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President Bush says the United States is safer now than before the attacks of September 11, 2001, but that the battle against terrorism will continue long after leaves office. Mr. B

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The Bush administration's top arms control official says Moscow is hardening its stance against a proposed U.S. missile defense system in Europe - apparently intending to "t

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President-elect Barack Obama announced more nominees for his cabinet Wednesday, filling the jobs of Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture. But Mr. Obama continued t

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that he disagrees with the United States that it is time to send U.N. peacekeepers to Somalia.

He said he has been trying over

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced plans to create greater opportunities for the country's minorities in education, politics and business.

President Sarkozy made hi

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 water vapor was found 11.5 billion light years from Earth, using the 100-meter Effelsberg radio telescope at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Leipzig, Germany.

2008-12-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Saying the economy is continuing to weaken, the U.S. central bank Tuesday cut short-term interest rates to nearly zero.
The Federal Reserve is taking short-term rates to their low

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President-elect Barack Obama seized on more gloomy economic news Tuesday to prod Congress into passing an economic stimulus plan early in the New Year.

Mr. Obama was in Chicago

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The Bush administration is attempting to dampen expectations for immediate government action to save America's troubled car manufacturers.

Two of America's main three autom

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Barack Obama assumes the U.S. presidency at a time of tension and uncertainty in South Asia. Pakistan is trying to allay heightened concerns in the West and among its next-door ne

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In a new report on Iraq, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom says religious minorities in Iraq face persecution. The commission, which recommends that the U.S.

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Many lawyers in India are refusing to represent the sole gunman captured in last month's terrorist attacks that killed more than 170 people in Mumbai. The controversy is making it

2008-12-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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The World Meteorological Organization said 2008 was the 10th warmest year on record. Its year-end report found 2008 was marked by the second-lowest level of Arctic ice cover. It sai

2008-12-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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World economic growth is slowing dramatically as recessions in the United States, parts of Western Europe and Japan take hold. The U.S. Federal Reserve - the nation's central bank

2008-12-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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President Bush has completed a brief surprise visit to Afghanistan where he predicted a tough battle against the Taliban. Mr. Bush said stabilizing the country will "take tim

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The U.N. Security Council is preparing to vote on a resolution Tuesday that would put the world body on record as supporting the U.S.-backed Annapolis peace talks between Israel and

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Speaking with his Palestinian counterpart at the start of a Palestinian investment conference in London, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he felt President-elect Barack Ob

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Defectors from South Africa's ruling African National Congress are holding a conference that is to formally announce Tuesday the creation of a new political party. They plan to con

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President-elect Barack Obama named key members of his team on energy and the environment on Monday as he prepares to take office next month as the country's 44th president.

At

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Presidential electors met in state capitals around the United States on Monday to confirm last month's presidential election results that will make Barack Obama the 44th U.S. presi

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China and Taiwan have begun direct air, sea and postal links. The move Monday marks a historical milestone in cross-strait relations, after the two sides split following a civil w

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Australia has promised to introduce the most comprehensive carbon trading program outside Europe in 2010. The government in Canberra plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at leas

2008-12-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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U.S. President George Bush made a surprise visit to Iraq on Sunday. He met with officials in Baghdad and rallied U.S. troops during his final trip to the war zone as America's co

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U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is moving his White House transition forward, as political turmoil builds over the selection of his successor in the United States Senate. The gove

2008-12-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says he wants "normalized" relations with Pakistan, but that Islamabad must stop allowing its territory to be used for terrorist a