Hurricane Irene is gaining strength over the Bahamas as it makes its way straight for the Eastern US. Though still a Category 3, the storm's top winds are now at around 120 miles per hour. Evacuations are already underway on one of the tiny islands o

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年NPR美国国家公共电台8月

There are more reports of indiscriminate killing by the autocratic regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Activists say security forces fired on thousands of protesters today, killing a teenage boy and at least 15 other civilians. The three-mont

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[00:06.77]Nylon material was placed under the Orc's body for the trip. [00:12.56]Holes had been cut for his nose, tail and fins. [00:17.45]A big mechanical arm lifted him into a special container filled with cold seawater. [00:24.97]This travel box m

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IN THE NEWS - Politics and Bullets: Facing Maoist Rebels in Nepal and IndiaBy Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Saturday, April 29, 2006 I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Mao Zedong le

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The Dow is hovering just beneath the 12,000 mark, with US stocks turning sharply lower earlier today. NPR's Jim Zarroli says there are a number of factors rattling investors. There's been a lot of pessimism in the markets. We had a series of disappoi

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(135) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年NPR美国国家公共电台6月

AS IT IS 2015-02-18 Teacher Remembers North Carolina Shooting Victims 北卡罗来纳枪击案的受害者 Mussarut Jabeen is head of the Al-Iman School in Raleigh, North Carolina. She knew all three young people who were murdered in North Carolina o

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Kenya Police Break Up Protest, Accuse US of Funding Activists 肯尼亚警方指责美国资助活动人士 NAIROBI Kenya police cracked down on an anti-corruption protest in the streets of Nairobi Thursday after accusing the U.S. government of fundi

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ECONOMICS REPORT - On the Job, at Minimum WageBy Mario Ritter Broadcast: Friday, January 13, 2006 I'm Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Minimum wage is the lowest hourly pay

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Business 商业 Physical attractiveness and careers 美貌与职场 Don't hate me because I'm beautiful 漂亮有罪吗? Attractive women should not include a photo with a job application 长得漂亮的女性不应该在投递简历时附上照片

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HARI SREENIVASAN: You may have seen the documentary Blackfish that examined the treatment of killer whales at SeaWorld Orlando. Now at the Miami Seaquarium, another controversy is brewing over a whale named Lolita. The National Oceanic and Atmospheri

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JUDY WOODRUFF: New HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths have fallen so dramatically in recent years that it may be possible to control the epidemic by 2030 and eventually end it altogether. That's the projection in a new U.N. report released in adv

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Tens of thousands of dogs are set to be killed and eaten at this year's Yulin Dog Meat Festival held in southern China in June 2016. Despite protests to boycott the annual event by human rights activists, up to 15,000 animals are expected to be slaug

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HONG KONG, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong fishing vessel Kai Fung No. 2 reached Hong Kong water on Tuesday evening. A spokesperson for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said Chief Executive CY Leung and HKSAR government ar

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克里姆林宫决定斯诺登的未来 MOSCOW, June 30 (Xinhua) -- As Edward Snowden has been perching at an international airport of Moscow for a week, Kremlin said Sunday the former CIA contractor's future was not yet on its agenda. The President

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Riot police in Bahrain firing teargas(催泪性毒气) and rubber bullets have stormed the main square of the capital, Manama, driving out hundreds of anti-government protesters who had set up camp and demanded sweeping political changes for the isla

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1. Spain is asking for a bank bailout from the Euro Zone. No exact figures have been given yet but finance ministers from the 17 countries that use the euro say they are ready to give Spain up to 125 billion dollars. 2. There are reports of violence

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After a weekend where tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets to denounce corporate greed and budget cuts, some protests are still lingering across Europe. CRI's Ding Lulu has more. Hundreds of police officers, fire-fighters and members o

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United States 美国 Minimum Wages: Leaving a bad taste 最低工资:留下了坏印象 Higher minimum wages may force bad restaurants out of business. 愈高的最低工资可能使糟糕的餐馆倒闭。 With Republicans in charge in Washington,

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Two Syrian cities have been hit by a wave of bombings which the Islamic State group says it carried out. State media reported that more than 80 people died in blasts in a suburb of Damascus. Activists say about 60 others were killed in Homs. More det

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Business 商业报道 Corporate Governance 公司治理 Anything you can do, Icahn do better 无论你做什么,伊坎总能做得比你好 The pressure on companies from activist shareholders continues to grow 激进投资人对公司的压力正与

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