SCOTT SIMON, HOST: In a few short decades, the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo has gone from obscurity to pop-culture icon. Forever 21 and Zahra have sold clothes with her self-portraits. But a recent lawsuit to stop the sale of a Barbie doll in Frida Ka

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(114) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台6月

US Navy Lab Turns Seawater Into Fuel 美国海军实验室成功将海水转变成燃料 For centuries, alchemists have tried to turn lead into gold. That transmutation has long been proven impossible, but another similar dream - turning water into f

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A stated objective of the United Nations Security Council is North Korea's abandonment of its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs. 联合国安理会的一个明确的目标是让朝鲜放弃研制核武器,并停止从事弹道导弹项目

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U.S. Imposes Sanctions Over Iran's Missile Development The United States Department of Treasury has imposed sanctions on five entities linked to Iran's ballistic missile program. The announcement was made January 4 as anti-Iranian government demonstr

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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Tuesday implored members of the Senate Banking Committee to quickly enact legislation that would permit the government to buy up bad housing-related loans that have nega

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Politicians, Experts Suspect Russia of Hacking US Political System 美国专家怀疑俄罗斯黑客攻击美国政治体系 WASHINGTON The controversy still rages over Russia's possible hacking into computer systems used by American political entiti

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By Greg Flakus Houston, Texas 12 March 2007 watch National Oil Companies A new study of state-owned oil companies says these so-called National Oil Companies, or NOCs, control most of the world's known energy reserves and hold the key to any increas

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By Stephanie Ho Washington 11 February 2006 The issue of lobbying, which is the process of trying to influence policy-makers in favor of a specific cause, has been under intense scrutiny in the United

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By Teri Schultz Brussels 26 March 2007 Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns, visiting Brussels for talks with European Union and NATO allies, warned Tehran its failure to cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency would lead to Iran's further

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South Korea's currency and stocks have taken a beating this week following the financial crumbling of another major US financial institution. For many Koreans, the crisis appears quite similar to what they experienced 11 years ago but this time, som

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By Steve Herman India Goa Land 23 January 2008 The tiny coastal state of Goa has become the first state in India to rescind the creation of special economic zones - putting it into conflict with the central government and powerful developers across t

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By Michael Drudge London 22 May 2006 British Prime Minister Tony Blair, left, with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad, May 22, 2006 British Prime Minister Tony Blair has visited Baghdad t

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U.S. auto company executives returned to Capitol Hill Friday to renew appeals for billions of dollars in emergency loans. They faced skeptical questions from members of the House Financial Services Committee dissatisfied with the automaker's restruc

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US President Chosen by Electors, Not Popular Vote Americans vote for their next president on November 6. But the real presidential election takes place on December 17, and only 538 people are involved. This small group is called the Electoral College

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Former rebels have gone on trial in East Timor accused of the attempted murder of President Jose Ramos-Horta. He was seriously hurt in an assassination attempt outside his home in February 2008, when gunmen targeted two of the fledgling country's mo

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By Kurt Achin Kyoto 06 May 2007 Japan's Finance Minister Koji Omi makes an opening speech at the 40th annual meeting of ADB at Kyoto International Conference Center in Kyoto, 06 May 2007 Japan is devoting a sizable sum of money to making Asia's use o

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By Malcolm Brown Washington, D.C. 19 February 2008 Some high profile foreign investments in the United States are drawing attention to the enormously wealthy entities behind the deals. Of particular concern are sovereign wealth funds -- pools of stat

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By Gary Thomas Washington 18 April 2008 A new report by U.S. government auditors has sharply criticized U.S. counterterrorism planning for Pakistan. The report says the United States has failed to produce a comprehensive plan to wipe out terrorist sa

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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke says the U.S. economy is facing numerous difficulties amid a continuing downturn in housing, high oil prices, and renewed turmoil in financial markets. VOA's Barry Wood has more. Federal Reserve Board Chai

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By Lisa Ferdinando Washington 05 November 2009 Senator Carl Levin The U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Thursday tackled the problems posed by shell companies, or companies with hidden ownership. The panel heard

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