By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 23 March 2007 watch US Oil Security The U.S. Congress has held a hearing Thursday on how rising global demand for oil is affecting U.S. national security. Some lawmakers and energy experts say America's dependence on o

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The violent and unstable situation in Somalia was the subject of a U.S. congressional hearing on Thursday. Testimony by officials from Somalia, the United Nations and the African Union, and experts came as the Obama administration confirmed it has d

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Manning Testifies in Wikileaks Pre-Trial Hearing To Bradley Mannings supporters, gathered on a cold rainy day outside the base where the hearings were under way, he is a hero. To U.S. military prosecutors, Manning is a traitor who leaked hundreds of

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Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor is spending a third day answering questions before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Lawmakers continued to ask Sotomayor about her past rulings as a federal judge, and statements she has made, as they consi

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Going Deaf, Sound Expert Races to Finish His Life's Work Higher stakes For Hempton, it started with an experience familiar to many people, having to keep asking, What? What did you say? Then the stakes got higher. I was laying in bed in the springtim

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Uber应用给聋人提供收入机会 NAIROBI, KENYA The taxi-like online company Uber has begun a first-of-its-kind African pilot project where deaf drivers in Nairobi use its app. Driver Benard Mulama intently goes through his phone. For the past w

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(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) DAVID GREENE, HOST: And it's time now for StoryCorps. Today, what can happen when you take the time to start a conversation with a stranger? Thirty-one-year-old Brian Peterson is a car designer living in Santa Ana, Calif. Every d

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Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law, has denied that he colluded with Russians during the President's campaign. He also released an 11-page-statement prior to a closed-door hearing on Capitol Hill, giving mor

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陈豪在北京的ABC美国公司工作,下班后跟美国同事Amy一起往外走。 (Office ambience) CH:Hi Amy. 碰上你太好了! A: I haven't seen you all day. Is there something on your mind? CH: 你还记得不久前,我们那儿来了个

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歌词: [Verse 1] Loving you was easy thought you'd never leave me yeah yeah Wrapped around my finger see ya when I see ya yeah yeah Now I'm hearing around that you been running around I didn't think I'd miss you Now I'm feeling like a fool ooh ohh

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Deafness 'Cure' is a Goal for Science The New York Academy of Medicine recently (October 3) hosted a research summit sponsored by the Hearing Health Foundation to promote a cure for deafness caused by damaged hair cells in the ear. An estimated 37 mi

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And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, the London FTSE 100 was down 110 points. The Dax and Euro also down. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly. The Dow Jones is down. And the Australian dollar is worth around 87 US cent

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今天我们要学的词是, stand up for。 Stand up for, 是维护的意思。美国私人保安公司黑水的雇员因为涉嫌在伊拉克打死平民,受到国会的质询。媒体报导说,The Blackwater chairman stood up for his guards in

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Topic1 Breast Cancer Grows FastThe breast cancer rate in Beijing has increased by 90% in the past two decades, according to the Peking Union Medical College Hospital's Breast Center. In recent years, breast cancer has become one of the biggest health

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Topic1 Civil service exam sees fewer applicants due to graft crackdownChina's once popular civil service exam has seen fewer applicants this year. According to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, about 1.4 million eligible candidates

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歌词: [Verse 1:] I don't wanna go there We should never go there Why you wanna go there? I guess I gotta go there [Pre-Hook:] You're hearing rumours about me And you can't stomach the thought Of someone touching my body When you're so close to my

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Helen: Hello, this is Real English from BBC Learning English, Im Helen. Jean: 大家好,我是董征。欢迎收听地道英语。 Helen: In Real English, we look at words and phrases that you might not find in your dictionary. Jean: 和汉语一样,

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Statistics show that China has over 2 million hearing-impaired children and the number is growing faster than ever. To draw more attention on this Ear Health Day, various educational activities have been held across China. A charity concert was organ

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Perhaps the baby isnt hearing properly, or perhaps the problem is cognitive. Or, as is sometimes the case, the babys parents arent speaking to the baby enough. Because experts believe that while some capacity for language is ingrained, learning how t

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Perhaps the baby isnt hearing properly, or perhaps the problem is cognitive. Or, as is sometimes the case, the babys parents arent speaking to the baby enough. Because experts believe that while some capacity for language is ingrained, learning how t

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