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1.President Barack Obama says he's committed to the survival of the US auto industry, but that the administration cannot continue to excuse poor decisions. Obama has rejected the restructuring plans from GM and Chrysler and given the automakers one

VOA标准英语2012--Greece Eurozone Exit Would Be Felt Worldwide

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Some of this ice age dung was found beneath the skull in the Aucilla. The dung contained plant remains that tell us what the mastodon was browsing on 13,000 years ago or morea mixture of trees and grasses. This suggests that ice age Florida was drier

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You look so defeated lying there in your new twin size bed. With a single pillow underneath your single head. I guess you decided that that old queen holds more space than you would need. Now it's in the alley behind your apartment with a sign that s

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-04-03

1. The Mayor of the Albuquerque, New Mexico says a 10-hour protest turned into a mayhem as police clashed with hundreds of protestors. The demonstrators are protesting recent police shootings there. 2. Washington State authorities say they expect dri

VOA标准英语10月-OPEC Output Cuts Roil Stock Markets

OPEC will cut its oil output by 1.5 million barrels a day starting in November, with chances of more cuts to come. But from Paris, Lisa Bryant reports the announcement was met by a further drop by financial markets. OPEC hopes that by cutting output

VOA标准英语2009-Assassinations Roil Russia's Caucasus Region

The deputy head of Ingushetia's Supreme Court has been shot dead in the latest incident of violence to hit Russia's troubled Caucasus region. The assassination of Justice Aza Gazgireeva follows a recent high profile killing in neighboring Dagestan,

Anti-Government Protests Spread Across Middle East, North Af

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Getting Out Of The Rain Have you ever dashed across a parking lot in a sudden rainstorm? You might think that youll stay drier by running as fast as you can-but wait-the faster you run, the more drops youll run into horizontally, soaking your front.

VOA标准英语2011--New York's Twin Towers Appear in Many Ho

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VOA标准英语2013--Gay Rights Roil Former Soviet Georgia

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NASA's twin probes reach lunar orbit

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Twin U.S. spacecraft to study the moon from crust to core put themselves into the lunar orbit on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, the country's space agency said. The second Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory, o

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By Challiss McDonough Beirut 11 December 2007 Two car bombs have exploded in the Algerian capital, killing at least 62 people and injuring scores more. One of the blasts targeted several U.N. offices, and the United Nations says at least 12 staff mem

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NASA to launch twin probes to measure moon gravity

BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- NASA will launch on Thursday twin lunar orbiters built to map the gravity of Earth's moon in unprecedented detail, media reported Tuesday. The twin lunar probes, Graili-A and Graili-B, will blast off from Florida's Cap

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In 2013 they will finish building One World Trade Center. It's also known as the Freedom Tower. It will be the tallest building in Manhattan. Tall, schmall, said Hal. Ten years to build it. They built BOTH Twin Towers in just seven years. Those were

下雨是跑淋的雨多还是走淋的雨多?

【英文原文】 Have you ever dashed across a parking lot in a sudden rainstorm? You might think that youll stay drier by running as fast as you can.but wait!The faster you run, the more drops youll run into horizontally, soaking your front. You w

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WASHINGTON, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Russian economy could contract as much as 1.8 percent this year, if the Ukraine crisis continues to roil and becomes more serious, said World Bank President Jim Yong Kim Thursday. If the crisis goes longer and has a d

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Key European leaders pledged at a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama Monday that they will push for closer economic integration of the 17-nation eurozone to help resolve the continent's burgeoning debt crisis. European Council President Herman