UN: Afghan Opium Production Has Dropped A new United Nations report finds that opium-poppy cultivation in Afghanistan is now 20 percent lower than it was in 2017. The report noted a lack of rainfall and falling prices of dry opium across the country.

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AS IT IS 2015-10-27 Quake Kills More Than 150 in Afghanistan, Pakistan 阿富汗强烈地震已致超过150人遇难 A major earthquake struck South Asia Monday. Early reports say the earthquake killed more than 150 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan

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JEFFREY BROWN: It happened again todaytwice, in fact. Afghan forces turned their guns on international troops. In Farah province, a new police recruit shot and killed two Americans just minutes after receiving his gun to begin training. And in Kandah

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Afghanistan Peace Talks Stuck on Issue of US Bases A former Afghan Taliban official is reporting little progress in negotiations between the Taliban and the United States. The two sides are attempting to reach a political settlement to end the war in

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AS IT IS 2014-09-27 Afghan Presidential Candidates Agree to Share Power 阿富汗总统候选人同意分享权力 This week Afghanistan ended months of dispute over the country's presidential election. The United States helped negotiate a power-shar

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AS IT IS 2015-06-06 Returning Afghan Refugees Face a Difficult Life 返回阿富汗的难民面临艰难的生活 Many of the tens of thousands of people returning to Afghanistan from Pakistan have no jobs, no support and no home. International aid a

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AS IT IS 2016-01-27 Ten Afghan Policemen Killed in 'Insider Attack' 阿富汗内部攻击造成一人死亡 Officials in Afghanistan say an Afghan policeman believed to have links to the Taliban killed 10 police officers in the central province of Ur

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AS IT IS 2016-07-15 2016 Most Dangerous Year Ever for Afghan Journalists 2016年乃阿富汗记者最危险的一年 The year 2016 has been the most violent year ever for reporters in Afghanistan, a new report says. The Afghan Journalists Safety Comm

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AS IT IS 2016-06-17 Afghan, Vietnamese Students Thrive in US Schools 阿富汗、越南学生在美国学校茁壮成长 Children whose parents are immigrants to the United States live between two worlds -- the U.S. and their parents homeland. It is

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AS IT IS 2015-10-06 US Promises to Investigate Afghan Hospital Attack 美国军方承认为阿富汗医院轰炸事件负责 The United States military is promising to investigate whether it targeted a hospital in northern Afghanistan. The medical ai

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Hi, everybody. This week, I welcomed President Hamid Karzai to the White House to discuss the way ahead in Afghanistan. And today, I want to update you on how we will end this war, bring our troops home, and continue the work of rebuilding America. O

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Sometimes we hear that the economic problems in New Zealand are not so bad. On the other hand, we heard of more job losses this week. The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) will cut 70 jobs. The TEC is a government business which gives funding and c

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The Hong Kong legislature has started its debate today on the single largest democratic reform plan in the city's history. No later than Friday, the legislature will vote on the motion to amend the Basic Law, and grant universal suffrage under a fram

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In Bhutan's landmark elections that ended a century of absolute monarchy, the party widely perceived as most loyal to the monarchy won by a landslide. 不丹历史性的选举结束了长达一个多世纪的世袭君主制。被广泛视为对王室最

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Voters in Pakistan will go to the polls Monday in one of the most crucial elections in the nation's history. Nearly 400,000 police and 80,000 troops are providing security. The vote is accompanied by rising violence and concerns by opposition parties

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed thousands of flag-waving supporters at a victory rally to celebrate being officially proclaimed winner of Friday's election, despite widespread accusations of fraud. 伊朗总统艾哈迈迪内贾德在庆

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Concerns about a possible delay in Zimbabwe's presidential run-off election are increasing. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights has warned that the any delay beyond the 21 day limit from May 2 when results were released will be a breach of election law

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Ballots are being distributed to the polling stations nationwide as Italy prepares for its general elections this weekend. Opinion polls show that Pier Luigi Bersani, leader of the Democratic Party with almost zero name recognition outside Italy, is

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今天我们要学的词组是on time。 On time是按时的意思。比如虽然天气恶劣,飞机还是按时抵达了, The plane arrived on time despite the bad weather. 美国人必须按时向政府报税,报税的最后期限通常是每年

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今天我们要学的词是deadline。 Deadline, 是最后期限的意思。4月15号是美国人交纳所得税的最后期限。April 15th is the income tax filing deadline, 民主党总统提名的宾夕法尼亚州党内初选下星期二举行。

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