Another day in orbit for space shuttle Atalntis.Today's landing in Florida screwed up because of weather.The forecast looks better tomorrow.NASA hopes it can land the shuttle there rather than a back-up site in Califonia. Tha nation settles into a l

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2009年(五)月

1. North Korea's underground nuclear test is drawing condemnation from Washington to Beijing. The UN Security Council is meeting to discuss what President Barack Obama calls a blatant violation of international law and a grave threat to world peace.

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1. President Obama plans to speak at Arlington National Cemetery, and lay a wreath at the tombs of the unknowns on Monday, as the nation observes memorial day. 2. Kenya says the man accused of killing a British soldier last week in London was arreste

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President Barack Obama led a Memorial Day rememberance at Arlington National Cemetery just hours after returning from an unannouced trip to visit U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The president paid tribute to those lost in battle and laid a wreath at the

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Tajik Leader: No More Big Burial Markers Over the years, Tajikistan has taken numerous steps to control the lives of its citizens. The government has rules restricting how long men can grow their beards and the length of womens clothing. It also limi

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Transcript--by myconsent(for reference only) Construction workers in London are currently busy with redevelopment activity across the city. But it often disturbs the graves of thousands of long-deceased Londoners buried deep beneath the modern city.

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What's this? They're firing at us! I exclaimed. 怎么?他们朝我们开炮!我喊道。 Good lads! the Canadian muttered. 勇敢的人们!加拿大人小声说。 That means they don't see us as castaways clinging to some wreckage! 这么说他

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Chapter 19 The Gulf Stream 第十九章 海湾暖流 This dreadful scene on April 20 none of us will ever be able to forget. 4月20日那可怕的一幕,我们任何人都永远忘不了。 I wrote it up in a state of intense excitement. 我心情澎

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Section 32 Death It is surprising how different cultures treat death. The ceremonies surrounding it vary from culture to culture, country to country. Even the colors associated with death vary. In wes

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1. After intense talks spanning two weeks, the US has made a U-turn on climate change. First rejecting negotiations, US finally agreed to a compromise: a two-year plan to develop a replacement for the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. 2. In a nationally-televise

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(111) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2007

1. Former security guard Richard Jewell has died. Jewell was erroneously linked to the 1996 Olympic bombing at Atlanta. He was found dead in his Georgia home. The county coroner says he died from natural causes. 2. It was a day of silence and somber

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花落何处 Where Have All The Flowers Gone? 皮特西格(Pete Seeger,1919年5月3日-),也翻译为皮特席格,他是美国著名的民歌歌手,是民歌复兴运动的先驱,有美国现代民歌之父之称。皮特西格一直参

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1. A funeral director is still trying to find a cemetery to take the body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Officials in Cambridge, Massachusetts denied a request to bury the Boston Marathon suspect in a city-owned cemetery. 2. A stretch limo that burst into the

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This is AP news minute. 1. Americans went to the polls Tuesday to decide whether to elect the country's first woman president or hand power to a realistic mogul known for proposing on orthodox cures for various problems plaguing the nation. The unexp

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Just across the road by the cherry trees, 路旁的果树下面乱草丛生, Some fallen white stones had been lying so long, 曾经有人死在那里, Half hid in the grass, and under these, 草里埋着乱石, There were people dead. I could

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Yi-jun sees Taylors father and goes over to him Yi-jun:Hi, Mr. Smith. Are you enjoying the cookout? You don't look too happy. TF: I spent the morning at the cemetery. I put flowers on the graves of my old war buddies. Yi-jun:Is that what people usual

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Construction workers in London are currently busy with redevelopment activity across the city. But it often disturbs the graves of thousands of long-deceased Londoners buried deep beneath the modern city. The Wellcome Collection has brought together

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Catalans are famous throughout Spain for their spirit of innovation. That ingenuity has recently been extended to the creation of what, the Associated Press reports, is the Barcelonan area's largest solar energy plant. The solar panels have been inst

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The death toll in the typhoon-ravaged Philippine islands stands at more than 900. But authorities fear it could climb to 10,000 or more. Bodies lay uncollected and uncounted in the streets and survivors pleaded for food, water and medicine. Foreign g

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When I die, I would like for my body to be laid out to be eaten by animals. Having your body laid out to be eaten by animals is not for everyone. Maybe you have already had the end-of-life talk with your family and decided on, cremation. In America,

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