European leaders are pressuring Paul Wolfowitz to resign his position as Wold Bank president. Wolfowitz, who has withheld World Bank loans from several countries until they show greater progress in fighting corruption, recently arranged for his girl

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In its 103-year history, Ford Motor Company has never needed to pledge its plants, equipment, or other property as collateral to secure loans, but they're doing it now. As they slipped to the number four position in the US auto market, they announce

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US College IT Services Face Serious Spending Limits, Study Finds Information technology, or IT, has entered into almost every part of modern life, and higher education is no exception. Yet while many businesses and governments continue to invest in I

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STEVE MNUCHIN, TREASURY SECRETARY: I would like us to raise the debt ceiling sooner rather than later. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's fair enough for me. REP. NANCY PELOSI (D), CALIFORNIA: On the subject of the debt ceiling, this shouldn't even be a quest

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America's 11 Most 'Endangered' Places Route 66, a town square in Colorado, and hurricane-damaged sites in the Caribbean are among Americas most endangered historic places. The National Trust for Historic Preservation recently released its endangered

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美国应对寨卡病毒面临卫生机构资金不充足窘境Public health experts say Zika shouldn't be a major concern for the US, because of widespread use of air conditioning. But there's still an uneasy feeling in southern coastal areas like

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This is AP News Minute. The National Weather Service says Oklahoma is dealing with its most dangerous wildfire conditions in at least a decade. Heat, wind and low humidity are all fueling massive fires. A federal judge says she may appoint a neutral

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不加入奥巴马医保的州内,医院将面临风险 Nearly half of all U.S. states are rejecting a key component of the new U.S. health care reform law popularly known as Obamacare. These states - almost all with strong Republican majorities -

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肯尼亚未遏制人口贩卖或面临美国制裁 Kenya risks being subjected to U.S. sanctions for failing to comply with the minimum standards of the Trafficking Victims Protection Acts (TVPA). 肯尼亚因未能遵守《人口贩运受害者保护

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模仿文本: The radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza and four other men have arrived in the United States to face terrorism charges. The five were flown out of Britain late last night within hours of the High Court rejecting their final efforts to hal

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California May Face Worst Fire Season The largest wildfire in California history took just 11 days to burn an area nearly the size of Los Angeles. 加州史上规模最大的山火仅在11天内所烧毁的面积相当于洛杉矶地区面积。 The

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AS IT IS 2015-01-11 US Faces More Foreign Policy Challenges in 2015 2015年,美国面临更多外交政策的挑战 A new year joins new challenges to old ones. Many disputes between countries -- and between governments and rebels -- continued throug

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US, China Face Distinct Challenges on Climate Change 中美面临不同的气候变化挑战 BEIJING In his previous State of the Union address, President Barack Obama highlighted what he called the urgent need to address climate change a topic that

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美国政界女性面临严峻挑战 The U.S. Congress,a place of power that is still dominated by men.Women only got the right to vote since 1920 and government moves very slow. 美国国会仍然是男性掌权的权力机构。妇女直到1920年开

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African Women Still Face HIV Stigma 非洲妇女仍面临因艾滋病的耻辱和歧视 New research shows that more than 30 years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, African women living with the HIV still face much stigma and discrimination. The study says

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JUDY WOODRUFF: This month, Oklahoma became the latest state to take a big step toward repealing the Common Core education standards. The Oklahoma State Senate passed a bill just last week to do so, this as more than a dozen other states are consideri

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Analysts Say Abbas Faces Serious Challenges in Mideast Peace Process Mahmoud Abbas has to tackle several major issues as the newly-elected President of the Palestinian Authority. Experts on Middle Eas

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Loyalists of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were big winners in the recent parliamentary elections. With many reformists locked out of the electoral process, the contests were primarily between different factions in the conservative camp. In this elec

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台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是: Poor nutrition, access to water, climate change, deforestation, lack of skills, insecurity, not enough food, not enough health care and pollution. 营养不良、水资源不均、气候变迁、大

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