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VOA标准英语 Congressional Hearing Assesses Humanitarian Crisis i

The situation in Sri Lanka, where government forces are fighting to eliminate the last stronghold of Tamil separatist rebels, was the subject of a U.S. congressional hearing Tuesday. Discussion of the military conflict and what the United Nations an

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The American saying, It takes a thief to catch a thief, is more commonly expressed Set a thief to catch a thief in Britain. The latter phrase was first used in a play in the middle of the 17th century, but the idea dates back to Roman times. It can b