The United States is sending a senior diplomat to Pyongyang this week to try to salvage the troubled six-party accord, under which North Korea is to scrap its nuclear program. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, chief U.S. envoy to the nuc

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Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel will have to give up virtually all of the land it captured in the 1967 Arab-Israeli War if it wants peace with the Palestinians. Mr. Olmert, now serving as interim prime minister, made his remar

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A European tour group taken hostage by gunmen in southern Egypt 10 days ago has been released. The 11 European tourists, along with eight Egyptian drivers and guides, are thought to be in good health, and are being taken back to Cairo. 10天前在埃及

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UNHCR reports at least 52 Somalis died when the boat smuggling them across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen broke down, leaving them adrift with no food or water for 18 days. The UNHCR says this latest tragedy coincides with a recent upsurge in people smugg

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U.S. President George Bush is urging Congress to move quickly to pass the $700 billion financial rescue package unveiled Sunday. Mr. Bush says it is an extraordinary agreement to deal with an extraordinary problem in the economy. 布什总统敦促国会

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U.S. lawmakers are continuing talks on a massive rescue plan for America's struggle financial services industry. U.S. President George Bush is facing opposition from members of his own party who object to the cost of the plan. 美国国会议员们继续

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新英语口语900句 叙谈体验 601. We went for a drive with Lucy and John on Sunday. 星期天我们和露西、约翰一起驾车出游。 602. We prepared a picnic lunch and drove down by the river. 我们准备了一顿野餐并乘车沿河而下

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America's top military officer, Admiral Michael Mullen, says the transition to a new U.S. administration could be a time of heightened threat for the United States. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who spoke in Los Angeles Monday, said the

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President Bush has met for the first time with Pakistan's new president, Asif Ali Zardari. The meeting came just days after a terrorist attack on an Islamabad hotel that claimed dozens of lives. 布什总统首次会见巴基斯坦新总统扎尔达里

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Markets made moderate gains Thursday on news that congressional leaders had agreed in principle to a bailout plan for troubled firms on Wall Street. But a White House meeting later in the day highlighted work that still needs to be done to reach a fi

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Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama are taking a rare break from the campaign trail to join President Bush and congressional leaders at the White House for a meeting on the U.S. financial crisis. McCain and Obama are scheduled for th

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U.S. President George Bush says he is still hopeful that an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement can be reached. Mr. Bush spoke during talks at the White House with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. 美国总统布什说,他对以色列与巴勒斯

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On Friday, presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain are scheduled to hold the first of three debates ahead of November's election. Presidential debates have often played a crucial role in U.S. election campaigns in the past. 美国总统候

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U.S. President George Bush says he is confident that Congress will agree on a robust plan to bailout America's troubled financial sector. There is strong opposition to the president's $700 billion rescue plan among lawmakers. 美国总统布什表示,

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North Korea has taken dramatic steps toward fulfilling its threat to resume production of nuclear weapons material. 北韩朝着实现其恢复生产核武器材料的威胁采取了极端的步骤。 The International Atomic Agency, or IAEA, confirm

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As key U.S. financial officials testified before a Senate committee on Tuesday, Bush administration officials were on Capitol Hill trying to allay concerns and press for action on the $700 billion financial bailout plan. Majority Democrats report pro

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South Korea's chief diplomat says a diplomatic process aimed at getting rid of North Korea's nuclear weapons is at risk if Pyongyang continues on its current path. The North's moves to resume activity at its main nuclear reactor could end up isolatin

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Europe waits nervously as lawmakers in Washington continue to wrangle over a $700 billion rescue package for U.S. financial institutions. Talks between the Bush administration and congressional negotiators continue Friday after reportedly contentious

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U.S. congressional leaders have resumed talks on a $700 billion financial rescue package. The difficult talks resumed after the negotiators agreed to consider proposals from House Republicans, whose opposition to a White House backed plan had threate

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The family had just moved to Rhode Island,and the young woman was feeling a little melancholy on that Sunday in May. After all,it was Mother's Day--and 800 miles separated her from her parents in Ohio. 一家人刚移居罗德岛。5月的那个星

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