AS IT IS 2016-05-23 Mystery Condition Makes Brothers Collapse at Sunset

AS IT IS 2016-05-23 Mystery Condition Makes Brothers Collapse at Sunset Doctors in Pakistan are studying two brothers who seem in fine health during the day, but are unable to move when the sun goes down. The school-age boys, 9-year-old Shoaib Ahmed

新西兰英语 670 Royal Commission into collapse of CTV Building

First listen to June 25th 2012 to hear about the Royal Commission and follow the other links on that page. The Royal Commission into the Canterbury Earthquakes has just finished eight weeks investigating the collapse of the CTV building. Yesterday wa

Greek coalition gov't talks collapse

ATHENS, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Marathon talks among parliamentary parties in debt-ridden Greece for the formation of a coalition government after the May 6 general polls collapsed on Friday, with the prospect of fresh elections in June seeming more likel

VOA标准英语2008年-Trade Talks Collapse Disappoints Africans

African countries say they are deeply disappointed by the collapse of the Doha Development Round. They are calling for an early resumption of the failed talks to address fair trade issues that are critically needed to get Africa out of poverty. Lisa

VOA标准英语2011--Russia Seeks Democracy After Soviet Collapse

Russia Seeks Democracy After Soviet Collapse In the two decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia has made enormous economic progress. Incomes have increased 10 times. But bookending these changes are demonstrations - in 1991 against com

VOA标准英语2011--Immigrants Reflect on Soviet Collapse

Immigrants Reflect on Soviet Collapse Since the collapse of the Soviet Union 20 years ago, millions of people have emigrated from the newly created nations that once were constituent republics of the communist empire. Our correspondent spoke to sever

VOA标准英语2011--Will Political Turmoil Collapse the Old

The political turmoil in the Arab world may not only lead to much higher oil prices, but greater competition for resources and a shift in priorities for oil-producing nations. So says the author of Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet. What's happening in

VOA标准英语2011-Nuclear Talks with Iran Collapse

Talks in Istanbul, Turkey between the international community and Iran over its controversial nuclear program, have ended in failure amid mutual recriminations. The collapse in the talks, is expected to lead to further international pressure on Iran

VOA标准英语2009年-Makeshift Church Building Collapse Kills 2

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 30 September 2009 In Nepal, at least 23 people were killed and more than 60 others injured when a makeshift church building collapsed in a town hosting a Christian conference. People crowd around the site of a church dor

VOA标准英语2010-Climate Hastened Collapse of Angkor, Capi

Scientist uses tree rings to reconstruct 13th century climate Art Chimes | Washington, DC 05 April 2010 Photo: Photos.com Related Links: Angkor paper (full text) Buckley lab We started seeing these big, giant periods of drought that took place around

2006年VOA标准英语-UN: Palestinian Economy on Verge of Collapse

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 12 September 2006 A new U.N. report warns the Palestinian economy is on the verge of collapse. In its annual report on Assistance to the Palestinian People, the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development is calling for intensifi

VOA标准英语10月-India Plays Down Fears of Bank Collapse

India's finance minister is seeking to dispel rumors of an impending major bank failure, amid the global economic turmoil. After opening near a two-year low, India's major stock indexes recovered in Tuesday trading, in contrast to most bourses elsew

2007年VOA标准英语-Utah Mine Collapse Puts Spotlight on Coal Minin

By Mil Arcega Washington 10 August 2007 Rescue efforts continue for six men trapped in a coal mine in the U.S. western state of Utah. Although the fate of the miners is still unknown, the unfolding tragedy is putting a spotlight on America's reliance

Same compensation for China bridge collapse victims

ZHENGZHOU, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Officials announced Monday that relatives of the victims of an expressway bridge collapse that occurred last Friday in central China's Henan Province will be compensated using a single standard following public complaint

Banking sector causes collapse of Spanish stocks

MADRID, June 29 (Xinhua) -- The Spanish stock market suffered this year's third major downfall on Tuesday (-5.45 percent) as a result of the banking sector's liquidity problems. Fears of a double dip world recession grew sharply ahead of U.S. jobs re

Buildings collapse after subsidence in S China

GUANGZHOU, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Two buildings consisting of six shops collapsed Monday afternoon after subsidence in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, the municipal government has confirmed. At around 4:40 p.m., subsidence occurr

2016年CRI Traffic Policeman in Hangzhou Praised for Saving Lives from an Impending Road Collapse

Li Weiqi, a 40-year-old auxiliary traffic police officer from Hangzhou's West Lake detachment of the Traffic Management Bureau, said he noticed something weird about the road surface of the intersection where he was on duty on April 21. When I walked

每日一词【1138】collapse：坍塌

今天我们要学的词是collapse。 Collapse, 坍塌。 The main building of the factory collapsed because of the fire, 大火造成工厂主楼的坍塌。 Nearly a foot and a half of snow fell in Minneapolis last Saturday, causing the roof of Vi

学个词Learn a Word 第1138期 Collapse

今天我们要学的词是collapse。 Collapse, 坍塌。 The main building of the factory collapsed because of the fire, 大火造成工厂主楼的坍塌。 Nearly a foot and a half of snow fell in Minneapolis last Saturday, causing the roof of Vi

Death toll rises to 5 in construction platform collapse

NANJING, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Three more workers died in hospital, bringing the death toll to five in platform collapse at a construction site in east China's Jiangsu Province. By 11 p.m., four others injured were still receiving treatment, and among