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Negotiators in Geniva worked past midnight on their third and final day of trying to reach a port with Iran on curbing 2 its nuclear program and still failed to come up with a deal,but Iran's foreign minister Muhamud says progress has been made.
I think we are all on the same and that's important and that gives us intesiptical forward when we meet again next time.
Next time is Nov 28th,France rase the strongest objection today questioning wether it will really haul Iran's nuclear perogram.
In the Phillipines officials say they still have no grass about the true extent of the devastation 3 from Friday's typoone,more than 130 people are confirmed dead but the Phillipines President says the death toll 4 is likely to be far higher once rescue cruise can get into the badly damaged areas.BBC's Nick Chires reports.
The massive scale of the damage is only being slowly reviewed,the froces winds and flood surge many have linked t osunami through the Archipalago central islands.Part of the city of Takuloban one of the worst hit areas on the island Lati are repictured of devastation.Many badly hit areas remain cutoff hamper 5 ing relief workers,roads have been washed away flooded or aclobed with debery. There are fears the number of confirmed casualty could rise dramatically.
The BBC's Nich Chirls.Typoone Haiyan struck the same region in the Phillipines that was rocked by a major earthquake just weeks ago.Hundreds of thousands people were still living in the makes shelters when Haiyan arrived,that plus the lack of information how many Phillipines or Americans are there including Tranee Beeola,queen of NY who hasn't not been able to reach her family in Phillipines because phone lines there are down.
I prayed please no more enough enough this it's really is heart breaking.
A police super attandent in the Phillipines says 70 to 80% of the area in the Haiyan's path is destroyed.
Hawaii state house of representatives has approved a bill legalizing same sex mariage.Sam Sanders reports the measure will make the state the latest to approve the gay marriage joinning more than a dozen other states.
Gay marriage opponents in Hawaii has restrinning order to prevent the governor from signing gay marriage into law but a judgeral Thirsday that he will wait to hear the challenge to the law only after it passes.Hawaii governor Neal has said he will sign a measure legalizining gay marriage.The house bill still has to go to the senate next week.The debate on both side of the issue,more than 5000 people the pertestify the measure and committee hearing.Earlier this week both chambers 6 of Illinos legislature approved measures legalizing gay marriage,that state governor also says he will sign the bill into law.Sam Sanders,NPR News.
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A move by Venirila's government to combat what it calls price surging has triggered chaoes in some major planet store.The socialist 7 government sized the chain of electronic stores and forced them to lower prices.Jone Noders reports that set off a run.
In a speech Friday president Nicolas Malulo announced his government was taking over Daka a nation wide chain of planet stores.The result was massive lines at many Daka stores as well as a few incidents of loding,the chaoes come make 54% annual inflation and shortage of food and even gasline.Experts blame stanken production in current controls that make it hard to import goods but Mululo blames the business community for waging a so called economic war against his government.All this comes at a mid 1 of run up to local elections next month when ruling party candidates can face a steef challenge from the opposition 8.Jone Nodas,NPR News,Bogada.
In norht Veginia today the navy cross the USS generad Alford the first of new class of nuclear powered aircraft carriers that the navy says are more efficent and cost effective.The US says Fl represents the first new aircraft carrier design in more than 40 years,it's supposed to be able to launch jets faster and require fewer crew members.
In date Ohio a tribute and be 25 fly over for the world war 2 airman known as the do litter readers who is daraing rada on Japan in 1942 helping 9 boost American marine 10 after Peal 11 harbour and throw the Japanes off balance.3 of 4 surviving members were on hand for today's event.
I am Babarar Cline,NPR News in Washington.
1 mid
adj.中央的,中间的
- Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
- He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。
2 curbing
n.边石,边石的材料v.限制,克制,抑制( curb的现在分词 )
- Progress has been made in curbing inflation. 在控制通货膨胀方面已取得了进展。
- A range of policies have been introduced aimed at curbing inflation. 为了抑制通货膨胀实施了一系列的政策。
3 devastation
n.毁坏;荒废;极度震惊或悲伤
- The bomb caused widespread devastation. 炸弹造成大面积破坏。
- There was devastation on every side. 到处都是破坏的创伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 toll
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
5 hamper
vt.妨碍,束缚,限制;n.(有盖的)大篮子
- There are some apples in a picnic hamper.在野餐用的大篮子里有许多苹果。
- The emergence of such problems seriously hamper the development of enterprises.这些问题的出现严重阻碍了企业的发展。
6 chambers
n.房间( chamber的名词复数 );(议会的)议院;卧室;会议厅
- The body will be removed into one of the cold storage chambers. 尸体将被移到一个冷冻间里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Mr Chambers's readable book concentrates on the middle passage: the time Ransome spent in Russia. Chambers先生的这本值得一看的书重点在中间:Ransome在俄国的那几年。 来自互联网
7 socialist
n.社会主义者;adj.社会主义的
- China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家,也是一个发展中国家。
- His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。
8 opposition
n.反对,敌对
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
9 helping
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
- The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
- By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。