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By Adam Phillips New York 30 December 2007 News of the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Bhenazir Bhutto at a political rally in Rawalpindi on Thursday was a seismic event in that politically volatile nation. But Bhutto's murder also reve

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By Larry London Washington 01 October 2007 One of the most recent musical success stories is the comeback of the band Nickelback. In 2001, they achieved major success with their album, Silver Side Up , with 10 million copies sold worldwide. In 2005,

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By Tendai Maphosa London 26 November 2007 A new report by the international humanitarian agency Oxfam says weather-related disasters have quadrupled during the past two decades. It calls for governments to take measures to reduce greenhouse gas emiss

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VOA标准英语2008年-Global Financial Crisis Hits Banks in London, O

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VOA标准英语2012--Spain's Economic Slide Hits Latin American Immigrants Hard

Spain's Economic Slide Hits Latin American Immigrants Hard During the boom years in the 1990s, Spain absorbed more than seven-million Latin-American immigrants, increasing its population by nearly 20 percent. And when the economic crisis hit in 2008,

VOA标准英语2011--Fight for Water Hits Crisis Levels World

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VOA标准英语2011--Europe’s Economic Crisis Hits Developing Countries

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VOA常速英语2008年-Children's Books Spawn Movie Box Office Hits

By Penelope Poulou Washington 17 April 2008 The Dr. Seuss story, Horton Hears a Who! is the latest box office hit for children in American movie theaters. Many other favorite children's stories also have been adapted for the large screen. But do kids

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By Alan Silverman Los Angeles 12 December 2007 Novelist Khaled Hosseini's international best-seller set in 1970s Afghanistan and present-day America has been made into a Hollywood studio movie. Alan Silverman spoke with the author and cast members fo

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We've been checking in every so often with Boyan Slat. He's the CEO of The Ocean Cleanup. That's an environmental organization he founded to develop technology to clean up plastic in the ocean. Now, we spoke with Mr. Slat back in