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By Phuong Tran Dakar 13 October 2007 Campaigning has ended for Togo's legislative elections, the first serious challenge to the ruling party's more than four-decade grip on power. Party leaders say Sunday's election can change Togo's reputation as an...
By Steve Herman Tokyo 30 November 2006 Japan's Defense Agency is about to be upgraded to a full-fledged ministry. VOA's Steve Herman reports from Tokyo on the significance of the move. A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force tank during a drill at a range...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 11 October 2006 Suspected militants who raided an oil facility in Nigeria's restive Niger Delta have released several of the 60 oil workers held since Tuesday. The attackers are believed to have issued a ransom demand. Offi...
【句子对照】 I ran a marathon last week. It was so long and I was so tired. I didn't really feel like there was a light at the end of the tunnel until I saw the finish line. 我上周参加了马拉松赛跑。路程太长了,我非常地累,直到看到终点线,我才感觉有一...
By Joe Bavier Yamoussoukro 01 March 2006 An unprecedented summit of the principle parties in Ivory Coast's more than three-year-old civil war has ended negotiations after just one day. But, all sides...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 02 February 2006 A senior United Nations official is calling on nations to stop selling arms to African countries. The official says Africa is awash with weapons which are at th...
新编英语教程第五册unit03_2_beginning_of_the_end_for_antibiot...
LOOSE LIPS AT LOOSE ENDS 我们讲过几个和 TIGHT 这个字有关的习惯用语。今天我们要讲两个由 LOOSE 这个字组成的习惯用语。 TIGHT 就是紧。而 LOOSE 刚好和紧相反...
oddball odds and ends 你们大概都知道,英文里有许多单字可以有好几种解释,有时使得学英语的人感到很糊涂,到底这个字是什么意思。就拿odd这个字来说吧...