By piecing together the evidence these creatures left behind, we can build a picture of this sub-tropical corner of the continent as it was 13,000 years ago. While most of North America was still in the grip of the Big Freeze, Florida was an ice age

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This is Florida, a taste of the tropical, one of the world's most popular holiday destinations. Here mankind's unquenchable desire to explore and colonise reaches astronomical proportions. Eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. Ignition. Lif

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Thank you very, very much, President Keohane. Mrs. Gorbachev, Trustees, faculty, parents, and I should say, Julia Porter, class president, and certainly my new best friend, Christine Bicknell -- and, of course, the Class of 1990. I am really thrille

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节目介绍 经典语境背诵 Mom:On Womens Day, Id have a break from my housework. My husband Ben would cook for the family.But I would wash and chop the vegetables before hand by myself. You know its not really wise for you to trust the guys wi

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: The Dawn of the Atomic Age STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. This week, we continue our series of time capsule programs, each one explori

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Korean Artist Explores Infinity at Guggenheim One of America's most prestigious museums of modern and contemporary art is showcasing the work of Korean artist Lee Ufan. Born in Korea, the 75-year-old has lived and taught in Japan, where he enjoys the

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Security Challenges Await Somalia After Historic Year In August, members of Somalia's new parliament took the oath of office in a parking lot outside the Mogadishu airport. The selection of the 275-seat body represented one of the most substantial ac

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Digital Revolution Shakes Colleges Imagine a university class with 160,000 students sitting at computers all around the world, all learning from the same professors. It is not science-fiction. It is a class at Stanford University in California taught

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Libya'sNTCFacesImmediate,Long-TermChallenges A week after declaring it had moved to Tripoli, Libya's National Transitional Council has yet to establish a firm footing in the capital. It looks like it will be a long road ahead for the provisional auth

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AMERICAN MOSAIC -May 3, 2002: George Mason / Music from The Band / Question About the International Space Station HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC — VOA’s radio magazine in Special English. (THEME

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By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 16 June 2007 Former President Jimmy Carter, 82, says Washington should stop treating Nepal's Maoists as terrorists, and start talking with the former rebels instead. Mr. Carter is wrapping up a four-day visit to Nepal to as

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By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 24 November 2006 Angry Shi'ites Muslims launched reprisal attacks on a Sunni mosque, political headquarters and several Baghdad neighborhoods, a day after a series of blasts and mortars killed more than 200 Shi'ites.

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 26 October 2006 watch Nuclear Terrorism Nuclear materials have a wide range of characteristics. Enriched uranium or plutonium have awesome explosive potential. Cesium emits deadly radiation, while isotopes of some ra

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The secretary general of Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change says President Robert Mugabe is not ready to enter into a genuine cooperative government under the country's power-sharing agreement. For VOA, Peta Thornycroft has this report from Z

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Maternal Health Poses Another Major Challenge for Somalia Two decades of civil war in Somalia have made the country one of the most dangerous places in the world for a woman to give birth. The World Health Organization says Somalia has one of the hig

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By Margaret Besheer United Nations 24 September 2009 President Barack Obama addresses the United Nations General Assembly, New York, 23 Sep 2009 World leaders addressing the U.N. General Assembly underscored issues of domestic and international conc

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Somalias New President Faces Humanitarian Challenges Somalias new President Hassan Sheikh Mahamud takes office during an easing of the humanitarian crisis in his country. But a top humanitarian official warns there are many problems yet to be resolve

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By Tendai Maphosa Harare 10 January 2006 The Zimbabwe High Court has found a judge guilty of inciting two fellow justices to commit corrupt acts. Justice Simpson Mutambanengwe found Benjamin Paradza g

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By Daniel Schearf Irbil 17 March 2008 Five years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, officials say the situation in the country has vastly improved - if only in the last year. But human rights organizations say abuses are widespread, and most Iraqis

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Plastics in Oceans: More Damaging Than Climate Change The United Nations estimates that each one of us uses nearly 140 kilograms of plastic each year. At least 6.4 million metric tons of that plastic has ended up in the oceans. Environmental activist

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