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For the Buddha, the rigid hierarchy of the caste system and sacrifices to the gods relied on blind faith and received wisdom, not any kind of rational explanation. He passionately thought that must be a more robust, a more credible way to understand

Millions Displaced by Violence, Disasters

More than 30 million people were displaced within their own countries last year. That number comes from a new report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre and the Norwegian Refugee Council. The two groups blame criminal violence and natural

Three Methods to Improve Your Presentations

Giving a presentation can be a scary task. It can be even more worrisome when the presentation is not in your native language. You may forget the English words for what you want to say. Or, like a lot of people, you may get nervous. But, the good new

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Secret Monitoring Clouds 9/11 Proceedings It was a bizarre twist in a case that has dragged on for years after the September 11 attacks in the effort to bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other accused co-conspirators to justice. Prosecutors were

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While each division has its own logistics department providing contract administration, it can also draw on Group services. These include the Group's leverage in the international freight market, giving competitive costs of carriage, and a tracking s

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. government announced Sunday it will add Mali to the list of Ebola-affected countries for which enhanced screening and monitoring measures will be taken. Effective Monday, Nov. 17, people arriving in the United

China to expand food contaminant monitoring

BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China has set a goal of equipping at least half of the country's county-level administrative regions to monitor various contaminants and harmful ingredients in food by the end of 2013. A new work plan, released on Friday

Smog disrupts Beijing traffic, flights

BEIJING, Feb.17 (Xinhua) -- Fresh smog shrouded Beijing and some other provinces in China early on Sunday, disrupting highway traffic and flights. Readings for PM2.5, hazardous particles measuring 2.5 microns in diameter or less, exceeded 200 microgr

动物变身南京市地震预报员

Chinese scientists are using animals to try to predict when an earthquake may strike, it's reported. 据报道，中国科学家正在尝试用动物预报地震。 Seismologists in Nanjing, the capital of eastern Jiangsu province, have set up seven

Lawmakers propose banning arbitrary environmental monitoring

BEIJING, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese lawmakers on Friday suggested formulating an environmental monitoring law to prohibit disorderly, arbitrary monitoring of the environment. China lacks a special law or regulation on the management of environmental

英军医护人员回国监测埃博拉

LONDON, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- A British military healthcare worker arrived back into Britain from Sierra Leone for Ebola monitoring, Public Health England (PHE) confirmed on Saturday. PHE said the person, suffered a needle-stock injury when treating a

Lawmakers demand reform of China's food monitoring system

BEIJING, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese lawmakers and political advisors have urged the government to restructure the country's food supervisory system to regain customer confidence as Hong Kong's newly-adopted purchase ban on baby formula refueled the

Monitoring Tobacco Ads on Media

Related: Guangzhou Bans Tobacco Sales on World No Tobacco Day Today marks the World No Tobacco Day - An event endorsed by the World Health Organization highlighting health risks associated with smoking. This year there are calls for a ban on tobacco

Imported drugs to go on China's electronic monitoring network

Imported drugs to go on China's electronic monitoring network BEIJING, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- China's food and drug safety watchdog plans to put imported drugs on the national electronic monitoring network in a move to step up drug management. Overseas p

台湾发生6.5级地震 造成1死86伤

TAIPEI, March 27 (Xinhua) -- The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan this year killed at least one person and injured another 86 on Wednesday, local authorities said. A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit Nantou County at 10:03 a.m., followed by at least fiv

CCTV9英语新闻：中国的环境退化

To talk more about China's environmental protection targets, we have Wu Changhua, the Greater China Director of the Climate Group. But before we start, let's take a look at a set of numbers to have a clearer picture of how bad the environment is. Air

China eyes new quake warning technology

BEIJING, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists will focus on developing new quake-monitoring equipment and warning technologies, according to an agreement signed Wednesday between the country's earthquake monitoring authorities and top research inst

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BEIJING Volkswagen is recalling 1,950 diesel vehicles in China to correct engine software that the automaker has admitted cheats on emissions tests. 北京大众公司将在中国召回1950辆柴油汽车，修改发动机软件。大众承认，这个

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Todd: Now, Aaron, you're from Melbourne. Aaron: That's right. Todd: What's melbourne like? Aaron: Melbourne's the second biggest city in Australia but there's a big city area with big buildings, then there's a lot of houses and then it runs into the