2009-04-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Members of the U.S. Congress - particularly those representing states along the border with Mexico and Canada - are calling on the Obama administration to do more to preve

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U.S. Senator Arlen Specter's decision to defect from the Republican Party and become a Democrat is the latest setback for a party still reeling from national election def

2009-04-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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The U.S. Commerce Department reports in its first estimate of economic performance for the January to March quarter, that the U.S. economy contracted at a bigger than fore

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Pakistan's military said attack helicopters have killed more than 50 Taliban fighters in Buner district, which was overrun by militants last week.

Just 24 hours afte

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The top envoys of two of the United Nations Security Council permanent members are the latest diplomats to apply pressure on Sri Lanka, amid fears of a humanitarian crisis

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Zimbabwe's teachers say they will go on strike when the next semester opens next week after the inclusvie government said it has no money to increase their salaries. The

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Although Taliban fighters are battling Pakistani army troops only 100 kilometers from the capital, analysts downplay the potential for a direct armed takeover by the Islam

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Productivity is a word you hear often in the fuzzy world of economics. Americans have drawn comfort from our traditional perch atop world rankings in output per worker as

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Many of the more than two million people in U.S. prisons face bleak prospects when their sentences end. Employers are often reluctant to hire former prisoners and many peo

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Amnesty International says violent reaction in Senegal to the release of nine men previously sentenced to long prison terms for homosexual activity is putting these men's

2009-04-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Federal officials Tuesday sought to assure Americans they are taking aggressive action to respond to the swine flu outbreak in the United States. Their testimony before a

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For a few months in 2003, SARS held Hong Kong in virtual quarantine. Schools closed. Employees worked from home. Hardly anyone traveled. When they did go out, many people

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Veteran U.S. Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania stunned the Washington establishment by announcing he is leaving the Republican Party to become a Democrat. The move wil

2009-04-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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President Barack Obama is going through a rite of political passage this week - he is marking his first 100 days in office. The significance of the 100 days marker goes ba

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New Zealand has confirmed three people have tested positive for swine flu - the first in the Asia-Pacific region. Eight more patients are awaiting test results and officia

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The World Health Organization's China representative says there are no confirmed cases of swine flu in China. He spoke to reporters in Beijing, Tuesday, as Chinese author

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The World Health Organization has raised its pandemic alert level from three to four, as health officials around the world take steps to prevent the spread of the swine fl

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In what Australian researchers say is a world-first clinical trial, surgical masks have been found to be a cheap and effective front-line weapon against epidemics such as

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Recent protests in Thailand have raised questions about the development and stability of the country's democracy. The demonstrations were sometimes violent and highlight

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South Korea is warning Pyongyang to uphold the human rights of South Koreans working at a joint industrial facility in the North. The South's main policymaker on North Ko

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Health professionals from 11 countries are meeting in Addis Ababa to plot strategies to counter a possible outbreak of swine flu on the African continent. The strategies e

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In recent congressional hearings, members of U.S. Congress have listened to opposing views about prospects for political change and human rights improvements in Cuba, and

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Senior Obama administration officials say they believe a Washington meeting on climate change this week has somewhat improved chances for a new international treaty to tac

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The U.S. Congress took steps on Tuesday to tighten sanctions against Iran in what many lawmakers call an effort to provide President Barack Obama the authority he needs to

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This week's tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers to cut by half the amount of money Chrysler Motors contributes to the union pension fund was welcome news in