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Helen Clark (born in 1950) is the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand. She was in office between 1999 and 2008 and won three consecutive national elections. She is the second longest serving prime minister in NZs history. In 2008, she won the UN Envir

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Three Australians and a New Zealander were killed when their charter plane burst into flames in Papua New Guinea. The Trans Air plane overshot the runway on Misima Island and crashed into trees. One of the men killed was a 61-year-old marine pilot fr

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Pre-Listening Vocabulary suffix: an ending that adds meaning and form to words Persian: of Iranian descent settlement: a place where people stay and live pure: not tainted, not mixed with anything The Suffix stan Means Land Have you ever wondered why

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The government guidelines released on Monday are aimed at tackling problems associated with urbanization and the growing city sprawl in rural areas. A key aspect of the guideline calls for roads in newly built communities to be opened up to the wider

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Today the Crown which means the government signed a treaty settlement with the Tuhoe people for $1.7m. This is the third biggest treaty settlement. The Tuhoe land is in the Urewera area which includes the National Park, Lake Waikaremoana. The area is

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By Jim Teeple Washington 05 March 2008 During his recent visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories in January, President Bush called on Israel to honor its commitment to remove unauthorized settlements and outposts from the West Bank. But with

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A bulldozer digs at the Revava Jewish settlement Monday in the northern West Bank. It is a scene that stokes anger among Palestinians and raises questions about whether the talks that started less than a month ago will continue. Palestinian President

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 03 June 2008 Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has defended the land policies of his government which have been blamed for devastating the country's agricultural sector. Addressing delegates at a U.N. summit on world foo

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Workers at a district council（议会） in eastern England must now clock off（打卡） and back on if they take a cigarette break. Staff at Breckland Council in the eastern English county of Norfolk will no longer be paid for time spent smoking

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