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Torture Interferes with Memory In the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences, psychologist Share O'Mara notes that torture can interfere with the brain's memory retrieval apparatus, making it counterproductive to the aim of producing useful informatio
Mau Mau Torture Hearing Concludes in London At the Royal Courts of Justice building in London, veterans from Kenyas Mau Mau uprising, an anti-colonial movement, are gearing up for what they hope will be the final chapter in a 50-year struggle. They a
今天我们要讲的美国习惯用语是:burn at the stake. 大家都知道,burn是烧的意思; stake是木桩的意思。Burn at the stake原指中世纪的时候,异教徒在火刑柱上被烧死。不言而喻,作为习惯用语,bur
Are you a stakeholder? Helen: This is Real English from BBC Learning English. I'm Helen. Zo: 大家好,欢迎收听地道英语,我是刘佳。 Helen: Today we're going to look at words and phrases that have recently become part of the English language. Zo: 地道
By Cindy Saine Washington 21 September 2007 The U.S. tech-heavy stock exchange, Nasdaq, has struck a deal to sell a 20 percent stake to the United Arab Emirates-owned Borse Dubai, in exchange for control of the Nordic bourse operator OMX. But the dea
The independent U.N. expert on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, says torture is practiced frequently in many countries, and that prison conditions are often so poor they can be considered cruel and inhuman treatment. From Uni
Helping Victims of Torture Tuesday is International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. The theme is: Rehabilitation works and is a torture survivors right. June 26th is the 25th anniversary of the U.N. Convention against Torture. When we talk abou
US Officials Criticize Film's Torture Scenes Zero Dark Thirty tells the behind-the-scenes story of the hunt for Osama Bin Laden. It shows intelligence techniques used to find the Al Qaida leader, including the enhanced interrogations which many call
Kenyans to Sue Britain Over Torture Claim Four Kenyans, three men and one woman, plan to take legal action against the British government over alleged colonial-era atrocities. Britain's High Court ruled Thursday that the elderly Kenyans can sue over
Annual Event Helps Torture Treatment Center For 26 years Rossana Perez has spent her free time running in a park near downtown Los Angeles. It really clears my thoughts and helps me to release stress, Perez said. Much of that stress comes from memori
By Scott Stearns White House 04 October 2007 The Bush administration is defending itself against reports that it authorized harsher techniques to interrogate suspected terrorists than it has previously acknowledged. VOA White House Correspondent Scot
By Scott Stearns White House 05 October 2007 President Bush is defending his administration against reports that it authorized harsher techniques to interrogate suspected terrorists than it has previously acknowledged. VOA White House correspondent S
By Kari Barber Dakar 15 December 2006 In Liberia, many are welcoming the recent U.S. indictment of Charles Taylor Jr., son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, on counts of torture. This is the first time the U.S. government has used its ant
The war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic has again put the spotlight on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Karadzic has appeared before the court in the Hague twice since he was arrest
PARIS, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- French telecom giant Vivendi said Wednesday it has sold its remaining stake in NBC(美国全国广播公司) Universal to U.S. General Electric (GE) for 3.8 billion U.S. dollars. Vivendi has concluded ... the sale of the re
今天我们要学的词是torture。 Torture, 是折磨的意思。对敌方战斗人员使用折磨的手段,前一段时间在美国引起了极大的争议。美国总统布什上星期五发布了一道行政命令,禁止对敌方战斗人员使
今天我们要学的词是torture。 Torture, 是折磨的意思。对敌方战斗人员使用折磨的手段,前一段时间在美国引起了极大的争议。美国总统布什上星期五发布了一道行政命令,禁止对敌方战斗人员使
By Jim Fry Washington 05 December 2007 Two Republican Party candidates for U.S. president disagreed sharply last week on the use a controversial interrogation technique known as waterboarding. While much of the campaign focuses on domestic issues, ca
Glencore PLC and Qatar have agreed to sell the bulk of their nearly 20% stake in Russian oil giant PAO Rosneft to a Chinese energy company. The deal, worth about 9 billion U.S. dollars, gives China Energy Fund Committee (CEFC) a 14.2% stake in Rosnef
将近一百五十年前有人在美国加州的一条河里发现了光灿灿的金块。这条消息立即传向四面八方,掀起了一股淘金热。发财梦促使八万多人跋山涉水争先恐后地涌到加州的旧金山。 这段被称作