From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Home prices across the US are at nine-year lows. The SP/Case-Shiller Home Price Index reveals a steep drop from February to March in 18 of the 20 big metro areas tracked. Patrick Newport, an economist w

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今天我们要学的词组是set the stage。 Set the stage的意思是为某件事做好准备,提供条件。比如,希拉里.克林顿06年再次当选参议员,为她08年竞选总统提供了条件 -- The reelection set stage for her pres

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CAIRO, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- The first stage of the referendum of Egypt's draft constitution ended Saturday night at 11:00 p.m. local time (2100 GMT). Due to the high turnout, the closing time of the referendum was extended from 7:00 p.m. local time (1

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 26 May 2006 Sudanese refugee children sit in their makeshift classroom, Wednesday, April 19, 2006 in the refugee camp Kou Kou Angarana in Chad some 30 kilometers from the Sudan border The U.N. refugee agency says it is very di

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JERUSALEM, March 12 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) joined a petition filed by human rights organizations to the Supreme Court against the Israeli law of infiltration and asked to revoke it, local media reported

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MADRID, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Joaquin Rodriguez won his second stage of this season's Vuelta de Espana (Tour of Spain) cycle race, which finished in the town of el Escorial on Saturday. Rodriguez was the strongest finisher on the steep ramp at the end

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