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Mobile Phone Apps Targeting at Delayed Flights

With flight delays in China on the rise, more and more mobile phone applications specializing in-flight information updates are emerging. CRI's Liu Min has more. Travel and Flight applications give brand new frequent flyers special experiences compar

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Libya has banned Switzerland's national carrier, Swiss International Air Lines, from flying to Tripoli. This is the latest twist in ongoing diplomatic row between countries over the arrest of Moammar Gadhafi's son, Hannibal. 'Technical reasons' prom

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China says 3,000 Chinese tourists a day will be allowed to travel to Taiwan, a long-estranged island Beijing considers part of Chinese territory. The visits will be possible once the two sides implement regular, direct flights, weekend, next month.

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 18 January 2006 After three days of bad weather, the United Nations has resumed emergency aid flights into areas of Pakistan devastated by October's massive earthquake. But

VOA慢速英语2012 EXPLORATIONS - NASA and the Early Apollo Flights of the 1960s

EXPLORATIONS - NASA and the Early Apollo Flights of the 1960s BARBARA KLEIN: I'm Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. The nineteen sixties were exciting times in space exploration. Today look back

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 23 October 2006 Israeli warplanes flew missions over southern Lebanon and parts of Beirut, one day after Israeli officials rejected calls by the French government to halt the overflights. ----- Tensions are building over the

美国国家公共电台 NPR U.S., Britain Restrict Electronics On Flights From Mideast Countries

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The U.S. is tightening rules about electronic devices allowed in carry-on baggage. The new security measures cover direct flights to the U.S. from eight majority-Muslim countries. This, of course, comes as President Trump is wagi

VOA常速英语2008年-US Presidential Candidates Use Commercial Marke

By Jeffrey Young Washington 22 February 2008 Voters in the United States are presented with a number of so-called purchase decisions in the course of the presidential election process. In this segment of How America Elects, VOA's Jeffrey Young looks

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URUMQI, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Heavy fog in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Sunday left 87 flights delayed or diverted. Twenty-five inbound flights from cities such as Beijing, Dalian and Chengdu to Urumqi have

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Chinese commercial banks go "intelligent"

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In the event of an accident, taxi drivers face possible bankruptcy since many are not protected by commercial insurance, and would be required to pay not only compensation to the accident victim, but also a penalty from the traffic administration. [P

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This Friday, the U.S. space shuttle Endeavor is scheduled to lift off on its last voyage（航行） to the orbiting International Space Station. And on June 28, barring any last minute complications, Alantis will become the last space shuttle ever t

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On June 4th, a volcano in southern Chile erupted, sending volcanic ash into the air. The large particles of ash soon dropped to the ground but the small particles were carried, high in the air, by the westerly wind to Australia and New Zealand. This

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