AMERICAN MOSAIC -January 18, 2002: Music by Cole Porter/Muhammad Ali turns 60/Martin Luther King holiday HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC — VOA’s radio magazine in Special English. (THEME) This is

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Erin and her best friend Amy flew into San Diego last week. They are both in their mid-20s, and both are nurses who live in Georgia. It was their first visit to California, and they were excited. They visited San Diegos world-famous zoo and fell in l

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Alibaba sues online counterfeit sellers for the time in January. [Photo: sina.com.cn] Let's check out some of the stories that have made headlines on China's corporate front this week. We are joined live by Doug Young, company news chief for the Engl

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Alibaba has invested 177 million U.S. dollars into Paytm. [Photo: techweb.com] Alibaba has announced its buying a major stake in Indian e-commerce firm Paytm. Alibaba is investing 177-million into Paytm, giving it a 36-percent stake in the firm. The

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by Michael W. Flynn First, a disclaimer: Although I am an attorney, the legal information in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for seeking personalized legal advice from an attorney licensed to practice in your jurisdiction. Further, I

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By Mike O'Sullivan Jackson, California 24 April 2007 The colorful history of the Gold Rush is being kept alive in a handful of towns in the Western U.S. state of California. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan has more from the town of Jackson, a multicultural com

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By Joe Bavier Bouake, Ivory Coast 23 February 2006 Ivory Coast has a new prime minister, a new reconciliation government, and a new road map for peace intended to end the country's three-year-old civi

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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to tell President Barack Obama there is no difference between good and bad Taliban when they meet this week on the G20 sidelines. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (file) India's prime minister wil

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California, Oregon Battle Over Landmark Status The U.S. National Park Service is about to convey landmark status upon a place on the California coast, not far from San Franciscos famous Golden Gate Bridge. That sounds kind of routine, but some people

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By Nico Colombant Bamako, Mali 04 April 2006 Against a backdrop of financial difficulties and suspect security in Africa's aviation industry, one of the world's poorest countries, Mali, has a new airl

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To serve on a California jury, you must be a U.S. citizen. You must be selected to serve; juror names are selected from state identification cards, drivers licenses, and voting rolls. If selected, you will receive in your mail an envelope marked Jury

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Ali Baba. In a town in Persia there lived a man called Ali Baba. He was a poor woodcutter, and he struggled each day to feed his wife and children. All he ever wanted was to own a shop in the town, sell goods to his neighbors, and have plenty for his

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 07 May 2007 While hospitals and doctors in Africa are few and far between, in the impoverished West African country of Mali, the government takes health care to remote villages, by way of little mopeds. A system of so-called m

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今天我们要学的词是legalize。 Legalize, 是动词,意思是使一件事情合法化。佛蒙特议会投票表决,批准同性婚姻合法化。 Vermont has become the fourth state to legalize gay marriage, 佛蒙特成为美国第四个承

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爸爸妈妈乐队(The Mamas and the Papas)成立稍晚于沙滩男孩组合(The Beach Boys),虽然没有能像沙滩男孩那样大红大紫,但也有过一段灿烂的辉煌:他们的《加州之梦》(California Dreaming)自从1966年问世以来,可以说是传唱不衰,风靡全球;看过《重庆森林》或是《阿

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 12 June 2008 Thousands of same-sex weddings are expected in California after June 16, the day the California Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriages takes effect. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan reports from Los Ang

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今天我们要学的词是personality。 Personality, 是性格的意思。She has a strong personality, 意思是她特别有个性。Split personality, 就是心理学里说的人格分裂。The two team members have a major personality conflict, 这

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By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 20 February 2008 Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is calling for a harmonious coalition in the new national assembly, which is now dominated by opposition parties. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that Mr.

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By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 06 September 2007 Ali Hassan al-Majid, also known as Chemical Ali An Iraqi appeals court on Tuesday [September 4th] upheld death sentences for Ali Hassan al-Majid, the man known as Chemical Ali, and two other lieutenants o

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CRI's Luo Bin explains. More than a hundred of sellers and buyers on Alibaba's Tmall and Taobao platforms were on-hand at Alibaba's headquarters in the city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang to share the announcement that Alibaba has already processed 3-trilli

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