The Living Flag

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VOA标准英语2009年-Exit Polls Predict Big Defeat for Japan's

Polls have closed in Japan's nationwide election for its lower house of parliament. Media exit polling is predicting a big defeat for the party that has ruled Japan for more than half a century. Just minutes after voting concluded Sunday in Japan, m

2018年CRI PLA takes over flag-raising duty at Tian'anmen Square on New Year's Day

The sounding of bugles pierced through the wintry morning silence in the center of Beijing on the first day of 2018. It also signaled the start of a new daily routine for the Guard of Honor of the Chinese People's Liberation Army to raise the nationa

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VOA标准英语2009-Hard Times for Australia's Once Dominant Win

Australia's once dominant wine industry is facing its biggest challenge, as competition increases from lower-cost rivals and consumer tastes change. Producers are being encouraged to target exports to Asia to revive the industry. Penfolds 1962 vinta

VOA标准英语2010年-Political Consensus Sought on Women's

Congress party President Sonia Gandhi is greeted by women party workers after the Women's Reservation Bill was passed in the upper house of parliament, at her residence in New Delhi, India, 10 Mar 2010 Although the bill proposing to reserve one third

美国国家公共电台 NPR Richard Linklater's New Film 'Last Flag Flying' Handles The Trauma Of War

NOEL KING, HOST: Over the past two decades, director Richard Linklater has made a name for himself as an indie filmmaker's indie filmmaker. Linklater has a style that captures the messy, awkward and sometimes tender rhythm of real life and real conve

美国国家公共电台 NPR Life After Iconic Photo: Today's Parallels Of American Flag's Role In Racial Protest

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购物英语对话-Negotiating a Price(3)

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The solar system is a hostile place. Earth is under attack from deadly cosmic radiation. Life here is only possible, because it's protected by the magnetosphere, an invisible force field that cocoons the planet. But new evidence reveals that this vit

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2006年VOA标准英语-Pakistan's Lower House Passes Landmark Women's

By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 15 November 2006 Pakistan's lower house of parliament has passed a landmark bill amending the country's controversial laws governing rape and adultery. The legislation, which has one more hurdle to clear, would overturn Pa

LDP expected to win majority in Japan's general election

TOKYO, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Japan's main opposition party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is likely to win nearly 300 seats in the House of Representatives election held on Sunday, according to the latest poll released Thursday. The LDP, headed b

ADB lowers China's 2012 growth prediction

BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday lowered its prediction for China's economic growth to 8.2 percent in 2012 and 8.5 percent in 2013, although a bank official said a hard landing is unlikely. The ADB made the re

听歌学英语:White Flag-Dido

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Japan's antinuclear Tomorrow Party splits into two groups

OSAKA, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Japan's antinuclear Tomorrow Party on Friday split into two groups only a month after its inception due to internal conflicts over personnel matters, local press reported. Yukiko Kada, governor of Shiga Prefecture and the f

Japan's lower house election begins

TOKYO, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- The 46th Japan's House of Representatives election began at 7:00 a.m. local time Sunday. A total of 1,504 candidates will run for the 480 seats in lower house election. The ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) registered

U.S. moves to block AT&T's buying of T-Mobile

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Justice Department of the United States on Wednesday filed an antitrust lawsuit to block AT T's acquisition of T-Mobile, Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole said at a press conference. Cole said that four nationw

China's Offline Retailers See Falls in Revenue

Based on a recent report by the China General Chamber of Commerce, the sales volume increase rate of the country's top 100 retailers has slowed down by 10 percent. However, while many offline giant retailers are seeing falls in revenue, online retail

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Here are the key moments leading to the impeachment proceedings of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. On March 4th, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Rousseff's political mentor, had his house raided and was questioned by the police, as pa