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Hello and Welcome to News and Reports on China Radio International. In This EditionChina asks foreign governments for help to arrest six wanted terrorist suspects and hand them over to China. A Russian arms dealer gets sentenced to 25 years in prison

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VOA常速英语2008年-Cambodia Hit Hard By Inflation

By Rory Byrne Phnom Penh 21 April 2008 As in other developing countries from Egypt to Haiti, soaring inflation has recently emerged as a threat to Cambodia's hard won social stability. While wages have remained low, the prices of rice and other stapl

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News & Reports 2011-10-15

Hello and Welcome to News and Reports on China Radio International. In This Edition A Chinese fighter jet crashed during an air show with one pilot survived and the other one missing. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says China will further open its market