School Shootings Shock Connecticut Town Residents of Newtown gathered Friday evening for religious services amid a prevailing mood of shock and horror. Alex Ortner is the father of two toddlers and says his heart goes out to the victims. At think tha

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Kidnappers Target Refugees in Sudan Amnesty International says refugees and asylum seekers are being kidnapped in Sudan and held for ransom in Egypts Sinai desert. Most of those abducted are Eritrean and many have been beaten, raped or killed. The hu

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New Procedures Improve Chances for Trauma Victims At one of the largest trauma centers in the United States, a multi-disciplinary team of doctors and nurses works quickly to save the life of a 60-year-old man suffering from multiple stab wounds. Dr.

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By Peta Thornycroft Harare 07 May 2007 After the high-profile police beating of senior opposition politicians in March, state-sponsored political violence in Zimbabwe is now targeting mid-level opposition activists and ordinary citizens who are being

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An elderly woman told the police that, as she entered a restroom, she was jostled by a woman behind her. A few minutes later, as she was about to pay for a moustache remover at a nearby store, she discovered that her wallet was missing from her purse

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right, so we're going to hear now about a young woman whose name is Journey Jamison. A few weeks after she turned 15, she saved a man's life. It was a hot Sunday afternoon in Chicago when a stranger burst through her back door

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Hundreds of people around the country are still suffering medical complications from getting injections of tainted steroids produced at a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy in 2012. The former head of New England Compounding Cent

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President Bush has led the nation in a day of prayer and remembrance for the people killed by the winds and flood waters of Hurricane Katrina. 布什总统主持了今天全国的祈祷日活动,纪念在卡特里娜飓风和洪水中丧生的民众。

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Leading of news this morning. Australia special forces have begun moving into Iraq. Prime minister Tony Abbott made that announcement after talks to US president Barrack Obama at the APEC summit in Beijing.200 soldiers have been in Middle East since

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As many of you know, early on Friday, at least twelve people were killed when a gunman opened fire at a movie heater in Aurora, Colorado. 正如你们很多人了解的那样,早在星期五,一名持枪男子在科罗拉多州奥罗拉电影院开枪致

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He's been enjoying the company of thousands of young people in Sydney at World Youth Day. Now Pope Benedict said sorry for the sexual abuse suffered by children in Australia at the hands of Catholic clergy. He's described such acts as evil and a seri

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SCIENCE REPORT – January 3, 2002: Seasonal Affective Disorder By George Grow This is the VOA Special English SCIENCE REPORT. Some people feel sad or depressed during the winter months in northern ar

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By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 18 October 2007 On the third anniversary of an army crackdown that killed more than 70 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, families of the victims fear their court case is being blocked by powerful politicians. The army

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Today marks the 76th anniversary of the Nanjing massacre. A prayer assembly for peace has been held in the square outside the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall. People mourn victims at the Memorial Hall of Victims in the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Inv

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今天我们要学的词是standstill。 Standstill, 是停顿的意思。 China came to a standstill on Monday to mourn victims of the earthquake, 星期一,中国全国默哀,悼念四川大地震的死难者。 A police chase caused an hours-l

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今天我们要学的词是bullying。 Bullying, 指恃强凌弱的行为。研究显示,Six out of ten American teenagers witness an act of bullying once a day, 美国十几岁的孩子中,十个人里有六个人每天都会亲眼目睹有人被欺

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By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 06 September 2007 Ali Hassan al-Majid, also known as Chemical Ali An Iraqi appeals court on Tuesday [September 4th] upheld death sentences for Ali Hassan al-Majid, the man known as Chemical Ali, and two other lieutenants o

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Pope Benedict XVI began his last day in the United States at Ground Zero, the site of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on New York. 教皇本笃十六世以参观纽约世贸大厦遗址开始他最后一天对美国的访问。世贸大厦遗址

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Joel: So, you're from a smaller island. What kind of concerns do people on your island have or what kind of concerns do you have? Patricia: For the world you mean? Joel: Right. Right. Patricia: Well recently, when I was in high school I had a friend'

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今天我们要学的词是 victim。Victim 受害者。Dozens of gun violence victims attended President Obama's State of the Union address. 几十个枪支暴力受害者出席了美国总统奥巴马的国情咨文讲话。联合国的一份最新报

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