Italy's New 'Bullet Train' Aims to Shake Up Euro Travel The new bullet-shaped Italo trains can travel at a top speed of 360 kilometers per hour. They are run by NTV, a company headed by Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo, which invested $1.3 billion. H

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By Sean Maroney Islamabad 30 October 2009 Pakistani troops fighting militants along the Afghan border have seized passports that may be linked to suspects involved in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. The discovery came

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Jos Ramos-Horta (born 1949) is the second Prime Minister of East Timor and a Nobel Peace Prize winner. He has spent most of his life fighting for and serving his people. He was a founder of a group that fought against the Indonesian occupation of his

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By Parke Brewer Atlanta, Georgia 02 April 2007 Two sons of past sports stars have made headlines for themselves in U.S. men's college basketball this season. Now they are set to face one another in the Division One national championship game Monday n

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 07 April 2006 The Islamic militant group Hamas, which took control of the Palestinian Authority last week, says it is prepared to soften its position toward Israel. Israel i

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 04 August 2007 The United Nations Children's Fund says it is concerned that tens of thousands of primary school children in flood-stricken parts of Pakistan will miss out on school, because it has not received much-needed fundi

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Famous New York Train Station Turns 100 Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. Im June Simms. Today, we play new music from the twin sister band, Tegan and Sara. We also get to know a teenager from Maryland who was a guest at the State of

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By Liu Enming New York, New York 23 January 2007 watch Little Italy report New York City is teeming with immigrants from around the world, many of who bring the tastes and cultures of their homelands to their new country. In one immigrant neighborho

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Building Afghanistan's Air Corps will take some time. It takes years to train a pilot, and Afghans have to learn not only how to fly the plane, but also how to speak English, the language of international aviation. In Afghanistan, planes and helicopt

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Small lifestyle changes make big difference for planet Rosanne Skirble | Washington, DC 16 February 2010 The Stokes from Falls Church, Virginia, say what they are doing is right for the planet and the pocketbook. Watch: Skirble Report MP4 Related Lin

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The Middle East peace talks remain at a standstill as Israel considers a U.S. plan to extend a freeze on West Bank settlements in exchange for a number of incentives, including a squadron of advanced American warplanes. The U.S. Department of State s

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While Doctor John's so-called gris-gris music may be a thing of the past, his famed mix of New Orleans funk, blues and soul that earned him the nickname The Night Tripper, is alive and well on a new track called Jinky Jinx. Even the artwork on the co

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Boasting an impressive list of screen credits in her native Italy, actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta is probably most famous on the world stage for her role as a ruthless assassin in the 1999 James Bond film The World Is Not Enough. Cucinotta also playe

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 01 August 2007 U.S. officials sought to reassure members of Congress Wednesday that the State Department would have a key role in a planned U.S. military command for Africa (AfriCom). They also underscored that the comman

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By Michael Bowman Washington 26 December 2007 The Iraqi Cabinet has taken a step aimed at promoting national reconciliation: a general pardon for thousands of prisoners held in Iraqi and American detention facilities. From Washington, VOA's Michael B

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今天我们要学的词是staged。 Staged, 有假装,故意安排的意思。Police suspected the robbery was staged, 警方怀疑这起抢劫案是假的。英国保险诈骗局最近公布的数字显示, About 30,000 accidents were staged la

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By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 17 September 2007 One year has passed since the Thai military overthrew the government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on grounds it was corrupt. The interim government is making good on promises to return the country to

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爱尔兰音乐电影《Once》(中译名《一生的唯一》/《情难独奏》/《曾经》)中的一首插曲,由爱尔兰音乐人格伦汉塞德(Glen Hansard)和 捷克音乐女孩玛可塔伊尔格洛娃(Marketa Irglova)创作并演

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Last week we learned a little about Germany. Today, we will learn about a country that is close by, Italy. You probably know already that this country of sixty million people has been a major(our) influence on Western civilization. So, what is Italy

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