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World No Tobacco Day is observed around the world on May 31 every year. It was started by the World Health Organization in 1987. It aims to highlight the dangers of smoking around the world. Another aim is to encourage people to stop smoking and thus

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影片对白 Mary Alice: Martha Huber waited her whole life for something to happen to her, something exciting. As a child, she hoped to be kidnapped by a band of pirates. As a teenager, she dreamt of being discovered by a Hollywood talent scout . As a

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BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The government has no plan to start approving IPOs again, sources from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said Thursday. A CSRC official who declined to be named made the remarks at a news briefing, dismiss

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By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 25 September 2007 With the security situation growing more precarious in Darfur, Sudan's government is warning U.N. agencies and other aid groups that they should accept offers of military escorts, when they travel through the

VOA标准英语2008年-Red Cross Begins Assistance to Residents of Sou

The International Committee of the Red Cross says its delegates are assessing the humanitarian situation in South Ossetia and have begun administering to the needs of the resident population. The ICRC says a 17-member team, which arrived in the Geor

VOA标准英语2008年-UN Agencies Warn of Growing Humanitarian Risk i

United Nations agencies are warning of a growing humanitarian emergency in the Horn of Africa region. As Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, the agencies are calling on donor countries to provide more funds to stem a worsening crisis in Somalia, Ethi

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Somalia's extremist insurgent group, al-Shabab, says three U.N. agencies working with the country's U.N.-backed transitional government have been declared enemies of Islam and their operations in Somalia have been shut down. A statement released by

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MOSCOW, June 8 (Xinhua) -- President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that permits tests on students to see if they have consumed drugs or psychotropic substances, the Kremlin website said Saturday. Students at secondary schools, colleges and universi

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British Prime Minister David Cameron says there is growing evidence the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against rebels, backing up a report by U.S. intelligence agencies. Prime Minister Cameron on Friday called the development very distur

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By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington 05 March 2008 The United States is a nation of immigrants with cultural connections around the world. Such diversity helps to spark interest in foreign language immersioninstruction in public schools. Kent Garden Elem

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Lou Jiwei made the remarks Friday in Washington in the wake of the recent downgrading of China's outlook by two U.S. credit rating agencies. He says the outlook fails to reflect the real picture of the Chinese economy. We have just published the data

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VOA标准英语2008年-UN, Aid Agencies Withdraw from War-Battered Nor

International aid agencies are withdrawing from Sri Lanka's war-battered northern region, as fighting intensifies between government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi that the withdrawal comes a week after the gov

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President Barack Obama is asking Congress for authority to merge a series of federal agencies that deal with trade and commerce. Addressing reporters in the East Room of the White House, he said consolidating the U.S. Commerce Department with several

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East African countries may be inundated with heavy rain, but Zimbabwe is reeling under one of the worst droughts in its history. The government and humanitarian agencies have been left struggling to find ways to avert a hunger crisis. The unprecedent

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