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By Melinda Smith Washington 31 August 2007 Centuries ago doctors used hypnosis to help relieve the excruciating pain of surgery. It then fell out of favor with the introduction of anesthesia. Now as VOA's Melinda Smith reports, new studies show a hos

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For you will be part of that leadership 毕竟你们以后都将成为军队领导中的一员 First, let me repeat a principle I put forward at the outset of my presidency: 首先 请让我重申我在总统任期伊始便已明确的原则 The Unit

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By Al Pessin Brussels 13 June 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the NATO alliance has demonstrated that it can be effective in Afghanistan in spite of continuing shortfalls in the number of troops member-nations are providing. VOA's Al Pe

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GUY RAZ, HOST: I want to ask you about this really famous Talmudic notion - actually, it might be that in the Quran as well - but this idea that, you know, if you save a single life, then you have saved all of humanity. You know that one? PETER SINGE

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Free exchange Penury portrait 贫困的历史画像 The consensus on raising people out of poverty is surprisingly recent 直到最近人们才就脱贫问题达成共识，实在令人惊讶 Jul 27th 2013 |From the print edition ON JULY 17th India r

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BEIJING, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese brokerage firms saw surging profits in 2014 boosted by easing measures from policymakers, the Securities Association of China (SAC) said. Combined net profits of 120 brokerage firms totaled 96.55 billion yuan (15.

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Globally, wealth skyrocketed 8.3 per cent over the past year to a record $263trillion (?165trillion). 全球总财富比去年增加了8.3%，达到历史最高值263万亿美元。 But the research found the distribution of the riches has become inc

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BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) -- This year's Tree-Planting Day comes at a fitting time, as the memory of a sandstorm that ravaged large parts of north China last weekend is still stingingly fresh. The Chinese public observed Tree-Planting Day, a yearly

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Caps on how much individuals can borrow, in the form of maximum loan-to-value (LTV) and debt-to-income ratios, are another option. 以最大价值贷款比(LTV)和债务收入比率的形式限制个人贷款上限是另一种选择。 A recent IMF s

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The current-account deficits in the euro zone's crisis countries were of the worrying kind. That they have shrunk or reversed is comforting. 欧元区危机国家的经常账户赤字是属于让人担心的那一种。他们的赤字已有收缩，趋

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If people cannot find jobs because they have outdated skillsthink hand weavers after the invention of the loomthey might become structurally unemployed. 如果人们是因为具有过时的技能而不能找到工作想想织布机发明之后的手工

Monchengladbach to stay in German Bundesliga

BERLIN, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Borussia Monchengladbach carved out a 2-1 win on aggregate against second-division team Bochum to stay in the first division thanks to a late equalizer by striker Marco Reus on Wednesday. The Fohlen smoothed the way for fir