VOA标准英语2015--Seoul Sponsors Korean Unification Fair

Iraq Launches Offensive Against Islamic State WASHINGTON Iraq has launched an offensive to retake territory lost to Islamic State insurgents. Local Kurdish and Shi'ite militias have joined government forces to fight the invading radical group and the

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2007年VOA标准英语-More People Fleeing Fighting in North Kivu Prov

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The United Nations refugee agency says thousands of people reportedly are fleeing their homes in Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province. This follows last week's start of a joint Congolese-Rwandan military operation against the Democrati

Cold snap with rain to hit China

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Cold snap to freeze north China

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Wave of bomb attacks in Iraq kill 32, injure over 100

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New round of snow closes north China expressways

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Northeast China's Liaoning experienced its strongest rainfall of the year on Thursday. Average precipitation in the province reached 69 mm as of 3 p.m. Thursday. A weather station in Huludao City in western Liaoning recorded 395 mm of rain, the highe

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