This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Thirty-six volunteers in South Africa will test the safety of an African-developed vaccine against H.I.V. The tests are the first step in human clinical trials of two vaccine candidates developed at the

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Climate-Controlled Time Machine Tests Prairie Future Researchers from the University of Oregon have set up a kind of time machine to test how a warmer climate might affect grasslands and prairies around the world. Today, grasslands cover between 25 a

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First, though, tensions between the U.S. and the Middle Eastern nation of Iran. Earlier this week, Iran tested out a medium range missile, a U.S. defense official said the test failed and that there was no threat to America or its allies in the Middl

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AZUZ: Up next today unlike the last couple of missile tests conducted by the Asian country of North Korea, the one it carried out earlier this week was successful. In fact, analysts say the country might have developed a weapon that could hit U.S. te

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Lesson 4 Seeing hands看手 In the Soviet Union several cases have been reported recently of people who can read and detect colours with their fingers, and even see through solid doors and walls. One case concerns an 'eleven-year-old schoolgirl, Vera

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Doping cases at the Beijing Olympics have been far fewer compared to recent games. As of Friday, just five athletes had tested positive for banned substances. As VOA's Jim Stevenson reports from Beijing, the news is good for the International Olympi

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AS IT IS 2013-05-21 Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif Faces Major Tests as Prime Minister From VOA Learning English, welcome to As It Is. Hello, Im Steve Ember. Today we go to Pakistan, where Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif faces major tests as he takes command of

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By Paula Wolfson White House 05 July 2006 U.S. officials say North Korea has test fired at least six missiles, including a long-range missile that failed shortly after launch. High level consultations are underway. -------- White House officials cal

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The vibrant seaport city, Mumbai, in southern India, usually is quick to bounce back from catastrophes like bombings, communal riots and monsoon floods. But the most recent terror attack is testing its reputation for resilience. Mumbai is limping ba

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A congressional overseer of the U.S. government's efforts to rescue the financial system said a massive infusion of federal funds intended to ease a severe credit crunch has only partially succeeded, with many ailing banks using the money to survive

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 18 September 2009 Australia is revising controversial citizenship tests, to make sure applicants are more aware of their rights and responsibilities rather than examine their general knowledge about sports and culture. The gove

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By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo 28 September 2009 Revolutionary Guard's Tondar missile is launched in a drill, Sunday 27 Sept. 2009, near the city of Qom, 80 miles south of Tehran Iranian state media report the military has successfully test fired its lon

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 02 October 2007 Australian refugee groups have criticized tests that require people to answer questions about the nation's history and culture to qualify to become a citizen. Critics believe the new measures will discriminate ag

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It is tick season, and with it comes the risk of Lyme disease. Once found mainly in New England, Lyme disease is now being reported in a much wider range of the U.S. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports that cases have more than doubled

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: For now, were going to turn to a story about a heat wave that is affecting much of the country this summer. NPRs Allison Aubrey reports that all of this warmth can slow us down in ways we might not even realize. ALLISON AUBREY, BY

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Hours after Tiangong-2 was successfully launched, the space lab conducted its first transfer of orbit at 2:45 am Beijing time on Friday morning. In the meantime, it has also started in-orbit tests, which are a series of examinations on the functions

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 19 October 2006 One-thousand people in Australia have conducted a four-day bird flu exercise that simulated the arrival of a planeload of flu-stricken passengers at Brisbane's international airport. The drill included customs o

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DNA tests have positively identified the remains of two children of the last Russian czar, settling a mystery that had long surrounded their fate. VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports the memory of the murdered czarist family is still hon

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By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 11 January 2007 watch Heart Disease Blood Test The World Health Organization (WHO) says that cardiovascular disease causes approximately one third of all deaths worldwide (16.7 million). And those deaths are not just

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Lying to a Machine 不说谎的人觉得它很神秘,说谎的人觉得它很可怕,这就是神奇的测谎仪。面对不断攀升的犯罪,善良的人们总是期望借助科学的灵丹妙药,将所有犯罪分子手到擒来。测谎技术

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