In business, a Chinese state-owned company plans to take over one of the few remaining independent coal miners in Australia. Chinese coal giant Yanzhou will merge with Gloucester Coal, which has mines in Queensland and New South Wales, in a $2 billio

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1. This is my friend, Jack. Hi Jack. I'm Linda my brother, Bob. my sister, Cindy. my father, Mr. Harris. my mother, Mrs. Harris. my teacher, Ms. Watson. my student, Carrie. my friend, Mary Jones. my boss, Mr. Ritter. my co-worker, Penny Pitcher. 2. N

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Technology Report - Ruling on GPS Tracking by Police Leaves a Big Question 科技报道 - 对警方使用GPS跟踪的裁决留下了一个有待解决的大问题 This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技

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Texas Voter ID Law Discourages Some Voters HOUSTON The U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld the Texas voter identification law, which requires voters to show an approved form of picture ID in order to vote at a poll. Those who are already registered an

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By Terry FitzPatrick Cape Town 05 June 2008 The global food crisis can be solved, and at the same time African countries can prosper, if the world invests in Africa's agricultural sector. That's the assessment of experts meeting this week in South A

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President-elect Barack Obama has named retired four-star general James Jones to be his national security advisor. Mr. Obama says General Jones has the skills to bring together all elements of U.S. power to defeat unconventional enemies and promote A

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President Barack Obama's national security advisor says Iran has confirmed it is holding three Americans who are believed to have strayed into Iranian territory while hiking in northern Iraq. Retired General Jim Jones says the Iranian government has

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He said I'll love you till I die, she told him You'll forget in time As the years went slowly by, she still preyed upon his mind He kept her picture on his wall, went half-crazy now and then He still loved her through it all, hoping she'd come back a

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VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith. March seventeenth is Saint Patrick's Day, a time to celebrate Irish culture. The Census Bureau says that in two thousand seven, thirt

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 14 January 2008 Two men have become the first kayakers to paddle between Australia and New Zealand. James Castrission and Justin Jones battled rough weather and heavy seas for 62 days to complete the journey. From Sydney, Phil M

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Sci-Fi Thriller 'Source Code' Gives A Fresh Twist to Time Travel The new film starring Jake Gyllenhaal returns to science fiction that is less about futuristic technology and more about how an ordinary character deals with extraordinary circumstances

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'Decorate a Vet' Helps Military Families on the Holidays The volunteers do everything from fixing patios, to clearing out tree branches, to mulching garden beds. Then they put up Christmas decorations. Today, they're working at the Spraul family's ho

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Comedy Central's Daily Show brings its brand of satire to Tehran Sahar Sarshar | Washington, DC 24 November 2009 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart According to a recent poll by Time Magazine - most Americans watch funny news versus real news because t

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Indonesian Muslims Try to Counter Islamic State's Appeal 印尼穆斯林尝试对抗伊斯兰国的吸引 JAKARTA In the last decade, Indonesias strategy to combat terrorism through police action and criminal prosecution, not military means, has succ

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Officials in Texas are still trying to confirm whether floodwater has spread contamination from decades-old toxic waste sites. Thirteen so-called Superfund sites were flooded last week. NPR's Rebecca Hersher visited six of them and

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Gloria Naylor, 'The Women Of Brewster Place' Author, Dies At 66 play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0000:00repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash

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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Time to take the temperature of music on public radio stations across the country this month. Well, it's hot. Here's what the music mavens have put into Heavy Rotation. JESSE MENENDEZ, BYLINE: My name is Jesse Menendez. I'm a hos

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Climate change disrupts our lives in all kinds of ways, including in the icebox. It turns out, global warming is hurting global milk production. As part of our summer series on heat, Mose Buchele of member station KUT has this. (SO

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: You don't need fiction to escape into a good summer read. Janet Webster Jones knows this. She's the owner of Source Booksellers in Detroit, a store that specializes in nonfiction. It's actually not her first job. JANET WEBSTER JO

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By Greg Flakus Piceance Basin, Colorado 12 November 2007 As the price of oil soars on world markets and demand for energy grows, energy companies are looking at so-called unconventional sources such as Canada's oil sands and the vast deposits of oil

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