AZUZ: A week ago, we told you about the major 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck the South Pacific nation of New Zealand. At least two people were killed, thousands were stranded. A wave of aftershocks followed. And as New Zealand is a mountainous

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(109) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2016年11月

AZUZ: A new national emergency is what Mexico's president is calling an earthquake that struck his country on Tuesday. It was the second tremor to shake Mexico in less than two weeks. This one was a magnitude 7.1 earthquake. Its epicenter, the point

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Admiral Harry B. Harris, Jr., Commander of the United States Pacific Command, recently visited Kathmandu, Nepal to meet with Nepali leaders and to participate in the opening ceremony of a U.S.-sponsored multinational U.N. Peacekeeping exercise called

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2017年(五月)

Our week and month start off in an island nation that's located between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Indonesia has been struck by yet another natural disaster. It began on Friday when the island of Sulawesi was hit by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake. Th

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What is the best country to visit, which has beautiful natural scenery? 哪个国家是最好的旅游胜地?哪个国家有最美的自然景色呢? 获得5.2k好评的回答@Tanja Jovanovic: So I would say that my choice will be Serbia - beautifu

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First story takes us to the South Pacific nation of New Zealand, where a powerful earthquake jolted the country's south island just after midnight on Monday. A little more than a million people live in the south island and though earthquakes are comm

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A three-year-old girl is now a new living goddess in Nepal. At a recent religious ceremony, the new Kumari or living goddess was carried from her parents' home to an ancient palatial temple in the heart of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu where she'll

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More than 130 people are now confirmed dead from a powerful earthquake that hit Central Indonesia on Sunday. The numbers of dead and injured have risen since the 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck off the waters of Lombok Island. The quake also shook th

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Climbing Mount Everest is challengingenough,battlingelements,battling terrain.But what about when the conflict turns from man vs nature to man vs man. Well,that's apparently exactly what happened yesterday on the world's highestmountain. More tha

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AS IT IS 2015-05-08 Aid Group Recommends Debt Cancellation for Nepal 援助组织建议免除尼泊尔债务 From VOA Learning English, this is the Economics Report. 美国之音慢速英语节目,这里是经济报道。 A group of international a

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AS IT IS 2016-01-26 Major Earthquake Hits Alaska A magnitude-7.1 earthquake shook south-central Alaska Sunday. 周日阿拉斯加中南部发生里氏7.1级强震。 At least four homes were destroyed but no injuries or deaths were reported, accordin

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A three-year-old girl is now a new living goddess in Nepal. At a recent religious ceremony, the new Kumari or living goddess was carried from her parents' home to an ancient palatial temple in the heart of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu where she'll

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2008年

Vote counting is under way in Nepal following the nation's historic constituent assembly election. Officials say preliminary reports indicate a high turnout and a low level of vote manipulation. That is expected to formally end more than 200 years of

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历史性选举为尼泊尔带来机会 U.S. Ambassador to Nepal Peter Bodde congratulated Nepal's Interim Election Council of Ministers for setting a date for elections. 美国驻尼泊尔大使彼得博德祝贺尼泊尔临时选举部长理事会安

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A magnitude 7.5 earthquake rocked the country once again on Tuesday afternoon. It was followed by several strong aftershocks. The Nepalese government says 65 people have been killed, and over 1,600 injured. President Ram Baran Yadav was giving a spee

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白宫称赞尼泊尔制宪会议选举 WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The White House on Wednesday applauded the Constituent Assembly elections just concluded in Nepal, calling it a vital step in the country's peace process. The United States congr

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Millions of voters in Nepal braved threats of violence and harsh terrain to cast ballots in a historic election to choose a 601-member national assembly that is to write a constitution. The twice-delayed election is being closely monitored by tens of

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The leader of Nepal's Maoists is trying to reassure his country and the world that the former rebels will play a constructive political role as election returns show the far-left party making a much stronger-than-expected showing. Election officials

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India is expressing a willingness to work with the Maoists in Nepal, who are in line to form the new government in Kathmandu, based on election results so far. A Maoist victory could mean a lessening of Indian influence over its smaller neighbor to t

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Legislators in the Himalayan nation of Nepal on Friday selected, by a wide margin, a former guerilla leader to be the country's new prime minister. The ascent of the Maoist, known as Prachanda, who spent a quarter century in hiding and then led a ten

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