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AS IT IS 2015-11-24 Power Out in Crimea After Lines Blown Up 克里米亚电力供应系统被炸毁 Crimea is trying to restore power after two of its main electricity lines were blown up Sunday. By late Sunday, power was restored to more than a qua

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AS IT IS 2015-11-24 Macri Wins Argentina Presidential Election 马克里赢得阿根廷总统大选 Conservative Mauricio Macri has won Sundays presidential election in Argentina. 阿根廷保守党候选人马里西奥马克里上周日赢得了总统

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AS IT IS 2015-11-23 Pope Francis Makes First Africa Visit 教皇弗朗西斯首次非洲访问 Pope Francis will make his first trip to Africa on November 25 to 30, visiting Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic. The Vatican said the pope ha

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VOA慢速英语2015--66号公路十个必看景点

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AS IT IS 2015-11-22 Who Is Islamic State and How Did They Get This Big? 伊斯兰国怎么发展起来的? Who and what is the terrorist group that carried out deadly attacks last week in Paris? They call themselves the Islamic State of Iraq and the

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AS IT IS 2015-11-24 Death Toll Rises After Landslide at Myanmar Jade Mine 缅甸玉矿滑坡死亡人数上升 At least 100 bodies have been recovered and 100 are still missing following a landslide near a jade mine in northern Myanmar Saturday. 周六

VOA慢速英语2015 信仰上帝的美国人越来越少

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AS IT IS 2015-11-10 Obama, Netanyahu Meet in Washington 奥巴马、内塔尼亚胡在华盛顿会面 U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Washington Monday. The two leaders discussed security issues in the

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AS IT IS 2015-11-10 Major Victory for Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar 昂山素季领导的缅甸反对派赢得缅甸大选胜利 Election results in Myanmar show big victories for Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy (NLD) party she l

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Facebook推出更多移动应用程序

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AS IT IS 2015-11-09 Will Brazil's President Be Impeached? 巴西总统会遭到弹劾吗 Observers say recent events have increased the chances of Brazils president being forced from office. The experts are saying that President Dilma Rousseff could

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