VOA标准英语2013--US Senate Passes Landmark Immigration Bill

US Senate Passes Landmark Immigration Bill The Senates comprehensive reform bill provides a long and arduous path to residency and eventual U.S. citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants. Democrat Richard Durbin helped craft the bill and ex

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VOA双语新闻 National Historic Landmark Status Endangered

As a former frontier mining camp, Tombstone, Arizona has faced its share of threats and calamities over the years, earning it a reputation as the town too tough to die. Now the southwestern community is dealing with an official warning from the U.S.

NPR 2010-01-14

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Carol Van Dam. With thousands feared dead from yesterdays massive earthquake in Haiti, the Pentagon is gearing up to send thousands of troops, cargo planes and ships to help the battered nation. President Obama promis

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The United Nations is observing World Food Day (Saturday, Oct. 16). Food prices have been climbing in recent months because of bad weather in several major agricultural regions. Experts predict there will be more extreme weather as climate changes, j

2007年VOA标准英语-50th Anniversary of US Landmark School Desegreg

By Deborah Block Little Rock, Arkansas 24 September 2007 Fifty years ago this month, a high school in the U.S. southern city of Little Rock, Arkansas became a crucial battleground in the struggle for civil rights. Despite prejudice and hostility from

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-04-10)

Crews are drilling holes hoping to ventilate toxic gas from a West Virginia mine where 25 miners were killed. Four miners are being missing. Once the mine is ventilated, officials say teams will need four to five hours to reach the area where rescue

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VOA标准英语2012--California, Oregon Battle Over Landmark Status

California, Oregon Battle Over Landmark Status The U.S. National Park Service is about to convey landmark status upon a place on the California coast, not far from San Franciscos famous Golden Gate Bridge. That sounds kind of routine, but some people

VOA标准英语2013--Pakistan Voters Head to Polls in Landmark Elections

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: ABC's romance-reality series The Bachelorette finished a landmark season last night as star Rachel Lindsay finally sifted through 31 suitors to get her marriage proposal. But NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says the show's three-hour li

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A forum that discusses the spread of nutrition knowledge on new media has recently been convened in Beijing. This forum was held as Tencent's social messaging service WeChat has become the main information sharing source in China. Health regimes are

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VOA标准英语2010-Landmark Indian Education Law Comes Into

Indian students take lessons from their teacher inside a classroom at a school in Calcutta, India, 1Apr 2010 Indian Government Fails to Build Political Consensus on Women's Reservation Bill In India, a landmark law which makes education a fundamental

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At age 89, Mary Fasano graduated with a bachelor s degree from the Extension School last week and entered the history books as the oldest person to earn an undergraduate degree at Harvard. Following is the speech she delivered -- The Power of Knowled

VOA常速英语2007-Togolese Vote in Landmark Election

By Phuong Tran Dakar 14 October 2007 Voters in Togo started lining up at dawn Sunday to participate in a landmark election that presents the first major challenge to the ruling party. Observers say this year's vote promises to be the country's first

2007年VOA标准英语-Pakistan, Afghanistan to Hold Landmark Assembly

By Benjamin Sand Islamabad, Pakistan 03 August 2007 Pakistani and Afghan leaders will meet August 9-12 to discuss cross-border security issues in a landmark assembly or grand jirga. The four-day talks come as extremists continue to inflict heavy cas

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