This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York Friday Leaders from the one hundred ninety-two members of the United Nations gathered in New York this week for the new General Assembly.

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U.S. President George Bush says America stands with the democratically-elected government in Georgia in the face of what he calls Russian bullying and intimidation. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Mr. Bush again called on Russia

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Sexual Harassment Looms Larger Than Cain in US While Republican party presidential hopeful Herman Cain continues to dismiss accusations of sexual harassment in his past, his uncertain political plight has become a main focus of American media. Advoca

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Russian troops have no timetable for withdrawing from Georgia under a cease-fire agreement both sides have signed. Lavrov told reporters in Moscow today the pullout is contingent on the security situation

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AS IT IS 2014-03-17 The World Wide Web Turns 25 万维网25岁了 Hello, again, and welcome back. Im Jim Tedder in Washington. Lets work together to learn some interesting information, and improve our American English at the same time. Today we talk

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Report: Urban African Kids Risk Exploitation A humanitarian group has warned that children living in African cities are at increasing risk of exploitation, abuse and disease. Save the Children says most of the continents children eventually will live

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By Edward Yeranian Cairo 31 October 2009 Iran's top lawmakers and its president have expressed disapproval of the United Nations-backed draft nuclear deal with the West, Saturday, offering varying degrees of criticism. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahma

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S. Korea Confronts Abuse in Military Ranks 朝鲜滥用军衔 SEOUL It is the moment that Kwak Byoung-ho knew would eventually come. The 21-year-old conscript says good-bye to his mother and grandmother just ahead of his induction into South Koreas a

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Cambodian American Hip Hop Artist Sings of Personal Struggles 柬埔寨裔的美国嘻哈歌手唱的个人奋斗史 LONG BEACH, CA A growing underground movement of Cambodian American hip hop artists is rapping about the struggles of living in urban

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Resilience, grit, emotional intelligence - they've been hot topics in parenting and education circles for years. And research backs up the idea that students need social and emotional skills to succeed. Schools around the country a

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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: President Trump is facing a lawsuit for blocking people from his personal Twitter account. This week, some First Amendment advocates joined the suit, and they are making a novel argument about the right to communicate with the pr

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LYNN NEARY, HOST: Writer Ann Brashares struck gold with her book The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants. The best-selling novel for young adults turned into a series and was made into a movie. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS)

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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is easier for parents to raise their children than 50 years ago. Taking a panoramic picture of human evolution, family education has been playing a very important role, especially in modern da

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Bullies - especially aggressively hostile girls - are a topic of major interest to Rosalind Wiseman. 欺凌霸王,特别是具有侵犯性敌视行为的女孩子,这是教育家罗萨琳德怀斯曼关心的主题。 In her non-fiction best-sell

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据国外媒体报道,当地时间2月14日,现年26岁的女星艾伦佩吉 Ellen Page 在拉斯维加斯的人权活动THRIVE上公开出柜,该活动旨在保障年轻同性恋团体的权益。 艾伦佩吉曾出演过《朱诺》、《盗梦

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Diplomatic efforts are continuing in an effort to secure a cease-fire in Georgia and the withdrawal of Russian troops from the former Soviet Republic. In this report from Washington, VOA Senior Correspondent Andr de Nesnera looks at what the current

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今天我们要学的词是hasten。Hasten, 的意思是催促,加速。 A new study found that exposure to bullying and child abuse hastens children's biological aging, 一项新研究发现,霸凌和虐待会加快儿童的生理衰老。 Austr

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Sometimes I can't sleep because a problem plays over and over in my mind. Does this happen to you? Psychologists who used the results of an online test conducted by the BBC and the University of Liverpool say that some self-reflection can be good. Bu

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Topic1 Dragon Boat Festival HolidayLatest released data showed the tourism market in Beijing has seen a high tide, with major scenic spots receiving over 4 million visitors during the just-past Dragon Boat Festival Holiday. How is your holiday? Have

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There was once a nine-year-old kid sitting at his desk in a classroom, trying to pay attention to the multiplication tables the teacher was introducing to him and his classmates. Suddenly, there was a yellow puddle between his feet, and the front of

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