AS IT IS 2014-11-12 Rescued Animals Need More Space in Asia 在亚洲获救动物需要更多的空间 Efforts to stop illegal trade of endangered animals are gaining strength in some areas, including Southeast Asia. But now, officials must decide wh

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By Netsai Mlilo Harare, Zimbabwe 25 March 2008 In Zimbabwe, renowned playwright Cont Mhlanga, is extending his repertoire to include politics. He's contesting the upcoming polls in the hopes of becoming a rural councilor in the province of Matabelela

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Occupys May Day on the Streets Demonstrators in New York started banging drums early despite rainy skies that appeared to threaten the days turnout. But this Occupy activist was undaunted. If the NYPD [New York Police Department] can't stop us, Mothe

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Immigrants Reflect on Soviet Collapse Since the collapse of the Soviet Union 20 years ago, millions of people have emigrated from the newly created nations that once were constituent republics of the communist empire. Our correspondent spoke to sever

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The United Nations has established a new multi-donor trust fund to aid victims of human trafficking around the world. Indonesian women remain among the most vulnerable to trafficking, despite the country's progress in passing laws to combat the probl

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Voters in Mauritania go to the polls Saturday to choose a new president. It is an election to restore constitutional order following last year's military coup. Supporters of Mauritania's former military leader Mohamed Ould Abedl Aziz attend a politi

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Rebels with a Cause Slam Corporate Greed The underground organization called The East warns before it attacks: Change your ways or pay the consequences. Its members don't kill, not directly anyway. Instead, they turn the corporations practices agains

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Russians Voice Support as Truckers' Protest Jams Road MOSCOW A massive traffic jam formed Friday on Moscow's Ring Road after police blocked a column of truckers driving at low speed to protest a doubling of road tolls, as well as high fines for not p

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英语学习笔记: In the Name of People 人民的名义 in the name of 以的名义 anti-corruption/ anti-graft 反腐败 a high-ranking government official 高级政府官员 tiger(powerful bureaucrats) 老虎,比喻掌握大权的贪官 fly(l

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China's growing number of microbloggers who expose power-abusing officials are becoming a force to be reckoned with. Public voices are getting louder in the age of the microblog. Independent journalist Ji Xuguang is credited with bringing down Lei Zh

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Topic1 The Least Corrupt ProvinceA national corruption map complied by Nie Huihua, vice president of the National Academy of Development and Strategy at Renmin University of China, caught public attention. According to the map, provinces of Fujian, G

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Last Tuesday, The Ten O'Clock News looked at serious allegations made in the BBC's Panorama program about the Football Premiership . Three football agents claimed the Bolton manager Sam Allardyce has taken illegal payments, he's firmly denied the cla

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Legal Lad here, filling in again for Grammar Girl. The poor girl is still sick. She asked me to thank everyone who has sent get well messages. She appreciates them a lot. Today's topic is how to use the word myself. Grammar Girl says that how to use

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By Barry Wood Washington 20 February 2008 The International Monetary Fund Wednesday gave Afghanistan a mixed economic report card, saying the country's overall reforms are on track but corruption and a dramatic rise in opium production pose significa

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Iraqi officials say much work is needed to secure and restore the port of Umm Qasr in the oil-rich province of Basra. They charge criminals and corrupt officials have been working together to siphon off wealth while terrorists are sabotaging reconstr

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Political parties in South Africa have held their final rallies as the nation prepares for national and provincial elections on Wednesday. 南非各政治党派纷纷举行最后的竞选集会,同时全国在为星期三举行的大选和省级选举

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Chinese law enforcement is launching a new campaign to try to capture corrupt officials who have fled abroad. Anti-graft authority says the so-called Skynet campaign is a follow-up to last year's Fox Hunt campaign. The new campaign, which begins next

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Faiza Elmasry | Washington, DC 04 December 2009 The author of a new book believes capitalism and middle class values can transform the Muslim World economically, culturally and politically. Vali Nasr, an Iranian-American, is a professor of internatio

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One would be that in order to develop the country, it was necessary to get rid of the landlordism. It was necessary to protect the borders of the country from foreign aggression. And it was necessary to develop industry. But there is more fundamental

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Topic1 Mask show at Beijing Marathon prompts calls for smog warning systemBeijing's annual international marathon has been held as scheduled over the weekend, despite the city being engulfed by heavy smog, which saw a great number of runners wearing

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