1.The sheriffs official in Washington state says four police officers have been shot dead in ambush at a coffee house. The officers were sitting in the coffee shop near McChord Air Force Base Sunday morning with their computers when the shooter came

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(347) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2009年(十二)月

1. President Barack Obama isn't letting some rain dampen his effort for a second term. He held a rally in a downpour near Richmond, Virginia today where he cast Mitt Romney as a pioneer of outsourcing. 2. Afghan President Hamid Karzai is ordering a t

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1. The Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit to Windsor, Ontario is open Tuesday morning. A bridge threat closed it down for several hours on Monday. 2. A top executive from Google is now taking over as CEO of Yahoo. Marissa Meyer was with Google for

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秘鲁检获近100公斤可卡因 LIMA, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Peruvian authorities have seized 96.4 kg of cocaine in the central Andean town of Huancayo and arrested five suspects, the National Police said on Friday. The haul, composed of 93 sealed pack

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今天我们要学的词是kickback。 Kickback, 是回扣的意思。美国德克萨斯州的石油大亨奥斯卡.怀亚特被判处一年刑期。He admitted that he paid kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's government in 2001 to gain access to lucrative

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MOSCOW, July 25 (Xinhua) -- The United States does not ask Russia to extradite Edward Snowden but just wants him returned, U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul said Thursday. The U.S. doesn't ask to 'extradite' but simply to return Mr. Snowden, h

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GUIYANG, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed and four others injured, including three who were seriously injured, in a coal mine blast in southwest China's Guizhou Province, local authorities said Tuesday. The blast occurred around 5:25 p.m.

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The State Council, or Chinas cabinet, is to undergo another restructuring process, aimed at reducing administrative intervention in the market and social issues. The number of ministries under the State Council will be reduced from 27 to 25 while sev

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Epidemic prevention measures are being taken at the site of a poultry plant fire in northeastern Chinas Jilin Province, which killed 120. 前几日,中国吉林省某禽类加工厂发生火灾,120余人丧生。目前该工厂正在进行消毒防

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China will expand reform of resource taxes across the board from July 1, authorities said on last Tuesday. 有关部门上周二宣布,自7月1日起,我国将全面推进资源税改革。 Resource tax will be levied on most mineral products bas

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Industry insiders are suggesting the Chinese government's anti-monopoly investigations of some foreign luxury car brands sold in China are coming to an end. It's being reported that local authorities in Shanghai and Hubei have confirmed infractions b

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乌克兰当局要求示威者退出 KIEV, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian authorities on Monday urged demonstrators to abide by the law during mass protests, promising to further the country's European Union (EU) integration efforts. When we are buildi

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欧盟要求美国澄清监测报告 BRUSSELS, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The foreign policy chief of the European Union (EU) Catherine Ashton said on Sunday that the EU has requested the United States to clarify the surveillance reports. The European Union

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The fines have been imposed on a group of 17 hikers who entered a restricted area of the Dayaoshan National Natural Reserve during the National Day holiday on October 2nd. The 15 people in the group who were being led will face fines of a thousand ku

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1. The mayor of the largest Chilean city near the epicenter of Saturday's quake says food aid is arriving in Concepcion. But the power is still out and water is scarce. Troops are patrolling the city, trying to prevent further looting. 2. President B

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And now let's take a look back at how this vaccination crisis began. On December 9th, three infants in central Chinas Hunan province fell seriously ill after receiving hepatitis B vaccines. Two of them later died. The vaccines came from the Shenzhen-

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The new regulations issued by Beijing's Traffic Management Bureau ban certain classes of non-motorized vehicles from ten local streets. Starting next week, violators will face a small fine. Authorities say the rule is meant to help ensure safety and

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11月初的北京,现出了久违的蓝天。一些网民称为APEC蓝,意为转瞬即逝的美好。 APEC blue is a popular phrase coined by China's netizens to describe the blue sky in the heavily-polluted Beijing during the APEC week, which was

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BEIJING, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- China's central authorities initiated a level-four emergency plan on Sunday afternoon in response to severe flooding in southwest China's Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality. The National Commission for Disaster R

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BEIJING, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese cities have been urged to step up the construction of drains to avoid waterlogging during the flood season. Local authorities should work to eliminate hidden troubles and take emergency measures to avoid casualtie

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