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Believe it or not. They are arguing about Noah's Ark in the heartland tonight and whether it's right to use taxpayer dollars to build it, complete with animals. Not in anticipation of rain but tourists. Linsey Davis takes us insight to this debate. H
Economics Report - Pakistani Voters are Concerned about Economy 经济报道 - 巴基斯坦选民关注经济 From VOA Learning English, this is the Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。 Pakistan is preparing for national
U.S. President Barack Obama says reforms are urgently needed in the financial industry, to prevent a repeat of the crisis that devastated the nation's economy. The Senate is debating a financial overhaul bill. 美国总统奥巴马说,金融业急需
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
Weekly Address: Good News from the Auto Industry 【2010年4月24日】奥巴马每周电视讲话:来自汽车工业的好消息 As the auto industry and financial markets begin to stabilize, the President says the governments emergency interventi
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has defended the Obama administration's program to rescue financially troubled banks. Secretary Geithner spoke before a congressional panel overseeing the massive bailout. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner
Canada's national government and Vancouver Olympic organizers have poured millions of dollars into the Own the Podium Program to prepare for the Vancouver Games. But the effort has not produced as much Olympic success as hoped. Canadians are still ho
Andres Idarraga is a Yale University law student, a rights activist and a convicted felon. He recently testified before Congressional subcommittee on changing current voting restrictions for former felons. In the United States, most people convicted
Pakistani Voters Focus on Struggling Economy Zafar Saeed runs a vocational training center in a low-income neighborhood of the Pakistani capital. For more than a decade, his institution has trained thousands for work in an increasingly difficult econ
Its a High Street name in need of rescuing, but talks to find a private buyer have run out of time. Santander was interested in some of Bradford Bingleys assets, but wouldnt be rushed into a weekend deal. The government has decided, the taxpayer has
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump signed several executive orders yesterday. One of them was related to abortion. His order restored something called the Mexico City policy, which bars U.S. funding for any international aid group that provides abo
If you believe that every life has equal value, it's revolting to learn that some lives are seen as worth saving and others are not. We said to ourselves: This can't be true. But if it is true, it deserves to be the priority of our giving. 如果你认
After a year of gut-wrenching losses, stock markets around the world recorded a positive day amid light trading to close out 2008. 全球股市经过一年令人心痛的暴跌,在2008年的最后一天以上涨收场。 Modest gains on the last da
South Canterbury Finance company went into receivership this week. The company owes $1.6bn which is a huge sum of money. It was a sad day for the company which had worked hard to stop this from happening. There are a number of interesting things abou
By Paula Wolfson Tokyo 13 November 2009 President Barack Obama during joint news conference with Japanese PM Yukio Hatoyama, not pictured, in Tokyo, 13 Nov 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama says a decision on a revised Afghanistan strategy will come
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the Obama administration is making progress in calming financial markets. Testifying before the Senate Banking committee, Geithner said a program to help banks and other financial institutions get rid of
America's top financial officials say they need broad new powers to regulate companies like insurance giant AIG, which are partly blamed for the country's financial crisis. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke
A man shot by police after his 12-year-old son was killed at a sports field near Melbourne has now died in hospital. The boy was found dead from head injuries at the oval in Tyabb yesterday. Police tried to subdue his father with capsicum spray(辣椒喷
Tonny Abbott has set the scene for a shoulder-on over climate change when he meets American president Barack Obama later this week. The PM has been in Canada where he and the prime minister there Stephen Harper have united to condemn carbon taxes on
The man formally known as Sir Fred Goodwin is going to have to get used to being called plain old Mr Goodwin. He has now lost his knighthood. The former head of Royal Bank of Scotland became the subject of a public outcry after RBS had to be bailed o