At New York's legislature, a victory for gay marriage supporters. The bill has been signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo, and its due to take effect in 30 days. Correspondent Kemmie Getts reports not everyone is pleased. The Senate approved the bill 33-29

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(95) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年NPR美国国家公共电台6月

Federal authorities are now questioning a man, they say, apparently tried to light some kind of incendiary device aboard a northwest flight landing in Detroit today. However there are conflicting reports about what kind of device was involved, with s

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Myanmars business leaders are supporting Aung San Suu Kyis plan to resettle Rohingya refugees and to rebuild Rakhine State. Last August, Rohingya militant attacks on the police caused a military response that sent more than 650,000 Rohingya fleeing i

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NEW YORK, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Former England captain David Beckham has been named to the MLS's all-star team, league commissioner Don Garber announced on Thursday. Beckham, whose five-year contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy expires at the end of th

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. The United States and Britain have shut down their embassies in Yemen in light of what President Obama's Deputy National Security Advisor John Brennan called alive and active threat of Al-Qaeda attacks

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欧盟委员会近日宣布,将在近期就克隆食品提出一项立法建议,建议欧盟在今后5年暂停用于食品生产的动物克隆,不过,仍将允许从美国等地进口用克隆动物后代生产的食品。欧盟委员会负责

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On the Queens Birthday Honours list, the name stood out from those of charity workers, teachers and civil servants: Angelina Jolie Honorary Dame Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, for her campaigning work for servi

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AS IT IS 2015-08-10 Refugee Camp in Jordan Is Biggest in Middle East 约旦是中东最大的难民营 The United Nations refugee agency says hundreds of thousands of Syrians who fled to Jordan to escape the war in Syria face a difficult future. Tens

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IN Franois Ozon's latest film, Potiche, Catherine Deneuve (pictured) plays a trophy wife, a potiche, who spends her days jogging in a scarlet jumpsuit, making breakfast for her cantankerous husband and writing poetry perched on a sofa. But then her h

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Angelo Bartlett Giamatti 耶鲁校长嘉马地 Angelo Bartlett Bart Giamatti was the President of Yale University, and later, the seventh Commissioner of Major League Baseball. Giamatti was born in Boston and grew up in South Hadley, Massachusetts. G

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Greece and the euro 希腊和欧元 Crisis revisited 危机重现 The euro is still vulnerable, and Greece is not the only problem 欧元仍然脆弱不堪,而希腊不是其中唯一的问题。 IT WAS almost exactly five years ago that the euro c

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2010年上海世博会的大幕即将落下,但是绿色世博的理念将继续传递。下一届世博会将于2015年在意大利重要城市米兰举行,并以滋养地球,生命之源为主题。 Expo 2010 Shanghai has been an extraordinar

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. special envoy for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea human rights issues will visit China, the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan this month to discuss a range of issues, the State Department said on Tuesd

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Chinese basketball star Yao Ming was among the fourteen finalists announced Friday for Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's 2016 Class as part of the NBA All-Star Weekend in Toronto. On Friday, many big players gathered for the nominee announc

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

1. The global market said entered a bear market territory after one of the worst days on Wall Street since 2008. Rallies by Asian and European markets were short-lived as investors worried about the US credit downgrade, Europe's debt crisis and the e

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BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Although Jeremy Lin's sudden emergence came too late to make him an All-Star and he only played limited time in the Rising Star Challenge last Friday, he still managed a starring role and was not outshone by any big guys.

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Batmans most infamous nemesis, the Joker, has been a longstanding archetype for prankish mayhem, and the late Heath Ledgers masterful performance in The Dark Knight has only elevated the character to new heights. Despite the Jokers unforgettable acts

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The EU is set to issue the biggest cartel fine in its history, punishing Europes largest truckmakers over charges that they fixed prices and delayed the introduction of new emission technologies. 欧盟(EU)即将开出其历史上金额最高的反垄断

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The European Union's commissioner for climate action and energy has said climate diplomacy will be at the heart of Europe's relationship with China throughout 2015. 欧盟气候行动和能源专员表示气候外交会成为2015年中欧关系的重中

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After the show toured in London, Paris and Frankfurt, Brussels has become the next station for a Chinese culture show. To celebrate the 2015 Lunar New Year, a group of Chinese singers and dancers from China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region put on a

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