AS IT IS 2015-02-20 UN Sees Sharp Rise in Civilian Deaths, Injuries in Afghanistan 联合国:阿富汗平民死亡人数激增 The United Nations says conflict-related deaths and injuries among Afghan civilians rose last year. The UN says the number

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Non-Native Weed Threatens Northwest Clams The usual story of invasive species goes something like this: an exotic plant or critter hitches a ride on some incoming cargo, alarm bells go off and an eradication campaign starts. But now, Japanese eelgras

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Experts: Polio Could Again Spread Worldwide Thanks to an effective vaccine, the polio virus has disappeared from most of the world. But, a few cases remain in areas that are among the most difficult to reach. 得益于一种有效的疫苗,脊髓灰质

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Todd: So what was the hardest thing about the trip? Julia: The hardest thing was seeing this country which is so beautiful with such amazing people but struggling in so many different ways with so many different things. You know, historically the leg

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Lesson 87 Career Dreaming 职业梦 Words: envious adj. 嫉妒的,羡慕的 envision vt. 想象,预想 envoy n. 外交使节,使者 ephemeral adj. 短暂的,转瞬即逝的 epic n. 史诗,叙事诗 epidemic n. 传染病,流行病 episode n. 插曲,一段情节 epoch n. 新纪元,时代 equ

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A patient lies in a bed in an isolation ward at the multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis clinic in Lesotho in southern Africa Tuberculosis is one of the most common infectious diseases in developing countries, according the U.S. Centers for Disease Cont

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A new polio vaccine gives hopes that the disease can be completely eradicated. Polio can cause severe deformities and paralysis in children. The number of polio cases worldwide has dropped by over 99 percent in recent years because of a global vaccin

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Researchers: Immunization Efforts Falling Short Researchers said that despite progress immunizing African children against disease, vaccination efforts are falling far short of whats needed. They warn that vaccine supply and cost need urgent attentio

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Xi Jinping, newly re-elected General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, unveiled the Party's new central leadership at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Speaking to the media after unveiling the new central lin

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The U.N.'s World Food Program (WFP) and the mobile telecommunications company Vodafone are piloting a project that will allow shopkeepers in Burkina Faso to manage food vouchers by text message. The World Food Program and The Vodafone Foundation, a d

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The Syrian city of Palmyra appears to have fallen to Islamic State militants, leaving one of the greatest archaeological sites in the Middle East at great risk. Syrian State Television says the government troops have withdrawn. Our Arab Affairs Edito

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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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Some of you may be talking about how you worked on the campaign that elected our first woman president. 有些人可能会讲自己如何努力为第一位女总统的诞生而努力Some of you may be talking about how you've helped pioneer sustainab

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Chinese President Xi Jinping has met military officials in Zhejiang Province. He has urged the army to hone combat abilities and eradicate corruption as key measures to upgrade the country's military. Xi praised the troops' contributions in ensuring

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Chinese Communist Party chief, Xi Jinping has once again called for unswerving fight against corruption. His comments came during a CPC disciplinary watchdog meeting on Tuesday. Xi Jinping also said the fight against corruption is a long-term, compli

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Communist Party Chief Xi Jinping has used the latest meeting of the party's discipline division to press for new mechanisms in preventing corruption. CRI's Wei Tong has more. During a disciplinary watchdog meeting of Communist Party of China on Tuesd

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This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the Beijing World Conference on Women and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Since then, the declaration that arose from that conference has been a guideline to push for gender equality throughout

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An international group of scientists has engineered an enzyme which they say will be able to eat some of the most common plastic. It's being touted as a possible way to fight pollution. Improvements aimed at making the enzyme work more effectively ar

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A Chinese farmer operating Botswana's first moringa factory is being credited with helping optimize Bostswana's agricultural structure, while at the same time, taking steps to eradicate poverty. CRI's reporter Gao Junya has the story from Botswana. H

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: As we near the end of 2013, NPR is taking a look at the numbers that tell the story of this past year; numbers that if you really understand them, can give insight into the world we're living in right now. Over the next two weeks

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