Popular sports in the UK 英国的热门运动 Insert My favourite sport is tennis because I play it and I enjoy it. Football and hockey because I enjoy playing them and I am good at them. I am Pakistani so cricket obviously and soccer somehow. Rugby...
The Silas Lake Park reopens today after being closed for six months. The park was closed because mud and rock slides destroyed part of Cambridge Road, the only access into the park. We had to remove tons of boulders and rocks, said Hugh Foster of the...
By Alan Silverman Hollywood 14 March 2008 A beloved children's book first published 50 years ago has been made into a computer-animated feature film with the comic actors Jim Carrey and Steve Carell as the voices of the main characters. Alan Silverma...
By Tetiana Vorozhko Washington, D.C. 21 December 2007 Christmas trees in the United States are not only a holiday tradition but big business as well. Every year Americans buy some 30 million live trees. They are grown at special farms like the 'Pepe...
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By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 25 July 2007 A trade union reportedly affiliated to Nepal's Maoist party has disrupted the distribution of newspapers for the seventh consecutive day. Journalists and media associations say the Maoists are trying to control...
More than 1 billion people count Mandarin as their native language. These sheer numerical dominance plus the fact that China has the world's fastest growing economy has made Mandarin Chinese attractive as a foreign language for more American student...
By Barry Newhouse Irbil 10 May 2007 Wednesday's suicide truck bombing in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil was the city's first major bomb attack in two years. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Irbil on why residents believe the city has been relative...
By Ana Ward Washington, D.C. 26 February 2007 watch Exercise report Many Americans are facing serious health issues associated with unhealthy eating habits and a lack of exercise. With growing health concerns, more people are joining gyms for exerci...
By Shilpi Jha / Niharika Acharya Washington, D.C. 03 January 2007 watch Ghost Tours Whether ghosts are fact or fiction hasn't stopped some entrepreneurs from cashing in on the public's fascination with these otherworldly apparitions. All across the...