A: I was wondering if I could collect unemployment benefits. B: Did you get laid off? A: I am still working for now, but I might get laid off. B: You may collect unemployment if you are working fewer hours or got laid off. A: Does everyone who gets l

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By Jessica Berman Washington 02 February 2006 For the first time since the start of the AIDS epidemic, researchers are reporting a decline in the percentage of men and women infected with HIV in south

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By Margaret Besheer Irbil 22 March 2007 Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right,shakes hands with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon ahead of their meeting in Baghdad, 22 Mar 2007 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has paid a surprise visit to Bagh

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By Peter Heinlein United Nations 17 March 2006 Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is asking African leaders to decide whether to bring former President Charles Taylor to trial on war crimes cha

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Senator Hillary Clinton will seek to convince her ardent primary supporters to fall in line behind presumptive nominee Barack Obama on the second day of the Democratic National Convention in the western U.S. city of Denver. After an emotional first

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Duplicitous Boss Turns on Female Secret Agent in 'Haywire' MALLORY: This is your pitch? You want me to be 'eye candy?' MI-6 wants me to be eye candy? I don't even know how to play that. I don't wear the dress. When Mallory Kane does wear a dress it i

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US Secretary of State Hails Suu Kyi Film Although The Lady, a feature film on Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, opened as scheduled, no one anticipated its release would coincide with the democracy leaders election to a seat in Burmas parlia

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Sri Lanka's military victory over a 26-year long insurgency has come at a high cost to the nation's economy. With the war over, many Sri Lankans are now turning their attention to rebuilding the country's battered economy. Sri Lankan street hawker s

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US Offers Full US Support for Greek Economic Recovery Plan Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States unequivocally supports the economic recovery plan of Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou. Clinton held talks with top Greek offici

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Air Pollution Linked to Cognitive Decline Several years ago a massive survey of women called the Nurses' Health Study began collecting data on memory, thinking skills and other cognitive measures. Jennifer Weuve of the Rush Institute of Healthy Aging

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Wounded Syrians Treated at Secret Clinic in Lebanon Amran, 6, is one of the youngest patients in this hospital. He has difficulty walking. When he shows his leg, its easy to see why. A chunk is missing from his shin. The hole is surrounded by red sca

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Life Coaches Help With Tough Decisions Youve probably heard about sports coaches, fitness coaches, voice and music teachers, career counselors, psychiatrists and other specialists who teach skills and help us cope with daily life. But theres a rapidl

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EU Hopes Pesticide Ban Will Halt Bee Decline The targeted farm chemicals, which will be banned for two years starting this December 1, belong to a class of insecticides called neonicotinoids. They are a type of insect nerve agent that has been widely

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By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 04 May 2006 The International Labor Organization says child labor - especially in its worst forms - is on the decline for the first time across the globe. Asia is one of the

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By David Gollust State Department 06 March 2008 The United State Thursday welcomed the Organization of American States' resolution on the Colombia-Ecuador crisis, which calls for an OAS commission to investigate the matter. U.S. officials say efforts

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 25 October 2007 A senior United Nations official says Israel's economic blockade of the Gaza Strip does not bode well for U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace talks expected later this year. He appeals to Israel to lift restriction

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By Greg Flakus New Orleans 16 January 2006 Jazz musicians of New Orleans In New Orleans on this Martin Luther King Day, marches and celebrations took place amid the city's ongoing struggle to recover

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The European Commission is calling for Russia to halt its military incursion into Georgia. Tendai Maphosa has the details from London. A woman in Gori, Georgia cries, after finding out that her child was killed, 11 Auf 2008 The European Commission e

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今天我们要学的词是secretive。 Secretive, 是不公开的,遮遮掩掩的。最新研究发现,认为美国联邦政府对民众不够坦率的人两年来显著增加。Three out of four view the federal government as secretive, 四个人

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今天我们要学的词是decline。 Decline, 拒绝。 The company declined to offer any specifics about its layoff plan, 这家公司拒绝透露裁员计划的有关细节。 The source declined to be identified because of the sensitive nature of

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