Mary: Excuse me. Can you tell me the way to the train station, please? Jack: Sure. It's only three blocks down the street. Mary: Is it near the post office? Jack: No. It's next to the fire station. Mar

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The remaining residence of Saint George will meet at the town's show grand this morning for a final evacuation.Flood waters are now cut off the southern Queensland town.Thousands of people fled yesterday in the largest mandatory evacuation in Queensl

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AS IT IS 2016-01-27 African Nations Seek Greater Power, Influence at UN 非洲国家在联合国寻求更大权力和影响力 The leaders of Zimbabwe and Equatorial Guinea are calling for African nations to have more power and influence at the Unite

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valley [a long area of land between higher areas of land] The people in the valley worry about snow sliding down the mountain. value [(1) the quality of being useful, important or desired; (2) the amount of money that could be received if something i

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Inside Arizona, governor Jan Brewer's decision to veto the controversial SB1062 Bill, and ? of conversation was ? by justification. Let's get started. Arizona governor Jan Brewer's long-away decision on SB1062. The passage of it touching of a major b

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THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This past week I traveled to Austria and Hungary, where I had productive meetings with our European allies. We discussed the challenges and opportunities we share, including the importance of spreading prosperity at home

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The Foreign Affairs Minister, Murray McCully, gave a 15 minute speech to the General Assembly at the United Nations on Saturday. He made two main points about the Security Council. The first point was about Syria. He said the UN is not doing enough t

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101 伊拉克“石油换食物”期限延长 Russian Veto Threat Figures In Extension Of Iraqi UN Oil Sanctions Breck Ardery United Nations 3 Jul 2001 23:59 UTC The United Nations Security Council 1

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My husband asked me to go to the post office to mail his resume in anticipation of a job interview. He instructed me to send it the fastest way possible. Struck by the urgency in his voice, I grabbed

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My teen-age daughter was preparing to return home after having visited her grandparents for a few weeks one summer. Her grandfather gave her 12 post cards .

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Iraq's Sunni Arab Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi says he may veto a proposed electoral law, which was amended Monday by parliament. The head of Iraq's electoral commission says failure to pass the law will delay elections by at least a month from t

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President Bush says he will veto legislation that would relax restrictions on embryonic stem cell research. There is growing bipartisan support in Congress for changing those rules. 布什总统表示他将否决要求放松对胚胎干细胞研究限制

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By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 09 July 2007 Sergei Lavrov Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says any resolution on independence for Kosovo will fail in the U.N. Security Council, unless it gains the backing of Serbia, a close Kremlin ally. As VOA Mosc

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Little Chance For UN Resolution on Mideast MonitorsBreck ArderyUnited Nations24 Aug 2001 01:40 UTC After a closed session of the United Nations Security Council Thursday afternoon it appeared there is

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Africa Demands Greater Voice on UN Security Council 非洲在联合国安理会要求更多的发言权 The African Union has formally submitted a proposal at the United Nations that would dramaticall

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 30 October 2007 Democrats controlling Congress have responded sharply to President Bush who accused them of failing to deliver major spending legislation. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill. In remarks at the Wh

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned the European Union that his country's parliament would block laws related to a deal to stem the flow of migrants to Europe, if Ankara was not granted its key demand of visa-free travel. This includes

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 18 October 2007 The House of Representatives has failed to override President Bush's veto of legislation approved by Congress that would have expanded a government-subsidized children's health insurance program. VOA's Dan

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President Bush says he will veto a terrorist-surveillance bill that contains provisions added by opposition Democrats in the House of Representatives, because he says the bill as written would undermine national security. 美国总统布什表示,他

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Explanation: The men who wrote the U.S. Constitution knew that their document was not perfect. That is why they included ways to change or add laws to the Constitution in thefuture. The fifth article (or section) of the Constitution says that America

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