USAID Supports Religious Tolerance

Why would a U.S. Government agency specializing in administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance, concern itself with religious freedom in the countries where it works? At USAID, we see freedom of worship as an essential element in ou

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As a child, the commentator went door to door with his mother to share the tenets of the Jehovah's Witnesses. The experience led to his belief that tolerance is the foundation of freedom and liberty Welcome to This I Believe, an NPR series presentin

CNN 2011-05-15

The Mississippi river remains near-record stayed across West Tennessee，Arkansas and here in Mississippi as well, swamping residencies, farmland and businesses. A lot of these people don't have flood insurance,and they may have nothing left.In prepa

VOA慢速英语2011--Study Links Climate Change to Changes in

Agriculture Report - Study Links Climate Change to Changes in Crop Yields This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A new study says climate change has reduced the world's wheat and maize production. The study says rice and soybean yields h

VOA标准英语2008年-Technology Key to Producing More Food

By Bill Rodgers Washington 19 May 2008 The Green Revolution is a good example of how technological advances can have a dramatic effect on economic development - in this case on food production. Other technological innovations are helping to improve a

VOA标准英语2011--Indonesia Teaching Tolerance with Comics

IndonesiaTeachingTolerancewithComics A new series of comic books is being introduced in Indonesia to promote diversity and tolerance. The group behind the creation of the comic book series says they are an innovative and effective way to combat the m

VOA标准英语2011--Egyptian Islamist Calls for Tolerance of

Egyptian Islamist Calls for Tolerance of Coptic Christians Violence between Egypt's Coptic Christians and conservative Muslims has led to calls for tolerance from some unlikely sources. The allegiance of the men gathered outside a mosque in central A

每日一词【503】zero tolerance：零忍耐

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Fine signals zero-tolerance towards foreign cartels

BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- For the first time, China has fined overseas companies for price-fixing on the mainland, which is a strong signal that the country will not tolerate foreign cartels any more and is committed to maintaining market disciplin

学个词Learn a Word 第503期 Zero tolerance

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VOA常速英语2008年-OPEC to Boost Production Targets, Blames High P

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 22 April 2008 OPEC Secretary General Abdalla Salem el-Badri says the cartel plans to boost its oil production targets by five million barrels a day by 2012. He was speaking on the final day of the International Energy Foru

OPEC Reaffirms Pledge to Cut Production Quotas

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学个词Learn a Word 第914期 level off

今天我们要学的词是level off。 To level off, 是稳定下来的意思。 At some major banks, the number of bad loans is starting to level off, 一些大银行的坏帐案例正在逐步稳定下来。 最新研究发现， U.S. obesity rate

美国习惯用语 Lesson 215 - On the Level / Kosher

今天要讲的两个习惯用语并不是由同样一个关键的字组成的，然而，它们具有相同的意思。也就是诚实，真实等。今天我们要讲的第一个习惯用语就是：

流行美语 第123课 - to level with someone / clueless

Larry和李华正在乘公共汽车去公园去溜冰。今天李华会学到两个常用语：to level with someone和clueless. (Local traffic) LL: I have to level with you, Li Hua. I'm not very fond

Climate Change Already Reducing Crop Yields

Climate change is already beginning to hurt maize and wheat production, according to a new study. Higher average growing season temperatures(温度) in most major grain-producing countries are beginning to work against the progress made by improving

Animation production base opens in Tianjin

TIANJIN, May 27 (Xinhua) -- China's first state-level animation production base opened Friday in northern Tianjin Municipality, with a total investment of 4.5 billion yuan (690 million U.S. dollars). More than 180 firms have signed up for animation p

Fitch: US Still AAA

The Fitch rating agency is keeping its top-level credit rating on the United States. Fitch says it kept the AAA credit rating in place because the U.S. economy is flexible, diversified, and wealthy, which helps the nation adjust to marketplace shocks

China mulls new green production laws

BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Senior Chinese legislators on Monday started their second deliberation on a draft amendment to the country's Law on the Promotion of Clean Production. At the three-day bimonthly session of the Standing Committee of the Na

Saudis Set to Boost Oil Production

Saudi Arabia is signaling that it is going to boost its supply of oil on its own after failing to convince other oil producers to jointly agree to more production. Several news agencies reported Saturday that the Saudis could increase their oil produ