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Amid continue turmoil, the President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh says he will travel to the United States. He wouldn't say when but speaking to reporters. He said he didn't expect to stay in power and will leave to give his country time to set up int

日本无惧于机器人取代人类工作

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World Cup champ Spain declines Copa America invite

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VOA标准英语 Japanese Car Sales Slump

In spite of some signs the recession in Japan could be easing, the important export market is down nearly 46 percent, compared to a year ago. At the center of the downturn, are Japan's car manufacturers - heavily dependent on foreign markets. It is

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Hundreds of Muscovites have been strapping blue buckets to the roofs of their cars to mock the flashing blue lights that allow senior bureaucrats to drive into oncoming traffic and break the rules that everyone else has to obey Russian lawmakers are

VOA标准英语2011--Thousands Protest Nuclear Power in Japan

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Thousands of Japanese took to the streets of Tokyo to protest the country's nuclear-power plants. The rally occured as engineers continue to work on bringing the Fukushima Daiichi plant under control, after it was smashed by last month's earthquake a

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VOA标准英语2008年-India's Bollywood Reaping Benefits of New Inves

In India, some of the country's biggest companies are making huge investments in the Hindi film industry, popularly known as Bollywood. Anjana Pasricha has a report from New Delhi, on India's booming film industry. Scene from Bollywood movie 'Mahade

China's new generation of women paddlers coming of age

LONDON, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- For those, who came to see a close game in table tennis women's final of the London Olympic Games on Tuesday, they may get a little disappointed. The match is intense, but by no means close. Chinese women players dropped on

Japan logs record trade deficit on tumbled export to China, Europe

Japan logs record trade deficit on tumbled export to China, Europe TOKYO, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Japan logged a record trade deficit for the April-September half-year, as sovereign debt troubles in Europe coupled with rising tensions with China over a t

Japan's lower house election begins

TOKYO, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- The 46th Japan's House of Representatives election began at 7:00 a.m. local time Sunday. A total of 1,504 candidates will run for the 480 seats in lower house election. The ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) registered

日本推出多语言电话翻译服务吸引外国游客

Tourists who encounter a language barrier while visiting Japan can now access 24-hour, multilingual phone assistance, it's reported. 有报道称，如今，在日旅游遇到语言障碍的外国游客，可以通过24小时多语言电话翻译服务

Cuban judoka wins Ippon trophy

Cuban judoka wins Ippon trophy HAVANA, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Cuban judo star Maricet Espinosa won the Ippon trophy at the 2012 World Team Judo Championships held over the weekend in northeastern Brazil's city of Salvador de Bahia, local media reported

中国连续3年成为全球最大工业机器人市场

China has held the title of world's largest robot market for three consecutive years, from 2013 through 2015. Also in 2015, the sales of robots for industrial use in China exceeded the same sales number for Europe, according to a recent report from t

FIVB president: Chinese team lost by mistake of the coach

LONDON, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Wei Jizhong, the president of the international federation of volleyball, attributed China's loss in the Olympic women's quarterfinals to the mistake of their coach. The Chinese team, coached by Yu Juemin, finished fifth i