Twice a year, day and night, fall into balance, lasting for nearly equal length. Known as equinoxes, Latin for equal night, they occur in March and September and along with solstices mark the changing of seasons as Earth travels around the sun. Astr

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And at other times, they'd have looked more like Africa's Serengeti Plains. More than 15 millions years ago, what is now Vienna and Paris would have been submerged beneath rich tropical seas. And over

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Chapter 40 The year 1863 第40章 1863 年 412. Position of the Armies, January, 1863. 412.军队的状况(1863年1月) The Army of the Potomac, now under Hooker, and the Army of Northern Virginia were face to face at Fredericksburg on the Rapp

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Life on the Tundra Tundra is the name given to the low, marshy plains of Europe, Siberia, and North America that border on the Arctic Ocean. In Alaska, the vast, cold region known as the

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Following un Ancient Footsteps 长相“丝”守:丝绸之路话从头 One of the world's most ancient and historically important trade routes, the Silk Road conjures up exotic images of camel cara

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Tracy looked at the flag. The flag is red, white, and blue. It has 50 white stars. The white stars are on a blue square. The flag has six white stripes. It has seven red stripes. All the stripes are horizontal. They are not vertical. The stripes do n

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 31 October 2007 The World Meteorological Organization says theLa Niaweather event is under way across the central and eastern equatorial Pacific and these conditions are expected to continue through the first quarter of 2008. L

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AS IT IS 2016-09-24 In Northern Mali, Youth Feel Left Out of Progress 马里北部青年感到被冷落 The West African nation of Mali has experienced major changes since 2012. The changes have included a military overthrow of the government, a pres

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From the misty dreams of nighttime I sought the clarity of my days From the gates of longing Looked for the familiar glow The death of my wife's slayer Brought no comfort to me No shape from loneliness For a dream A queen of gold I made A silver brid

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Study Links Video Game Use to Problems in School A new study warns that too much time spent playing computer games could affect a child's performance at school. Britain's National Childrens Bureau Northern Ireland reported the results of the study. T

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Photo: AP A Yemeni refugee woman washes clothes at the Mazraq Refugee Camp in northern Yemen, 11 Dec 2009 The International Committee of the Red Cross reports conditions are continuing to deteriorate in northern Yemen where fighting between the gover

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Egyptian Sinai Engulfed in Post-Revolution Lawlessness Egypt's Sinai Peninsula has long been a country apart. It has its share of foreign tourists seeking sun and sand on the Red Sea. But for residents, life is hard. The Bedouin have long felt disenf

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On a typically rainy Irish afternoon, I boarded an express train at Ireland's capital Dublin. Here we are, about an hour now out of Dublin and we've just crossed over the border from Ireland into the British north. But there has been and there will b

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The farmland of Wang Yang-tang in Hubei province lies abandoned. Over the last century, sand has devoured the rich pastures. As sand dunes edge closer to Beijing each year, Northern China's rapidly turning into desert. Shen Zhao-xiang, the director o

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Passage Three 17. A) They had lost their jobs as a result of the Industrial Revolution. B) They had been suffering from political and religious oppression. C) They wanted to flee from the widespread famine in Northern Europe. D) They wanted to make a

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Top Aid Official at U.N. Says World Is Failing Africa By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, May 16, 2005 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. The United Natio

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The U.N. refugee agency reports more than 200,000 people have been displaced by the conflict in northern Yemen. It says the growing number of displaced is straining the ability of aid agencies to shelter and care for those forced to flee their homes.

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The decision by Theresa May, the new UK prime minister, to postpone approval for Hinkley Point nuclear power station, apparently because of security concerns about Chinese investors involved in the project, raises questions about another of her prede

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Mali's Foreign Affairs minister says his country is no Afghanistan. Tieman Coulibaly, speaking while in Paris, says the military intervention in his country is fighting a global threat. We must continue pushing them up north and then over there, ther

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British authorities say traces of horsemeat have been found in school meals, restaurant dishes and hospital food, as well as in supermarket products. The announcement came as the European Union agreed to begin random DNA checks on meat products in a

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