Report: Press Freedom Declines to Lowest Point in 12 Years 有报告表明:世界新闻自由程度下降到12年来的最低点 A new report says freedom of the press declined worldwide last year to its lowest point in more than ten years. Freedom H

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AS IT IS 2016-04-30 Italy: NATO Force to Deploy in Mediterranean 意大利:北约在地中海部署部队 Italy says an international force aimed at limiting the number of people sailing from Libya to Europe could be ready by July. Some observers are

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AS IT IS 2016-04-30 North Korea Sentences Korean-American to Hard Labor A North Korean court has sentenced a Korean-American man to 10 years of hard labor. Kim Dong Chul was given the sentence on Friday after the court found him guilty on subversion

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Solar Cooker Reduces Smoke Pollution Deaths 太阳能灶可降低烟气污染导致的死亡 Solar power technology could help to reduce deaths caused by household pollution. 太阳能科技有助于降低由家庭污染造成的死亡。 Pollution t

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Rich People Even Have Better Stress Than Poor 富人的压力比穷人更优越 For VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. 这里是VOA慢速英语健康生活频道。 The lives of rich people seem to be getting better and better

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AS IT IS 2016-05-17 Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds' Released 50 Years Ago Today 海滩男孩音乐专辑《宠物之声(Pet Sounds)》 This is Whats Trending Today: Monday marked the 50th anniversary of a famous record album. The American group The Beach Bo

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AS IT IS 2016-05-17 Venezuelas President Declares State of Emergency as Economy Worsens 委内瑞拉总统因经济恶化宣布全国进入紧急状态 After declaring a state of emergency, Venezuelas President Nicolas Maduro threatened to seize clos

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AS IT IS 2016-05-17 Kenya to Close Worlds Largest Refugee Camp 肯尼亚将关闭世界最大难民营 Kenya is planning to close the worlds largest refugee camp, which it says poses a security threat that could lead to terrorist attacks. An estimate

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AS IT IS 2016-05-17 US: Let Transgender Students Choose Restroom 美国:变性学生可自主选择厕所 The United States government says transgender students have a right to use restrooms that agree with their chosen sexual identity. 美国政府称

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AS IT IS 2016-05-17 Turkish Art Project Seeks to Bridge Ethnic Divide 土耳其艺术项目旨在弥合种族分裂 An art project in Turkey is bringing together people divided along ethnic and religious lines. Twenty-four Kurdish and Turkish young a

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AS IT IS 2016-05-17 How America Elects Its President 美国总统是如何选举出来的? A new report shows Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton running a close race in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania. 一个新的报告显示唐纳德特朗普和希拉里

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NASA Astronauts Train for Commercial Space Flights 美国宇航局宇航员为商业太空飞行训练 The American space agency and private companies are developing vehicles to take humans into low Earth orbit and even farther into space. A space ve

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AS IT IS 2016-05-16 India Tobacco Industry Protests Picture Warnings 印度烟草行业抗议吸烟警示图片 The tobacco industry in India is fighting a new government rule for cigarette containers, or packages. The new rule requires cigarette mak

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AS IT IS 2016-05-16 Small Crowds at Texas Oil Technology Conference 德州石油技术会议参会人数减少 Low oil prices have reduced oil exploration and development activity around the world. Tens of thousands of workers have lost jobs with oil

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AS IT IS 2016-05-16 Strangers Share Secrets Through Postcards 通过明信片与陌生人分享秘密 More than a million people around the world have told Frank Warren their deepest secrets. 世界各地有超过一百万的人把他们藏得最深的

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AS IT IS 2016-05-16 Medical Mistakes, Third-Leading Cause of Death in US 医疗事故是美国死亡的第三大原因 A new report says medical errors are the third-leading cause of death in the United States. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University

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AS IT IS 2016-05-16 21 Percent of Worlds Plants Could Disappear 世界上21%的植物可能会消失 One in five of the worlds plants is currently at risk of disappearing forever. That is what a report by the Royal Botanic Gardens in London says. 全球

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Sports and Rain Dont Mix 词汇典故:下雨天与体育不是很配 Now, the VOA Learning English program Words Their Stories. Baseball is often called Americas game. This may or not be true but a baseball game is a great place to learn American E

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AS IT IS 2016-05-18 400 Years After His Death, Shakespeare Still Popular 莎翁逝世400年后仍然颇受欢迎 Shakespeare was born in 1564 in the small town of Stratford-upon-Avon, about 160 kilometers from London. 1564年,莎士比亚出生于距

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AS IT IS 2016-05-18 IS Delivers More Deadly Bombings in Iraq Islamic State militants are again using bombs to attack Baghdad and other parts of Iraq. A number of bombings struck markets across the Iraqi capital on Tuesday. At least 68 people were kil

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