An Australian expert on consumer behaviour has warned that this year's slow Christmas sales marked the beginning of a changing retail climate. Dr Paul Harrison from Deakin University says for the last five years, Australian retailers have enjoyed a s

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2010年

It's been another sleepless night for many in Queensland with floodwaters slapping at their doorsteps. The water continues to rise in Bundaberg. The Burnett River was expected to peak overnight, and 200 residents have been advised to leave their home

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强烈暴风雪袭击美国东北部 导致停电与交通混乱 AZUZ: For millions of people on the U.S. East Coast, it's like they've been hit by a category one hurricane, but this storm lashed them with cold and snow. Tens of thousands from Virgin

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The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill began in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. Following the event through 2012, more than a thousand dolphins washed up dead along the Gulf, in three major strandings. Thats four to five times higher than the regio

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Back on Svalbard, it's high summer. Barnacle geese that had overwintered in Scotland have started to breed. Their calls bring hope to hungry bears. The cub stays back as his mother explores the possibilities. Bears have only recently discovered this

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India's military has been sent into the state of Bihar, where an estimated two million people are affected by the flooded Kosi River. At least 40 people are dead and there are fears that the breach will expand in the days ahead, which could wash awa

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1. Forecasters say Hurricane Sandy is continuing to move quickly and taking aim at several states along East Coast. The National Hurricane Center says the storm's top sustained winds are holding at about 90 miles an hour. 2. A construction crane is d

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Airlift Returns S. Sudanese Refugees Home An airlift is under way to bring more than 12,000 South Sudanese citizens home from neighboring Sudan. The returnees were blocked from going home when Khartoum shut down some of its borders due to clashes wit

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Yemenis in Egypt Demand Passage Home CAIRO More than 100 Yemenis protested outside their country's embassy in Cairo Tuesday, clamoring for help getting home. Inside Yemen, however, many families are trying to escape as the death toll climbs daily fro

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And thank you Virginia. The new deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce could face an early start to his election campaign with former independent Tony Windsor, said to announce he will run in the seat of New England. Mr. Windsor held that New Southwales

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Thanks, Virginia. The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will make his first major economic announcement this morning, unveiling the governments response to the merry inquiry into financial services. The report released in December last year made wide-r

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Chaos this weekend after the US border agents fired tear gas to stop hundreds of migrants, among them children, as they tried to cross the border from Tijuana Mexico. 本周发生了骚乱,因为美国边防士兵向上百名移民发射催泪瓦斯,

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Bangkok's international airport is returning to normal, after protesters shut it down for eight days. But business experts say the economic damage caused by the country's political crisis may linger for some time. VOA's Kate Pound Dawson reports fro

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 17 July 2006 watch Casualities report Lebanon's peace has been shattered, warplanes have bombed the Gaza strip, and rockets are falling from the sky over Israel. VOA's Peter Fedynsky reports on the plight of people o

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(129) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(七月)

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 14 July 2007 The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is urgently appealing for $5 million to provide emergency assistance to tens of thousands of flood victims in Pakistan. UNICEF estimates more than 1.5 million people are

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Chinas research vessel and icebreaker Xuelong has entered an area of clear water, after more than ten hours spent breaking up ice. A change in wind direction loosened the floes packed around the vessel, providing an 80-meter stretch of water for the

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A merchant locking his shop to avoid getting caught violating the Maoist's strike, in Kathmandu, 3 May 2010 Related Links See more pictures of the strike here A power struggle in Nepal between the government of Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and t

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1. A powerful spring storm swept across several Rocky Mountain States. More than a foot of snow shutdown part of I-80 in Wyoming. Several tornados were also reported in southern Nebraska. 2. Insurgents in eastern of Ukraine said the ballots are all i

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(119) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2014(五)月

This is AP News Minute. President Trump says resolving the government shutdown should be easy, but he won't back down on a border wall. The shutdown is leading to long lines at airports, as security screeners miss work. Attorney General nominee Willi

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A team of U.S. Navy audiologists conducted a hearing test on a rare beaked whale convalescing at a marine mammal rehabilitation center in the Florida Keys. The mature female whale has been tentatively identified as a Gervais' beaked whale or a Sowerb

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