Call for more help for poorest farmers Summary27 February 2012 The founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates has said that the international community's efforts to fight hunger and poverty are inefficient and outdated. He said advances made by the digital rev...
Calls to protect Australia's koalas Summary23 February 2012 The Australian government has been urged to add the Koala to its list of nationally threatened species. Conservationists worry that the animal is heading towards extinction because of diseas...
Calls to protect Australia's koalas Vocabulary conservationists people who take an active part in the protection of the environment estimate roughly calculate threats things that could have a negative impact infertility not being able to produce babi...
Ocean life under threat Summary21 February 2012 There's heightened concern about the future state of the world's oceans. New research indicates that if seawater continues to acidify at the rate currently seen then the marine environment could lose ab...
BBC英语新闻 BBC NEWS 2011.10.22 BBC News with Marion Marshall Forces of Libya's interim authority, the NTC, say they've raised the country's new flag over Bani Walid after securing control over almost all of the town from Gaddafi loyalists. The N...
BBC英语新闻 BBC NEWS 2011.10.21 BBC News with Gaenor Howells Kenyan soldiers have crossed the border into Somalia in pursuit of rebels from the Islamist group al-Shabab, who they blame for the recent kidnappings of several foreigners. An eyewitne...
BBC英语新闻 BBC NEWS 2011.10.19 BBC News with Gaenor Howells The British Defence Secretary Liam Fox has resigned after days of controversy over his relationship with a personal adviser. Doctor Fox has been under pressure to explain why his friend...
BBC英语新闻 BBC NEWS 2011.10.18 BBC News with Marion Marshall Gunmen in Kenya have seized two foreign aid workers from the Dadaab refugee camp, near the border with Somalia. Police said two Spanish women from the medical charity Medecins Sans Fro...
BBC英语新闻 BBC NEWS 2011.10.17 BBC News with Marion Marshall The man accused of trying to blow up an airliner over the American city of Detroit on Christmas Day in 2009 has dramatically changed all his pleas to guilty. Nigerian-born Umar Farouk...
London's romantic places 伦敦最浪漫的地方 Happy Valentine's Day! If you ask most Londoners to think of a romantic city they are unlikely to suggest their own. But there must be some places in London that are perfect for a quick kiss and cuddl...
