This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, leaders of the top industrial and developing economies gathered in the eastern United States. They met in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for a summit on the world's financial future. Leaders of the G

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今天我们要学的词是upgrade. Upgrade做为动词,有升级的意思。A monitoring group says satellite imagery has shown that North Korea is making rapid upgrades to a nuclear research facility. 一个监督组织说,卫星图片显示,朝

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THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, Deputy Secretary England, for that generous introduction. I am so honored to be here at Bethesda National Naval Medical Center. This is often called the Presidents Hospital. The reason why is this is where the Pre

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By Kane Farabaugh New York 15 October 2007 Last October, the international community condemned North Korea for testing a nuclear device, and accused it of destabilizing security in Northeast Asia. As current negotiations with Pyongyang begin to show

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 17 February 2006 Camp Six under construction at Guantanamo Bay A report issued by the UN's Human Rights Commission on Thursday called for the closing of the U.S. military detenti

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By Dan Robinson Washington 25 September 2009 The revelation that Iran has been constructing a second uranium enrichment facility has reinforced the determination of the U.S. Congress to move forward with sanctions legislation. With Iran now facing i

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Threat of Fatal Snakebites Often Overlooked Neglected tropical diseases such as dengue, leishmaniasis, and trachoma are getting more attention these days, but other health threats are almost completely off the radar. One example is the deadly toll ta

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The U.S. Congress may be on holiday recess this week, but the debate over the Obama administration's plans to close the Guantanamo detention center continues. The topic dominated the Sunday news interview programs broadcast each week on major Americ

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The Asian Cup football (soccer) tournament kicks off in Doha, Qatar, Friday, January 7, with defending champion Iraq to play North Korea, Iran and the United Arab Emiterates in Group-D play. Iraqi football fans are also looking forward to 2013, when

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纽约垃圾何去何从? New York's population is almost 8.5 million people. 纽约人口近850万人。 And every day,every resident literally leaves behind a pile a garbage. 而每一天,每一位居民都会扔下一堆垃圾。 Where does much o

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: I say renewable energy and you probably think wind or maybe the sun. You might be able to put the ocean's waves on that list, too. The Department of Energy is experimenting with this idea. The department is spending $40 million t

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Ex-Aid Worker: Abuse Of Refugee Children On Nauru Was Mostly Ignored DAVID GREENE, HOST: We're about to hear a firsthand account of the abuse of refugees. These refugees sought asylum in Australia. Australia parks its refugees on a distant Pacific Is

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At least 16 people have been killed and more than 200 injured when a UN-run school used as a shelter in Gaza came under fire. Medics and witnesses say Israeli army tanks stationed north of the shelter fired four shells directly at the school. The Isr

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马路上丹尼尔对盲道感到新奇,经过妈妈对盲人专用设备的解说,他明白了很多,也试着触摸盲文,可是他却什么也没感觉到。 Listen Read Learn Daniel: Mom, the road is so strange! It is different from the common roads. Mom: Oh, it was done for the blinds. They

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今天我们要学的词是 bitcoin. Bitcoin 比特币。Engineers at a Russian nuclear research facility have been detained after they attempted to mine bitcoins using its powerful computers. 俄罗斯一家核研究设施的几名工程师被拘捕,

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This is not a business for the faint of heart or the soft of stomach, but in China the ubiquitous cockroach is becoming a big moneymaker. In this facility, American cockroaches are being bred for use in traditional Mandarin health tonics. The whole b

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By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 20 December 2007 The director of the Russian company building Iran's nuclear power station at Bushehr says the facility will not begin operations before the end of 2008. VOA Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports from Moscow. T

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By Stephanie Ho Washington 15 July 2007 U.S. National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley says Washington still has concerns about North Korea's nuclear program, despite Pyongyang's decision to shut down its main plutonium reprocessing facility. VOA's St

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Ye Fan | Washington 05 April 2010 A pond at the US National Arboretum First-time visitors to the U.S. National Arboretum are surprised to find a large and charming park that is at once so close to the hustle and bustle of the nation's capital, and ye

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WASHINGTON, May 27 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. military has accidentally sent live Anthrax to a private lab in Maryland, U.S. media reported Wednesday. The U.S. Defense Department is currently investigating the inadvertent transfer of samples containing liv

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