HUFFFF, HUFFFF, HUFFFFF... With each breathfrom the Frost Giant, a blast of cold wind sweptthrough the hollow. Jack trembled. He felt chilled to the bone. HUFFFF,HUFFFF, HUFFFFF.... The giant's breathing grew louder and stronger. Jack squeezed his ey

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Daughters, Sons and Dogs Get a Day at the Office This past Thursday, we saw a lot of fresh new faces at our Voice of America Headquarters Building. It was Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day, not just here but at job sites nationwide. This annua

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By David Gollust Jerusalem 26 March 2007 Secretary of State Rice is hoping, by the end of her trip Tuesday, to be able to make some sort of arrangement with Israel and the Palestinians that would regularize the contacts she has been having with them

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More than 300 scientists from 14 countries brought their skills to the Greenland base camp over five summers. Jim White studies really old ice. He thinks it will help predict what the climate will be like in the future. White is director of the Insti

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The Dome of the Rock sits on the spot where the ancient Hebrews built the Second Temple before it was destroyed by the Romans nearly 2,000 years ago Israel's continued settlement of East Jerusalem is a source of tension with the Palestinians. But per

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Arctic Ice Melting Faster Than Predicted As government officials from eight Arctic nations - the United States, Russia, Canada, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland - prepare to meet in Greenland next week to discuss the challenges of climate

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Many immigrants living in the United States illegally are not in hiding. Hundreds of thousands check in with federal authorities on a regular basis. Past administrations considered them a low priority for deportation. Now that onc

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now an update on a story from earlier this week. A graduate student from China joined the U.S. Army under a special program designed to recruit people with language and professional skills. The military has long been a fast track

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 16 March 2007 The Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar says he would contest in court his disqualification by the electoral commission. A a leading candidate for the April poll, he was excluded in the final official list.

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Sarah worked in an ice cream shop. She loved being surrounded by ice cream. Every day she got to see smiles. She loved serving children and their families. She loved putting smiles on people's faces. She also got to have free ice cream. She made sure

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By Catherine Maddux Washingron 10 April 2006 Maxwell Fornah, and Musa Vandi, who are both war amputees, battle for the ball in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Saturday, April, 1, 2006 The arrest of former Lib

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By Challiss McDonough Cairo 09 May 2006 Egyptian police on Tuesday said they killed the suspected leader of the militant group blamed for last month's deadly bombings in the Red Sea resort of Dahab. P

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Today is the shortest day and the longest night. In the Northern Hemisphere it is the Summer Solstice, when they have the longest day and the shortest night. In New Zealand, the sun rises around 8am on the shortest day and the sun sets at about 5pm.

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By Challiss McDonough Cairo 11 May 2006 Egyptian riot police have broken up demonstrations around a Cairo courthouse where two pro-reform judges were to face a disciplinary hearing following their all

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Most New Zealanders will know about this tragedy which happened in Napier, a city on the East Coast of the North Island. It started on Thursday morning when three police officers arrived at a house to search for cannabis plants. Cannabis is a drug wh

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New Zealand has chosen two artists to represent our country in Venice for the Biennale Art Exhibition, Judy Millar and Francis Upritchard. They will be among artists from 90 other countries. This is the most famous biennale (which means every two yea

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今天我们要学的词是license。 License, 是执照、证书的意思。 A driver's license, 驾驶执照。 A liquor license, 卖酒的执照。美国很多地方钓鱼都需要执照。 I bought a lifetime fishing license for my dad as a retir

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 04 July 2007 Pakistani security forces say time is running out for more than 1,000 militants inside Islamabad's radical Lal Masjid or Red Mosque. Powerful blasts and machine gunfire could be heard around the mosque througho

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A 36-year-old man stormed into the Ramona post office yelling at everyone to get out of his way. Carrying a shotgun, he climbed up onto the countertop and told everyone to lie on the floor. Then he pulled the trigger and fired a round into the ceilin

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I have a very disorganized office. My co- workers have been making jokes about my office for a long time, and my boss finally cracked down on me. He told me: Get the office organized by Friday no excuses! What choice did I have? Ive always been a pac

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