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TEPCO Prepares for Critical Periods of Fukushima Clean-up 东京电力公司准备进入福岛核电站清理工作的关键阶段 From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。 Workers at t
Hamas Plans Huge Demonstrations Along Gaza-Israel Border Hamas leaders of the Palestinian territory of Gaza are asking people to march along its border with Israel in the coming weeks. Hamas is seeking to gather large crowds to set up camps near the
Broadcast: Feb 06,2003 In the Middle East, a region marked with considerable hatred and distrust, there are still some places where lessons in harmony and respect are lived every day. One of them is a
We are back on a Friday night and our Making a Difference report comes from right here in the Lower Ninth Ward. Katrina destroyed this neighborhood, completely flooded. There were barges and boats on these streets. There were trucks tucked under hous
President Barack Obama, and LaFourche Parish president Charlotte Randolph, center, get a briefing from U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen on a beach in Louisiana, 28 May 2010 President Barack Obama inspected areas of the U.S. Gulf coast on Friday, u
U.S. President Barack Obama says he will bring to justice those responsible for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Meanwhile, the price of BP shares dropped sharply in early trading on Tuesday. The president is promising to change laws and procedur
Who is blamed for the toddler's death? The fresh call for EU countries to share the burden of asylum seekers came after a photograph of a three-year-old, who was found drowned on a beach in Turkey, led to an international outcry. The Turkish police f
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room is a new documentary written and directed by Alex Gibney. The film is based on the best selling book of the same name. Los Angeles Times and Morning Edition film critic Kenneth Turan has this review. Enron: The S
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez salutes supporters during an event marking the 227th anniversary of the birth of Venezuela's independence hero Simon Bolivar at the National Pantheon in Caracas, 24 Jul 2010 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's near-mo
An official in Hungary says a toxic sludge spill, which has killed four people, has reached the edge of Europe's second longest river, the Danube. Officials say the sludge has reached the Danube, one of Europe's longest rivers. An official also told
Mogadishu Offers Little Comfort to Somalis Arriving From Famine Famine is forcing Somalis by the hundreds of thousands to leave their homes in search of survival. Some are fleeing across the border to refugee camps in Kenya and Ethiopia, where intern
U.S. President Barack Obama has announced he plans to appoint the chairman of the nation's central bank, the Federal Reserve, to a second term. The president says Fed chief Ben Bernanke has helped to prevent a deeper recession or a depression. Presi
US jet fighters continue to pound Islamic State forces in Iraq. US central command says four more air strikes today took out armored carriers and a truck, that were firing on civilians near Sinjar. Refugees have been taking shelter in the Sinjar Moun
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The U.S. Congress has approved - and President Trump has signed - a disaster relief measure of more than $15 billion. It's to help pay for damage caused by Hurricane Harvey and to prepare for Hurricane Irma. It's a much-needed infu
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Fighting between ISIS and Iraqi forces has devastated cities in northern Iraq. Jalawla is a small city in that part of the country, and it's in the middle of land claimed by both the Iraqi government in Baghdad and the Kurdish re
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: There was sun again in North Carolina today. But a catastrophe is still unfolding as rivers rise after days of torrential rains from Hurricane Florence. Water rescues continued for a fifth day. The unprecedented flooding is raisi
Chapter 15 Moscows last day had come. It was a clear bright autumn day, a Sunday. The church bells everywhere were ringing for service, just as usual on Sundays. Nobody seemed yet to realize what awaited the city. Only two things indicated the social
Another story we're covering, what's known as the Doomsday Vault has been breached. 下面来看本台播报的下则新闻,知名的末日穹顶(斯瓦尔巴全球种子库)出现缺口。 This is an emergency storage facility for seeds more t
August 24th, 79 B.C. Catastrophe strikes as the long-dormant Mount Vesuvius erupts east of Naples in what's now Italy. Volcanic ash buries the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, killing an estimated 20,000 people. 1992Hurricane Andrew smashes i
There is growing concern from the international community about the four-day Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip, after the territory's only power station shut down for lack of fuel. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has phoned Israeli leaders to warn