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Oscar Pistorius is the South African Paralympic runner famous for trying to compete at the Olympics. He is known as Blade Runner because of the artificial limbs he uses to sprint. He is also dubbed the fastest man on no legs. Pistorius is the double

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Evolution continues today, and sometimes we can watch it happening. Researchers in the November 6th edition of the journal Science say that they caught in the act a population of butterflies in Ecuador potentially diverging into two distinct species.

Pistorius' bail ruling postponed again

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Pistorius' bail hearing postponed

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2006年VOA标准英语- Conservatives Declare Election Victory in

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2007年VOA标准英语-Conservatives Press Bush on Civil Liberties

By Jim Malone Washington 21 March 2007 The Bush administration is under fire for its record on protecting civil liberties from an unexpected source, well-known leaders of the conservative movement in the United States. VOA national correspondent Jim

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Serero wins South Africa's footballer of the year

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Nike, Oakley move away from Pistorius for murder suspicion

BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Nike and Oakley, two corporate sponsors of Olympic blade runner Oscar Pistorius, have moved away from the South African sports star, who is charged with murdering his model girl friend on Valentine's Day. KeJuan Wilkin

学个词Learn a Word 第950期 A crowd pleaser

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2007年VOA标准英语-Conservative Sarkozy Is Elected President of Fr

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2007年VOA标准英语-US Conservative Religious Leader Jerry Falwell

By Jim Malone Washington 15 May 2007 The Reverend Jerry Falwell died Tuesday. Falwell, perhaps more than anyone else, played a pivotal role in mobilizing religious conservative voters into a political force in the United States beginning in the 1980s

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VOA标准英语2009-Conservative Parties Cheer Victory in EU Par

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VOA标准英语2009年-Conservative Anglican Priests Consider Off

By Jennifer Glasse London 09 November 2009 Pope Benedict XVI, 28 Jan 2009 The Vatican has offered to allow conservative Anglican clergy to join a special section of the Catholic Church. They would be able to retain the Anglican liturgy and a married

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By Paula Wolfson White House 10 February 2008 President Bush is seeking to ease conservative fears about Arizona Senator John McCain - the frontrunner for the Republican Party's presidential nomination. But, as VOA White House Correspondent Paula Wol