LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, who was seriously wounded in Saturday's shooting incident in Tucson, Arizona, was breathing on her own three days after being shot in the head, doctors said on Tuesday...
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I have just returned from a visit to my landlord, Mr Heathcliff. I am delighted with the house I am renting from him. Thrushcross Grange is miles away from any town or village. That suits me perfectly. And the scenery here in Yorkshire is so beautifu...
A Blind Beggar There was a blind beggar wearing sunglasses and asking for money. A drunk man walked by, thinking the beggar was pitiful, threw him a hundred dollars. After walking a few steps, the drunkard turned around to see the blind man holding t...
I was born with a rare birth defect天生缺陷 called TARSA Syndrome综合症 , which means I am missing the radius桡骨,半径 bone in my forearms. My arms were shorter because of this condition, but I never thought of myself as different. I don...
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Who went to school? At the start of the 19th century very few children went to school. Most poor children worked. If they went to school, their families lost the money they earned. There were some good schools, for example, grammar schools and public...
By Nico Colombant Bamako, Mali 15 May 2007 The incumbent has been declared the winner in recent elections in one of the world's poorest countries, Mali. Saturday, the country's constitutional court declared Amadou Toumani Toure the winner with over...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 14 March 2007 An Israeli inquiry into last year's Lebanon war could topple Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Israel is in political turmoil after the commission of inquiry dec...
By Douglas Bakshian Manila 05 December 2006 Terrorism, free trade and North Korea are just a few of the issues expected to come up at the summit of the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Cebu, in the Philippines, which starts Decem...