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VOA双语新闻 One Month After Tsunami

Almost one month after a deadly tsunami struck the shores of a dozen Indian Ocean countries, estimates of the dead and injured are running as high as 290,000. The biggest relief operation ever mounted continues to feed and shelter the survivors, and

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Japan's Crisis Batters Global Nuclear Industry

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