth. Population: 2,177,000 (2001). Capital: Maseru. 莱索托
appeal: n. an urgent request for something important such as money or help, especially to help someone in a bad situation 恳求；呼吁

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Several key players in the Middle East peace process have announced measures to support the new Palestinian government. The American secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, says Washington is lifting its financial and diplomatic embargo, now that the Palestinian government exclude the Hamas movement. Justin Webb reports from Washington.

The Bush administration said it's not abandoning Gaza. The secretary of state put it like this, it's the position of United States, there is one Palestinian people and there should be one Palestinian state, extra humanitarian aid will be channeled though the UN to help all Palestinians including those in Gaza, but the wider economic and political embargo will now only apply to Hamas in Gaza. The new emergency Palestinian government, led by president Mahmoud Abbas and based in West Bank, will benefit now from Condoleezza Rice called normal government to government contacts.

The European Union said it, too, will restore normal relations immediately and is ready to resume direct aid. Israel's indicated readiness to release the hundreds of millions of dollars in Palestinian tax revenues that it's withheld while Hamas was in power.

A spokesman for Palestinian Hamas movement says it's set a deadline of Monday for the kidnappers of BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston to release him. The spokesman said that, he told BBC that if Alan Johnston was not freed, it will be the role of Hamas, which now have controlled the Gaza Strip, to work for his save release. Vigils have been held in London to highlight demands for the Journalist to be freed more than three months after he was abducted.

Fierce fighting in the remote mountainous region in southern Afghanistan reported to have left more than a hundred people dead in the past three days, including many civilians. Our correspondent in Kabul Charles Haviland had this report.

This is clearly being a prolonged and bloody spell of fighting, in the Chora district of Uruzgan, the province that's the native place of the Taliban’s elusive leader Mullah Omar. The hostilities have put Afghan and NATO forces against Taliban rivals, and civilians have been caught in the middle. Officials say the Taliban initiate the attacks in Chora. The head of the provincial council / has visited the area, and told the BBC he believed 60 civilians had been killed, and a hundred more wounded, and that some thirty Taliban including a key commander had also died as had seventeen Afghan soldiers. Uruzgan's police chief gave much lower figures for civilians and army deaths, but estimated the number of Taliban killed at 65.

Talks have started in New York to try to resolve the long-running territorial dispute over the North Africa territory of western Sahara. The United Nations is sponsoring two days of discussions between delegates from Morocco and Polisario Front, which campaigns for the region's independence.

World News from the BBC.

An appeal court in the United States is hearing a case support by a Vietnamese group against the makers of the chemical Agent Orange, which was used during the Vietnam War. The group's challenging a previous US court ruling against a case filed by a Vietnamese victims' group. From Washington, JB reports.

Vietnam says that up to three million people have breath defects or other health problems related to agent orange, // used by Americans to kill / leaves during the war to prevent North Vietnamese forces hiding in the jungle. America says more evidence is needed, and two years ago, a US court ruled that the Vietnamese victims had been unable to prove the link. That ruling is being challenged in New York this week, as Vietnamese president's arrive for his historic talks with Mr. Bush. The two are expected to discuss help for those affected by agent orange, and for cleaning up contaminated areas.

Police in Britain say they have broke up a child abuse network, spanning 35 countries. The network was organized through an internet chat room based in Britain. Officers described finding tens of thousands of images of babies and children being abused on the computer of a British man, Timothy Cox, who was found guilty of running the website. Ian Robertson is the senior investigation officer in the case.

"We have identified up to seven hundred paedophiles from around the world, and in fact 35 different subject countries. We need to send a message to the paedophiles that, you know, the internet is not a safe place any more, and it needed, we will make a hostile environment for you."

The chief executive of the internet search engine Yahoo has resigned. Terry Semel had been in the post for six years, and he is credited with helping to stabilize the company's advertising and media businesses, but he is being criticized by investors for failing to meet the challenge of Yahoo's major rival Google in web search.

BBC World News.

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