CNN 2009-01-11

I'm Asieh Namdar at the CNN.com newsroom in Atlanta. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. There is no let-up in Israel's assault on Gaza and Hamas's rocket attacks into Israel. The fighting has entered a third week with mounting casual

CNN 2012-03-13

Delusion in south Louisiana has led to severe flash flooding.Lafourche officials in Lafayette Parish,are using boats,dump trucks,anything they can to help stranded people evacuate.Sheriff captain Craig Stansbury,says some 15 inches of rain fell in ju

NPR 2008-12-01

The names have already been leaked, but President-elect Barack Obama is set to announce formally his choices for more than a third of the cabinet as well as his national security team. Senator Hilary Clinton is expected to be nominated as secretary

NPR 2008-09-16

President Bush tried to calm investors' nerves this morning, a day after two venerable financial institutions were hobbled by the mortgage crisis. NPR's Dina Temple-Raston reports. The president spoke to reporters just hours after investors began to

NPR 2008-09-03

An all too familiar sound to anyone who's been through a hurricane. Those are workers in New Orleans cleaning up storm debris, downed tree limbs and the like. The streets of the city meanwhile remain largely empty at this hour with only rescue and u

NPR 2008-11-09

The speaker of Iran's parliament is criticizing President-elect Barack Obama for saying it is unacceptable for that country to develop nuclear weapons. Iran's state radio compared the Senator's statement to the hard-line taken by President Bush. Rox

NPR 2009-01-12

Israeli forces moved further into the Gaza Strip today, killing at least 29 Palestinians, that brings the death toll to more than 870 Palestinians and 13 Israelis. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel is getting close to achieving its goal

NPR 2011-12-11

Palestinian officials are angry about comments by Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich. As NPRs Jeff Brady reports, Gingrich yesterday called Palestinians an invented people. Newt Gingrich made the comments in an interview with the cable n

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-09-11

Chicago school buildings opened a few hours today, so children who needed breakfast and lunch could get the meals. But there is no instruction. Chicago teachers began a strike today as talks between their union and the city failed to reach new contra

美联社新闻一分钟 2006-10-08

1. Families are settling back in their homes after a fire at a North Carolina chemical plant forced them to evacuate. Authorities had asked more than 17,000 people to leave their homes. Investigators

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-03-03

1. After getting a firsthand look at the devastation, Alabama's governor defended administrators at Enterprise High School. Questions have been raised about why school officials didn't evacuate the school before a tornado ripped through the building

美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-23

1. A Texas appeals court has ruled that state officials had no right to seize more than 400 children living at a polygamous groups ranch. Those children are now with foster parents. The court did not order them back to their families. 2. Strong wind

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-09-15

1. Authorities in Texas say nearly 2,000 people who refused orders to evacuate before Hurricane Ike have been rescued. Crews are searching door to door in Galveston, residents who got out are being urged to stay away. Millions are without power thro

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-11-17

1. Fire crews in southern California are getting some help from calmer winds. The fires have destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of people to evacuate. Some 34 square miles have been blackened since Thursday. 2. Two top Republican senat

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-11-01

1. A Dallas nurse who tested positive for Ebola has officially been cleared the deadly disease. Amber Vinson left Emory University Hospital following treatment for Ebola after caring for one of the 1st patients diagnosed in the US. Vinson was given a

英语听力：自然百科 放生企鹅

Queuing like school children, these penguins are waiting to receive the life-saving medicines and nutrition. They owe their lives to SANCCOB, the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds. SANCCOB responded to a call for help

英语听力：自然百科 飓风揭秘

An Atlantic hurricane often begins its life over the mountains in East Africa as an area of low pressure. It travels across the Sahara Desert, then moves out over warm ocean waters. Travelling with the trade winds and circles the globe just above and

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The heavy rain is causing big problems in the small town. People are fleeing their homes because water is coming into their houses. Cars are being swept away by the rising water. The mayor has told everyone to evacuate. Many people have lost everythi

美国新人森林大火中拍婚礼照片

A fire truck rolled up at Rock Spring Ranch near Bend with sirens blaring Saturday and the wedding party was told to evacuate, The Oregonian reported. 图片1 据当地日报《俄勒冈人》报道，周六，一辆救火车鸣笛冲进本德市附近

Four dead, millions affected as storms batter east China

JINAN, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Rainstorms have left four people dead and affected more than 3 million people in east China's Shandong Province over the last week, local authorities announced Friday. More than 100,000 people have been forced to evacuate l