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AS IT IS 2015-12-06 Russia Alerts Thailand of Credible IS Threat 俄罗斯警告泰国或受恐怖袭击 Police in Thailand received a warning from Russias security agency about an attack there by an Islamic State terrorist group. IS attacks in Thail

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AS IT IS 2015-12-05 San Bernardino Shootings, FIFA, and Loretta Lynch 圣贝纳迪诺枪击事件、国际足联和洛雷塔 This is What's Trending Today... #SanBernardino Social media remained intensely focused on yesterdays shootings in San Bernar

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AS IT IS 2015-12-06 Shootings Lead to Questions About Police Tactics Tension between police in the U.S. and the African-American communities they serve is in the spotlight again. Although 17-year-old Laquan McDonald was shot dead last October, a vide

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'Liar! Liar! Pants on Fire!' 骗子!骗子!裤子着火了! Hello and welcome to the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. Liar, liar, pants on fire! Children all over the United States know this simple rhyme. They say it when someone

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AS IT IS 2015-12-07 Six Foods That Changed the World 六种改变世界的食物 Food affects more than peoples bodies. It contributes to social status, empires and the outcome of wars. So what foods have helped shape civilization? Christopher Cumo,

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AS IT IS 2015-12-07 IMF Adds China's Yuan to World's Top Currencies 国际货币基金组织将人民币纳入主要货币 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) added Chinas yuan to its group of key global currencies this week, a historic development

印度南部洪水肆虐 近300人死亡

AS IT IS 2015-12-07 Nearly 300 Killed in Floods in Southern India 印度南部洪水肆虐 近300人死亡 As world leaders gathered in France this week to talk about climate change, the residents of a city in southern India are enduring the worst ra

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AS IT IS 2015-12-07 Fisherman's Death Is Example of Labor Abuses 渔民死亡是虐待劳工的典型示例 A Vietnamese fisherman was killed last week while working in the contested waters of the South China Sea. His boat and the 13 surviving crew m

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AS IT IS 2015-12-09 Obama Asks Muslim-Americans to Condemn Extremism 奥巴马要求美国穆斯林谴责极端主义 President Barack Obama has asked Muslim-American leaders to condemn extreme Islam. Spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday that the presi

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AS IT IS 2015-12-19 Islamic State Looks for Oil, Recruits in Africa 伊斯兰国组织欲在非洲寻找石油和兵源 The United States says it is concerned about the Islamic State group attracting recruits and acquiring resources in North Africa.

AS IT IS 2015-12-20 Three Women Get US Human Rights Award

AS IT IS 2015-12-20 Three Women Get US Human Rights Award Three women with Muslim backgrounds have won an important international human-rights prize. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Irshad Manji and Rebiya Kadeer have been targets of violence because of their suppo

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AS IT IS 2015-12-20 Mexican Immigration to US Lowest in 40 Years 墨西哥移民美国人数创40年来新低 More Mexicans are leaving the U.S. than entering, says a recent study. The report from the Pew Research Center was released as some presiden

AS IT IS 2015-12-19 Take a Holiday Walk Through Washington

AS IT IS 2015-12-19 Take a Holiday Walk Through Washington Cant get to Washington, D.C. for the holidays? Luckily, we did the walking for you. Lets head out on this holiday tour. The National Botanic Garden is a living plant museum, designed to show

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AS IT IS 2015-12-19 Trending Today: Brazil Briefly Blocks WhatsApp 今日趋势-巴西暂时关闭WhatsApp This is What's Trending Today. A court in Brazil Thursday suspended the messaging service WhatsApp for 48 hours. WhatsApp reportedly failed to

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'A Piece of Red Calico,' by Frank Stockton 《一块红色的印花棉布》by弗兰克斯托克顿 Editor's note: If you are tired from doing year-end gift shopping, relax and think about the poor man in this story. Our story today is called A Piece

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Force Awakens at Star Wars Premiere in Hollywood The new force gathered with the old Monday when Star Wars: The Force Awakens made its world premiere in Hollywood. The Force Awakens is the seventh film in the Star Wars series. The original premiered

AS IT IS 2015-12-18 South Sudan to Shoot Down Unknown Planes

AS IT IS 2015-12-18 South Sudan to Shoot Down Unknown Planes South Sudans military has given orders to shoot down any aircraft that is not known to the government. South Sudan voted for independence in 2011, but has been in civil war since 2013. Rebe

AS IT IS 2015-12-18 Obama Says He Is Eager to See Cuba

AS IT IS 2015-12-18 Obama Says He Is Eager to See Cuba Before U.S. President Barack Obama leaves office, he wants to visit Cuba. But only if he can meet with pro-democracy dissidents. Obama told Yahoo News on Monday that part of a deal to visit Cuba