1. The White House says President Barack Obama plans to sign the repeal of the military's ban on openly gay service members on Wednesday, four days after the Senate voted to abolish the policy. Obama's signature would end the Pentagon's 17-year, don'

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(120) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2010(十二月)

The other day I saw an advert on the Internet asking for volunteers to test a new skin cream. It was an anti-aging product. How is it possible for a cream or lotion to stop us looking old? I don't think any skincare goods can make us look younger. I

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[00:03.44]Unit 7 The Sea Lesson 4 Sea Stories [00:08.90]About three years ago, [00:10.92]something terrible happened to me. [00:13.84]Those six hours of terror [00:15.77]have broken my body and soul. [00:18.47]You think I am a very old man--but I am

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IN THE NEWS - Anti-Doping Agency Seeks to Ban Four Top Runners By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Saturday, June 26, 2004 This is Steve Ember with In the News, in VOA Special English. Tim Montgomery This week

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[00:15.58]The Coffee Cup [00:23.31]神秘的咖啡杯 [00:30.33]All I got back in return was a quiet, forlorn, [00:35.14]I don't know where I am. [00:37.27]Then the figure was not there anymore. [00:40.74]He just vanished. [00:42.80]Terror took over me [00

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China's growing number of microbloggers who expose power-abusing officials are becoming a force to be reckoned with. Public voices are getting louder in the age of the microblog. Independent journalist Ji Xuguang is credited with bringing down Lei Zh

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India's Prime Minister has used the 67th Independence Day celebrations this Thursday to call on Pakistan to prevent anti-India activities, on top of calling for calm within his own country. CRI's He Fei has more. Addressing the nation at Red Fort in

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Ed Yeranian Lebanese Army troops and riot police have fired on a crowd of stone-throwing demonstrators in a suburb of Beirut. Lebanese television stations are reporting three people were killed and a

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Broadcast: Apr 03, 2003 The Internet has been hailed as a great tool for democracy and public debate, both from pro-war and anti-war groups. The two sides have found the World Wide Web useful in helpi

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THIS IS AMERICA - New Ways to Save With Coupons; Turning Eggs into Art; Antigravity Yoga CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Christopher Cruise. FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus. As the American economy contin

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A coalition of human rights groups is condemning a proposed amendment to Rwanda's criminal law that would criminalize homosexual behavior and advocacy. Alan Boswell | Nairobi 17 December 2009 Meanwhile, Rwanda's northern neighbor, Uganda, is receivin

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A movie about the lives - and gruesome deaths - of French Cistercian Trappist monks in Algeria has become an unexpected box-office hit in France and has now been released worldwide. Of Gods and Men is set during Algeria's horrific 1990's civil war. T

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China's growing number of microbloggers who expose power-abusing officials are becoming a force to be reckoned with. Public voices are getting louder in the age of the microblog. Independent journalist Ji Xuguang is credited with bringing down Lei Zh

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Soon after the 9/11 attacks in 2001, the Bush administration turned to China looking for collaboration in its counterterrorism campaign. Ten years later, the two countries' joint antiterrorism efforts are still largely restrained in strategic dialogu

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Next to the author of a new book on the costs, in lives and treasure, of the war on terror. JAMES RISEN, Author, Pay Any Price : The war or terror, the global war on terror has become essentially an endless war. It started with a searc

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BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- China on Wednesday started to review anti-dumping measures it imposed on chloroprene rubber imported from a Japanese company, the Ministry of Commerce said. The move came after the ministry received complaints that Japan E

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Church leaders, human rights activists, and healthcare workers in Uganda have delivered a petition, demanding the withdrawal of an anti-homosexuality bill in parliament. Critics say the bill's passage could set a precedent for other African countries

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1. The NFL has moved Monday's game between the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants to Detroit after the Minneapolis Metrodome's roof collapsed in a winter blizzard. The Metrodome facilities manager says the team is optimistic the roof can be repair

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Turkey's former army chief was arrested on Friday over an alleged plot to topple the government of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. General Ilker Basbug is accused of leading a terrorist organization. Basbug was questioned for seven hours

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BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- China is willing to work with Indonesia to improve anti-terrorism cooperation to safeguard security and stability in the two countries and the region, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Thursday. Spokesperso

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