By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 18 March 2007 Buzzing Hong Kong is better known for keeping lights on all night and the Wind turbine air conditioner running full blast, not saving energy. But engineers in the city have introduced an innovative wind energ

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By Scott Stearns White House 10 January 2007 U.S. President George Bush is set to announce what he says will be a new way forward in the war in Iraq. [Watch the president's address here at VOANews.com at 0200 UTC Thursday, 11 January 2007.] VOA Whit

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Officials Unveil Revisions to NY City's Memorial to 9/11 Victims Jenny Falcon The planned memorial for victims of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York has been revised to include a park,

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By Meredith Buel Washington 09 January 2007 President Bush is scheduled to unveil his new strategy for the war in Iraq Wednesday night in a televised address to the nation. The president is expected to call for an increase of as many as 20,000 U.S.

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By Steve Herman New Delhi 10 January 2008 India's booming economy has created a middle class of people eager to take to the road in a car of their own. Hundreds of millions currently have to make do with walking, cycling or using three-wheeled taxis

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A unique program to capture carbon at coal power stations has been unveiled in Australia. Operators of a demonstration plant say it is the first of its type in the world and involves burning coal in oxygen rather than air, which reduces carbon dioxi

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Kenyan soapstone carver Elkana Ong'esa has earned an international reputation for his carvings. His sculptures adorn the entrances of the United Nations building in New York and UNESCO's headquarters in Paris. Now a new work will be unveiled soon at

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President Barack Obama is expected on Friday to unveil his proposal for gradually reducing U.S. troop strength in Iraq. Mr. Obama will make the announcement at Camp Lejeune, a Marine base in North Carolina. President Barack Obama, 25 Feb 2009 Thousa

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U.S. President Barack Obama will unveil his new Afghan strategy on Friday - one week before a NATO summit convenes on the French-German border. The plan is the result of a detailed policy review by the new Obama administration. White House Press Sec

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A new strategic plan for AIDS vaccine research was unveiled Tuesday. Its the culmination of an 18-month effort that included the input of 400 scientists worldwide. The new Scientific Strategic Plan developed by the Council of the Global HIV Vaccine E

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Conservation Groups Unveil Regional Action Plan to Save Great Apes A new action plan has been unveiled to protect Central Africas gorillas and chimpanzees. It outlines threats to the great apes across six countries. The regional action plan is a join

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: We talk a lot these days about how Internet streaming has rattled the world of network television, snatching up Emmy nominations and capturing attention in the press and on social media. But traditional broadcast TV remains the b

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TV Networks Unveil Fall Lineup At Summer Press Tour AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: This is the part of the summer when NPR TV critic Eric Deggans and pop culture correspondent Linda Holmes pack their bags, head to LA and watch a lot of video teasers of new TV

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The first line of this next story sounds like it ought to be spoken by the narrator of a movie. When the Atlantic Ocean was young, sea monsters ruled. This is a true story. Some of their bones have turned up along the coast of We

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 07 May 2008 Italy's conservative leader Silvio Berlusconi formed the country's 62nd postwar government on Wednesday. It is the third time Mr. Berlusconi will be prime minister. His new cabinet is to be sworn in on Thursday

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By Michael Bowman Washington 04 February 2008 The Bush administration has unveiled a federal budget for the next year that emphasizes spending to boost national security and spur the economy while reining in costs for government medical assistance pr

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今天我们要学的词是slash。Slash动词,意思是大幅度裁剪、削减。After completing its $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods, Amazon slashed the prices of dozens of items at all 460 of its new grocery stores. 亚马逊在完成了对

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