DAVID GREENE, HOST: Next, a New Year's toast from a bartender in the most populated city of the most populated country on the planet. NPR's Rob Schmitz reports from Shanghai. ROB SCHMITZ, BYLINE: The bartender's name is spelled M-O-E. (SOUNDBITE OF T

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Film Ex Machina a Reflection of Social Anxiety in Computer Era 电影《机械姬 Ex Machina》反思计算机时代的社交焦虑 Ex Machina, an intelligent and sleek sci-fi drama by first time director Alex Garland focuses on the relationship and

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Decades After His Death, Max Beckmann Returns To New York play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0004:40repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin

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Ever wonder how the citizens of Metropolis somehow could not recognize Clark Kent once he ditched the glasses and became Superman? Well, now theres an actual scientific explanation: When a person alters their appearance, even in small ways like addin

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231. Venues of China中国的游览胜地 venturesome-vigilant Venturesome travelers in China have a host of venues from which to choose. From the verdant grasslands of the steppes of Inner Mongolia to the verbal acrobatics of Xiangsheng comedy duo p

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How would you like to sip a glass of cold beer while sitting in the shadow of a Chinese pagoda surrounded by English gardens in the middle of a southern German city? It may sound unlikely, but that is what millions of visitors from around the world e

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By Greg Flakus New Orleans, Louisiana 06 March 2006 watch Housing report Six months later, housing in New Orleans is still uninhabitable Six months after Hurricane Katrina caused massive flooding in t

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By Efam Dovi Accra 25 January 2007 In Ghana, the authorities of the capital city, Accra have started clearing the business district of unauthorized structures and street vendors, as the West African nation prepares to celebrate its 50th independence

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Beijing is considering taking further measures to try to reduce the city's polluted air before the Olympic Games. Chinese authorities have already taken drastic steps, but with little visible progress. Daniel Schearf reports from Beijing. China's st

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At 75, New Deal's 'Green Towns' Endure In an effort to pull the United States out of the Great Depression of the 1930s, President Franklin Roosevelts so-called New Deal administration created a bevy of government agencies designed to help Americans r

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Tokyo Prepares As Scientists Predict Big Quake Earthquake alarms ring at Tokyo's Metropolitan Government headquarters, sending workers running for cover. Across the city, workers in another tower block react to a fire alert. It is part of a city-wide

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Joy of World Cup Evades Sao Paulo Shantytown 巴西圣保罗贫民窟不再展现世界杯欢乐笑颜 SAO PAULO, BRAZIL The World Cup kicks off on June 12 in San Paulo, Brazils biggest city. The huge metropolis is focused on the big event, but resid

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Dialogue 1 Mark: Jingjing, did you hear about all the new subway lines that are being built? 马克:京晶,你听说了所有在建的新地铁线路了吗? Jingjing: I haven't been living under a rock, Mark. Anyway, I've been seeing all the co

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By Paige Kollock London 07 June 2007 When big city mayors, business leaders, and environmentalists gathered recently in New York City to discuss climate change, at the heart of their talks was the effects of carbon emissions on the environment. Paige

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Topic1 Journalists must heed ethics in accident coverageAs the whole country prays for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, there is public discussion as to how journalists should balance between news reporting and media ethics. Family members

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 26 October 2007 A rare outbreak of vaccine-derived polio in Nigeria has prompted fears that current efforts to eradicate the disease in northern part of the country could suffer a major setback. The World Health Organization

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By Greg Flakus New Orleans 16 January 2006 Jazz musicians of New Orleans In New Orleans on this Martin Luther King Day, marches and celebrations took place amid the city's ongoing struggle to recover

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Beijing may finally allow guide dogs on public transport after the city approved a new draft of its Animal Epidemic Prevention Law. Currently, regulations in cities like Shenzhen and Chongqing allow people with visual disabilities to bring their guid

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By Suzanne Presto Bangkok 05 January 2007 Thailand's government is dismissing rumors of a fresh coup plot, after such speculation ran rampant through Bangkok Thursday night. VOA's Suzanne Presto reports from the Thai capital, where people are still

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By Uma Ramiah Dakar 12 March 2008 Heads of state from Islamic countries have started arriving in Dakar for the meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. Uma Ramiah reports from Dakar the 57-nation group aims to tackle issues such as redu

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