2009-09-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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The Supreme Court of the United States was asked on Wednesday to reconsider a longstanding ban on direct political contributions from corporations and labor unions. The h

2009-09-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Tony Shalhoub got hooked on acting when he was six years old, and his elder sister volunteered him to play an extra in her high school production of The King and I. His fa

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The Indian prime minister says the country has sufficient food stocks, despite a drought in nearly half the country. But there are concerns the drought will intensify pove

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Filmmaker Joe Berlinger was shocked when he traveled to the rainforest of Ecuador and saw the native Cofan native peoples eating canned tuna. "Here we were, in what is sup

2009-09-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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For the first time since the August 20 presidential election in Afghanistan, the preliminary vote totals now show incumbent Hamid Karzai with a percentage high enough to a

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A new school year in the United States has begun with a touch of controversy. It surrounds a welcome back speech to students from President Barack Obama that was seen in c

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Nearly 600,000 West Africans are affected by floods, following three months of rain. The unusually heavy rainy season is expected to continue through the end of September.

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A senior leader of South Sudan's ruling party says its suspicions of foul play on the part of the North have been confirmed by a new report that finds discrepancies in th

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China says it will sell $880 million worth of yuan-denominated bonds in Hong Kong, in what analysts say is a first step toward widening the use of the currency outside the

2009-09-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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When he addresses a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday night, President Barack Obama will face difficult hurdles in persuading skeptical members of his own De

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Monday is a big national holiday in the United States, and a little holiday or two as well.

September seventh, like every first Monday in September, is Labor Day. Just

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The earth is always in motion. And as its mantle plates deep underground move and shift, they groan, moan, pop and crack. But much of it happens so slowly — just 5 to 7 c

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Pollution in China appears to be decreasing the amount of light rainfall the country receives, according to a new study. That's important because light rain is the kind t

2009-09-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has given official approval to the construction of 455 housing units in Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The move

2009-09-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Three British Muslims have been found guilty of conspiring to kill thousands of people three years ago by blowing up trans-Atlantic jetliners with liquid explosives.

Th

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An independent Afghan rights group says most of those killed last week in a controversial NATO airstrike on two hijacked fuel trucks were "non-combatants." The deadly atta

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The International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-member board has begun talks focused on controversial nuclear activities in Iran and Syria, among other subjects. This week's

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South Korea sent a message of protest to North Korea following a deadly surge of water caused by the apparent release from a dam on a river in the North's territory. Nort

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The U.N. Conference on Trade and Development is calling for stricter regulation of world financial markets. In its annual Trade and Development Report, UNCTAD blames exces

2009-09-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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As the hunt for those killed in last week's Indonesian earthquake continues, residents of the capital, Jakarta, are wondering if their city could be at risk for bigger, m

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Ten years ago, East Timor voted to end Indonesian rule in a referendum that was marred by violence and destruction. Many victims of the violence say they want those who ca

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Elections in the breakaway republic of Somaliland have been postponed again. Somaliland's election commission said it reached its decision after determining the vote sche

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The process of selecting the next head of the Paris-based U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is underway. Egypt's cultural minister Farouk Hosny is co

2009-09-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Sri Lanka's government is ordering the spokesman for the U.N. Children's Fund to leave the country. Our correspondent reports the expulsion stems from comments by the of

2009-09-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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A ferry carrying more than 900 people sank in the southern Philippines Sunday. Most of the passengers have been rescued, but some people are still missing and at least nin