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Aoi Teshima The Rose 《The Rose》是一首传唱了几十载的经典老歌，不知不觉飘进你我心里。爱就是一朵花，只要心中播种希望，春天来临时定有馨香玫瑰绽放。想送给你，让我们心怀玫瑰，聆听天籁

2006年VOA标准英语-White House Says No Ultimatums For Iraq

By Paula Wolfson White House 23 October 2006 The Bush administration says it is working with Iraqi officials to draft a series of benchmarks for meeting specific security, economic and political goals. But, officials deny they are issuing any ultima

2006年VOA标准英语-Israel's Kadima Faces Reality of Coalition

By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 30 March 2006 Israelis went to the polls this week to vote in their fifth election in 10 years. Many people in Israel said it was the most important election in years, but vote

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Last year's accident at Japan's Fukushima-Daichi nuclear power plant has intensified divisions in Europe over the safety and future of nuclear energy. Perhaps nowhere are the differences more apparent than between the region's biggest powers - France

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