The ruthless rule of the world's oldest head of state appears to be coming to an end. Zimbabwe's 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe is the only leader his nation has known since its independence from Britain in 1980. And, tonight, he is under house

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈社会系列

Strategy to End AIDS Epidemic 终结艾滋病的策略 A leading AIDS advocacy group says while the end of the HIV/AIDS epidemic is within reach, success is far from assured. AVAC has released a science-based agenda to end the more than 30-year-old e

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Gaming Industry Breaks Gender Barriers in Pakistan 巴基斯坦的游戏公司打破了性别障碍 LAHORE In a country where women's rights are often ignored, Pakistan's young gaming industry is breaking gender barriers. An example is two start-up c

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Ending AIDS Requires Strategy, Funding 终结艾滋病的策略 December 1st, is World AIDS Day. In the 35-years of the epidemic, about 80-million people have become infected with HIV and nearly 40-million have died. But great progress has been made

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BBC News with Neil Nunes. The winner of the Gambia's presidential election Adama Barrow has called on President Yahya Jammeh to engage in direct talks to resolve the country's political crisis. Mr. Barrow told the BBC he was confident he would be swo

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In a more agnostic culture than the one I grew up with it's a challenge to know how to talk meaningfully about something so enormous when we don't really understand it. There is scepticism about the afterlife these days. But however sceptical people

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The thing about extinction events is that, of course they're very bad for the animals that go extinct, but they open up a door of opportunity for a lot of other animals and plants. 其实就灭绝事件来说,当然对走向灭绝的动物来说很糟

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US Supreme Court Ends Ban on Sports Betting The United States Supreme Court on Monday ended a 26-year ban on betting on professional and college sports. The courts decision permits state officials to pass laws permitting books to open on sports such

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世界终结时的恋人们:If You Were Alien The Brunettes,来自新西兰的独立乐队,还是清爽可人的男女声对唱,他们的音乐听起来带着一点点甜蜜、一点点童趣,女声的纯朴音质感觉更显亲切。 Artis

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Chinese President Hu Jintao has vowed to stick to the proactive fiscal policy and moderately(适度的) easy monetary policy in the second half year to sustain stable and relatively fast economic growth. Hu made the remarks at a conference yesterd

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AS IT IS 2014-11-26 Group Claims Gender Equality Will End Hunger, Poverty A Christian aid group says problems like hunger, malnutrition and poverty cannot be solved until and unless women are treated as well as men. The group Bread for the World rele

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Hi, everybody. As Im sure youve noticed over the past few weeks, the price at your local pump has been going up and up. And because its an election year, so has the temperature of our political rhetoric. What matters most to me right now is the impac

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Myanmar 缅甸 Chinese takeaway kitchen 中国的外卖厨房 Three articles look at Chinas influence in South-East Asia: first;resentment in Myanmar;second, Cambodian rivalries; third, Banyan on the strategic implications 三篇文章都关注了中国

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I'll go 我将离去 Don't wait for my return 不要等待我的归来 You should stay here 你应当在此守望 Safe where you belong 安定在你所属地方 Although now I can't find the words 即使现在我难以描述 You believe all, tell me

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US film and stage actress Lauren Bacall has died at the age of 89. 美国电影及舞台剧演员劳伦白考尔逝世,享年89岁。 Her Hollywood career spanned seven decades, with a memorable debut aged 19 opposite her future husband, Humphrey B

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We used to have fun, now all we do is fight. I know somethings wrong, it's clear something here ain't right. We ain't over but the writings on the wall, we keep trying just so we can say we gave it all. We ain't over but the writings on the wall, thi

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Donot give upwhen youstill have somethingtogive. Nothingisreally over until themomentyoustop trying. It is afragile thread thatbindsus toeach other. 只要还能给予就不要轻易放弃。 除非你停止努力,一切都没有真正终结。 这是

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The Brunettes,来自新西兰的独立乐队,还是清爽可人的男女声对唱,他们的音乐听起来带着一点点甜蜜、一点点童趣,女声的纯朴音质感觉更显亲切。 Artist:The Brunettes Song:If You Were Alien If Yo

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I think it's safe to say that all humans will be intimate with death at least once in their lives. But what if that intimacy began long before you faced your own transition from life into death? What would life be like if the dead literally lived alo

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In a more agnostic culture than the one I grew up with it's a challenge to know how to talk meaningfully about something so enormous when we don't really understand it. There is scepticism about the afterlife these days. But however sceptical people

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