A: Welcome to Perfect Getaway Tours. How can I help you? B:I would like to plan a surprise getaway for me and my wife. A: Very well, we have a couple of different options such as beaches, the wilderness, the countryside or even going to a spa for the

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很久不见的好友Lisa, Karen和Gina一起吃饭。Lisa先到,注意听她帮朋友点了些什么菜。 Lisa: Karen! Gina! So good to see you! Sit down! Karen: Hi, Lisa! Gina: Good to see you, too! It's been so long! L: Indeed it has! I ordered

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Hey, Boss, Making Your Case for a Raise If you wanna a big year and your bonus, now the time is to talk about your accomplishment to the boss. Most companies making bonus decisions a month before they cut the checks, which mean soft promotion can be

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By Franz Wild Abidjan 29 March 2006 Witnesses say captured former Liberian leader Charles Taylor has been taken to Sierra Leone in a U.N. helicopter. He is being transferred to a U.N.-backed court in

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By Joe Bavier Abidjan 28 March 2006 Compound of the house where former Liberian warlord Charles Taylor lives near the sea side town of Calaber Exiled Liberian warlord-turned-president Charles Taylor h

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For many Olympic sports, attention comes just once every four years. VOA's Jim Stevenson has more on the push by some athletes to raise the profile of their sports in the time between Olympic Games. Women's water polo, fencing and wrestling are, as

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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: This summer, we are taking a deeper look at climate change and the profound effect it's having on people around the world. Today, we're going to Chile in South America. NPR's Philip Reeves visited a community whose landscap

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: And let's turn now to Mexico. Ford Motor Company's decision this week to cancel construction of an auto plant there has shocked that country. And people are especially disappointed in the place where the Ford plant was under const

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Archeologists in Italy have unearthed a sprawling country villa they believe to be the birthplace of Vespasian, the Roman emperor who ordered the beginning of the Colosseums construction during his reign. The 2000-year-old ruins were found about 80 m

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For some families like the Villa Reals, theres no substitute for a live Christmas tree. Just you know, watering it every day and just that smell, especially the smell of it in our home, just made it feel more Christmassy to us. But that Christmassy s

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Bolivian President Evo Morales has declared victory in a recall vote, in which exit polls showed he received more than 63 percent of ballots. Initial returns also indicate that five of eight governors in the recall also won the votes needed to remai

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By Steve Schy Washington 17 May 2006 England and Sweden are expected to be the top two teams in Group B when the World Cup gets under way in Germany on June 9. But an injury to 20-year-old star Englan

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By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 27 December 2007 Indonesian rescue crews are searching for survivors of landslides on Indonesia's Java island. Officials say at least 120 people are dead or missing. Chad Bouchard reports from Jakarta. In the worst hit area,

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 18 January 2007 The United Nations' special envoy to Somalia has met the country's interim president for the first time in the Somali capital Mogadishu. VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu in our East Africa Bureau in Nairobi reports t

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Voters across Europe are casting their ballots in European elections, expected to see a record low voter turnout and gains for far-right and far-left parties. In Italy, scandal hit Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is the only leader of a large EU me

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By Kent Klein Washington 01 October 2009 President Obama makes statement about Iran, 1 Oct 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama is demanding that Iran give international inspectors complete access to its newly-disclosed nuclear facility. The president s

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By Steve Herman New Delhi 02 October 2009 Rebel Maoists attempting to seize land in one of India's poorest communities are being blamed for the execution-style killings of at least 16 villagers, including children, in the eastern part of the country

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