News & Reports 2012-05-26

Hello and Welcome to News and Reports on China Radio International. In This EditionEgypt's Muslim Brotherhood claims lead in presidential polls. The latest round of talks between Iran and P5+1 wrap up without any major headway being made. China looks

与美国小学生一起学英文第3册 第26期:六边形

Hexagon 六边形 A hexagon is a shape that has six edges and six vertices. 六边形是有六条边和六个顶点的图形。 In other words, a hexagon has six angles and six straight sides. 换句话说，六边形有六个角和六条直边。 Th

NPR 2008-08-20

The United Nations Security Council is holding emergency consultations on the conflict between Russia and the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. The move comes amid reports that Russia has taken its first tentative steps toward pulling its forces ou

NPR 2009-08-22

President Obama is praising the Afghan people for heading to the polls in yesterday's presidential election, despite threats of violence by the Taliban. This election was run by the Afghan people. In fact, it was the first democratic election run by

NPR 2009-09-16

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke said today he thinks the US economy has begun growing again though the Fed Chairman also said the overall economy is likely to still feel weak for some time. Speaking at the Brookings Institution in Washin

NPR 2011-11-12

From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. US troops around the globe are paying tributes to veterans sustain including Afghanistan where NATO allies have joined in commemorations. This is the military ally reports the death of another soldier ki

NPR 2010-12-22

New rules for Internet service providers today from the Federal Communications Commission. They are designed to keep broadband landline companies from interfering with information flow to their customers. NPR's Paul Brown reports the plan largely exe

NPR 2011-01-19

The House is due to begin debate this hour on a bill to repeal the nation's health care law. A vote is scheduled for tomorrow. Meanwhile, North Dakota's Democratic Senator Kent Conrad announced today he won't seek re-election next year, a move that c

NPR 2012-03-10

The US is seeing its strongest three months of hiring since the start of the recession. The Labor Department reports an increase of 227,000 jobs in February. The numbers from the previous two months have also been revised upward. But the unemployment

NPR 2012-04-17

Several additional members of the military may come under investigation for their possible involvement in an alleged scandal involving Secret Service agents and prostitutes ahead of President Obamas recent visit to Colombia. General Martin Dempsey, c

NPR 2012-05-04

GOP Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota has endorsed presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. NPR's Craig Windham reports Bachmann says her one-time rival for the GOP nomination promises a new vision of prosperity and liberty

NPR 2012-06-03

A judge in Cairo today ordered that Hosni Mubarak spent the rest of his life in prison. For his part in the deaths of hundreds of protestors, during the uprising that drove him from power last year. The former president sat stoneface and frowning as

NPR 2011-04-16

Congressional Democrats warn that the budget plan the House's Republican majority approved today by a vote of 235-193 won't go over well with voters. As NPR's Julie Rovner reports, critics say Americans will resist sweeping changes to the Medicare an

NPR 2011-04-19

The credit rating agency Standard and Poor's is putting Washington on notice. NPR's Zoe Chace reports that if Congress and the president don't agree on a long-term deficit plan by 2013, then the US may be a riskier place to invest. US government debt

NPR 2011-09-04

Forecasters are spending another weekend keeping a watch on tropical weather. Tropical storm Lee has stalled along the Gulf Coast. And while the sun has been shining for some of today, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu says its not shining now. He say

NPR 2011-09-19

Forces loyal to ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi continue to put up fierce resistance in the Libyan cities of Sirte and Bani Walid. Sean Carberry reports that anti-Gaddafi fighters are struggling to advance on the two cities today. Gaddafi loyalists lau

NPR 2011-09-20

President Obama is challenging Congress to quickly pass his latest proposal to shrink the nation's debt. It includes spending cuts in the most financially weighty programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, and also calls for an end to certain tax break

NPR 2011-12-05

Russian state television reports that exit polls show the party of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is picking up less than half the vote in parliamentary elections. Opposition parties and election monitors claim even this figure is inflated. They charg

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Wk 09 (1 March 1954) USA Tests Its Biggest Nuclear WeaponThis Week in HistoryThe USA explodes a huge hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. In 1954, the USA tested a massive hydrogen bomb nicknamed Bravo at Bikini Atoll, part of the Mars

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