By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 31 August 2006 watch report New Health Study Workaholics probably already know too many hours spent at the office do not contribute to good health. A survey of thousands of Americans confirmed the link between too muc

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By Melinda Smith Washington, D.C. 02 January 2007 watch Proton Pump report A basic tenet often associated with the practice of medicine is that physicians do no harm.' But even with the best intentions, sometimes a drug prescribed for one ailment ca

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By Greg Flakus Houston, Texas 12 March 2007 watch National Oil Companies A new study of state-owned oil companies says these so-called National Oil Companies, or NOCs, control most of the world's known energy reserves and hold the key to any increas

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By Steve Schy Turin, Italy 11 February 2006 Team Canada may have had an extra bit of luck on their way to the men's ice hockey gold medal at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City. A Canadian coin that b

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By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 16 June 2006 watch Electronic Stability report A study released in the United States this week says putting electronic stability controls on new motor vehicles would significantly reduce fatalities. ---------------------

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we continue our discussion about grades. Would you want a doctor who got high marks in medical school just for trying really, really hard? Apparently many col

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EXPLORATIONS - Robert Edison Fulton Circled the World on a Motorcycle FAITH LAPIDUS: This is Faith Lapidus. STEVE EMBER: And this is Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about an unusual man who traveled alone around th

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By Karem Said Cairo 27 February 2006 A Sudanese refugee hangs an anti-UN placard as refugees camp out in a cramped Cairo park The Forced Migration and Refugee Studies department at The American Univer

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Texas Health Officials Study West Nile Outbreak Technicians in the state's mosquito laboratory are examining mosquito corpses sent from all over Texas, at the Texas Department of Health Services Laboratories in the capital of Austin. State Laboratori

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South Africa Studying Proposal to Legalize Rhino Trade According to the World Wildlife Fund, a record 448 rhinos were poached in 2011 and more than half that number already have been killed illegally so far this year. Pelham Jones, the chairman of So

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Study Shows Opiate Abuse by Some US Forces with Mental Disorders The U.S. war in Afghanistan is the longest military conflict in American history. Many of the troops who have fought there also saw combat in Iraq. Doctors say at least one third return

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US Supreme Court to Consider Same-Sex Marriage Same-sex couples are getting marriage licenses in Washington state, where voters approved gay marriage in November. But their unions are not federally-recognized. That could change, thanks to Edie Windso

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Supreme Court to Rule on Gay Marriage in US Supporters of gay marriage believe public momentum is on their side as they prepare for two legal showdowns at the Supreme Court. Weve gone from zero states to now nine states plus the District of Columbia,

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Maryland Community Becomes Patron of the Arts Vicco von Voss has been making wooden furniture from salvaged materials for 20 years. When I get a tree that has been blown over by a hurricane or strictly taken down by a tree company, I have the opportu

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A: You're here today to argue your ticket? B: I am. A: Plead your case. B: The police officer that pulled me over said I was speeding. A: Were you speeding when you got pulled over? B: I was not speeding. A: How fast were you going? B: In a 40 mph zo

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Topic 1-Parents of rural students accompany them to study According to an article written by a middle school teacher in Anhui Province, many parents of rural students accompany their children while they are studying outside their hometown. The parent

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I really wanted to see the new exhibit at the art museum and invited Lucy to come along. We both like contemporary art and this was an exhibition for an artist that we've both liked, ever since she was an up and coming artist 10 years ago. This was a

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今天我们要学的词是alert。 Alert, 警戒,警报。 The National Weather Service put the area under a tornado alert until 7 o'clock tonight, 国家气象局对本地发布龙卷风警告,晚上七点钟解除。 The police sent out a crim

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Topic 1-China Arrests 14 for Selling 5000 Tons of Irradiated Seafood 14 people have been arrested for smuggling 5,000 tons of seafood into China, a portion of which originated from Fukushima, Japan. Now consumers are worried that irradiated smuggled

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Topic 1-Chinas Illicit Adoption Market Goes Online With Chinas often long and cumbersome adoption process, many prospective parents are turning to internet chat groups to arguably buy children instead. Lets have a closer look on the issue. Topic 2-30

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