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Unit 78 The American Civil War The American Civil War, the greatest war in American history as well as the only war fought on American soil by Americans, in which 3 million fought and 600,000 died. It was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1
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By Sonja Pace Ankara 28 November 2006 Pope Benedict XVI has arrived in Turkey for a four-day visit that was surrounded by controversy well before he touched down in the capital, Ankara. Some Turks resent his recent comments about Islam. Others objec
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By Nico Colombant Kinshasa 01 August 2006 Even though voting day Sunday in the Democratic Republic of Congo was mostly peaceful, analysts and observers agree the process remains fraught with dangers, including a possible return to war. ------- Josep
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By Tendai Maphosa London 29 May 2007 The term world music is being used to loosely describe non-Western music that was previously described as folk music or ethnic music. Reporting for VOA from London, Tendai Maphosa reports world music also includes
2007年VOA标准英语（五月）
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 27 September 2006 The annual U.N. General Assembly debate has ended in New York, clearing the way for the final stage of the process of selecting a new secretary-general. The field of candidates for the job of diplom
2006年VOA标准英语（九月）
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 27 June 2006 Daniel Pearl Daniel Pearl, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, was kidnapped and murdered by Islamic militants in Pakistan in 2002. One week after his death, Pearl's family established a foundation to
2006年VOA标准英语（六月）
Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey and Uganda have won non-permanent seats on the U.N. Security Council. They will serve two-year terms beginning in January. From United Nation's headquarters in New York, VOA's Margaret Besheer has more on Friday's elec
VOA标准英语2008年（十月）
Sri Lanka is seeking to close a bloody era of civil war by declaring total victory over rebels who split the island nation along an ethnic and geographical divide. Just after the country's President pledged to achieve equal rights for all, the natio
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AlligatorRecordsCelebrates40thAnniversary Happy 40th birthday Alligator Records! The legendary blues label has marked the event with the release of Alligator Records 40th Anniversary Collection. If you ever want to start a blues label you should prob
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Most Accurate Projection of Polar Ice Melt Produced to Date Measuring ice sheets is a tricky business. Over the last two decades, dozens of studies on ice loss have come up with conflicting results. Now, a global scientific team, reporting in the jou
VOA标准英语2012年(十二月)
Beginners. Andorra is one of the smallest countries in Europe. It is high up in the Pyrenees. If you look at the map of Europe, you can see that it lies exactly between France and Spain. It is a very mountainous area that has spectacular views. Thoug
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By Pearse Lynch Nairobi 18 July 2006 The Sudanese government says it will not submit to international pressure to allow a United Nation's peacekeeping force into the war torn region of Darfur. The latest rejection of peacekeepers comes amid warnings
2006年VOA标准英语（七月）
By David McAlary Washington 08 July 2006 Astronaut Mike Fossum, left, helps astronaut Piers Sellers, right, with tools in Discovery's payload bay during spacewalk, July 8, 2006 Two U.S. shuttle astronauts bounced at the end of a long pole in space S
2006年VOA标准英语（七月）
South Korea is calling its ambassador to Japan home, in the latest flare-up of a decades-old dispute. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul, the islands at the heart of the conflict trigger some very painful memories for Koreans. South Korean Forei
VOA标准英语2008年（七月）
By Steve Mort Istanbul 14 December 2006 watch Alliance of Civilizations A new study says politics -- rather than religion -- is at the heart of a growing divide between the West and the Muslim world. The yearlong study was carried out by the Allianc
2006年VOA标准英语（十二月）
By Catherine Drew London 04 February 2008 The international auction house Bonhams has held a sale of South African art in London that achieved record prices for a number of works. The auction house says this marks a coming of age for South African ar
VOA常速英语2008年（二月）
By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 10 December 2007 A cabinet minister and three other parliamentarians in Nepal have quit to form a new group that represents the interests of those living in the south. The announcement was made as police raided homes in sou
VOA常速英语2007年（十二月）
By Lisa Schlein Paris 07 April 2008 The World Health Organization says climate change endangers human health and developing countries will be most at risk from the increasing spread of disease. The organization is marking World Health Day with a glob
VOA常速英语2008年（四月）
Maggot evolution 蝇蛆的进化 You may already know how the evolution of a new species happens. Two or more populations of one species have to be separated from each other, such as is the case with Darwins finches in the Galapagos. Various populati
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