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音频下载 Biomass company CEO Ed Lehburger examines a barrel of shredded hemp on the way to being turned into pulp and used for paper and other products, at Pure Vision Technology, a biomass factory in Fort Lupton, Colo., May 19, 2015. In Malawi ,...

音频下载 U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, left, is greeted by former South Korean comfort woman Kim Bock-dong, who was forced to serve for the Japanese troops as a sexual slave during World War II, as he visits the W...

音频下载 A couple embraces next to a flight information board at Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg, Oct. 31, 2015. Technical failure and human error did not cause Flight 7K9268 to crash , say senior officials at Metrojet . But if they do know wha...

音频下载 People inspect a damaged mosque following an explosion in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Oct. 23, 2015. Boko Haram is suspected to be behind bombing. American soldiers are training soldiers in Niger to fight Boko Haram militants . The training bega...

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音频下载 Scientists at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, USA, and Kings College in London studied 7-day-old embryonic fish to determine the pathways that differentiate teeth or taste buds. (Courtesy: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech) Most people are born with two s...

音频下载 Three young Vietnamese girls use a laptop and smart phones to go online at a cafe in Ha Noi, Viet Nam Wednesday, May 14, 2013. Close to a third of Vietnams 90 million people are online. The country ofVietnam is among YouTubes top 10 fore...

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