Youth Group in Nairobi Illuminates Homes, Schools A youth group in one of Nairobi's many teeming slums has found a brilliant way to light up dark houses. Drawing upon an innovation from Brazil, the young people have installed so-called water bulbs in

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Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is collective nouns, nouns that describe a group, such as family, orchestra, and board. Guest-writer Bonnie Trenga writes, There are around 200 collective nouns in the English language (1). Sometimes they take a singul

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Education Report - For Some Teens, a Busy Life Takes Fun Out of High School 教育报道 - 繁重学业使高中生丧失学习兴趣 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。 For years the Uni

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LONDON, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Arsenal centre-half Johan Djourou will be sidelined for four weeks due to a shoulder injury, the club said on Tuesday. The Swiss international has undergone(经历) exploratory surgery on his shoulder, which was dislo

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By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 09 May 2006 In the wake of his acquittal on charges of rape, former South African deputy president, Jacob Zuma, has gone on the offensive in an all-out political comeba

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By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 17 November 2006 South Africa's national police commissioner has become embroiled in a major organized crime investigation following the arrest of a friend of his on charges of murder and conspiracy to murder. The dev

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