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Angelina Jolie stars in a new fast-paced espionage thriller about a top CIA operative accused of being a 'mole' - a Russian agent planted in America's intelligence network. Here's a look at the action-drama Salt. Do you think everyone is who they say
By Lisa Bryant Paris 29 October 2009 European leaders are in Brussels to discuss possible candidates for a future president and foreign minister for the 27-member European Union. The heads of state will also try to overcome sharp differences about p
Commercial Drone Industry Poised for Fast Growth 商用无人机:一个悄然快速增长的产业 U.S. regulators have approved the first use of commercial drones in the United States, giving an industry that is expected to create thousands of job
By Victoria Cavaliere New York 06 December 2007 International mediators are due to present a report to the United Nations Security Council next week on Kosovo's push for unilateral independence from Serbia. More than a dozen European nations and the
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: ABC's romance-reality series The Bachelorette finished a landmark season last night as star Rachel Lindsay finally sifted through 31 suitors to get her marriage proposal. But NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says the show's three-hour li
Fighters for Libya's provisional authorities say they have surrounded key areas still held by forces loyal to ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi. At a checkpoint north of Bani Walid, there appears to be a lull before any storm. 利比亚过渡当局的部队
The flower morph larva in the muesli get busy, spinning a web. In the process coating with cereal and sticky tendrils. Not very appetising. And seen under the scanning electro-microscope, the blue cheese Maria bought at the market looks even less app
奥巴马每周电视讲话:总体呼吁国会延长失业最低保障政策 Hi, everybody. 大家好。 The holiday season is a time for remembering the bonds we share, and our obligations to one another as human beings. 圣诞长假到来,我们要
By Simon Marks London 11 October 2006 watch Brown Rise to Power The battle to succeed Tony Blair as Britain's Prime Minister has cast the spotlight onto one of the country's most senior government ministers. Gordon Brown is Britain's Chancellor of t
By Michael Bowman Buenos Aires 28 October 2007 Argentines are preparing to go to the polls Sunday to elect a new president, along with legislators and provincial governors. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Buenos Aires, few Argentines are expressing
Media Experts Ponder Future of Newspapers After Washington Post Sale 媒体专家思考华盛顿邮报被卖后的未来 WASHINGTON Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos made news this week following reports that the Internet pioneer had purchased one of the
Facebook To Raise $5 Billion From Initial Public Offering With more than 800 million users worldwide, Facebook is second only to Google as the most visited website on the Internet. But with plans to raise an initial $5 billion from its first IPO, ana
By Jim Malone Washington 06 September 2006 The battle for control of Congress is intensifying with only two months to go until the congressional elections on November 7. The war in Iraq and the war on terror are front and center in this year's elect
By Paula Wolfson White House 05 August 2007 U.S. President George W. Bush and his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, are holding talks at Camp David - the secluded U.S. presidential retreat in the mountains outside Washington. VOA's Paula Wolfson rep
By VOA News 11 December 2007 Al-Qaida's North African wing has claimed responsibility for two deadly car bomb blasts Tuesday outside U.N. offices and a government building in Algeria's capital. Algerian government officials say at least 26 people wer
Alistair Darling says Britain is facing its worst economic crisis since the 1940s. The chancellor is warning the current downturn will hit harder and last longer than we expect. It's the government's grimmest assessment to date of the situation facin
Thailand has an elected parliament this week for the first time since 2006, the year former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was deposed in a military coup. The new parliament includes many Thaksin allies, indicating the exiled leader could be poise
By Lisa Bryant Paris 13 March 2008 Climate change and a proposed Mediterranean Union top the agenda of a two-day European Union summit opening Thursday in Brussels. Lisa Bryant has more from Paris about the issues involved. Leaders from the 27-member
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 09 January 2007 Interim Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (R) with his PM Ali Mohamed Gedi during a media briefing in Mogadishu, 09 Jan 2007 Somalia's interim president say a U.S. strike late Monday on al-Qaida hideouts in
New figures show China's economic growth slowed to just 7.4 percent last year, the weakest rate in over two decades. The rate is within market expectations though, and comes amid the government's efforts to rebalance the economy, weaning itself off o