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At least 11 people remain missing from an oil platform explosion off the coast of Louisiana. Seven workers are badly hurt from the blast and fire late last night on the offshore drilling platform. Theres no word on what caused the blast. The Coast Gu

Supervision Program to Monitor Ice Cube Safety

A new supervision program has been launched in Beijing to monitor ice cubes at fast food restaurants. The move by food safety authorities comes following media reports of fast food chains serving soft drinks with ice full of bacteria. CRI's Li Dong h

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IN THE NEWS - Nomination of Chief Justice Heads to Committee

IN THE NEWS - Nomination of Chief Justice Heads to Committee Vote By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Saturday, September 17, 2005 I'm Doug Johnson with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week in Washi

Officials to line up for Beijing buffets

BEIJING, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- A new regulation to battle extravagance in Beijing Municipality bans banquets for officials in the city on business. Officials at various levels will all receive buffet-style meals during work-related visits to Beijing, a

CPC congress begins closing session, new central committee to be elected

BEIJING, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) started its closing session here Wednesday morning, at which a new CPC Central Committee and a new Central Commission for Discipline Inspection will be elec

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Renee Smith-Valade is the Vice President of Communications for Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) Staging an Olympics is a huge undertaking, and so is dealing with all of the international media which come to the host city to cover the Games. The

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A leading U.S. government health agency is focusing an annual campaign on educating patients, parents, and health care providers about the need to avoid the misuse of antibiotics. Inappropriate use of antibiotics can lead to superbugs that resist dru

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By Al Pessin San Salvador 02 October 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he expects to order several steps to improve the supervision of security contractors working for the U.S. military in Iraq. VOA's Al Pessin reports from San Salvador,

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The communiqu noted that building clean politics and opposing corruption are important tasks in strengthening and standardizing political life within the Party. Zhuang Deshui from Peking University said a standardized intra-Party political environmen

2018年CRI Xi stresses efforts to win "three tough battles"

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday urged solid efforts to win the three tough battles of preventing financial risks, reducing poverty and tackling pollution. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and c

2018年CRI China's top political advisory body concludes annual session

The annual session of China's top political advisory body came to a close with adoption of a series of draft resolutions, including the work report of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee. At the closing session, the newly-elected C

英语博客：ESL Podcast 716 – Working Without Supervision

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US Deficit Super Committee Prepares to Begin Work

As President Barack Obama prepares to unveil proposals to spur U.S. economic growth and job creation, a bipartisan committee of lawmakers tasked with slashing the federal deficit prepares to convene for the first time. The Joint Select Committee on D

UN committee starts assessing postwar queries in Gaza

GAZA, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- A committee（委员会） of independent experts, tasked by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), started on Sunday meetings and tours in the Gaza Strip to assess postwar investigations（调查） by concerning parties to t

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Obama Blames Republicans for Deficit Committee Failure

President Barack Obama blamed opposition Republicans in Congress on Monday for the failure of a special deficit committee to reach a compromise on $1.2 trillion in additional federal government spending cuts during the next 10 years. Mr. Obama spoke

US Lawmakers Announce Budget Committee Choices

Leaders of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have named nine of the 12 members of a committee that will be expected to find up to $1.5 trillion in savings to reduce the nation's deficit. The White House said Wednesday that President Barack

CCTV9英语新闻：NPC Standing Committee to deliver work report

Now we are now joined in our studio by our current affairs commentator Victor Gao, to help us understand the work of the NPC Standing Committee. Q1. First of all, tell us about the work of the NPC Standing Committee, and how they perform their duties

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