Britain's role in Sierra Leone: Prime Minister's broadcast, Friday 19 May 2000 There are many things about this country which make us proud. But close to the top of any list must come our Armed Forces. Their professionalism and courage has earned re

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Syrian Rebels Eye EU Oil Trade In his backyard north of the city of Idlib, Ahmed Abu Taleb and his friend use handpumps to transfer a barrel of crude oil into a tank. A fire burns in a pit dug below the tank. Then drip by drip, through a simple syste

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A: Could you help me with something? B: What can I help you with? A: I need help finding a book. B: What book are you looking for? A: A book on reptiles. B: Most of our animal books would be found in the childrens section. A: Where would I find the r

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A: Will you help me, please? B: What do you need? A: Im looking for a book. B: What book would you like? A: Its a book on reptiles. B: Some of those books would be found in our childrens section. A: And the rest? B: The rest can be found in the scien

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It's a big country, but still, how can anything be left of Iraq? When you look at the news on TV, all you see is one explosion after another. Helicopters falling from the sky, and vehicles flying into the sky. Suicide bombers committing homicide, and

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As the number of the H1N1 cases in Australia surges past 1,200, Singapore is warning its citizens to avoid travel to the badly affected southern state, Victoria. With more than 1,000 cases, Victoria has the world's highest per capita rates of infect

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India, Pakistan Take Steps to Boost Trade It is music to the ears of merchants on either side of the India-Pakistan border. Top trade officials from both countries cut the ribbon recently on the four-day Lifestyle Pakistan trade fair in New Delhi - b

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The U.N. refugee agency says it is increasingly concerned about the humanitarian situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as attacks by the Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army, continue. The UNHCR says the number of deaths, abdu

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Funeral of murdered white supremacist Eugene Terre'Blanche in Ventersdorp, South Africa, 09 Apr 2010 In South Africa, racial tensions have been heightened in some sectors of society following the murder of white supremacist leader Eugene Terre'Blanch

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Auto experts say electric vehicles are a practical alternative to gasoline-powered cars, at least for some drivers. The biggest challenge for the auto industry is expanding the infrastructure for recharging the vehicles. With last year's release of t

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is visiting Damascus for the first time in more than a year. Outgoing Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in his first visit to the Syrian capital in more than a year. Ob

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By Jim Malone Washington 07 August 2006 The war in Iraq is playing a central role in the re-election battle of one of the country's best-known Democrats, Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut. Lieberman faces a tough primary challenge from fellow

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By Brian Padden Washington, DC 18 December 2006 watch Civil War report There has been much talk about whether the level of sectarian violence in Iraq has risen to the point where it should be called a civil war. Why is it important to make such a di

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By Jim Malone Washington 19 May 2006 Immigration is the hot topic of debate in Washington these days. But the situation in Iraq is never far from the minds of politicians and policy makers in both maj

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington 15 March 2006 Three years ago, President Bush ordered coalition forces to invade Iraq to free its people and to act on intelligence that indicated its dictator had weapons

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The Obama administration on Tuesday announced new sanctions against an array of Iranian-controlled companies, entities and individuals said to be helping Tehran evade nuclear sanctions or promote terrorism. The State Department said there are signs t

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A baby's born in the middle of the night in a local delivery room They grab his feet, smack him till he cries he goes home the next afternoon 'Fore you know it he's off to school and then he graduates in May Goes out and gets a Ph.D. and then cures

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今天我们要学的词是trauma。Trauma, 是创伤的意思,可以是身体上的,也可以是心理上的。 He suffered head trauma from the car crash, 车祸让他头部受创。 The veteran still suffers psychological trauma from his days

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By Margaret Besheer Baghdad 09 April 2007 Tens of thousands of supporters of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr responded to his call for mass demonstrations in the Shiite holy city of Najaf Monday. From Baghdad, VOA's Margaret Besheer has more. F

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By Derek Kilner Nairobi 16 November 2007 Kenya's Electoral Commission has approved nine candidates for December's presidential contest. Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, where President Mwai Kibaki and top challenger Raila Odinga were among those pr

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