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The local share market reversed early gains to close flat today after being dragged lower by financial stocks. The All Ordinaries Index closed down just two points and the ASX 200 lost four. The big four banks all finished lower. Westpac lost almost
澳洲ABC新闻快递2010年
The Australian dollar is nearing parity with the greenback. It's currently buying about 98.1 US cents, but it reached 99.14 overnight, its highest level since the currency was floated back in December 1983. Westpac says it could overtake the greenbac
澳洲ABC新闻快递2010年
And there was more sobering economic news out of Europe overnight. Britain's Office of (口误，应为for) Budget Responsibility said the British economy will grow by less than one per cent this year. Now it predicts the growth will be just 0.7 of o
澳洲ABC新闻快递2011年
And hopes of a new debt rescue plan have sent European markets higher overnight. The Greek parliament has also just approved an unpopular new property tax as the prime minister tries to convince European countries that Greece is serious about solving
澳洲ABC新闻快递2011年
And consumer group Choice has welcomed moves by the Reserve Bank. The stock companys profiteering from credit card transactions. From January next year, merchants will only be able to charge reasonable fees on transactions which reflect the cost of a
澳洲ABC新闻快递2012年
By William Eagle Washington 28 February In Africa, the increased participation of women in politics is helping legislatures look more like their own societies and less like exclusive men's clubs. A st
2006年VOA标准英语（二月）
By Lisa Bryant Paris 31 January 2007 In April, France holds presidential elections that may usher in the country's first female leader. Socialist politician Segolene Royal, 53, has been dominating the news for months. However, she is hardly the only
2007年VOA标准英语（一月）
Women are joining together all over the world to mark the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day on March 8. Women poured through London's streets on Tuesday singing loudly for women's rights. The banners they carried trained a spotlight on t
VOA标准英语2011年(三月)
The Asian Development Bank says Asia and the Pacific are behind in meeting certain parts the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals. A new report by the ADB and the U.N. Development Program says progress is slow in reducing child mortality, pro
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Good afternoon I'm Philip Mena and here the hottest pop news stories buzzing online right now. Adam Sandler is making history at Netflix with his western parity movie Ridiculous Six. The film was universally panned by critics but apparently audiences
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By Steve Herman Karachi 13 March 2008 Pakistan is one of the world's top cotton producers. With one out of every five Pakistani farmers growing the crop, supplying millions of spindles and looms and hundreds of mills, the cotton industry is the count
VOA标准英语2008年（三月）
By George Dwyer Washington 19 April 2007 A report released in Washington, D.C. earlier this month (April 10) examines the unique role women can play as peace builders in war-torn and post-conflict states. Sponsored by a quartet of powerful and presti
2007年VOA标准英语（四月）
By Steve Herman Tokyo 30 November 2006 Japan's Defense Agency is about to be upgraded to a full-fledged ministry. VOA's Steve Herman reports from Tokyo on the significance of the move. A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force tank during a drill at a range
2006年VOA标准英语（十一月)
The Asian Development Bank has developed a new benchmark to measure poverty in Asia. The ADB says in a region that has seen stellar growth rates and rising income inequality, its new Asian poverty line can help policy makers measure and compare pove
VOA标准英语2008年（八月）
Following the trend in Asia, European markets rose modestly on Monday amid hopes of a renewed U.S. auto sector lifeline from the White House and another possible U.S. interest rate cut this week. But the mood is tempered by concerns about possible e
VOA标准英语2008年(十二月)
Women's Rights Activists Encouraged by New French President The easy part of Olivia Cattan's day ends at lunchtime, when she leaves her work as a pre-school assistant and starts her other job as a journalist and founder of the feminist organization P
VOA标准英语2012年(五月)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said plans for a U.S. missile defense system must be taken into account in a new strategic arms agreement being negotiated between Moscow and Washington. Russian FM Sergey Lavrov looks on during a meeting in Mo
VOA标准英语2009年(五月)
Women on the Rise in African Politics 非洲妇女对政治热情上升 DAKAR Africa now has three female heads of state, after Catherine Samba-Panza of the Central African Republic took office in January. Though women leaders remain the exception in
VOA标准英语2014年(二月)
Giving Kids Equal Chance at Survival A new report says too often a childs survival depends on place of birth, parents income and ethnicity. Save the Children calls it an unfair lottery of birth that violates every childs right to an equal start in li
VOA标准英语2015年(二月)
By Terry FitzPatrick Cape Town 15 April 2008 Nearly 18 percent of the members of parliament, worldwide, are women, according to a new study released this week as the Inter-Parliamentary Union meets in South Africa. The report says many of the barrier
VOA常速英语2008年（四月）