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VOA标准英语2009年-India Grapples with Prospect of High Infla

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 30 October 2009 As India faces the prospect of high inflation in the coming months, the government may soon begin scaling back on measures taken to cope with the global financial crisis. India's economy is expected to gr

2017年CRI China Oil and Gas Pipeline Project to Power Myanmar Economy after Full Operation

British Prime Minister Theresa May in the cabinet office signs the official letter to European Council President Donald Tusk invoking Article 50 and the United Kingdom's intention to leave the EU. [Photo: Reuters] The UK has pulled the trigger for Br

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2006年VOA标准英语-Large Oil and Gas Project Under Pressure in Rus

By Bill Gasperini Sakhalin, Russia 20 October 2006 A giant energy project on Russia's remote Sakhalin Island has recently come under scrutiny because of environmental concerns. A foreign run consortium has long been building parallel gas and oil pip

2006年VOA标准英语-Rice: Prospect of Hamas Role in Palestinia

By David Gollust Washington 23 January 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday the prospect of a role in a Palestinian government for the militant Islamic group Hamas poses a practical pr

VOA标准英语2011--Gas, Oil Exploration Complicates Turkey,

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VOA标准英语2012--South Sudan Oil Dispute Raises Specter of War

South Sudan Oil Dispute Raises Specter of War South Sudan is retooling its armed forces - working to strengthen the former rebel Southern People's Liberation Army into a more formal military. Soldiers here at the Bilpam military base in Juba could be

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By Ben Gilbert Baghdad 03 January 2006 Iraq's oil production has dropped sharply because of insurgent attacks and bad weather, raising the prospect of energy shortages. Meanwhile, the country's oil mi

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'They're Everywhere': Oil, Gas Wells Dot Developments, Raising Potential Dangers

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Colorado is reviewing its oil and gas operations after a house blew up last month, killing two people. A pipe from a nearby oil and gas well had been abandoned but not properly sealed. The tragedy is prompting many questions about

美国国家公共电台 NPR Europe Wakes Up To Prospect Of Female Terrorists

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Several oil and gas facilities in the Gulf of Mexico have resumed operations following Hurricane Katrina. However, an industry analyst says the full extent of damage to generating facilities is still unknown. 美国墨西哥湾地区的几个炼油厂在

New prospect of reversing Alzheimer's disease raised

BEIJING, Nov. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- Scientists in Canada have raised a prospect of reversing Alzheimer's disease by deep brain stimulation, according to media reports Monday. The technique here is known as deep brain stimulation -- applying electricity d

US Welcomes Prospect of Arab Peacekeepers in Iraq

By David Gollust The Bush administration has been working hard to try to enlist Muslim, and especially Arab, countries to join in Iraq peacekeeping operations. Although neither Jordan nor Yemen has ma

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What child hasn't dreaded September, the end of summer and the return to school. But for some kids, the prospect of school produces a level of fear so intense that it is immobilizing, resulting in what's known as school-refusal behavior. These are th

Prospect of Istanbul nuclear talks less promising

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2006年VOA标准英语-US Plays Down Iranian Warnings on Oil Supp

By Michael Bowman Washington 04 June 2006 The Bush administration is downplaying Iranian suggestions that any attempt by the United States to punish the Islamic republic for its nuclear activities wou

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The second Gas Exporting Countries Forum has attracted world wide attention as the influence of the organization has grown in the world energy market. World leaders like Russian president Vladimir Putin, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and the Ir

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China's top oil and gas producer said overseas operations will take a much larger share of its overall output as the company continues to expand abroad. The China National Petroleum Corp or CNPC produced around 110 million tonnes of oil equivalent th

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Well, the problem with the fall of the Qing Dynasty in the revolution in 1911 is that it doesnt mark a new start. It marks the collapse of the old regime, but thats not the real beginning of the new regime. I mean the great problem that China faced f