AS IT IS 2014-05-01 New York's Sherpas Mourn Everest Avalanche Victims 纽约的夏尔巴人哀悼珠穆朗玛峰雪崩的遇难者 Hello. Im Jim Tedder in Washington. Lets do it again. It is time to learn and improve your American English. Today we

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Police in Mumbai continue sifting through the wreckage left by the deadly terror attack that left more than 100 people dead and hundreds of others injured. Shocked residents and tourists at the city's luxury hotels watched in horror as the scene unf

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Music Fans Mourn Country Legend George Jones In 1955, Jones recorded Why Baby Why, his first hit for Starday Records. Born in Saratoga, Texas, he began performing in local clubs at age 10. In the late 1940s, he worked as a disc jockey at various radi

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Tunisia is observing three days of mourning for people killed in the revolution that ousted the president a week ago. As many as one hundred people may have died since the start of the uprising in December. The former president, Zine el-Abidene Ben A

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By David Byrd Rio de Janeiro 18 July 2007 Brazilian athletes at the Pan American Games are marking a three-day mourning period following the country's worst airline disaster. As VOA's David Byrd reports from Rio de Janeiro, athletes will wear black a

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 26 July 2007 South Korea says kidnappers who killed a South Korean hostage in Afghanistan will be held accountable for their actions. As family and friends of the victim mourn, South Korean negotiators are trying to save the lives

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Around the world, fans of pop star Michael Jackson are mourning his unexpected death on Thursday. It is a shocking day for everyone in Liberia where Jackson's music and style were much loved. U.S. rock star Michael Jackson opens the South African le

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Egypt's Copts Mourn Pope Shenouda, Wary of Future Pope Shenouda Coptic mourners lined for hours outside Cairo's main cathedral to pay their last respects to the only patriarch most had ever known. Pope Shenouda's 40-year tenure as patriarch of the Co

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Tens of thousands of people attend a national memorial service in Pilsudski Square in Warsaw, 17 Apr 2010 Sirens wailed and church bells rang as an estimated 100,000 people gathered in the Polish capital to say goodbye to their former president. Many

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Cambodian-Americans Mourn Death of Former King Sihanouk Buddhist monks say a prayer for the soul of the late Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk. Mourners in the Washington area have been stopping by a Cambodian Buddhist temple to pay respects since his

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: In Houston, Police Chief Art Acevedo has been helping to lead the city's response to Harvey. Now as the city begins to move from the search and rescue into the recovery phase, we wanted to check back in with him. Chief Acevedo is o

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Mourning continues in Mumbai as the city limps back to normal after militant attacks that killed about 175 people and injured more than 300 others. Among the funerals and memorial services was a remembrance for a rabbi and his wife who were killed i

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Across the United States, Americans marked the seventh anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks with solemn memorial services and heartfelt tributes. Mona Ghuneim reports from VOA's New York Bureau. A child tosses a rose into the refl

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By Doug Levine Washington 26 December 2007 Jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson died near Toronto, Ontario, Canada, December 23, of kidney failure. He was 82. Often compared to Erroll Garner and Art Tatum, Peterson modernized the jazz piano. His

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 05 February 2007 People gather outside Catania's Duomo Cathedral, Sicily, during the funeral service of Police officer Filippo Raciti, 5 Feb 2007 A funeral for a policemen killed in clashes following a soccer game in Sicil

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By Doug Levine Washington 06 September 2006 Famed jazz trumpeter and bandleader Maynard Ferguson died of kidney and liver failure at a hospital in Ventura, California on Wednesday August 23. He was 78 years old. Like the late Dizzy Gillespie, Fergus

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今天我们要学的词是standstill。 Standstill, 是停顿的意思。 China came to a standstill on Monday to mourn victims of the earthquake, 星期一,中国全国默哀,悼念四川大地震的死难者。 A police chase caused an hours-l

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By Sabina Castelfranco Modena 07 September 2007 Thousands of mourners are bidding farewell to Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti in his hometown of Modena. The opera star died Thursday from cancer and is lying in state inside the city's cathedral as peo

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