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By Phuong Tran Dakar 12 March 2007 In some African Muslim countries, polygamy is still commonly practiced. According to certain interpretations of Islam, men can marry up to four women. But more and more African women in Muslim countries are saying
2007年VOA标准英语（三月）
President Barack Obama has announced Tuesday the toughest-ever fuel efficiency and emissions standards for vehicles sold in the United States. It is the first U.S. national limit on greenhouse gas emissions. President Barack Obama at the White House
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By Catherine Maddux Washington 17 October 2006 The United States says it will accept around 10,000 Burundian refugees from Tanzania, many of whom have lived outside their home country for more than three decades. Some of the Burundians being conside
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To find the answers, we need to rewind history around 14,000 years to a time when the first people set foot in North America. The continent was about to undergo a profound change, a change these new arrivals may have played a part in. Throughout the
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But even on its own, a mammoth was still highly dangerous and an attack required stealth and teamwork. One of the hunters may have acted as a decoy, distracting the animal while others surrounded it. These hunters had another trick up their sleeve. U
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The same signs appear in young male mammoth tusks, but those living in North America at the end of Ice Age laid down their stress rings three years earlier than usual. In other words, it seems that young males were leaving the herd at an earlier age.
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Just over 500 years ago, Europeans arrived in North America. And with these colonizers came an animal that hadnt been seen here for thousands of years. The horse returned to the Americas, now tamed and carrying the Spanish conquistadors. This new for
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This may look like a safari through the African savanna. In fact it's a theme park in Florida. And it allows people to experience a world outside their own. In some ways, they are visiting a land from another time. 14 thousand years ago, large parts
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Its also a prime hunting ground for red-tailed hawks. And they have the perfect nesting site right next to it. Theyd moved in on the top floor of this expensive Manhattan apartment block. It acts like a surrogate tree, supporting their large nest. Th
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Where purple martins had once laid their eggs in hollow threes, in time, they came to rely almost totally on people to provide nests for them. These artificial nests were made from dried out squashes known as gourds. The shape made them perfect nesti
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At first, the Europeans relied heavily on local food supply by native people. But as they settled in, their farming practices began to shape the landscape of North America. The plow allowed them to farm larger areas of land, helping to feed the expan
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And farming fuelled the growth of another habitat, one that would become an even bigger challenge to North America's wildlife. The modern city was born. The city is an artificial environment, built around the needs of millions of people, and yet it a
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The owls can raise anything from 1 to 12 chicks in a summer season. To survive, their young will have to quickly learn to negotiate the dangers of city life. Longer hunting trips are sometimes necessary as open land disappears. But so long as the cit
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Although many of these city foxes do get killed by cars, the population as a whole is thriving. Thats because a regular supply of water means a regular supply of prey, including voles and ground squirrels. Playing on the streets at night is dangerous
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Moose mainly browse on trees and shrubs, but they will also sample something new. They have a soft spot for pumpkins left out after Halloween. As many as 1,000 moose may enter Anchorage in winter, snowfall here is lower than its surrounding hills and
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This disused car park is a near-perfect location for raising chicks, and only a short flight from a plentiful supply of food. Skimmers get their name from their unusual feeding technique--their extended lower bill detects fish just below the water su
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But there is at least one place in Florida where the manatees benefit from humans being around. Clean, hot water released from this power plant turns a man-made inlet into a hot tub. And during winter months when sea temperatures drop below 20 degree
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This mass roosting takes place soon after the summer nesting season. Its a chance for the birds to molt before they fly south for the winter. As Vauxs swift numbers reach a peak in mid September, they attract attention from the locals. Coopers hawks
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