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More Than a Dozen Arrested in Pakistan Honor-killing Case ABBOTTABAD, PAKISTAN More than a dozen men have been arrested in Pakistan for the death of a teenage girl whose body was found in a burned-out van. The killing in the village of Makol, near Ab

VOA标准英语2016--土耳其关闭边境导致叙利亚难民家庭分离

Turkey Border Closure Divides Syrian Refugee Families LONDON In a dark, damp backyard of an apartment block in the Turkish city of Gaziantep, 60 kilometers from the Syrian border, Samar Shekho straps a ventilator over the nose and mouth of her five-y

VOA常速英语2016--科学家警告人工智能对人类的利与弊

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VOA标准英语2016--Trump Media Frenzy Continues

Trump Media Frenzy Continues WASHINGTON Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has kept a lower public profile in recent days, but remains a focal point of the nations political discussion. But despite having cut back on campaign ev

VOA常速英语2016--日益增长的亚裔美国人群体可能影响美国大选

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VOA常速英语2016--埃及航空公司灾难警示美国重新关注航空安全

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VOA常速英语2016--年轻一代奇思妙想解决城市长久以来的老问题

Young Minds Solve a City's Old Problems 年轻一代奇思妙想解决城市长久以来的老问题 Every city has its problems, and hopefully is always looking for unique ways to solve them. One eastern U.S. city is hoping the creativity and outsid

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美国与柬埔寨共同保障核安全 The United States is working closely with Cambodia to safeguard the use and disposal of nuclear materials. 美国正与柬埔寨展开密切合作保障核材料的使用及处理。 A recent international work

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利比亚难民死伤触目惊心 大量偷渡孤儿或遇童工风险 Some 19,000 migrants arrived in Italy in May from North Africa. More than double than previous months. More than 13,000 people were rescued in the central Mediterranean region in

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Top 5 Songs For Week Ending June 4 These are the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart, for the week ending June 4, 2016. In and out, here and then gonethe musical deck really gets shuffled in this weeks lineup. Number 5: