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Pope Benedict XVI met with African bishops in Cameroon on the second day of a week-long visit to Africa. The pontiff has angered some AIDS activists by saying that the use

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The U.S. Senate Wednesday voted 92 to 5 to confirm Ron Kirk as U.S. Trade Representative. Kirk, who becomes the first African American to hold the post, has vowed to purs

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The Obama administration is reversing the position of its predecessor and is endorsing a U.N. General Assembly statement sponsored by France and the Netherlands condemning

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A Thai government policy review of the largely Muslim southern provinces is considering granting greater local autonomy with reforms including introduction of Sharia Law t

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Property prices in Nairobi and elsewhere in Kenya have skyrocketed in the past few years, partly because more money may be finding its way there from pirate activities in

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U.S. President Barack Obama says America's education system should be "the envy of the world," promising that his just-announced reform agenda would improve education at

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When the chairman of the Marine Mammal Commission, a federal conservation agency, testified before Congress in 2007, he spoke of the importance of the interdependency betw

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Environmentalists are hailing a Bangladesh High Court decision to order the closure, in two weeks, of all ship-salvaging yards which do not have environmental clearances.

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Researchers are developing a way to treat chronic infections by destroying a tightly bound film that surrounds bacteria and makes them much harder to fight with antibiotic

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Perhaps you've heard the early Bob Dylan song Forever Young.

May your heart always be joyful.
May your song always be sung.
May you stay . . . forever young.

E

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Seattle, Washington, was one of the last U.S. cities to have two competing dailies, but as of this week, it is no longer a two-newspaper town. The Hearst Corporation cease

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The United States had edged Puerto Rico to advance to the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic.

After trailing most of the game, Team USA needed strong hitting and

2009-03-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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The African Union Peace and Security Council, or PSC, has appealed for calm in Madagascar following President Marc Ravalomanana's resignation, and warned opposition force

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U.S. President Barack Obama is taking on Republican critics of his economic plan. After vowing to ease the partisan rhetoric in Washington, the president is turning up the

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In a congressional hearing on Wednesday, the CEO of American International Group, the troubled insurance company, will face tough questions from angry members of Congress.

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President Dmitri Medvedev says Russia will increase combat readiness and undergo large-scale rearmament in response to what he says is NATO expansion toward the country's

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Israel says indirect negotiations with the militant Islamic group Hamas have failed. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says his government will not accept the group's demands in

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In a major speech, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Iran that by continuing to enrich uranium, it faces tougher international sanctions.

Speaking at a major

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Pakistan's government has issued the legal notice that paves the way for the re-instatement Sunday of former supreme court chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. The a

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will be held responsible for any deaths among Darfur refugees caused by his dec

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Pope Benedict is making Cameroon the first stop of a week-long trip to Africa. Political opponents of long-time President Paul Biya hope the pontiff will speak out about C

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A bipartisan group of lawmakers is asking President Barack Obama to reconsider the deployment of 17,000 additional troops to Afghanistan saying objectives of the U.S. mili

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Recent public opinion polls show continuing faith in President Barack Obama, despite a daily drumbeat of bad economic news. But political experts warn that the public will

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In Sri Lanka, the government has rejected an appeal by the European Union for a cease-fire with Tamil Tiger rebels. Intense fighting is under way in the northeast, where t

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The World Food Program warns the United Nations will be forced to close its West African Humanitarian Air Service on Friday because it has run out of money. WFP says the s