韩国打捞沉没三年的客轮“世越”号

A recovery operation has raised the Sewol ferry, which sank off South Koreas southern coast almost three years ago. An official overseeing the operation said the ferry reached the waters surface shortly before five oclock, local time. Three-hundred-f

AP 2011-04-24

1. It was a year ago today that an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico burst into flames, killing 11 workers. For 85 days after that, 206 million gallons of BP oil spilt into the Gulf. Today, families of the 11 workers will fly over the scene, and there wi

CNN 2009-04-23

I'm Melissa Long here at the CNN center in Atlanta with a look at some of the stories that are happening NOW IN THE NEWS on this Wednesday. The acting chief financial office for mortgage giant Freddie Mac was found dead in his home in Virginia this

CNN 2009-03-21

Good morning from the CNN center in Atlanta, I am Reggie Aqui. Thanks for checking in. here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. The house has passed legislation that would impose a 90% tax on bonuses paid to employees of companies receivin

CNN 2010-07-13

The plane carrying the 10 admitted spies, confessed spies from the United States has touched down in Moscow, they touched down in Domodedovo, airport here in the Russian capital, and they will whisk the way in black tout Mercedes minibuses. They will

NPR 2009-08-11

The leaders of Mexico, Canada and the United States have wrapped up a brief summit meeting in Guadalajara, Mexico. President Obama also held a one-on-one meeting with Mexico's President Felipe Calderon where the two discussed the unprecedented wave

NPR 2009-04-12

The US cargo ship that was attacked by Somali pirates is back in port in Kenya and 19 crew members have been debriefed by FBI agents. But the ship's captain is still being held hostage by four heavily armed pirates in a lifeboat in the Indian Ocean.

AS IT IS 2016-04-15 Russia Says Flyover of US Ship Was ‘Safe’

AS IT IS 2016-04-15 Russia Says Flyover of US Ship Was Safe Russian military airplanes flew over an American warship in international waters earlier this week. The Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday that its SU-24 planes were performing test flig

2007年VOA标准英语-Ship Carrying Illegal Migrants Intercepted in C

By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 23 May 2007 Police in Senegal say they have intercepted a ship and its passengers who are believed to be Senegalese migrants trying to reach Europe. Naomi Schwarz reports from Dakar police say they are investigating what they s

VOA标准英语2009-Pentagon Has Video of Afghan Civilian Casualty I

The Pentagon says it has video of the incident in Afghanistan's Farah Province two weeks ago, in which a U.S. air strike apparently killed some Afghan civilians. But U.S. officials dispute the Afghan government claim that as many as 140 civilians we

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BBC News. The British government has suffered a setback in its plans to begin the process for leaving the European Union, after the High Court in London ruled that it must get parliamentary approval before formally triggering the relevant clause. Up

北洋水师致远舰被找到

The 50-meter-long Zhiyuan Warship, located 10 nautical miles southwest of Dandong Port, was sunken by the Japanese navy during a Sino-Japanese War about 12 decades ago. The State Administration of Cultural Heritage launched investigation and salvage

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今天我们要学的词是casualty。 Casualty, 在战争中指人员伤亡，在其他灾难性事件中指受害者，一般用复数。阿富汗外交部说， The Pentagon has promised to take steps to reduce civilian casualties, 美国五角大楼

乌拉圭监禁10毒贩

MONTEVIDEO, July 31 (Xinhua) -- An Uruguayan judge Wednesday ordered the detention in prison of 10 members of a drug trafficking ring who were caught earlier this week with almost half a ton of marijuana shipped in from neighboring Paraguay, media re

Russia resumes launch of Proton-M carrier rocket

MOSCOW, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- A Russian Proton-M carrier rocket carrying a military spacecraft blasted off early Wednesday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the first launch since a series setbacks of Russian rocket launch in August. Colon

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Too close to see so much love we stop living Sweet history ain't enough to keep my heart beating So many tips for you I sacrificed Too many lies for you I justified How can you stand there say you know it's you to blame How can you well know everythi

Death Toll in Italian Cruise Ship Disaster Reaches Five

The number of those killed in the Italian cruise ship disaster has risen to five after search crews on Sunday discovered the bodies of two elderly men in the submerged section of the Costa Condordia. The huge vessel with more than 4,000 people on boa

2015年CRI 东方之星客轮遇难者上升到396人

The Eastern Star was carrying 456 people on an 11-day trip up the river from Nanjing to Chongqing when it capsized near the small community of Jianli in Hubei. The ship, said to have been hit by a tornado around 9 in the evening on Monday, took only

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Massive 500 tonne cranes hoisted the damaged hull of the Eastern Star that capsized with 456 passengers on board on Monday. Over a thousand relatives. who had gathered on the riverbank, broke down in tears as the ship emerged from the murky waters of