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What are you going to do? Benny asked Grandfather. Well, first I must call Jay Murphy, my friend who sold me the property, and see what he thinks about Mr. Laceys offer, said Grandfather. Ive only owned the property a few weeks. But Jay had that land
By Delia Robertson Changing the demographics of land ownership in South Africa is an ongoing and enormous challenge. Under apartheid, 87 percent of the land mass was earmarked for whites who comprised
AS IT IS 2014-11-07 Land Seizures in Myanmar Leave Some Homeless and Angry The value of property in Myanmar has been rising in recent months. At the same time, there are more and more reports of property owners losing control of their land. They say
The auction began at 10 am on March 29th on Taobao.com, a Chinese website for online shopping operated by the Alibaba Group. The online auction lasted for a period of 24 hours, ending at 10 am the next day. The auction items include a 117,000-square-
the nearest land There was an Olympic swimming champion on the Titanic. He was very confident he could survive. He asked the captain, How far away is the nearest land? The captain replied,About one mile. The man got excited and asked, In which direct
Cambodian groups are asking the government to stop the controlled flooding of their villages as a hydroelectric dam goes into operation. The floodgates of the Lower Se San 2 hydropower dam are being closed and water levels are rising in Stung Treng p
If you could travel back in time, what would be your destination? We put the question to a group of contributors and guests, starting with the historian Patrick Dillon ... 如果你可以回到过去,你的目的地会在哪里?我们向一些本刊
Stubborn Holdouts Trip Up Land Developers Before a big office complex or housing subdivision can be built, the developer must acquire all the land on which the buildings will rise. Sometimes this means buying up a lot of small parcels of land at the
Leasing Land, Leasing Water 土地征用协议引发对水权利的担忧 A new report says land acquisitions in Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America have sharply increased since the 2007/2008 food crisis. Some fear the investments by foreign cou
More Land Being Used for Organic Farming More land around the world is being dedicated to organic farming. The Worldwatch Institute says since 1999 theres been a more than three-fold increase to 37 million hectares. Organic farming is farming without
Could you live without your technology? What would you do without your digital games? Princess Beatrice thinks that Bertie spends far too much time lying on the couch and playing games on his tablet. Sounds familiar? She takes him on holiday to the L
Chinese lawmakers will deliberate on amendments to the Land Administration Law. The draft amendment proposes raising compensation for farmers whose collectively-owned land is expropriated and suggests stricter rules to manage excessive land expropria
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Mercury in Fish / Life on Land / The Goldman Environmental Prize By Broadcast: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 (THEME) VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm B
The Israeli parliament has passed a controversial law, legalizing dozens of Jewish outposts built unlawfully on private Palestinian land in the West Bank. We are not voting tonight only on the regularization bill. We are voting tonight on our right t
For more on this, we're joined by our current affairs commentator, Victor Gao Zhikai. Welcome to our program. Q1. Could the peaceful negotiation of land border with Vietnam serve as an example for the two countries' maritime border demarcation, as we
China has made significant progress in controlling land degredation, but the latest official figures show that it still has many challenges to deal with. The State Forestry Administration says desertification has affected around 2-point-6 million squ
Soil、earth、ground和land都可以表示地面,但这四个词的用法有很大的区别。一起来看看吧! soil意为:泥土、土壤,尤指生长植物的土地。或国家、国土。 The trees have rooted in the rich soil. 树木在肥
Callin' it quits You think this is easy I swear I heard you callin' the jury Call it a catch Without any strings attached Well I'm lookin' for a soft place to land The forest floor The palms of your hands I'm lookin' for a soft place to land I call i
WILLIAM BRANGHAM: We return now to Turkey and this weekend's deadly attack in Istanbul. What's behind that terror incident and the string of terror attacks in Turkey that have taken place over there over the past year? We drill down on this with Bule
HARI SREENIVASAN: President Obama spoke by phone today with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The U.S. Justice and State Departments are reviewing Turkey's extradition request for Fethullah Gulen, the man the country says is responsible for the