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By Melinda Smith Washington 31 August 2007 Centuries ago doctors used hypnosis to help relieve the excruciating pain of surgery. It then fell out of favor with the introduction of anesthesia. Now as VOA's Melinda Smith reports, new studies show a hos

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2007年VOA标准英语-Gates Says NATO Effective in Afghanistan, Even

By Al Pessin Brussels 13 June 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the NATO alliance has demonstrated that it can be effective in Afghanistan in spite of continuing shortfalls in the number of troops member-nations are providing. VOA's Al Pe

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By Arjun Kohli Nairobi 13 August 2007 Rescue workers from the Kenyan army, the Red Cross, and communities in western Kenya are searching for more victims from a landslide that is known to have killed at least five people on Saturday. Arjun Kohli repo

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By Jessica Berman Washington 14 May 2008 Researchers have determined that commonly prescribed triple-drug combination therapies that use old antiviral drugs are the most effective for suppressing the deadly virus that causes AIDS. The findings have m

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1. President Bush says the federal government will offer all possible assistance it can to states affected by the latest round of severe weather. Tornadoes and storms are being blamed for at least 23 deaths in three states including at least 14 in Mi

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-05-02)

1. The Coast Guard has comes up with a plan to deal with the thick oil slicks in the Gulf of Mexico - light them on fire. Its the last-ditch effort to protect environmentally sensitive areas on the coast. About 42,000 gallons of oil a day are leaking

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VOA标准英语2012--Emergency Aid Being Sent to Stranded Chadians

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The Philippine government says it is ready to withdraw some security forces deployed near a hideout of the extremist Abu Sayyaf to facilitate negotiations for the release of three kidnapped Red Cross workers. The Islamic militants have threatened to

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2007年VOA标准英语-ICRC Concerned About Plight of Civilians in Som

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 11 January 2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross is calling for respect for international humanitarian law in Somalia. It says it is deeply concerned about the plight of the civilian population, the war wounded, an

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