The presidents counterterrorism adviser says the US has so dismantled al-Qaeda that the potential for a near-term strike on US soil seems slim. John Brennan spoke on FOX News Sunday. He says the US remains mindful of the threats that could accompany

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Combating Hezbollah Financed Narcotics In January, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the creation of the Hezbollah Financing and Narcoterrorism Team, or HFNT, a group of experienced international narcotics trafficking, terrorism, organize

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盖茨:慈善也依赖于创新 WASHINGTON Bill Gates, one of the world's leading inventors, businessmen and donors, said that philanthropy, like technology, depends on innovation to achieve the best possible results. Gates said in Washington Thurs

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By Efam Dovi Accra 09 February 2007 Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has called for urgent action to eradicate guinea worm disease in Ghana. Guinea worm is a water-born worm infection that is contracted when people drink water containing the worm's

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Three babies with severe malaria receive a blood transfusion in the Siaya hospital in Western Kenya, 30 Oct 2009 Humanitarian groups have joined with African football players and major corporations to launch a new initiative aimed at combating malari

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Poliomyelitis, known as polio, is a viral disease that can cause paralysis. It once infected millions of people each year, but vaccination efforts around the world have brought the yearly number of new cases to just less than 1000. That dramatic redu

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Global Initiative Unveils Six-Year Plan to Eradicate Polio A new campaign has been announced to eradicate polio. The six-year plan costing $5.5 billion was unveiled Thursday at the Global Vaccine Summit in Abu Dhabi. The Global Polio Initiative says

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If you have received possibly have the earthquake warning, continues to maintain listens to the local broadcasting station newest report and the suggestion, like the suggestion switches off the liquid gas, the power source. Greatly but the heavy obje

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Complete eradication in Caribbean targeted by 2010 Kane Farabaugh | Atlanta, Georgia 09 December 2009 A pilot program established by the Carter Center in 2008 helped to curb the spread of malaria by donating insecticide treated nets for beds and micr

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This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the Beijing World Conference on Women and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Since then, the declaration that arose from that conference has been a guideline to push for gender equality throughout

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Television viewers face watching personalised advertisements under a new plan that will target people depending on their consumer habits, it has emerged。 Broadcasters are set to introduce advertisements based on personal tastes to halt the growing

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BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- China aims to basically eradicate(根除) poverty by 2020 while greatly raise its poverty line, in order to help more people in need, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here Sunday. The State Council is drafting a new ten-ye

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BEIJING, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Beijing authorities have ordered removal of the garbage in a pit near the Miyun Reservoir, a major source of water for the city, the local environmental protection bureau said late Sunday. According to a statement issued

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Just 1,500 years ago, English was spoken by a smattering of Germanic tribes as they migrated from mainland Europe to the island of Britain. Today, linguists whisper and wonder: will English eradicate all other languages? 1500年前,英语还是一小

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A child being vaccinated against polio A new effort is underway to vaccinate people in the four countries where polio outbreaks still occur. If this effort is successful, polio could be eradicated worldwide. Derek Henkle met the 88-year-old Australia

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第三者常译为the third party,但这种说法可以指任何事情的当事人以外的第三方,没有贬义。作为影响他人婚姻的第三者,倒可借用英语里比较婉转的说法the other woman/man。 小三这一称呼大多指女

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MANAGUA, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Member countries of the Venezuela-led Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) has taken a joint step to stamp out hunger and poverty, a top Nicaraguan official said Monday. ALBA and Petrocaribe, a regional mechanism t

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Not swatted yet 消灭疟疾任重道远 A new vaccine is one step towards a distant goal 一种新疫苗让人类离消灭疟疾更近了一步 MAN has vanquished only one disease, smallpox. In 2007 Bill Gates set out to eradicate another, malaria.

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Eradicating these bad habits 改掉坏习惯 Criticizing. 批判 Judging other people and speaking poorly of them isa lot like over indulging in a decadent dessert; it feels good while you're doing it, but afterwards, you feel guilty and sick. 评判别

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Eradicating these bad habits 改掉坏习惯 Negativity. 消极 Life won't always go the way you want it to, butwhen it comes down to it, you have the same 24 hours in the day as everyoneelse. 生活并不会尽如人意,当不如意时,你和别人

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