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VOA标准英语2012--New Indian Law Takes Aim at Curbing Child Abuse

New Indian Law Takes Aim at Curbing Child Abuse This woman - who asked not to be identified -- says her sisters husband started sexually abusing her when she was nine years old. She eventually told her parents, but they did nothing. She says going to

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A: We really need to talk. B: What do we need to talk about? A: Was there a party going on in your apartment on Friday? B: I did throw a party on Friday. A: Oh, well, you were quite loud. B: I really didnt mean to be loud. A: I dont mind if you have

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A: May I talk to you? B: Whats up? A: Did you have a party Friday? B: I did have a few people over. A: It was way too loud. B: I didnt realize I was making a lot of noise. A: I couldnt sleep with how loud it was. B: Im sorry for being so loud. A: Cou

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A: I was meaning to talk to you about something. B: Whats going on? A: Were you having a party in your apartment last Friday? B: Yes, I had a little party. A: It was very loud. B: I didnt intend on being too loud. A: Its fine if you want to have peop

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 24 July 2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross is stepping up humanitarian operations for 100,000 displaced people in the Central African Republic. A Red Cross Official just back from the CAR tells VOA these people a

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Central banks of the leading industrialized nations are working together to try to ease a financial crisis that originated in the United States but has roiled markets worldwide. From Washington, VOA's Michael Bowman reports. A Wall Street street sig

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India's Central bank has hiked interest rates in a bid to tackle inflation which is at its highest rate in over a decade. But as Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, there are fears the measure will slowdown growth in one of the world's fastest g

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Rescuers in central Italy continue to search for possible survivors in the rubble of Monday's earthquake as funerals begin for the victims of the disaster. So far, the death toll is 279, which includes at least 20 children. Local and government auth

VOA标准英语2011--Tajikistan Plans to Build World's Tallest Hyrdo Dam

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By Kari Barber Dakar 29 October 2007 A new World Conservation Union report says a large number of the world's endangered primates are at risk of extinction in West and Central African countries. Experts say hunting for bushmeat is threatening the ani

VOA常速英语2008年-More Urgent Humanitarian Aid For Central Africa

By Barbara Schoetzau New York 29 February 2008 The United Nations is asking for $32 million in immediate humanitarian aid for the Central African Republic (CAR). The UN's humanitarian coordinator, Toby Lanzer, says the aid will help stabilize a volat

VOA常速英语2007年-Central Asian Women Still Struggle for Politica

By Navbahor Imamova Washington 16 November 2007 In most of Central Asia women are still struggling to find their place in the political arena. Despite the Soviet legacy of gender equality, women are still underrepresented in the highest levels of gov

Two killed in helicopter crash in central London

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By Michael Bowman Washington 13 August 2007 Stock markets in Europe and Asia posted gains Monday, while U.S. stock marketsfell slightly. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington, investors appeared reassured after central banks added cash to comb

One dead as road collapses in central China

CHANGSHA, July 5 (Xinhua) -- A section of a highway running near a major river in central China's Hunan Province caved in early Thursday, engulfing a passing vehicle and killing at least one person aboard. The cave-in, near the Poly International Pla

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He told her he would give everything If she just could bring him A ski jumper And after the next few weeks He likes the jumper heaps And he wants to be A ski jumper He's standing there tall Wearing his jumper and all When his heart gets small Down do