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NPR 2010-04-24

President Obama is taking aim at an Arizona immigration bill that requires police to question people suspected of being in the country illegally. At a naturalization ceremony in Washington, D.C. today, Mr. Obama seized on the controversial state meas

AP 2011-04-25

1. A minute of silence at BP, marking the first anniversary of the explosion that killed 11 oil workers in the Gulf of Mexico. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal says his state is still recovering. It was the worst offshore oil spill in American history

NPR 2010-04-01

From NPR News in Washington, Im Korva Coleman. Making good on his promise to pursue a comprehensive energy strategy, President Obama has announced plans to expand offshore oil drilling off the East Coast. NPRs Scott Horsley reports. President Obama s

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It's sure not the average family watching tonight that avoids paying taxes through offshore accounts. 可以肯定的是，正在看我演讲的普通家庭不会通过离岸账户避税。 The point is, I believe, that in this new economy, workers a

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A lot can happen in a month in China or at least in its markets. In the past four weeks, its banking regulator has launched a regulatory windstorm while the central bank has made the first move to ease capital controls, providing much needed liquidit

NPR 2010-07-09

The AP is reporting all ten people accused of spying for Russia pleaded guilty in a New York courtroom at this hour. The hearing is expected to spur the largest US-Russian spy swap since the Cold War. Officials tell NPR the ten will be swapped for sp

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Japan said Tuesday it had successfully extracted methane hydrate, known as fire ice, from its seabed, possibly unlocking many years' worth of gas for the resource-starved country. In what they are claiming as a world first, a consortium is drilling f

AP 2011-09-18

1. In the Gulf oil spill, BP is getting most of the blame. A federal report just out says in the days leading up to the explosion on an offshore oil rig, false decisions were made about the cement seal that added risk. 2. The lawyer for two American

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CNN 2008-06-19

Hello, I'm Naamua Delaney at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. President Bush is calling on Congress to take immediate action that he claims will lower gas prices. The president says he wants an immediate

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China's software outsourcing industry is considerably smaller than its much-heralded counterpart in India but it is growing fast, and unlike Indian firms, many Chinese companies are working on cutting-edge product development for the world's major te

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As a worker in the City of London for 20 years first in a lowly role at the Bank of England, then in a mid-ranking position at the now defunct Association for Payment Services Theresa May would not have imagined her current quandary. 特里萨?梅(Th

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Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were reluctant to work on farms along the Atlantic. They dreaded the awful storms that raged across the Atlantic, wreaking havoc on the b

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The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect will allow investors to trade across the border for the first time and is set to begin on 17 November. 沪港通将于11月17日开始实施，它将首次允许投资者跨境交易。 It means global investors w

Tropical storm Kai-Tak approaches south China

BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Kai-Tak, the 13th tropical storm of the year, is approaching China's southern regions, the country's meteorological authority forecast Tuesday. Kai-Tak, moving northwest at a speed of 15 to 20 km per hour, will graze or l

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It is July 16, 1969. By 9 A.M. the temperature hits a whopping ninety degrees. Thats just a typical summer morning in central Florida. The heat does not stop a crowd of a million people from coming as close to Cape Kennedy as they can get. That is wh

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Chicxulub is buried under two to three kilometers of limestone and mostly offshore, 奇克休留布大坑在两三公里的灰岩深处，而且大部分在近海。 which makes it difficult to study, Anderson went on, while Manson is really quite ac