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THIS IS AMERICA - Fathers Who Cook; Food Trucks Roll Across America FRITZI BODENHEIMER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Fritzi Bodenheimer. MARIO RITTER: And Im Mario Ritter. This week on our program, we hear about fathers who c

2006年VOA标准英语-Worst-Ever Drought Intensifies Australian Clima

By Phil Mercer Sydney 01 November 2006 Australia has again refused to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, despite a new British-commissioned environmental study warning of catastrophe unless governments deal urgently with global warming. Au

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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

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By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 25 July 2006 Like many developing nations, India contends with endemic corruption. Even the management of one of India's most enduring symbols - the cow, which Hindus consider sacred - is rife with corruption and fraud. T

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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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By Margaret Besheer Washington 05 April 2006 Before the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States, the public had access to declassified documents concerning U.S. policy that were housed in the Nati

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When the world's biggest polluters gathered this past December at the U.N. Climate Summit in Copenhagen, they managed to forge a non-binding agreement that could help put the brakes on global warming. The 12-paragraph document outlines a way to move

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