US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has confirmed his country is having preliminary talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan. He says theyve been going on for some weeks, but are still in the very early stages. Now its the first time the US has acknowledg

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U.S. President Barack Obama says the United States will give Pakistan the tools it needs to help defeat al-Qaida, but expects accountability in return. Pres. Obama, flanked by Sec. of State Clinton, Defense Sec. Gates, announces new strategy for Afg

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US Called On to Lead Global Health Fund Replenishment The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is marking its 10th anniversary. But celebrations have been subdued because of a lack of donations needed for future projects. The United St

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: So the federal government has revealed the questions for the 2020 census. And for the first time, couples living together will be asked whether they are in a same-sex or opposite-sex relationship. NPR's Hansi Lo Wang reports on wh

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今天我们要学的词组是fret。 Fret的意思是表示或是感到担心, 烦恼和不满。比如,民意调查显示,有近一半的美国人担心付不起医疗费用, Nearly half of Americans fret about healthcare costs. 微软公司的

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今天我们要学的词是 foster. Foster是指培育、培养、促进。North and South Korea opened a joint liaison office aimed at fostering cross-border communications and relations,朝鲜和韩国开放了一个联合联络处,目的是促进

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BBC新闻:一家美国的科技公司正在研发一种无线植入式远程摇控芯片,这种通过远程摇控打开或关闭,从而帮助人们节育.这种新技术似乎可以完美的解决避孕的问题. 避孕药 BBC News: A contraceptive

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《冰雪奇缘》音乐编写与合成是由克莉丝汀安德森洛佩兹(Kristen Anderson-Lopez)与罗伯特洛佩兹(Robert Lopez)夫妇共同完成,在剧本最后版本确定后尚未采用他们全部的音乐,其中被选用的歌曲

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UNIT5 READING TASK A Follower of Bill Gates I have been a friend of Bill Gates for a long time.I knew him when he was a student at Harvard University.We were surprised when he left University to set up his own company Microsoft and make his own softw

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT – May 27, 2002: Child Nutrition Program By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A new program has been launched to provide children in developing countrie

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1.Firefighters in Northern California continue to battle a wildfire that has forced thousands of residents to evacuate their homes. Early the Thursday authorities issued a mandatory evacuation for the entire population of Bonny Doon, a small communi

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 13 July 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the al-Qaida terrorist network is expanding in North Africa, through a loose network of groups that share its ideology. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon. Robert Gate

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says in the wake of the new U.S. decision to sharply increase its troop presence in Afghanistan, 20 countries have decided to boost their contributions to that counterinsurgency effort, too, but not all the increas

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By Al Pessin Washington 10 April 2008 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he no longer holds out the hope that the U.S. troop level in Iraq will be down to 100,000 by the time the Bush administration leaves office in January. But he does hope fo

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By Alex Villarreal Washington 04 December 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is calling on the international community to do more for Afghanistan in its fight against extremists. Gates has been visiting the country, which is experiencing an ups

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has named the top U.S. commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, to lead the U.S. Central Command, which oversees the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as U.S. military operations and security cooperation thro

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Kremlin leaders are offering a positive assessment about the future of U.S.-Russian relations, but caution that a number of difficult issues continue to separate the two sides, particularly those involving missile defense. 俄罗斯领导人对未来的

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By Al Pessin Kyiv 21 October 2007 Turkey's defense minister told U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates the United States must take tangible action against Kurdish guerrillas in Northern Iraq, whose latest attack killed at least 12 Turkish soldiers, wou

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By Al Pessin Washington 01 November 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he believes the top Iranian leader is aware of the effort by the country's elite Quds Force to help Shiite insurgents in Iraq. And he confirmed that Iran's president ha

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By Cindy Saine Washington 05 December 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has made an unannounced visit to Baghdad where he told reporters a secure and stable Iraq is within reach. As VOA's Cindy Saine reports from Washington, the secretary's vi

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