Global warming deniers love to point to cold or snow as evidence against climate change. Like Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe. Remember last year, when he tossed a snowball in Congress? You know what this is? It's a snowball. It's very, very cold out.

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年Scientific American(十二)月

Fears for European Banks as Greek Depositors Withdraw Money Hundreds of Greek hotel workers are on strike in Athens. They are angry about plans that could cut their wages by up to 40 percent. Hotel worker Koukos Panagiotis says that Greeks' everyday

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(五月)

Kerry Says There is No Let Up in US Asia Pivot 克里:不会松懈亚洲再平衡战略 During last week's trip to Asia, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry worked to reassure allies about the Obama administration's commitment to its so-called Asia

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2014年(三月)

Next today, we've told you how the demilitarize zone that separates North and South Korea is actually one of the most heavily militarized borders on earth. Our knowledge of life on the north side of that border is limited. The communist North Korean

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 20 January 2006 As concerns over the spread of bird flu increase, Italian police have stepped up controls at sites that could be at risk. Thousands of chickens and eggs wer

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Leaders at UN Express Concern About Anti-Islam Violence, Syria Obama said the recent attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in which four Americans were killed, was not just an attack on America, but upon the ideals on which the United Nati

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(九月)

President Barack Obama addresses the U.S. Congress and the nation in a few hours, and faces huge expectations regarding the U.S. economic crisis. Democratic and Republican lawmakers made remarks ahead of the president's speech to a joint session of

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(二月)

The subject of North Korea was prominent in talks in Tokyo between U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and top Japanese government officials. Clinton is on her first overseas trip in her new job and her first stop in Asia is America's long-time

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By Edward Yeranian Cairo 24 October 2009 IAEA inspectors check in at Vienna's International Airport on their way to Iran, 24 Oct 2009 A team of U.N. inspectors is heading to Iran to visit a recently revealed nuclear site. International Atomic Energy

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U.S. Middle East Special Envoy George Mitchell and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say they have made progress in their dispute over Jewish settlements. Mitchell has left Israel after a visit aimed at getting Israelis and Palestinians to r

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(七月)

At the ASEAN Defense Ministers meeting in Hanoi, Chinese Minister of Defense Liang Guanglie invited his U.S. counterpart Defense Secretary Robert Gates to visit China, in what seems like an easing of military tensions in the region. Diplomacy appears

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2010年10月

The U.S. Senate has scheduled a vote for Wednesday night on a new version of the $700 billion financial rescue plan. New measures in the bill are designed to win the support of lawmakers in the House of Representatives, who rejected the previous vers

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2008年10月

By Naomi Schwarz Freetown 09 August 2007 In Sierra Leone, on the last day of campaigning, voters and observers are expressing concern that tampering, violence, and poor weather will mar presidential and parliamentary elections set for Saturday. These

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Once upon a time, in a land far, far way....no, hang on a minute, that's no good. All stories start like that. How about we have something different for this story. Mmm, I know: Very, very recently, in a place that is close to where I live, something

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By Sonja Pace London 08 November 2006 The final tally is not yet in with the vote outcome for the U.S. Senate still too close to call, but Democrats have won a majority in the House of Representatives in what is widely seen as a punishing vote for P

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In South Africa, battle lines have firmed and campaigning is heating up for national elections in two months. South Africa moved a step closer Monday to national elections as political parties registered their candidates with the Independent Elector

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(三月)

U.S. President George Bush says he is confident there will be a deal to rescue America's troubled financial sector, a day after lawmakers failed to pass his $700 billion plan. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, the bill's failure l

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(十月)

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 09 May 2007 The human rights organization, Amnesty International, has presented an appeal from 147 countries to the United Nations to maintain an independent and effective system of human rights experts. A petition signed by mo

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(123) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(五月)

By Cindy Saine Washington 07 June 2006 The top U.S. Marine faced tough questions Wednesday about reports some of his troops killed unarmed Iraqi civilians in two Iraqi towns. Speaking to reporters at

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By Paula Wolfson 05 April 2008 U.S. President George W. Bush is welcoming two new members to NATO. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports Mr. Bush hailed the transformation of the Balkans in a speech in a town square in the Croatian capital, Zagreb. Croatians f

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2008年(四月)