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Stock markets around the world have fallen after the US president proposed sweeping new rules for Wall Street banks. Barak Obama's proposals could dramatically curtail the activities of American financial institutions, limiting their size and risk ta
Topic 1-Domestic violence case ranking in China After analyzing data on court cases of domestic abuse in the last 3 years, a lawyer has devised a ranking of domestic abuse cases according to locality. Shandong Province tops the list of having the big
Lesson 57 The Curious Custodian 好奇的看守人 Words: curator n. (博物馆等)馆长 curiosity n 好奇心 curious adj. (令人)好奇的 currency n. 通货,货币 current n. (液体,气体的)流,趋势;adj. 现今的 curriculum n. 学校的全部课程 cursory adj. 仓促的,粗略
How can someone, hour after hour, day after day, year in and year out, tighten approximately the same nut to the same bolt and not go mad? That most working people do not, in fact, go mad is due in large measure to a phenomenon so common that it is f
Saving the Cross River Gorilla The U.S. is helping to save an elusive and endangered species of gorilla in West Africa. The Fish and Wildlife Service and the Wildlife Conservation Society have developed a five-year plan to ensure the survival of the
NATO's top commander, Admiral James Stavridis, is visiting Afghanistan after announcing a restructuring of NATO forces before a planned offensive in the country's south aimed at eliminating the Taliban's presence and influence. Stavridis is also revi
A top Iranian oil official is saying Monday that Tehran is not having problems purchasing gasoline supplies, despite tough new U.N., U.S. and EU economic sanctions. Reports from both inside and outside Iran, however, indicate the Iranian government i
As Republican and Democratic Party lawmakers met in Washington for a White House summit on healthcare reform, VOA looked at what reform could mean for American hospitals. Many are in deep financial trouble. About half are currently operating at a def
US Postal Service on 'Brink of Default' 美国邮政濒临破产边缘 One of America's oldest institutions, the U.S. Postal Service, is teetering on the edge of default and must be radically restructured. That, according to the postmaster general, w
狮子被杀事件令美国人愤怒 The White House has received close to 150,000 signatures by Americans demanding that the U.S. dentist who killed a popular lion in Zimbabwe be extradited there for trial. Zimbabwe on Friday also requested extradit
Todd: OK, Shane, why don't you talk a little about why you came to Japan? 谢恩,我们聊聊你问什么来日本吧。 Shane: Well, I suppose the reason I came to Japan is because, I suppose it's a personal thing. There's many different people in
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: As shootings and homicides continue to devastate some Chicago neighborhoods, advocates are advising people to treat it as a public health crisis. Other cities like New York have embraced this model and say it's helped reduce gun vi
President Bush is on his way home after a five-day European tour aimed at mending trans-Atlantic ties, frayed by the war in Iraq. Before leaving for Washington Mr. Bush met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Bratislava, Slovakia. 布什总统在对
Municipal authorities in Beijing announced plans to upgrade from orange to red on Monday night, marking the first-ever time a red-alert has been issued for Beijing since the 4-tiered color-coded system for smog was instituted 3-years ago. The red-ale
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: This is a tense time to travel between North America and China. A Chinese executive was arrested in Canada at the request of the United States. She is accused of fraud. Her company allegedly got banks to help it do business in Ir
Todd: OK, Shane, why don't you talk a little about why you came to Japan? Shane: Well, I suppose the reason why I came to Japan is because, I suppose it's a personal thing. There's many different people in Dublin, different types of people. I do not
The participants at the ongoing Ghana conference on international aid are hoping to improve the effectiveness of aid to help poorer countries. A discussion is taking place over how to give developing countries more control over how aid money is spen
By David Gollust State Department 05 February 2008 The United States Tuesday imposed additional sanctions against Burma over the military government's human rights violations and suppression of democracy. The new Treasury Department action targets fa
1. A judge in Atlanta sentences Brian Nichols to multiple life sentences with no chance of parole. Nichols killed four people in a brazen courthouse shooting in 2005. The case was repeatedly bogged down by legal complications, angering families of v