Spain Struggles as Europe Questions Austerity Drive Protest marches have become a common sight in Spain - but this was one of the most colorful. Wearing masks and exotic costumes, prostitutes demonstrated in Barcelona Friday against the city's plans

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(四月)

Western and eastern styles met in the capital of United Arab Emirates last week, as Abu Dhabi held its first fashion show. Plunging necklines and audacious skirts, this isn't Milan or New York, but Abu Dhabi, the first Fashion Week ever organized in

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Well you know the employers across the country have embraced casual Fridays. And many employees are happy to partake. But how casual is too casual? From open toes to exposed flesh, extreme dressing down can be a job hazard and there are some rules t

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Oil giant BP has suffered another difficult day with shares plunging almost 7 percent on the London markets. The drop wiped out more than eight million dollars of value with the company. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will today try to sell his proposed s

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A senior New South Wales police officer is calling for a royal commission into sexual abuse in the Catholic church. Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox says the church has been involved in a widespread cover-up. He's accused some priests of destroyin

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歌曲:Avril Lavigne-When You're Gone Avril Lavigne shows off her slim figure in plunging leather bodice in new Japanese techno inspired video Hello Kitty. Avril Lavigne在她的受日本高科技舞曲启发而创作的新歌视频 Hello Kitty中身

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Political Bickering Threatens US Economy, Again During the debt ceiling debate, a popular newspaper portrayed leading politicians from the two parties as whining brats in diapers. Washington was nearly paralyzed by bickering as it tried to make tough

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Yesterday, we reported on a train accident in that brought of New York City. 4 people were killed and more than 60 other were injured when 7 cars jumped the tracks. The big question now is what happened. Was the train going too fast? Was there a prob

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Chinese soldiers used anti-tank weapons to blast away rocks and mud, holding back waters in an earthquake-formed lake that threatens more than 1 million people living downstream. Soldiers fired at rocks to dislodge enough debris to speed the drainag

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By David McAlary The U.S. Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn has found evidence that the giant planet's dazzling rings are decaying and may eventually be gone. And the rings are dirtier than thought,

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Hewlett Packard are announcing plans to lay off 27,000 employees looking for annually savings of $3 billion. The world's NO.1 computer maker also reported a 3% decline in quarterly revenue. A source told Reuters the New York Stock Exchange is quoting

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World markets were mostly lower, amid news that Japan is the latest nation to slip into recession and projections of continued negative economic growth and higher unemployment in the United States. From Washington, VOA's Michael Bowman reports. Pede

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Russia is proposing a summit of all countries involved in the current gas dispute between Moscow and Kyiv. The proposal comes a week after Moscow halted deliveries of Russian gas through a Ukrainian pipeline that supplies much of Europe. Russian PM

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A new wave of strikes in Greece disrupted transportation and closed schools, banks and courts Wednesday, while similar protests took place in other European Union countries against government austerity measures. Greeks took to the streets for the sec

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Tens of thousands of opposition demonstrators in Ukraine are vowing to keep up their street protests until opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko is recognized as the new president of Ukraine. The official announcement from Ukraines Central Electoral Co

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Russia is proposing a summit of all countries involved in the current gas dispute between Moscow and Kyiv. The proposal comes a week after Moscow halted deliveries of Russian gas through a Ukrainian pipeline that supplies much of Europe. 俄罗斯提议

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It marks a first, a talk show queen, Oprah Winfrey, shes plunging herself into politics in a way she hasnt before, hitting the trail and campaigning for democratic presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama. Oprah Winfrey brings not just a wow factor,

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Because it's used to make everything from plastics to petroleum to paint, crude oil is known as the mother of all commodities. Oil prices are fascinating. That might not have been what you were expecting to hear but we're going to explain why. First,

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Asian stock markets have risen for a second consecutive day on optimism that government rescue efforts will heal the stricken global financial system. Japanese stocks soared by 14 percent. In Australia, investors were encouraged by Prime Minister Kev

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BHP Billiton has posted its first loss in 16 years as plunging commodity prices battered the business. In the second half of 2015 the company lost 7.8 billion dollars, that's a 230 percent drop on its net profit the same time a year ago. Revenue fell

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