美联社新闻一分钟 2006-11-05

1. Harsh statements from North Korea, a week after it returned to disarmament talks. Pyongyang is reportedly denounced US leaders as war mongers. The country is also demanding that Japan not participa

美联社新闻一分钟 2006-11-06

1. Thousands of Iraqi Shiites took to the streets to celebrate the death sentence that was handed down to Saddam Hussein Sunday. The ousted dictator's fellow Sunnis paraded through his hometown vowing

美联社一分钟新闻 2008-07-26

1. New home sales fell in June for the seventh time in the past eight months, but the drop was less than expected.That's raising faint hopes that the nation's severe housing recession could be approaching a bottom. 2. A Qantas jumbo jet made an emer

美联社新闻一分钟 2005-07-04

美联社,新闻一分钟,1. Gunmen kidnapped the top Egyptian diplomat in Iraq, in an apparent bid to discourage Arab states from bolster ing ties with the US-backed government. 2. Saudi Arabia says its security forces have k

美联社一分钟新闻 2008-07-12

1. California is ordering 2,000 more National Guard troops to help fight the hundreds of wildfires burning across the state. More than 1,100 square miles have already been burned and about 100 homes have been destroyed. 2. President Bush is among th

美联社一分钟新闻 2008-07-20

1. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is in Afghanistan. The Illinois senator arrived in Kabul as part of an official congressional delegation. His first visit to the country comes less than four months before the general election. 2. A

美联社新闻一分钟 2005-07-17

美联社,新闻一分钟,London,Islamic,terror,1.In London Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair warns an evil ideology of Islamic extremism is bent on spreading terror through the West. 2.Authorities on 3 continents widen their hunt for evidence in

美联社新闻一分钟 2005-07-24

美联社,新闻一分钟,attack,London,police,1. In Egypt's deadliest terror attack, devastating blasts in a Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheik kill dozens, wounding more than a hundred. 2. London police expressing regrets say a man killed by polic

美联社新闻一分钟 2005-07-14

美联社,新闻一分钟,NASA,shuttle,Columbia,1. NASA call s off Wednesday's launch of space shuttle Discovery because of a faulty fuel-tank sensor , delaying America's first manned space shuttle since the Columbia disaster 2 and a half years ago

美联社新闻一分钟 2005-09-05

1. Auditions for “American Idol” scheduled in Memphis have been canceled. Producers cited the extensive Hurricane Katrina relief efforts being coordinated in the city. Fox television said the audi

美联社新闻一分钟 2005-09-07

美联社,新闻一分钟,New Orleans,Bush,investigations,1. With the major levee break finally plugged , pumping continues in flooded New Orleans now about sixty percent underwater. 2. President Bush and Congress pledge separate investigations into the wide

美联社新闻一分钟 2005-09-09

美联社,新闻一分钟,music,awards,nominees,1. Brad Paisley and Lee Ann Womack are the top contenders for this year’s County Music Association Awards. Snaring 6 nominations each, among the other big name nominees, Keith Urban, Toby Keith, Gre

美联社新闻一分钟 2005-09-15

美联社,新闻一分钟,law,guide,Iraq,1. Chief Justice nominee John Roberts says he'll decide right-to-die cases using the law not his personal views as his guide. 2. Al-Qaida in Iraq claims responsibility for more than a dozen blasts in

美联社新闻一分钟 2005-09-02

美联社,新闻一分钟,New Orleans,hurricane,Katrina,Unrest intensifies across New Orleans after hurricane Katrina, as more National Guard troops pour in to help restore order there. 2.Retail gas prices soar above three bucks a gallon, while deliverie

美联社新闻一分钟 2005-08-26

美联社,新闻一分钟,federal,hospital,Katrina,1:The Federal Base-closing Commission agrees to close Walter Reed Medical Center, crown jewel of the US Army's hospital system. 2:Tropical storm Katrina strengthens on its way toward Florida's heavily

美联社新闻一分钟 2005-08-27

美联社,新闻一分钟,hurricane,Katrina,power,1.Hurricane Katrina tread s across South Florida, leaving 5 dead, 5 missing and millions of homes and businesses without power. 2.Shiites wait for a response from Sunni Arabs to what they call a final

美联社新闻一分钟 2005-08-28

美联社,新闻一分钟,evacuate,erergency,hurricane,Katrina,1:Parts of Louisiana may evacuate while Mississippi declares a state of emergency, as Hurricane Katrina appears to take aim at the region. 2:Top Sunnis in Iraq's government speak out against the count

365个英语简短小故事-182. I’ll Get a Job

Ida came to America four years ago. Her main reason for coming was to give her 13-year-old son the best education possible. But also, she did not want Perry to meet the wrong kind of people and end up using drugs or joining a gang, or both. Divorced

365个英语简短小故事-281. He Goes to War

Roland was a carpenter in Virginia. He and Sheila had three kidstwo boys and baby Jessica. The baby had been in and out of the hospital for the last year because of infections and other problems. She was very weak and sick. The doctors were not confi

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Pete had lived in Florida for 20 years. A boring 20 years, he often thought. His house was only a 10-minute walk from the Gulf. He walked to the sandy white beach almost every day. Bobs Liquors was at the corner, halfway to the beach. It was the only