Well, we would like to see this material, the revelations that this material gives be taken seriously, investigated by governments, and new policies put in place as a result. If not, prosecutions of those people who have committed abuses, this means,

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Charms and Symbols Bell In ancient times all over the world, it was believed that evil spirits could put up with just about anything except the clanging 1 of a bell. Over time, the bell itself, even w

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Now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. Every week, we explore common expressions in American English. Thunder storms. Rain storms. Snow storms. Electrical storms! If conditions get bad enough, almost any kind of weather can become a

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Lesson 20, Scourge of the Plains: Tornadoes 平原之祸-龙卷风 Ellen Mae stepped out of her two-story home in certral Illinois. Fine morning, sae said to herself after checking the weather, and then went back inside. The radio had mentioned a seve

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(WA) The winds of a tornado are the most violent and destructive ones on Earth. Any of you who have seen one knows very well how frightening and powerful they are. What's interesting about them is that scientists don't actually know exactly why torn

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1. Search is still going on for the missing from the massive tornado that flattened Joplin, Missouri. The state says more than 100 people are unaccounted for and the death toll has now risen to 139. 2. President Barack Obama has ended his trip to Eur

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1. Investigators are conducting tests to determine if a shooting at a Marine Corps recruiting station is connected to recent shootings at the Pentagon and National Marine Corps Museum. The FBI says the same gun was used to shoot at the Pentagon and t

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1. A US Airways flight from Paris to Charlotte, North Carolina was diverted Bangor, Maine Tuesday after an apparently mentally unstable French passenger announced she had a surgically implanted device. After the passenger was taken into custody, the

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1. President Obama visited Joplin, Missouri one year after a tornado devastated that town. The President spoke at a high school graduation and urged students to remember the lessons they've learned in overcoming adversity. 2. A 21-year-old man is und

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1.Officials say Monday's tornado that tore through an Oklahoma city suburb destroyed or damaged as many as 13,000 homes and may have caused 2 billion dollars overall damage. The twister killed 24 people. 2.The IRS official at the center of controvers

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Funerals for the victims of the Eastern Star ship tragedy are being held at the Rongcheng funeral home in Jianli County, Hubei province. Dozens of morticians are helping with the funeral arrangements. Encoffiners move a body of the victims of the cap

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1. Economists expect unemployment figures released this morning will show steady jobs growth. Analysts predict about 185,000 jobs were added last month, saying overall jobless rate of 8.9%. One economist says the labor market recovery is gathering mo

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1. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he's quitting office, bringing to a close the Labour Party's 13-year hold on power. His two chief rivals from last week's election have worked out a deal to form a coalition. The Conservative Party chief Da

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1. Spring is only weeks away, but it doesn't look like it in eastern parts of the country. Winter storm warnings are up across the South, the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast. 2. Meanwhile, three tornadoes barreled through east central Alabama, destro

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1. Law enforcement officers in California are looking for a missing FBI agent described as despondent and possibly suicidal. A team of more than 100 is looking for special agent Steven Evans in the mountains around Los Angeles. Evans is known to be a

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Tornado sweeps out beachfront neighborhood in New York City NEW YORK, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- A tornado ripped through a beachfront neighborhood in Queens, New York on Saturday, hurling debris into the air, knocking out power, flooding roads and even for

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Hi everyone, Im Asieh Namdar at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Heres a look at whats happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Barack Obama leads Hillary Clinton as results coming from todays Democratic presidential caucuses in Guam. 8 delegate seats are at stake ther

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Good day to you, I am Creshon Saunders at the CNN.com Newsroom in Atlanta; here is a look at whats happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Rescuers are picking their way around the giant boulders scattered around a shantytown near Cairo, Egypt. At least 27 peopl

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When we look at the universities, 当我们环顾大学, 60 percent of baccalaureate degrees are going to women now, which is a significant shift. 目前女性占60%的本科学历的人数,这是个巨大的转变。 And in fact, university admi

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We didn't get our authority from the board of selectmen 我们既没有得到行政委员会的授权 or the emergency management director or the United Way. 也没有被应急办主任或是Uited Way批准 We just started answering questions and mak

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