By Challiss McDonough Kuwait City 30 June 2006 A Kuwaiti woman, left, casts her vote at a polling station in Salwa, Kuwait City, June 29, 2006 Women candidates have failed to win a single seat in the Kuwaiti parliament in the first election where th

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Hope is the thing with feathers Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stopsat all And sweetest in the Gale is heart And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That ke

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By Michael Drudge London 01 February 2006 Britain's PM Tony Blair leaves Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers questions in The House of Commons, 1 February, 2006 Britain has told Iran i

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By Nico Colombant Kinshasa 01 August 2006 Even though voting day Sunday in the Democratic Republic of Congo was mostly peaceful, analysts and observers agree the process remains fraught with dangers, including a possible return to war. ------- Josep

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By Andre de Nesnera Washington 29 December 2006 Russia's state-controlled gas monopoly Gazprom says it will dramatically increase natural gas prices for Belarus. In this report from Washington, VOA Senior Correspondent Andr de Nesnera discusses the

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Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has repeated a call for more US troops and greater funding for Afghanistan as part of his plan to overhaul America's war on terrorism. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington, Senator Oba

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Southeastern Australia has endured some of the hottest temperatures in a century, which have fanned fires that have destroyed homes and strained emergency power and transport services. At least 20 people may have died from heat stroke as temperature

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Radio Essays Explore Technological Creativity There are mechanisms in nature as well as in human endeavors like engineering and art. Since 1988, the creative manipulation of these mechanisms has been explored in short radio essays about the history o

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Nominated Movie Scores Feature Sophistication, Cultural Diversity Movie music has come a long way since the early days of film, when all it did was set a mood for the story. Daniel Carlin chairs the Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television departme

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NOEL KING, HOST: In the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms runs an academy for dogs. They're trained to detect explosives and chemical accelerants used in arson cases. A powerful senator wants the faci

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不喜欢吃的 1. Excuse me, does the guacamole have peppers in it? I can't handle spicy food. 不好意思,请问这个鳄梨沙拉酱有辣椒吗?我吃不了辣的。 Guacamole /?ɡwɑ?k??m??li/ 鳄梨沙拉酱,牛油果酱,牛油果沙拉

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By Pearse Lynch Nairobi 04 August 2006 Deep divisions within the transitional government of Somalia appear to be worsening, with four more ministers defecting from the administration. International observers fear rising tension in Somalia could engu

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By David McAlary Washington 18 January 2007 International public health officials say the number of deaths from measles has dropped sharply in developing nations since 1999, with the biggest decline in Africa. VOA's David McAlary has more on the sto

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By Purnell Murdock Washington 10 August 2006 The U.S. government has raised its security threat level in response to a reported terrorist plot in Britain. British officials said Thursday they have arrested more than 18 people planning to blow up pla

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【俚语】 Eat soup 喝汤 【例句】 He is eating a bowl of soup with a spoon. 他正在用一只勺子喝汤。 Drink soup 喝汤 【例句】 I drank a cup of soup this morning because I was in a hurry. 今天早上比较匆忙,我就喝了一

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