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音频下载 In this Sept. 24, 2010 photo, motorists are stuck in traffic jam during an evening rush hour at the main business district in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana) When you think about it, life is a series of ongoing , connecting...

音频下载 Oslo , Norway , is one of a growing number of cities in Europe that Muslims have been calling home . Like many communities across Europe , Oslo s Muslims are struggling to keep their youth from joining extremist groups like the Islamic S...

音频下载 A North Korean Peoples Army naval unit tests a new type of anti-ship cruise missile in this undated photo released by the Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang, Feb. 7, 2015. A new report says North Korea could have as many as 100 nucl...

音频下载 Lebanon is a country where religious differences and a permissive culture can lead to conflict . The Lebanese government has long been active in guiding the country s arts and culture . Now , some activists and writers are taking the fig...

音频下载 Students attend a financial literacy class at Charles H. Flowers High School in the state of Maryland. Math is an important part of every Americans education . How to use math for planning a budget or managing money , however , is not of...

音频下载 The U.S. Supreme Court has heard opening arguments in a workplace religious discrimination case . The justices are considering whether a clothing store can deny employment to someone for wearing a religious headcovering . Seven years ago...

音频下载 The Pakistani city of Lahore recently held a three-day literary festival . The event looked a lot like literary festivals in many other cities . But for some Pakistanis , its importance went beyond works of poetry and prose . For them ,...

音频下载 In this 2013 file photo, employees work on an assembly line at a shoe factory in Tan Lap village, outside Hanoi. Vietnam adopted a broad plan to boost its economy. South Korea has called for North Korea to follow the reform model of two...

音频下载 ews reports say Pakistani intelligence officials have captured a leader in the Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar . Officials say Taj Muhammad led the group that attacked the citys Army Public School last December . More than 150 peo...