Renewed violence in Mexican cities bordering Texas has ignited fear among nearby residents, some of whom have turned to social media despite cartels' efforts to limit information.In places such as Reynosa, where gunbattles were a regular occurrence last w...
He is so talkative that whenever he chooses you as his listener,whether you are willing or not,you cannot escape from his without helplessly giving up two or three hours of your precious time.He is a frequent visitor to others's house.Once he has settled...
More than a third of British Airways flights at the UK's major airports have so far been cancelled on the third day of strike action by cabin crew.According to BA's website, 238 of the 691 flights due to take off or land at 11 major UK airports before 160...
Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic: A Letter to the University President about the Canteen Service on Campus You should write at least 120 words, and base your composition on the outline given in...
Violent attacks on election day didn't stop large numbers of Iraqis from successfully casting their votes in key parliamentary elections Sunday."Yes, we were scared after we heard these bombings, but we just had to come," said a woman who identi...
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic A Letter to the University President about the Canteen Service on Campus. You should write at least 100 words and you should base your composition on the outline (g...
Parents love their children by nature, where Chinese mothers and fathers are noexceptions. Chinese parents tend to dote on their children because each family is allowed to have only one kid due to birthcontrol. They place too much hope on the treasured c...
America's total debt load is on pace to top $13 trillion this year, and $22 trillion by 2020 -- and that's just the debt we're counting.What's not being counted: potential debt bombs that don't get factored into most budget analysis.When anyone talks abou...
Mr. Smith's office is located on Ninth Street to the south of see Mr. Smith's big desk and chair standing on the left. Beside that is the secretary's smaller desk and chair. On the right, a supply cabinet stands at the corner and there is a bookcase b...
Investigators were en route Thursday, and dead and injured were being evacuated, a day after 26-foot waves crashed into a cruise ship and killed two people off northeast Spain, officials said.The Greece-based Louis Cruise Lines ship was in the Mediterrane...
Iran on Sunday released on bail four journalists and a retired professor whom it had held for two months, the semi-official Iran Labour News Agency reported.The five prisoners had been held since they were arrested during a December 27 protest, according...
The French government has signalled that it is dropping a plan for a tax on domestic carbon dioxide emissions.Jean-Francois Cope, parliamentary leader of the governing UMP party, was quoted as saying the tax "would be Europe-wide or not (exist) at al...
At least 11 people have been injured by Israeli air strikes targeting Gaza's airport, Palestinian officials say.The Israeli military confirmed the missile strikes near Rafah, in southern Gaza, which it said targeted militants.It was the second night of Is...
If you look at the moon,you may have many questions to ask.How big is the moon?How far is it from the earth?Is it like a ball or like a plate?Is it very hot or very cold out there?Are there living things on it? After the telescope was invented in the sev...
Time,time Lost time is never found again. This is something which I learned very clearly last semester. I spent so much time fooling around that my grades began to suffer. I finally realized that something had to be done. It was time for a change. Now I h...
and more popular; in addition, some singers and movie stars cheat on taxes; last but not the least, if you are not careful enough, you’ll buy some defective goods and fake products.It is high time we emphasized and encouraged honesty. We can take ef...
A US couple who boasted on a TV show they made as much as $3,500 (£2,318) a week by selling shoplifted toys online have been sentenced to prison terms.Matthew Eaton, 34, got 27 months in jail. His wife Laura Eaton, 27, was sentenced to one year.The...
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is to call on Israel to make "difficult but necessary choices" if it wants a peace agreement with the Palestinians.Mrs Clinton will warn that the status quo is "unsustainable" in a speech to the pr...
My name is Wunai Tianshi .I was born in Xionghe Jingzhou on November 13th 1991 .I want to be a journelist when I leave school !I have many friends in my school such as Fan Di Tong xin and so on ...I also have many friends in Xiaohe such as Suisuiyanggu...
BBC Radio 3 and World Service presenter Charlie Gillett has died after a long illness, aged 68.Known as a champion of world music, the Lancashire-born broadcaster passed away in a London hospital on Wednesday, his family has confirmed.He contracted an aut...