A new report by the Grattan Institute says the Australian students are falling well behind their east Asian counterpart.Says Australia's education reforms are focusing on the wrong areas.Says Australia should be spending money on improving teacher qu

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2012年

1. The US is hoping to stem the anti-American sentiment brewing in Pakistan. A TV ad carrying the US embassy seal has been released there, condemning an anti-Islam video at the center of the protests. 2. Syrian opposition activists say at least 30 pe

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(116) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2012(九月)

今天我们要学的词是open letter. Open letter 公开信。Myanmar's civil groups signed an open letter to the country's president, urging him to immediately release two Reuters reporters. 缅甸民权团体签署了一份呈交给缅甸总统的公

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今天我们要学的词是 castigate。 Castigate 的意思是痛斥、鞭笞、严惩,U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley regularly castigates Tehran for its destabilizing role in Syria and Yemen and its support for the militant groups Hamas and Hezbolla

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Activists Decry Lagos Slum Demolition 活动人士谴责拆迁拉各斯贫民窟 LAGOS Acting on a court order, authorities in Nigeria demolished a slum last month in the commercial capital, Lagos. But human rights activists say the order was illegal

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Chinese President Xi Jinping is calling for China and Vietnam to work together to mend ties amid recent tensions between the two countries. He has made the comments while meeting with a special envoy of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of

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Fresh anti-America protests have claimed more lives in Afghanistan as anger spread over a report that U.S interrogators at Guantanamo Bay had desecrated the Koran. 在阿富汗,最新的反美示威造成更多的人员伤亡。由于有报告说关塔

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Somalias prime minister says Tuesdays suicide bomb attack in Mogadishu shows the increasing desperation of al-Qaida linked forces who still control large parts of the famine-wracked country. The blast killed at least 70 people and injured scores more

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The African Union has condemned the killings of Guinea-Bissau's President Joao Bernado Vieira and his army chief, calling it a blatant attack on state institutions. But the continental body stopped short of suspending Guinea-Bissau's membership in th

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U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney has condemned Russia's military operation in Georgia as an illegitimate and unilateral attempt to change the country's borders by force. 美国副总统切尼谴责俄罗斯在格鲁吉亚的军事行动是企图单方面

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Two men who shared a photo of themselves 'surfing' on the back of a protected turtle have received widespread condemnation and can face a 20,000 dollars fine. 两名男子分享了自己站在一只受保护的海龟背上冲浪的照片,之后受到

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CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR: A passionate debate is taking place worldwide over claims that genetically edited human children were recently born in China. I'm Carl Azuz. This is CNN 10. Here's how the debate got started. A Chinese scientist named He Jia

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Outside the G7 Summit, thousands of protesters have been trying to disrupt the meeting. Convening on upscale resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen from different directions, they have been trying to get as close as possible to the hotel at which world lea

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The top U.S. military officer, Admiral Mike Mullen, says he has seen no indication that North Korea will conduct a missile test this weekend, to coincide with the U.S. Independence Day celebration. Adm. Mike Mullen (file photo) North Korea has marke

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The Obama administration is sending its top envoy for East Asia to visit China, Japan, South Korea and Singapore. The State Department says Daniel Russel, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, will start his visit on Monday

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Authorities in New York City say a small explosive device detonated near a U.S. military recruiting station in the Times Square district of the city. The blast happened in the very early hours Thursday morning. 美国纽约市当局说,一个小型爆

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The U.N. Security Council on Monday condemned North Korea's most recent missile launches as violations of council resolutions, and demanded that Pyongyang comply fully with its international obligations. 联合国安理会星期一谴责了北韩最新

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The African Union's special envoy for Somalia has condemned the rise in attacks on AU peacekeepers in the country in the past week. He asserted the right of AU troops to defend themselves, but reinforced the mission's neutrality in the country's conf

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The United States said Monday the government of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe cannot be considered legitimate in the absence of a presidential runoff election. In the wake of opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai's forced departure from the cam

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The U.N.'s top human rights official, Louise Arbour, has lashed out at Burmese authorities for obstructing aid to victims of Cyclone Nargis. Arbour called into question Burma's rights record in her final address to the U.N. Human Rights Council. Arbo

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