This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Demonstrators marching Saturday from the Danish parliament in the center of Copenhagen to the site of the climate change conference In Copenhagen, Denmark, the United Nations Climate Change Conference opene

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Our first story, there's been an apparent chemical weapons attack in the Middle Eastern nation of Syria. We've been covering the country's civil war for years. It started in 2011. The United Nations estimates that 400,000 Syrians have been killed and

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The East African Community, a grouping of 5 countries in and around the Horn, is continuing to work towards its goal of regional economic integration. Members of the EAC are dropping barriers to trade, with the goal of eventually adopting a common cu

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Muslim Women Host Fundraiser for Sandy Victims Dancing, exotic food in abundance, camaraderie - all in an ambassador's residence in Washington, DC. But this is not a typical party. It is a fundraiser for the victims of superstorm Sandy, which devasta

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 29 November 2007 Australia's Prime Minister-designate, Kevin Rudd, has named a woman as the country's deputy leader for the first time, and a former rock singer has been appointed environment minister. From Sydney, Phil Mercer r

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This is Day to Day from NPR news, I am Medlin Bran. Have you ever wondered just who runs the Internet? Well a non-profit organization here in the US is responsible for technical oversight, but lately there's been some loud protests from other countri

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By Margaret Besheer United Nations 25 September 2007 An unprecedented summit on climate change has ended at the United Nations. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the event has sent a powerful political signal to the world that there is the will and

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Disaster Conference Risks Polarization Over Role of Climate Change 各国在灾难会议上因气候变化而承担的角色产生争执 The World Conference on Disaster Reduction, meeting in Japan in

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World Bank: Much at Stake at Climate Conference The World Bank says tough decisions lie ahead at the upcoming U.N. Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa. A top bank official says nations need to decide on a long-term strategy. Andrew Stee

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The European Union said Turkey must normalize relations with Cyprus if it is to realize its ambition to join the powerful bloc. Turkey still refuses to open ports and airports to Greek Cypriot air and sea traffic, or officially recognize the Republic

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AIDS Conference Wraps Up with Focus on Research, Progress 艾滋病大会聚焦研究与成果 MELBOURNE In 20 years, the International AIDS Conference has ballooned from a gathering of some 2,000 scientists at the inaugural 1985 meeting in Atlanta,

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By Barbara Schoetzau New York 03 June 2008 The United Nations aimed the spotlight on human trafficking Tuesday. From VOA's New York Bureau, correspondent Barbara Schoetzau reports the General Assembly devoted the entire day to discussing the issue o

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State and territories education ministers will meet in Sydney shortly to try to thrash out a deal on school funding. The government has come under fire for deciding to doubt Labor's school funding model after 2014. New South Wales, Voctoria, Tasmania

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 07 February 2008 Lawmakers pressed the U.S. attorney general on Thursday for more specifics about the legal justifications used by the Bush administration in authorizing the past use of the extreme interrogation technique

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The delivery of Russian natural gas is expected to resume Tuesday morning after Ukraine, Russia and the European Union signed a protocol allowing observers to monitor pipelines that transport the fuel across Ukraine. Moscow and Kyiv came to an agreem

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Though we've known for awhile now that the newest forthcoming installment in the Mission Impossible franchise starring Tom Cruise wouldn't simply be called Mission Impossible 4, no clues as to the official title had been given. Luckily, a press confe

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President Obama's top counter-terrorism advisor John Brennan says congressional critics, others speaking before getting facts Paula Wolfson | White House 07 February 2010 White House Counterterrorism adviser John Brennan briefs reporters in the White

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Thousands March for Climate Action in Durban Activists, rights groups and citizens from around the world took to the streets of Durban Saturday to urge government negotiators at the U.N. climate change conference to take their demands seriously. In a

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今天我们要学的词是ratify。 Ratify, 是批准、认可的意思。澳大利亚新总理陆克文本周签署了《京都议定书》。He urged the United State to follow Australia's lead and ratify the Kyoto Protocol, 他同时敦促美国效

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A key focus between the two sides is a resistence by the European Parliament to grant China Market Economy Status, or MES. The Parliamentarians argued that such a move would have strong social, economic and environmental consequences in the EU. MES w

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