From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Senate Democrats appear to have the 60 votes they'll need tonight to send the health care overhaul bill to the floor for debate. The final holdout, Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, says

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That way... Frank. I'm gonna stop you there. 这样,弗兰克,我得打断你 We are not nominating you for the Secretary of State. 我们不打算提名你为国务卿 I know, he made you a promise, 我知道他向你承诺过 but circumstances

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U.S. President Barack Obama's wife Michelle is joining her husband's campaign(运动) to reform the nation's health care system. The popular first lady is speaking out for the president's initiative, which has been losing support. Mrs. Obama says healt

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国际足联主席布拉特6月2日在瑞士苏黎世宣布他的足联主席生涯即将结束,他自1998年起担任国际足联主席。 FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced in Zurich, Switzerland Tuesday that his presidency of world football's

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1. Violence continues in Syria. Activists say more than 60 people have been killed today. Among those killed, two journalists who were in the besieged city of Homs. Marie Colvin was an American. 2. President Barack Obama is calling for an overhaul of

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Billy Nungesser says today will mark a pivotal turning point for the first time since the April 20th explosion. Crews may be able to capture more oil than what's actually escaping. Alright, Wall Street reform is now just one signature away from being

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Topic 1-The debt-collecting middle-aged Dama Members of a Chinese gang of Dama of debt-collectors have been jailed over illegal acts of debt collection in which they menaced victims and even stripped naked to get them to pay up, according to state me

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以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。 一、泛听建议: 1、完整听一遍,掌握大意。 2、继续听,特

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By Deborah Tate The U.S. Senate has voted to repeal a tax subsidy for U.S. exports that the World Trade Organization says violates global trade rules. The bill, which already has been approved by the

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AS IT IS 2014-07-16 Congress to Focus on US Border Crisis 国会将关注美国边境危机 Congress soon may vote on whether to approve funds requested by President Barack Obama to deal with a rise in immigrants from Central America. President Obama

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Thousands of immigrant rights advocates pack the National Mall during an immigration reform rally in Washington, DC, 21 March 2010 Thousands of supporters of immigration reform rallied in the nation's capital on Sunday, voicing their frustration with

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改革难民营能源供给方式或能拯救人民生命 The global displacement of people has reached its highest ever level who makes 59.5 million people have been forced to leave their homes according to the United Nations. Refugee camps are swel

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Participants take part in the discussion China's Changing Economy during the 2013 Fortune Global Forum in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 7, 2013. [Photo: Xinhua/Xue Yubin] China's economy is changing. While most particip

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Its Friday afternoon at the village bakery in Hara Kebira. This tiny Jewish community is preparing for the Sabbath meal, bringing pots of soup to be heated in wood oven. Todays customers are Jewish, but the baker here is Muslim. In much of the world

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It is a call to overhaul immigration. President Trump endorsed today new legislation from Republican Senators David Perdue of Georgia and Tom Cotton of Arkansas that would cut in half the number of people allowed in the nation legally, marking a prof

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The 2001 attacks, in which terrorists hijacked airliners to use as guided missiles, sparked a major overhaul of the U.S. intelligence community. Yet on Christmas Day, a would-be suicide bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, nearly blew up an airline

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1. President Barack Obama says the latest jobs report shows the economy is heading in the right direction. The report shows the country's unemployment rate dropped to 9.4 %, the lowest level since May of 2009. 2. Republicans in the House are one step

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1.A new survey by the Federal Reserve says the economy has gotten even weaker in the last two months, and the outlook for quick recovery is bleak. Still the Dow made up some ground today taking back some of what it had lost over the past week. 2.Pre

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For months, technology fans have been buzzing about what Apple had up its sleeve for the iPad. 近几个月以来,科技发烧友们持续热议苹果倾力研发的全新iPad产品。 Earlier this month, Apple finally unveiled its third-generation

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WASHINGTON, June 29 (Xinhua)-- Americans are sharply divided over Thursday's Supreme Court decision to uphold the core of Obama administration's health care legislation, according to a Gallup poll released on Friday. The latest poll found 46 percent

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