WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - Buff By Broadcast: Sunday, December 19, 2004 Now the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. Today we tell about the word buff. The word buff has several meaning

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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson pleaded with sometimes skeptical senators today to approve his proposed 700-million-dollar bailout of the financial services industry. NPR's Brian Naylor has more. Paulson and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke painted a gloo

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The Obama administration reportedly plans to tell Iran's government in multinational talks next week that it has three months to open its nuclear facilities to inspectors and answer detailed questions about its disputed nuclear program. The New York

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The Obama administration is pushing for improved relations with China. Hosting a meeting this week between US and Chinese officials in Washington, President Obama says the talks are aimed at fostering cooperation on the economy, energy and national

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What's left of tropical depression Bonnie is weakening as it makes its way through the Gulf of Mexico. Authorities in the Gulf are now sending ships back to the site of BP's damaged rig. NPR's Carrie Kahn says the operation is starting with one of th

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每期节目一话题,让英语磨练耳朵的同时学到更多有益的小知识,丰富知识的同时受益于生活。 Time-management tips 时间管理技巧 No two tasks ever hold the same importance. Always prioritize. 没有两项工作是同

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BANGKOK, April 22 (Xinhua) -- A new Thai election will be held in July at the earliest and in September at the latest, according to the Election Commission on Tuesday. It remains to be seen how soon the new nationwide polls will take place in Thailan

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NEW YORK, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- The NBA announced the cancellation of 43 pre-season games and the postpone of training camps indefinitely. The representatives for the NBA owners and players union are still at an impasse over a new collective bargainin

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JERUSALEM, March 12 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) joined a petition filed by human rights organizations to the Supreme Court against the Israeli law of infiltration and asked to revoke it, local media reported

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Stocks soared after the U.S. Federal Reserve and other major central banks agreed to make it easier to borrow dollars overseas, in a bid to ease the fallout of the European debt crisis. The move came as European finance ministers delayed key decision

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(一) Shall we take up the question of inspection today? 今天咱们讨论商品检验问题吧。 The inspection of commodity is no easy job. 商检 工作不是那么简单。 Mr. Black is talking with the Chinese importer about inspecting the goo

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Tornado sweeps out beachfront neighborhood in New York City NEW YORK, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- A tornado ripped through a beachfront neighborhood in Queens, New York on Saturday, hurling debris into the air, knocking out power, flooding roads and even for

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So what is the solution? It is, I believe, to embody within the rule of law rights to information. 那么怎样解决呢?我相信那就是有接近信息的法律权力。 At the moment our rights are incredibly weak. 现在我们的权力还十分微

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Campaigning to the EU referendum in Britain has been suspended after a member of parliament was killed in an attack in Northern England. The Labor MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed outside the library where she was meeting her constituencies in West Yor

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Germany's digital future 德国的数字化未来 Googlephobia 谷歌恐惧症 Germany's opposition to American technology firms is short-sighted and self-defeating 德国对美国技术公司的排斥,显得它目光短线,最后弄巧成拙。

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Stock indexes in Europe and the United States fell sharply Tuesday as investors worried about the contraction of the economy in the 17-nation euro currency bloc and whether Greece can successfully eliminate a large portion of its debt. Markets in Lon

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Italian Prime Minister-designate Mario Monti, a former top EU commissioner, has been asked by the country's president to form a new government. The move comes a day after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's resignation, following international financi

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音频下载 Hello, I'm Justine Green with the BBC news. French and Belgium officials say one of the suicide bombers involved in Tuesday's deadly Brussels airport attack was involved in making the bombs used in last November's Paris attacks. The offi

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But peers also made clear that they will eventually back down and let an unamended bill become law in the first half of March. 但是贵族们也明白他们最后得做出让步,并且在3月上旬通过未经修改的法案。 And that will allow

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The European Commission 欧盟委员会 Friends in the right places 处在正确位置的朋友 The British are down, the Germans and east Europeans are up 英国势力不在,德国和东欧的势力崛起 I AM French, I am deeply French, but here

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