Another day in orbit for space shuttle Atalntis.Today's landing in Florida screwed up because of weather.The forecast looks better tomorrow.NASA hopes it can land the shuttle there rather than a back-up site in Califonia. Tha nation settles into a l

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2009年(五)月

1. North Korea's underground nuclear test is drawing condemnation from Washington to Beijing. The UN Security Council is meeting to discuss what President Barack Obama calls a blatant violation of international law and a grave threat to world peace.

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1. President Obama plans to speak at Arlington National Cemetery, and lay a wreath at the tombs of the unknowns on Monday, as the nation observes memorial day. 2. Kenya says the man accused of killing a British soldier last week in London was arreste

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President Barack Obama led a Memorial Day rememberance at Arlington National Cemetery just hours after returning from an unannouced trip to visit U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The president paid tribute to those lost in battle and laid a wreath at the

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Tajik Leader: No More Big Burial Markers Over the years, Tajikistan has taken numerous steps to control the lives of its citizens. The government has rules restricting how long men can grow their beards and the length of womens clothing. It also limi

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Transcript--by myconsent(for reference only) Construction workers in London are currently busy with redevelopment activity across the city. But it often disturbs the graves of thousands of long-deceased Londoners buried deep beneath the modern city.

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What's this? They're firing at us! I exclaimed. 怎么?他们朝我们开炮!我喊道。 Good lads! the Canadian muttered. 勇敢的人们!加拿大人小声说。 That means they don't see us as castaways clinging to some wreckage! 这么说他

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Chapter 19 The Gulf Stream 第十九章 海湾暖流 This dreadful scene on April 20 none of us will ever be able to forget. 4月20日那可怕的一幕,我们任何人都永远忘不了。 I wrote it up in a state of intense excitement. 我心情澎

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Section 32 Death It is surprising how different cultures treat death. The ceremonies surrounding it vary from culture to culture, country to country. Even the colors associated with death vary. In wes

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1. After intense talks spanning two weeks, the US has made a U-turn on climate change. First rejecting negotiations, US finally agreed to a compromise: a two-year plan to develop a replacement for the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. 2. In a nationally-televise

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花落何处 Where Have All The Flowers Gone? 皮特西格(Pete Seeger,1919年5月3日-),也翻译为皮特席格,他是美国著名的民歌歌手,是民歌复兴运动的先驱,有美国现代民歌之父之称。皮特西格一直参

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1. Police in Baltimore say Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps was not to blame for a fender-bender he had Thursday night. Phelps will be cited for driving without a license and failure to establish residency in Maryland. Phelps lived in Michigan f

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This is AP news minute. 1. Americans went to the polls Tuesday to decide whether to elect the country's first woman president or hand power to a realistic mogul known for proposing on orthodox cures for various problems plaguing the nation. The unexp

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This is AP news minute. 1. Vice president Mike Pence visited a Jewish cemetery near Saint Louis, where he condemned anti-semitism and the vandalism at that cemetery that left more than 150 headstones damage. 2. The trump administration is reversing a

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M83,来自法国的双人乐队,名字来源于一个旋涡星系的命名。这首Graveyard Girl出自他们08年的专辑Saturday= Youth。 Death is her boyfriend She spits on summers and smiles to the night She collects crowns made of black ro

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The death toll in the typhoon-ravaged Philippine islands stands at more than 900. But authorities fear it could climb to 10,000 or more. Bodies lay uncollected and uncounted in the streets and survivors pleaded for food, water and medicine. Foreign g

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A movie adaptation of Cai Jun's novel Butterfly Cemetery will hit theatres on Friday. New Zealand model and actor Vivian Dawson and mainland actress Zhang Li co-star in this fantasy-romance film. Zhang Li admits their collaboration has been a learnin

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Then the funeral party went back up the path to the Nautilus, returning beneath the arches of the forest, through the thickets, along the coral bushes, going steadily higher. 燃后这队送葬的队伍沿着原路,在森林的拱形建筑物下,一

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NOW WE BEGIN the second part of this voyage under the seas. The first ended in that moving scene at the coral cemetery, which left a profound impression on my mind. 这次海底旅行的第二部分现在开始了。第一部分在珊瑚墓地动人的

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When I die, I would like for my body to be laid out to be eaten by animals. Having your body laid out to be eaten by animals is not for everyone. Maybe you have already had the end-of-life talk with your family and decided on, cremation. In America,

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