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The Bush administration Friday extended $13 billion in loans to embattled automakers, General Motors and Chrysler, assuring their survival for at least the next two months.President

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Tensions are high on the border of Israel and the Gaza Strip after a cease-fire comes to an end.

Palestinian militants in Gaza fired rockets into southern Israel, formally end

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U.S. President George Bush and visiting Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas say the Middle East peace process is heading in the right direction, even though the Palestinia

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President-Elect Barack Obama has finished naming his Cabinet nominees a month before taking office. Mr. Obama announced appointments for his final two top Cabinet positions, the s

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Three Russian warships have entered Cuban waters as part of a voyage aimed at boosting Russian ties with several Latin American nations.

Cuban soldiers fired ceremonial shots to

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European stock markets fell Friday after a mixed performance in Asia. A weak outlook for oil prices depressed global markets as share of crude hits its lowest level in five years.

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President Robert Mugabe said Friday that "Zimbabwe is mine" and vowed never to surrender, saying no African nation is brave enough to topple him. Mr. Mugabe's statement c

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NATO and Russia held their first high-level talks Friday since Moscow invaded Georgia in August, sparking international criticism.

The lunchtime talks took place between NATO's

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India government officials say they have ordered closer surveillance of land borders amid concerns of more potential terrorist strikes inside the country by militants infiltrating

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is offering government assistance to car buyers in an effort to support the country's ailing auto producers. The move comes amid an economic slo

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A football match September between Turkey and Armenia has become the unlucky impetus for hopes of reconciliation between the two countries. Hundreds of thousands of Armenians died

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India's tourist industry is facing a slump, both due to last month's terror attacks in Mumbai and the global economic slowdown. Two luxury hotels popular with foreigners were amon

2008-12-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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President Bush says the ongoing financial crisis has forced him to endorse aggressive government intervention in numerous economic sectors in spite of his core, free market princi

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President-elect Barack Obama has announced the nominations of three experienced financial regulators to round out the economic team in his incoming administration. At a news confere

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President Bush on Thursday said he has not yet decided what government assistance to provide the distressed U.S. automobile industry. The president says he worries about the econo

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Harare's streets are busy as hundreds of delegates to President Robert Mugabe's annual ZANU-PF conference converge from all over the country. The annual conference is being held

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China has officially announced that it is indeed sending naval ships to join international efforts to combat pirates who have been hijacking ships off the coast of Somalia.

Som

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Mr. Brown said after consultations with his Iraqi counterpart, the bulk of British forces will be out of southern Iraq by the end of July with just a few hundred left to assist

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A move by South Korean lawmakers to advance a controversial free-trade agreement with the United States has sparked physical clashes between opposing parties -- with one side physic

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Phelps smashes Olympic swimming records

The athletic high point of the Beijing Olympics was almost certainly the record-setting performance by American swimmer Michael Phelps. He

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A Sudanese refugee offers a message of hope as he tells Americans about his turbulent childhood in his war-torn homeland. The 27-year-old was one of thousands of so-called "los

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Modern Vietnamese writing, developed by French colonists, looks much like English or French. But for centuries, Vietnamese was written in a different script, based on Chinese-style

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U.S. prosecutors have charged Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich with corruption, including allegations that he tried to sell to the highest bidder the Senate seat left vacant by Pre

2008-12-18 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. housing sector remains weak, two years into an unprecedented decline. House prices, house sales, and house construction are all continuing to fall.

Home prices in the U

2008-12-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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OPEC's secretary general says the cartel has decided to cut petroleum production another 2.2 million barrels beginning January 1. OPEC members have been calling for a production cu