A new study warns of the potential problems Africa faces from rising temperatures. The Nairobi-based International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) says the continent must learn to adapt to shorter growing seasons. The report was released as the U

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(十一)月

New Report Outlines Strategy for HIV/AIDS The AIDS advocacy group AVAC says 2013 will be a critical year for ending the epidemic. The group has released its annual report that calls for an ambitious pace of funding, implementation and research. The l

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Cameron Outlines Anti-terrorism Strategy British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday extremist and terrorist violence will be at the top of this years G8 summit agenda. The summit will be held in June in Northern Ireland. Cameron spoke at the

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(woman) I'm sure you realize that your research papers are due in six weeks. I've looked at your proposed topics and made comments about them. The most frequent problem was proposing too broad a topic --- remember, this is only a fifteen-page paper.

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By Paula Wolfson President Bush says he will push hard for his domestic and foreign priorities in his second term in office. Mr. Bush is offering to work with his political opponents but at the same t

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In his monthly news conference, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown outlined what he hopes can be achieved in the two one-day international gatherings on Afghanistan and Yemen that will be held this week in London. Mr. Brown says the London Afghan co

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In an effort to deal comprehensively with a severe financial crisis on Wall Street, the Bush administration Friday is proposing the creation of a government agency to deal with the bad loans of U.S.-based financial institutions. The plan could cost

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The U.S. and Russia presidents are scheduled to meet for the first time Wednesday on the sidelines of the G20 summit in London. The new Kremlin leader comes to the meeting with a record of policy initiatives that have swung between belligerent threa

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At the 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna, a new report outlines the challenges and opportunities facing vaccine researchers. The report The Road to Prevention is called a scientific strategic plan to help end the epidemic. The Global HIV V

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今天我们要学的词是exemption。 Exemption, 例外。Virginia banned smoking in bars and restaurants a month ago, with the exemptions of private clubs, 维吉尼亚州一个月前开始禁止在酒吧和餐馆里吸烟,私人俱乐部除外。

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Egypt's Muslim brotherhood has rejected a timetable for new elections laid out by the interim President. Senior officials of the Brotherhood Essam al-Erian says the plan for a vote early next year brings the country back to square one. In a bid to ca

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The largest business federation in the United States is calling on leaders in government, business and labor to unite around an ambitious goal of creating 20 million jobs over the next decade. In his annual state of American business address Tuesday

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By Peta Thornycroft 13 February 2008 Zimbabwe's former finance minister Simba Makoni, who was expelled from the ruling ZANU-PF Tuesday after announcing his candidacy in next months presidential election, has spelled out elements of his election manif

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The embattled president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, is outlining new economic proposals during a broadcast Sunday that observers say is aimed at boosting his poor standing with voters ahead of April's general election. Though Sarkozy has yet to annou

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday U.S. financial system has been strengthened through reforms ,but warned that gains would erode if efforts eased. This is a critical year for financial reform, Geith

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 01 October 2009 Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs, Kurt Campbell At a Senate subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs, Kurt Campb

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LONDON, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The professional head of the British military on Tuesday outlined a future for the country's armed forces that included a much-enhanced engagement with African, Gulf and Arabian peninsula states. Britain's Chief of the Def

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The worlds food system is dangerously out of balance, according to a prominent group of agriculture researchers. And they say food security problems will only grow as the population increases and the climate changes. In a new report ahead of this sum

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Saudi Super Cup, Nakhid for Fifa violence in Turkey FRI 14 AUG 2015 The president of Saudi Arabia's FA outlines his vision for the future.

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President Barack Obama has announced that the United States and eight other Pacific nations have reached the broad outlines of an agreement to create a Trans-Pacific Partnership to liberalize trade. Negotiations aimed at finalizing the new trade grou

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