NPR 2011-12-09

Virginia Techs on lockdown while police search for a gunman who killed a police officer and another person a few hours ago following a traffic stop on the campus. University spokesman Mark Owczarski is heard on WDBJ Television. As right now, the stat

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【英语语言学习】我们需要黑客

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英语课程计划-International Students' Day

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Eurozone Faces Contentious Choices to Save Currency

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Europe Moves Closer to Expanding Greek Bailout

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Premier voices full support for HK, Macao gov'ts

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Key European Banks Face Greek Debt Worries

Key European banks are facing new financial worries over their Greek debt holdings, with the Belgian-French bank Dexia struggling to avoid collapse. Shares of Dexia stock plummeted Tuesday to an all-time low of less than one euro (less than $1.32), e

Stricter measures issued to cool China's property market

BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Amid expectations of rising housing prices, China's central government on Friday rolled out specific rules to further tighten control of the property market. The government said in an online notice that homeowners who sel

Senior Chinese official urges more efforts to transform economy

BEIJING, July 20 (Xinhua) -- A senior Chinese official has urged local governments to make more efforts to transform the economic development pattern and maintain steady economic growth. He Guoqiang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Politica

解读雅思阅读判断题的涵义及快速解题法

但在很多时候所谓的对立并不十分明显，甚至非常隐蔽，那么有没有一种方法能够一眼识别两条信息是否存在对立的情况呢?答案是有的，而且使用起来也非常简便。方法就是把两句句子单独列

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