11 Nations Sign Trans-Pacific Trade Deal Without US

Eleven countries in the Pacific region have signed a major Asia-Pacific free trade agreement in Santiago, Chile. The deal is a new version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership from which the U.S. withdrew last year. The agreement is called the Comprehens

WHO Wants to Remove Trans Fats from Food

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. There may be something in your food that you cannot see and cannot taste. But it could be killing you. It is an artificial oil commonly called trans fat. Trans fat is a toxic chemical th

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By Dan Robinson Capitiol Hill 16 March 2007 Former undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame, who has been at the center of a controversy involving the role White House officials played in revealing her identity, has testified in public for the first tim

2006年VOA标准英语-WTO Intensifies Geneva Talks, Cancels Mini

By Kurt Achin Seoul 27 April 2006 The World Trade Organization has canceled a minister-level meeting scheduled for late April, admitting that members are not ready to meet a deadline for a trade liber

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By Meredith Buel Washington 17 November 2006 Recent elections for the U.S. Congress and continuing bloodshed in Baghdad have renewed debate over whether there should be a timetable for American-led coalition forces to leave Iraq. Many critics of the

2006年VOA标准英语-US Senate Votes for Immigration Reform Bill

By Deborah Tate Washington 25 May 2006 The U.S. Senate has approved (by a 62 to 36 vote) sweeping immigration reform legislation that strengthens border security and establishes a guest worker program for the millions of illegal immigrants in the Un

VOA标准英语2009年-North Korea Notifies World Agencies of Satellit

North Korea has told international agencies it will conduct its planned launch of what Pyongyang says is a satellite in early April. North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket became all but inevitable as Pyongyang informed international agencies i

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ICRC Seeks Access to All of Libya as Conflict Intensifies

The International Committee of the Red Cross is appealing for access to all areas of conflict in Libya as fighting intensifies. The president of the ICRC, Jakob Kellenberger, says the conflict in Libya has descended into civil war. He says he is alar

2006年VOA标准英语-Moussaoui Testifies at 9/11 Sentencing Tri

By Jim Malone Washington 13 April 2006 Confessed al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui complained about his defense lawyers Thursday during his sentencing trial in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside

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Part 2. Green Transporation Festival. Keywords. Green Transporation Festival, oil, environment, reduce, other kinds of fuels. Vocabulary. hydrogen, propane, scooter, hybrid, ethanol. A. You are going to hear a report on green transporation festival.

2006年VOA标准英语-US Senate Ratifies Cybercrime Treaty; Assesses

By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 04 August 2006 Among the last issues to come before the U.S. Senate before lawmakers began their August recess were cybercrime and cybersecurity. Senators ratified an international treaty aimed at cracking down on crimes

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揭秘新科技 Wifi信号能治病

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Wifi信号弱？放置地点有问题

Deciding where to place a Wi-Fi router at home to minimise signal blackspots is a fine art. But a physicist has attempted to tackle the problem by mathematically working out the optimum position for a router. He studied how walls and reflections affe

National standard for trans fat labeling

BEIJING, Nov. 4 (Xinhuanet) -- The amount of trans fat and other nutritional information will be marked on the labels of prepackaged food, according to the country's first national standard for food nutrition. The labeling will take effect on Jan 1,

Grondona to retire in 2015 from Argentina' s association

BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The President of the Argentinean Football Association (AFA), Julio Grondona, Tuesday announced he will leave the post in 2015, which he has occupied since 1979. I have to finish my term by 2015. The experience is tel

US Identifies Marines in Urination Video

U.S. military officials say they have identified the four Marines seen on video urinating on the bodies of dead Afghan Taliban fighters. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service, heading the main inquiry into the video, has also reportedly questioned

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By Al Pessin Kansas 18 December 2006 Army training troops who will serve as advisers to the Iraqis are seen in Fort Riley, Kansas, 28 Oct 2006 In the raging debate over the future of U.S. policy toward Iraq, there is one point on which all sides see

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David Byrd | Washington 02 December 2009 Tiger Woods with his daughter, Sam, and wife, Elin, before the start of an NCAA college football game, 21 Nov 2009 Most cheating men talk about an emotional breakdown both within their marriage and in themselv