经济繁荣给泰缅边境带来希望 MAE SOT, THAILAND Thailand and Myanmar are working on big plans to boost trade and entice businesses to locate along their long land border. The influx of money is reshaping a region that has suffered from long

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搭载基本感官感觉功能手机或将成为时代新宠 Many people around the world enjoy one of the greatest marvels of modern technology every day-instant audio-visual communication. 世界上有许多人每天都在享受即时视听交流这一

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韩国年轻人就慰安妇问题举行集会 SEOUL Protesters gather in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul every week to demand an apology and reparations from Tokyo for the thousands of South Korean women who were forced into prostitution durin

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Social Media Apps Help Public Agencies, But Raise Questions 社交新媒体应用公共机构还需完善 LOS ANGELES Social media are changing the ways that police departments and other public agencies do business. New media are helping monitor poli

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Kerry: US, Allies 'Not Even Close' to Resuming N. Korea talks 克里称美国及其盟国几乎接近恢复与朝鲜谈判 SEOUL After diplomatic consultations in Seoul, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry virtually ruled out any possibility for renew

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Burundi Violence Centers on Media Control BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI The battle for Burundi has centered on control of the countrys influential radio stations. That private and government media have both been casualties of the recent political violence. Radi

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Scientists Say We Need Softer Robots 科学家们表示人们需要柔软机器人 WASHINGTON Todays robots are mostly hard, rigid machines, with sharp edges and forceful movements. But a group of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University says robots

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WHO: Cambodia's Mental Health Services 'Critically Neglected' PHNOM PENH Cambodia has some of the worlds worst mental health statistics largely due to the effects of Pol Pots murderous Khmer Rouge regime. Yet mental health services remain underfunded

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US Senate Faces Deadline on Domestic Surveillance 美国参议院面临国内监管最后期限 WASHINGTON The future scope of the U.S. governments domestic surveillance activities could be decided this week as Congress works to reauthorize soon-to-e

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奥巴马峰会针对美国极端主义 The January terrorist attacks in Paris raised concerns enough for Obama to schedule the long-postponed summit.The aim is to go after the group causes the extremism and find ways to stop young people from joinin

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逃出魔窟雅兹迪女性控诉恐怖组织所施暴行 Ba'adra camp,in northern Iraq,home to 15,000 displaced Yazidis. Thousands of others are being held captive by Islamic State militants, known here as Daesh. 伊拉克北部的巴阿德拉营地,

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Somalia Listed as Worst Country for Maternal Health 索马里孕产妇健康状况全球垫底 MOGADISHU The British aid group Save the Children ranks Somalia as the worst country on Earth for being a mother. The ranking is based on statistics for ma

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Malnutrition Remains Serious Problem for South Sudanese Refugees 营养不良仍然是南苏丹难民严重的问题 ARUA, UGANDA As the civil war in South Sudan rages on, more than 100,000 refugees have fled to camps in neighboring Uganda. The Unite

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Skopje Protests Underscore Balkan Tensions 斯科普里的抗议活动凸显了巴尔干半岛的紧张局势 LONDON Protest marches on consecutive days in the Macedonian capital, Skopje, brought tens of thousands of people into the streets this week

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Battlefield Gains for IS Raise Fears of Assault on Baghdad IS战场胜利增加了袭击巴格达的恐惧 LONDON The Islamic State group seized the last government-held border crossing to Iraq early Friday, the latest in a series of terrotorial gain

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AmeriCorps Grantee Serves Up New Approach to Childhood Obesity WHITE HOUSE The kindergarten students at John Burroughs Elementary School are staying an hour later on this day not to brush up on their reading or math skills, but to taste kale many for

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Tutu Lends Support to Age Campaign Archbishop Desmond Tutu is lending his support to a campaign to ensure the rights of older people. The Nobel Laureate wants the issue included in the new U.N. Sustainable Development Goals being finalized late this

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Anti-Ebola Compounds Show Promise 抗埃博拉病毒化合物已初见成效 While the West Africa Ebola epidemic is believed to be winding-down, the search for new treatments and vaccines is not. One study is a U.S./Serbian effort to find an effecti

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Some AGOA Renewal Supporters Call for Amendments 支持者呼吁修改非洲增长与机会法 The African Growth and Opportunity Act a trade provision that allows thousands of products from African countries to enter the U.S. tax-free is due to expi

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Presidential Election Campaigning Underway in Iowa 总统选举竞选活动在爱荷华举行 CEDAR FALLS, IOWA Although the November 2016 presidential election is over a year and half away, campaigning to choose party nominees is already underway in

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