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【整理】NPR 2008-08-24  【整理人】谈笑一生

 

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer.

 

Russia has stopped military cooperation with NATO in response to NATO's decision earlier this week to freeze consultations with Russia. The standoff comes because of Russia's refusal to pull its troops out of Georgia. NPR's Mike Shuster reports from Brussels.

 

RIA, the Russian news agency quoted Moscow's Ambassador to NATO Dimitri Rogozin as saying the Russian Defense Ministry has frozen military cooperation with the alliance. How long this freeze will last and what precisely it will mean is not yet clear. But the action was confirmed by NATO spokeswoman Carmen Romero who said NATO had heard from the Russian defense ministry that it had halted military cooperation with the Brussels-based alliance. Earlier this week, NATO took similar action, declaring there would be no business as usual with Russia as long as Russian troops remained in Georgia. NATO and Russia have cooperated in various ways for many years including some joint exercises. Perhaps most important, this year Russia agreed to let NATO use its territory to transport some supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan. Neither side could say whether this would be affected by the mutual freeze. Mike Shuster, NPR News, Brussels.

 

There are continued mixed reports out of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia today where some observers report seeing Russian tanks rolling through the Georgian countryside towards home even as Russian troops were digging trenches and building fortifications in key areas of Georgia. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said that forces will pull back from Georgia tomorrow. The cease-fire agreement calls for Russian and Georgian forces to both pull back into respective positions held before fighting erupted there two weeks ago.

 

Torrential rains continue to fall in central Florida as barely-moving Tropical Storm Fay torments the state again today, flooding thousands of residents out of their homes. From member station WLRN in Miami, Phil Latzman reports.

 

Fay is still spinning just off Florida's northeast coast near Daytona Beach with tropical storm force winds. Its motion is nearly stationary, meaning it will continue dumping buckets of rain on already waterlogged areas that could see more than two feet of precipitation. Police and National Guard troops have been busy evacuating residents from flooded areas in hard-hit Brevard County. At an EOC briefing this morning, Florida Governor Charlie Crist urged residents not to panic. "Floridians should continue to monitor local news for information pertinent to their geographic location. They should stay calm, stay smart and make sure that they stay safe. " Although Fay has stalled, forecasters do expect it to come ashore in Florida for a third time in a week, then cross over the peninsula, drenching the northern part of the state through the weekend. For NPR news, I'm Phil Latzman in Miami.

 

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke and central bankers are gathered this week in Jackson Hole, Wyoming for their annual symposium. But most analysts are expecting few details about future possible Fed actions. Bernanke is scheduled to speak tomorrow morning at the conference.

 

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 12 points today closing at 11,430. The NASDAQ lost eight points.

 

This is NPR.

 

It turns out there may have been something to all that talk about speculators influencing the oil market after all. According to a published report today, a single energy conglomerate, at one point last month, held more than 10% of all futures contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The Washington Post reports that when the Commodity Futures Trading Commission examined the books of a private Swiss energy conglomerate, it found the firm held 11 percent of all the oil contracts on the Exchange. CFTC says it found more than 80 percent of oil contracts on the NYMEX were held by financial firms speculating either for themselves or clients.

 

Nearly a decade after US health officials declared measles officially eliminated in the US, cases now are on the rise. NPR's Patti Neighmond reports.

 

Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report 131 new measles cases so far this year. That's already more than three times the number of cases reported for all of last year. In some cases, children were too young to be vaccinated. But in half the cases, children were not vaccinated because of parents' religious beliefs. Many were home schooled and so not subject to vaccination rules that apply to public schools. Fifteen patients were hospitalized. No deaths have been reported. Before the measles vaccination was available, millions of people got infected every year. Thousands were hospitalized and hundreds died. Health officials say they are working to educate parents about the safety of the vaccine and the lack of evidence of dangerous side effects. Patti Neighmond, NPR News.

 

Big jump in oil prices today, the near month contract for benchmark grade crude was up $5.62 a barrel to end the session at $121.18 a barrel.

 

I'm Jack Speer, NPR News in Washington.

 

[ 本帖最后由 cxc-谈笑一生 于 2008-8-24 17:19 编辑 ]

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记者名到Personnel List里查，其他人名地名去google查，不要空在那，你这样后面桐子改得很辛苦的

by 翩然

 

From NPR news in Washington, I’m Jack.

 

Russia has stopped military cooperation with NATO in response. The NATO’s decision earlier this week to free consolation with Russia, the stand also comes because Russia’s refusal politics troops out of J. NPR reports from B.

 

Real the Russia news agency called it Moscow and western T to meet then saying the Russian defense ministry has frozen military cooperation with the allies. A long disfree will last what precisely will minutes not yet clear. But the action was confirmed by NATO spokeswomen C who said NATO had heard from Russian defense ministry that it has held to military cooperation with B base to lines. Early this is NATO took similar action, declaring they will be no business as usual with Russia. As long as Russian troops remained in J. NATO and Russia have cooperated in very X ways for many years including some join execises. Perhaps most important this year Russia agreed to let NATO use its territory to transport some supply to NATO forces in A. They decide could say with this will be effective by the X frees. NPR news in B.

 

Their continue makes to a poll X the former republic in Russia today were some reserever reporting Russian tanks rolling to J countryside to whose home even as Russian troops were digging chances of building for X key area in J. Russian president M has said the forces will poll back from J tomorrow, the ceasefire agreement calls Russian and J forces to both poll back was their respective positions held before fighting up their two weeks ago.

 

X rains continue to fall and central F as bearly moving tropical storm Fay X state again today, flooding thousands residents out of their homes. Member station WLR X reports.

 

Fay is still speeding just of F northeast coast near the T bench with tropical storm force winds. Its motion is nearly stationary it continue dumping X of rain already X could see more than two feet of precipitation. Police X national guard are busy evacuating residents from flood area in hard hit part C. And X see breathing this is morning told the governor C to resident not to panic.

 

So it should continue to X local news for information partner to there, X location they should stay calm, stay smart and they should do they stay safe.

 

Although Fay has stopped forecasters still expected to come a short forward for third time a week then cross over the P north part of the state through the weekend. For NPR news, I’m F.

 

Battle X chairman B in central bankers are gathered this weekend Jacks whole X for their X, most X expecting fill details but future possible fed actions. P is sechdule the speak tomorrow morning ar conference. On wall street the X industry X gain 12 points today closing 11430 纳斯达克 points. This is NPR.

 

It is turns out there may have been something to all that talk about speculators influencing the oil marker after all crude oil republish report today a single energy can X point last month tell more than ten percent of our future X. Washington post reports they want to go out X trading commission exam the books of previous was energy X, they found firm held 11 percent of the oil contrast on the exchange. CFTC has X 80 percent of oil contrast. X finacial firms speculating for themselves or clients. Nearly a X after US officials declare X officially X in the US cases now are on the rice. NPR P reports.

 

Officials with centers for disease control and prevention report 131 new X cases so far this year, that has already more than three times the number of cases reported it for all last year and some cases children were too young to be fansianted but in half the cases children were not fansinated because some of parents religious beliefs many were home schooled and so not subject to destination rules that plan in public schools. 15 patients were hospital X no death happened reported before the missile nation was available. Millions of people got effective every year, thousands were hospital X and hundreds died, health officials say they are working to educate parents of safety of X and no lack of evident dangerous satisfacts. P NPR news.

 

The jumped oil prices today than month contract for bench mark X was up 5 dollars and 62 X and the session are 21 dollars and 18 X.

 

I’m Jack S, NPR news in Washington.

[ 本帖最后由 翩然花逝 于 2008-8-22 14:24 编辑 ]

heobest

From NPR news in Washington, I'm Jack Speer.

 

Russia has stopped military cooperation with NATO in NATO's decision earlier this week to freeze consultations with Russia. Stand-off comes because of Russia's refusal to pull its troops out of Georgia. NPR's Mike Shuster reports from Brussels.

 

RNA, the Russian News Agency, quoted Moscow's ambassador to NATO, **** at saying the Russian Defense Military has frozen military cooperation with the alliance. How long this freeze will last and what precisely it will mean is not yet clear. But the action was confirmed by NATO's spokeswoman Carmen Romero who said NATO had heard from the Russian Defense Ministry that it had halted military cooperation with the Brussels based alliance. Earlier this week, NATO took similar action declaring there will be no business as usual with Russia as long as Russian troops remain in Georgia. NATO and Russia have cooperated in various ways for many years including some joined exercises, perhaps most important, this year Russia agreed to let NATO use its territory to transport some supplies and NATO forces to Afghanistan. Neither side can say whether this will affected by the mutual freeze. Mike Shuster NPR news Brussels.

 

There are continued mixed reports out of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia today where some of the observers report seeing Russian tanks rolling to the Georgian country side towards home even as Russian troops were digging tranches and building fortifications in key areas of Georgia. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said the forces will pull back from Georgia tomorrow. Cease-fire agreement calls for Russian and Georgian forces to both pull back in respective position held before fighting erupted there two weeks ago.

 

Torrential rain continue to fall in central Florida as barely moving tropical Fay torments the state again today, flooding residence out of their homes. Member station WLRN in Miami Phill Assmen!!! reports.

 

Fay's still spinning just off Florida’s northeast coast near *** beach with tropical storm force winds. Its motion is nearly stationary, meaning it will continue dumping buckets of rain on already water logged area that could see more than two feet of precipitation. Police and national guard *** are evacuating residence from flooded areas in **** County. And *** this morning. Florida governor Charlie Christer its residence not to panic. "*** should continue to monitor local news for information important to them, geographic location. They should stay calm, stay smart, and make sure that they stay save." Although Fay has stalled, forecasters do expect it to come a **** for the third time of the week, then cross over the peninsular, drenching the northern part of state through the weekend. For NPR news, I'm Phill Assmen.

 

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke and central bankers are gathering this week in Jackson Hole Wyoming for their annual symposium. The most analysts are expecting feuded hails about future possible Fed actions. Bernanke is scheduled to speak tomorrow morning at the conference.

 

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 12 points today, closing at 11,430. The NASDAQ lost 8 points.

 

This is NPR.

 

It turns out there may have been something to all that talked about "speculators" influencing the oil market after all. According to the republished report today, a single energy **** 1 point last month have more than 10 percent of all future's contacts in New York Mercantile Exchange. The Washington Post Reports that one of the commodity futures trading commotion examine the books of a private Swiss Energy in ****, found the company held 11 percent of all the oil contracts on exchange. CFTC says it has found 80 percent of oil contract in ****, were held by financial firms speculating either for themselves or clients.

 

Nearly a decade after US health official declared Mesles officially eliminated in the US, measles are now on the rise. NPR's Patti Neighmond reports.

 

Officials with the centers for disease control and prevention report 131 new measles cases so far this year. That's already more than three times the number of cases reported for all of last year. In some cases, children were too young to be vaccinated. But in half the cases, children were not vaccinated because parent's religious believes. Many were home-schooled and so not to subject to vaccination rule that apply in public schools. 15 patents were hospitalized, no death have been reported. Before the measles vaccination was available millions of people got infected every year, thousands were hospitalized and hundreds died. Health officials say they are working to educate parents about the safety of the vaccine and the lack of evidence of dangerous side-effects. Patti Neighmond NPR news.

 

Big jump at oil prices today in a month contract for benchmark ******  was up $5.62 a barrel to end the session $121.18 a barrel.

 

I'm Jack Speer NPR news in Washington.

 

[ 本帖最后由 heobest 于 2008-8-22 10:39 编辑 ]

heobest

建议楼顶的多查查地名人名的，总是B J 的，怎么改啊。。。。。。。。 自己

personnel list -------------http://forum.putclub.com/viewthread.php?tid=118629

自己先改吧。。。。。

 

最后一段，应该是"near-month contract for benchmark crude" 基准原油月期货价格

 

"Fay's still spinning just off Florida’s northeast coast near Baytona beach"

 

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[ 本帖最后由 heobest 于 2008-8-22 11:23 编辑 ]

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Homework: (三分钟以后的一段蛮难的。)

汗，今天按错鸟，，结果是把还没写完的写上来了，没区分自己写错的。。。

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer.


Russia has stopped military cooperation with NATO in response to NATO's decision earlier this week to freeze consultations with Russia. The standoff comes because of Russia's refusal to pull its troops out of Georgia. NPR's Mike Shuster, reports from Brussels.

RIA

* the Russian news agency quoted Moscow's ambassador to NATO, Dimitri Rogozin as saying the Russian Defense Ministry has frozen military cooperation with the alliance. How long this freeze will last and what precisely it will mean is not yet clear. But the action was confirmed by NATO spokeswoman Carmen Romero who said NATO had hurt from the Russian Defense Military that it had halted military cooperation with the Brussels-based alliance. Earlier this week, NATO took similar action, declaring there would be no business as usual with Russia as long as Russian troops remained in Georgia. NATO and Russia have cooperated in various ways for many years including some joint exercises. Perhaps most important this year Russia agreed to let NATO use its territory to transport some supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan. Neither side could say whether this would be affected by the mutual freeze. Mike Shuster, NPR News, Brussels.


There are continued mixture reports out of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia today where some observers' report seeing Russian tanks rolling through the Georigan countryside towards home even as Russian troops were digging trenches and building fortifications in key areas of Georgia. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said the forces will pull back from Georgia tomorrow. The ceasefire agreement calls for Russian and Georgian forces to both pull back their respective positions held before fighting erupted there two weeks ago.


Torrential rains continue to fall in central Florida as barely moving Tropical Storm Fay torments the state again today, flooding thousands of residents out of their homes. From member station WLRN in Miami, Phil Latzman reports.


Fay is still spinning just off Florida's northeast coast near Daytona Beach with tropical storm force winds. Its motion is nearly stationary meaning it will continue dumping buckets of rain on already waterlogged areas that could see more than two feet of precipitation. Police and National Guard troops are busy evacuating residents from flooded areas in hard hit Brevard County. At an EOC briefing this morning, Florida governor Charlie Crist urged residents not to panic. "Floridan should continue to monitor local news for information pertinent to their geographic location. They should stay calm, stay smart and make sure that they stay safe. " Although Fay had stalled, forecasters still expect it to come ashore in Florida for a third time in a week, then cross over the Peninsula drenching the northern part of the state through the weekend. For NPR News, I'm Phil Latzman in Miami.


Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke and central bankers are gathered this week in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for their annual symposium, the most analysts are expecting few details about future possible fed actions. Bernanke is scheduled to speak tomorrow morning at the conference.


On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gain 12 points today closing 11, 430, the DASDAQ lost 8 points. This is NPR.





It turns out their may have been something to all that talk about speculators influencing the oil market after all. According to a published report today, a single energy conglomerate, one point last month, held more than ten percent of all futures contracts in the New York Mercantile Exchange. The Washington Post reports that when the Commodity Futures Trading Commission examining the books of a private Swiss energy conglomerate, they found the firm held 11 percent of all the oil contracts on the Exchange. CFTC says they found more than 80 percent of oil contracts now were held by financial firms speculating either for themselves or clients.


Nearly a decade after US health officials declared measles was officially eliminated in the US, cases now are on the rise. NPR's Patti Neighmond reports.


Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report 131 new measles cases so far this year. That is already more than three times the number of cases reported for all of last year. In some cases, children were too young to be vaccinated. But in half the cases children were not vaccinated because of parents religious beliefs. Many were home schooled and so not subject to vaccination rules that applied to public schools. 15 patients were hospitalized. No deaths have been reported before the measles vaccination was available, millions of people got infected every year, thousands was hospitalized and hundreds died. Health officials say they are working to educate parents about the safety of the vaccine and the lack of evidence of dangerous side-effects. Patti Neighmond, NPR News.





Big jump at oil prices today, the near-month contract for benchmark Great Crude was up 5 dollars and 62 cents a barrel to end the session at 121. 18 a barrel.




I'm Jack Speer, NPR News in Washington.



最后补上今日生词：

1. standoff:  a. 冷淡的,不关心的    n. 疏远,冷淡,不亲切
2. trench: n. 沟,沟渠   v. (挖)沟,(挖)战壕
3. fortification: n. 防御工事,尤指堡垒、要塞城墙等
4. torrential: a. 奔流的,如急流的,猛烈的
5. torment: n. 苦痛,拷问  v. 使苦恼,拷问
6. spin: n. 旋转,疾驰   v. 纺织,旋转,拉长
7. stationary: a. 不动的(稳定的)    n. 固定物(驻军)
8. bucket: n. 水桶
9. waterlogged: a. 浸满水的
10. precipitation: n. 坠落,沉淀,凝结;冰雹
11. pertinent: a. 相关的,中肯的,切题的
12. ashore: ad. 在岸上,上岸
13. drenching: n. 湿透
14. symposium: n. 湿透
15. speculator: n. 投机者,投机商人,思索家
16. conglomerate: a. 密集而固结的,砾岩性的    n. 集成物,集块,砾岩     v. 凝聚成一团,使结成,结合
17. measle: n. 麻疹
18. vaccinate: v. 预防接种

[ 本帖最后由 bridgebb 于 2008-8-22 22:36 编辑 ]

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  大家继续改哈！

 

From NPR news in Washington, I’m Jacksphea.

 

Russia has stopped military cooperation with NATO in response. The NATO’s decision earlier this week to free consultations with Russia, the stands come off because Russia’s refusal pull its troops out of Georgia. NPR reports from Brussels.

 

We are the Russian news agency quoted  Moscow's investigate to meet. And the Russian defense ministry has focused military cooperation with the alliance. A long disfree will last what precisely will minutes not yet clear. But the action was confirmed by NATO spokeswomen C who said NATO had heard from Russian defense ministry that it has held to military cooperation with B base to lines. Early this is NATO took similar action, declaring they will be no business as usual with Russia. As long as Russian troops remained in Georgia. NATO and Russia have cooperated in invarious ways for many years including some join execises. Perhaps most important this year Russia agreed to let NATO use its territory to transport some supply to NATO forces in A. Now they decide could say with this will be effective by the X frees. NPR news in B.

 

Their continue makes to a poll X the former republic in Russia today were some reserever reporting Russian tanks rolling to J countryside to whose home even as Russian troops were digging chances of building for X key area in J. Russian president M had said the forces will poll back from J tomorrow, the ceasefire agreement calls Russian and J forces to both poll back was their respective positions held before fighting up their two weeks ago.

 

Terrestrial rains continue to fall and central Fay as bearly moving tropical storm Fay X state again today, flooding thousands residents out of their homes. Member station WLR X reports.

 

Fay is still speeding just of F northeast coast near the T bench with tropical storm force winds. Its motion is nearly stationary it continue dumping buckets of rain already X could see more than two feet of precipitation. Police X national guard are busy evacuating residents from flood area in hard hit part C. And X see breathing this is morning told the governor C to resident not to panic.

 

So it should continue to X local news for information partner to there, geographic location they should stay calm, stay smart and they should do they stay safe.

 

Although Fay has stopped forecasters still expected to come a short forward for third time a week then cross over the P north part of the state through the weekend. For NPR news, I’m F.

 

Battle X chairman B in central bankers are gathered this weekend Jacks whole X for their X, most X expecting fill details but future possible fed actions. P is sechdule the speak tomorrow morning at the conference. On wall street the Dow-Jones Industrial Average gained 12 points today closing  11430, Nasdaq，  last day's points. This is NPR.

 

It is turns out there may have been something to all that talk about speculators influencing the oil markert after all crude oil republish report today a single energy can X point last month tell more than ten percent of our future contract,New York Morgan X Exchange. Washington Post reports they want to go out X trading commission exam the books of previous was energy X, they found firm held 11 percent of all the oil contrast on the exchange. CFTC says far more than  80 11 percent of oil contrast. And now by finacial firms speculating others for themselves or clients. Nearly a dacade after US health officials declare X officially eliminated in the US cases now are on the rise. NPR P reports.

 

Officials with centers for disease control and prevention report 131 new X cases so far this year, that has already more than three times the number of cases reported  for all of last year and in some cases children were too young to be vaccinated but in half the cases children were not vaccinated because some of parents religious beliefs.Many were home schooled and so not subject to vaccination rules that plan in public schools. 15 patients were hospitalized. No death have reported before the X vaccination was available. Millions of people got infected every year, thousands were hospital X and hundreds died, health officials say they are working to educate parents of safety of vaccine and no lack of evident danger of side effect. P NPR news.

 

The jumped oil prices today than month contract for bench mark X was up 5 dollars and 62 X and the session are 21 dollars and 18 X.

 

I’m Jack S, NPR news in Washington.

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真辛苦了，呵呵^_^

by 翩然

 

From NPR news in Washington, I’m Jack Speer.

 

Russia has stopped military cooperation with NATO in response. The NATO’s decision earlier this week to free consultations with Russia, the stand off comes because of Russia’s refusal to put troops out of Georgia. NPR's Mike Shuster, reports from Brussels.

 

Real the Russia news agency quoted the Moscow's ambassador to NATO, Dimitri Rogozin that saying the Russian defense ministry has frozen military cooperation with the alliance. A long disfreeze will last what precisely what means is not yet clear. But the action was confirmed by NATO spokeswomen Carmen Romero  who said NATO would herd from Russian defense ministry that it has halted / military cooperation with Brussels' based alliance. Early this week, NATO took similar action, declaring they will be no business as usual with Russia. As long as Russian troops remained in Georgia. NATO and Russia have cooperated in various ways for many years including some joint execises. Perhaps most important this year Russia agreed to let NATO use its territory to transport some supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan. Now,the side could say whether this would be affected by the mutual freeze. Mike Shuster ,NPR news ,Brussels.

 

They are continued to mix to a pulls out of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia today where some observers' report seeing Russian tanks rolling through Georgian countryside towards home even as Russian troops were digging trenches of building for defications in key areas of Georgia. Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has said the forces will pull back from Georgia tomorrow, the ceasefire agreement calls for Russian and Georgian forces to both pull back was their respective positions held before fighting up erupted there two weeks ago.

 

Terrancial rains continue to fall in central Florida as bearly moving tropical storm Fay tourments  the state again today, flooding thousands residents out of their homes. Remember station W. Miami, F.reportss.

 

Fay is still speeding just of Florida northeast coast near the tonal bench with tropical storm force winds. Its motion is nearly stationary, // it will continue dumping buckets of rain already waterlog areas  that could see more than two feet of precipitation. Police of national guard are busy evacuating residents from flooded areas in //. And an EOC briefing this / morning told the governor Charly Crist to urge residents not to panic.

 

So it should continue tomorrow // local news for information partner to their geographic location they should stay calm, stay smart and they should know they stay safe.

 

Although Fay has stalled forecasters still expected to come a short forward for a third time a week then cross over the Peninsula drenching northern part of the state through the weekend. For NPR news, I’m F in Miami.

 

Battle  chairman Ben B and central bankers are gathered this weekend Jacks and /// for their annualism symposium, the most analysts expecting few details about future possible fed actions. B is sechduled to speak tomorrow morning at conference. On wall street the Dow Jones industrial Average  gain 12 points today closing 11430, the NASDQ last day's points. This is NPR.

 

It / turns out there may have been something to all that talk about speculators influencing the oil market after all, according to a  republish report today a single energy can * one point last month tell more than ten percent of our future contracts in the New York merchant tie exchange. Washington post reports they want the commodity future's  trading commission exam the books of private Swiss energy can X, they found a firm held 11 percent of all the oil contracts on the exchange. CFTC has far more than 80 percent of oil contrast now*** helped by finacial firms speculating other for themselves or clients. Nearly a decade after US house officials declared missiles officially eliminated in the US cases now are on the rise. NPR P reports.

 

Officials with centers for disease control and prevention report 131 new missiles cases so far this year, that has already more than three times the number of cases reported it for all of last year and some cases children were too young to be vaccinated but in half the cases children were not vaccinated because some of parents religious beliefs many were home schooled and so not subject to vaccination rules that applied in public schools. 15 patients were hospitalized no death happened reported before the missile's vaccination was available. Millions of people got effective every year, thousands were hospitalized and hundreds died, health officials say they are working to educate parents of safety of vaccine and no lack of evidence of dangerous side effects. P NPR news.

 

The jumped oil prices today than month contract for bench mark Great Crude was up 5 dollars and 62 cents a barrel  and the session of 121 dollars and 18 cents a barrel.

 

I’m Jack Speer, NPR news in Washington.

[ 本帖最后由 翩然花逝 于 2008-8-22 14:20 编辑 ]

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From NPR News in Washington, I’m Jack Speer.

 

Russia has stopped military cooperation with NATO in response to NATO’s decision earlier this week to freeze consultations with Russia. The standoff comes because of Russia’s refusal to pull its troops out of Georgia. NPR’s Mike Shuster reports from Brussels.

 

RIA, the Russian News Agency quoted Moscow’s ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin, as saying the Russian Defense Ministry has frozen military cooperation with the alliance. How long this freeze will last and what precisely it will mean is not yet clear, but the action was confirmed by NATO spokeswoman Carmen Romero, who said NATO had heard from the Russian Defense Ministry that it had halted military cooperation with the Brussels-based alliance. Earlier this week, NATO took similar action declaring there would be no business as usual with Russia as long as Russian troops remained in Georgia. NATO and Russia have cooperated in various ways for many years including some joint exercises, perhaps most important this year, Russia agreed to let NATO use its territory to transport some supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan. Neither side could say whether this would be affected by the mutual freeze. Mike Shuster, NPR News, Brussels.

 

There are continued mixture reports out of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia today, where some of observers’ reports seeing Russian tanks rolling through the Georgian countryside towards home even as Russian troops were digging trenches and building fortifications in key areas of Georgia. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said the forces will pull back from Georgia tomorrow, the ceasefire agreement calls for Russian and Georgian forces to both pull back the respected positions held before fighting erupted there two weeks ago.

 

Torrential rains continue to fall in central Florida as barely moving Tropical Storm Fay torments the state again today, flooding thousands of residents out of their homes. For member station WLRN in Miami, Phil Latzman reports.

 

Fay is still spinning just off Florida’s northeast coast near Daytona Beach with tropical storm force winds, it’s motion is nearly stationary, meaning it will continue dumping buckets of rain on already waterlogged areas, that could see more than two feet up *. Police in National Guard troops are in busy evacuating residents from flooded areas and hard hit Brevard County. At an EOC briefing this morning, Florida governor Charlie Crist urged residents not to panic. ‘So we should continue to monitor local news for information partner to their geographic location, they should stay calm, stay smart, and make sure that they stay safe.’ Although Fay has stalled, forecasters do expect it to come ashore in Florida for third time in a week than cross over the peninsula drenching the northern part of the state through the weekend. For NPR News, I’m Phil Latzman in Miami.

 

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke and central bankers all gather this week in Jackson Hole, Wyoming for their annual symposium. The most *expecting few details about future possible fed actions, Bernanke is scheduled to speak tomorrow morning at the conference.

 

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 12 points today, closing at 11,430. The NASDAQ lost eight points. This is NPR.

 

It turns out there are may have been something to all that talked about speculators influencing the oil market after all, according to a published report today, a single energy conglomerate at 1.0 last month held more than 10% of all futures contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The Washington Post reports that when the Commodity Futures Trading Commission examine the books of a private Swiss energy conglomerate, it found the firm held 11% of all the oil contracts on the exchange. CFTC says it found more than 80% of oil contracts and now next they will help by financial firms speculating either for themselves or clients.

 

Nearly a decade after US house officials declared measles officially eliminated in the US, cases are now on the rise. NPR’s Patti Neighmond reports.

 

Officials with the centers for Disease Control and Prevention report 131 new measles cases so far this year, that’s already more than three times the number of cases reported for all of last year. In some cases, children were too young to be vaccinated, but in half the cases, children were not vaccinated because of parents’ religious beliefs, many were home-schooled and so not subject to vaccination rules that applied to public schools. 15 patients were hospitalized, no deaths have been reported before the measles’ vaccination was available, millions of people got infected every year, thousands were hospitalized and hundreds died. Health officials say they are working to educate parents about the safety of the vaccine and the lack of evidence of dangerous side-effects. Patti Neighmond, NPR News.

 

Big jump at oil prices today, the near-month contract for benchmark grade crude was up $5.62 a barrel to end the session at $121.18 a barrel.

 

I’m Jack Speer, NPR News in Washington.

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From NPR news in Washington, I’m Jack Speer.

 

Russia has stopped military cooperation with NATO in response to NATO’s decision earlier this week to freeze consultations with Russia. Stand off comes because of Russia’s refusal to pull its troops out of Georgia. NPR's Mike Shuster, reports from Brussels.

 

Real the Russia news agency quoted the Moscow's ambassador to NATO, Dimitri Rogozin that saying the Russian defense ministry has frozen military cooperation with the alliance. How long this freeze will last and what precisely will mean is not yet clear. But the action was confirmed by NATO spokeswomen Carmen Romero who said NATO was heard from Russian defense ministry that it has halted military cooperation with Brussels' based alliance. Early this week, NATO took similar action, declaring there will be no business as usual with Russia as long as Russian troops remained in Georgia. NATO and Russia have cooperated in various ways for many years including some joint execises. Perhaps most important this year Russia agreed to let NATO use its territory to transport some supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan. Neither side could say what this would be affected by the mutual freeze. Mike Shuster ,NPR news ,Brussels.

 

They are continued to mix to a pulls out of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia today where some observers' report seeing Russian tanks rolling through Georgian countryside towards home even as Russian troops were digging trenches of building for ? in key areas of Georgia. Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has said the forces will pull back from Georgia tomorrow. The ceasefire agreement calls for Russian and Georgian forces to both pull back to respective positions held before fighting erupted there two weeks ago.

 

Terrancial rains continue to fall in central Florida as bearly moving tropical storm Fay tourments the state again today, flooding thousands residents out of their homes. The member station W. Miami, F.reportss.

 

Fay is still speeding just of Florida northeast coast near the tonal bench with tropical storm force winds. Its motion is nearly stationary. It will continue dumping buckets of rain already water log areas that could see more than two feet up ?. Police and national guard troops are busy evacuating residents from flooded areas in H. At "EOC brief" in this morning, Florida governor Charly Crist urge residents not to panic. So it should continue tomorrow to local news for information partner to their geographic location. They should stay calm, stay smart and they should know they stay safe. Although Fay has stalled, forecasters still expected to come a short forward for a third time a week then cross over the Peninsula drenching northern part of the state through the weekend. For NPR news, I’m F in Miami.

 

Federal Reserve Board chairman Ben Bernanke and central bankers are gathered this weekend in Jackson Hoo V. for their annualism symposium, the most analysts expecting few details about future possible fed actions. Bernanke is sechduled to speak tomorrow morning at conference. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial Average gain 12 points today closing 11430, the NASDQ lost 8 points. This is NPR.

 

It turns out there may are something to all that talk about speculators influencing the oil market after all. According to a republish report today, a single energy ? numbered one point last month held more than ten percents of our future contracts in the New York merchant tie exchange. Washington Post reports they want the commodity future's trading commission exam the books of private Swiss energy can ?, they found the firm held 11 percent of all the oil contracts unexchange. CFTC says they found more than 80 percent of the oil contrasts are now held by financial firms speculating other for themselves or clients.

 

Nearly a decade after US house officials declared ? officially eliminated in the US cases now are on the rise. NPR P reports.

 

Officials with centers for disease control and prevention report 131 new ? cases so far this year. That is already more than three times the number of cases reported it for all of last year. In some cases, children were too young to be vaccinated. But in half of the cases children were not vaccinated because some of parents religious believes. Many were home schooled and so not subject to vaccination rules that applied in public schools. 15 patients were hospitalized. No death has been reported before the?'s vaccination was available, millions of people got infected every year, thousands were hospitalized and hundreds died. Health officials say they are working to educate parents of safety of vaccine and no lack of evidence of dangerous side effects. P NPR news.

 

The jumped oil prices today than month contract for bench mark Great Crude was up 5 dollars and 62 cents a barrel and the session of 121 dollars and 18 cents a barrel.

 

I’m Jack Speer, NPR news in Washington.

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HW(practice 100000今天没见影嘛)

From NPR News in Washington, I am Jack Speer.

 

Russia has stopped military co-operation with NATO in response to NATO's decision earlier this week to freeze consultations with Russia. The standoff comes because of Russia's refusal to pull its troops out of Georgia. NPR's Michael Shuster reports from Brussels.

 

We heard the Russian news agency quoted Moscow's Ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin as saying the Russian defense ministry has frozen military co-operation with the alliance. How long this freeze will last and what precisely would mean is not yet clear. But the action was confirmed by NATO's spokeswoman Carmen Romero who said NATO had heard from the Russian defense ministry that it had halt to take military co-operation with the Brussels-based alliance. Earlier this week, NATO took similar action declaring there will be no business as usual with Russia as long as Russian troops remained in Georgia. NATO and Russia have co-operated in various ways for many years including some joint exercises. Perhaps most important this year Russia agreed to let NATO use its territory to transport some supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan. Neither side could say whether this would be affected by the mutual freezes.  Michael Shuster, NPR News, Brussels.

 

There are continued mixed reports out of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia today where some of the reservists reported seeing Russian tanks roving through the Georgian countryside towards home even as Russian troops were digging trenches and building fortifications in key areas of Georgia. Russian President Dmitry Medvedeve has said the forces will pull back from Georgia tomorrow. The cease-fire agreement calls for Russian and Georgian forces to both pull back to the respected positions held before fight erupted there two weeks ago.

 

Torrential rains continue to fall in central Florida as barely moving Tropical Storm Fay torments the state again today flooding thousands of residents out of their homes. From member station WLAN in Miami, Few Lasken reports.

 

Fay's still spinning just off Florida's northeast coast near Daytona Beach with tropical storm forces wings. It's motion is nearly stationary meaning it would continue dumping buckets of rain on already waterlog areas. That could see more than 2 feet of precipitation. Police and National Guard Troops have been busy of evacuation residents from flooded areas in hard hit Brevard County. At an EOC briefing this morning, Florida Governor Charlie Crist urged residents not to panic.

 

So it ensured to continue to monitor local news for information pertinent to their geographic location. They should stay calm, stay smart and make sure that they stay safe.

 

Although Fay has stalled, forecasters do expect it to come ashore in Florida for a third time in a week then cross over the peninsula drenching the northern part of the state through the weekend. For NPR News, I am Few Lasken in Miami.

 

Federal Reserve Board Chinaman Ben Bernanke and central bankers are gathering this week in Jackson Hole, Wyoming for their annual symposium. The most analysts are expecting a few details about future possible Fed actions. Bernanke is scheduled to speak tomorrow morning at the conference.

 

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 12 points today closing at 11,430. The NASDAQ lost 8 points.

 

This is NPR.

 

It turns out there may have been something to all that talked about speculators influencing the oil market after all. Accoring to a published report today, a single energy conglomerate, one pointed last month, held more than 10% of all futures contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The Washington Post reports that when the Commodity Futures Trading Commission examined the books of a private Swiss energy conglomerate, they found the firm held 11% of all the oil contracts on the Exchange. CFTC says it found more than 80% of oil contracts that now makes were held by financial firms speculating either for themselves or clients.

 

Nearly a decade after US health officials declared measles is officially eliminated in the US, cases are now on the rise. NPR's Petin Nimen reports.

 

Officials within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report 131 new measles cases so for this year. That's already more than 3 times the number of cases reported for all of last year. In some cases, children were too young to be vaccinated but in half the cases, children were not vaccinated because of parents' religious beliefs, many were home-schooled and so not subject  to vaccination rules that are applied in public schools. 15 patients were hospitalized, no deaths have been reported. Before the measles vaccination was viable, millions of people got infected every year. Thousands were hospitalized and hundreds died. Health officials say they are working to educate parents about the safety of the vaccine and the lack of evidences of dangerous side effects. Petin Nimen, NPR News.

 

Big jumped oil prices today in near month contract for benchmark great cruel was up 5 dollars and 62 cents a barrel ended session at $121.18 a barrel.

 

I am Jack Speer, NPR News in Washington.

 

I.N.A

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From NPR news in washington, I am Jack Speer.

Russia has started military cooperation with NATO in response to NATO's decison early this weekend to freeze cosultations with Russia's, the standoff comes because of Russia's refusal to pull its troops out of Georgia. NPR's Mike ** reoport from Brussels.

We are the Russia's news agency (quoted) Moscow's embassdor to NATO to meet **as saying the Russia's defence minisry has frozen military cooperation the alliance.How long this freeze will last and precisely what it means was not yet clear,but this action was confirmed by the NATO's spokes woman carlo**who said NATO would  hurt from nation's defence ministry that it had halted military cooperation with Brussel-based alliance.Early this week, NATO took similar action to clearing no business as usual with Russia as long as Russia's troop remained in Geogia.NATO and Russia have cooperated in various ways including some joint excercises.Perhaps, the most important this year Russia agree to let NATO use its territory to transport some supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan.Neither the side could say this will be affected by the mutual freeze. Mike**, NPR news, Brussels.

 

** contiued to make a ports of former Soivet Republic of  Geogia today. Some of observer's reports saying Russian tanks rolling through Geogia's countryside towards home even as Russia's troops were begin transtion bulilding purifications in key areas of Geogia. Russian's president ** has said the forces will pull back tomorrow, the cease-fire agreement calls Russian and Geogia's forces both pulled back to the respected postions held before fighting two weeks ago.

 

Torrential rains has continued to fall in central Florida as barly moving tropical storm Fay toments the state again today, flooding housands of residents out of their homes. From member stataion A** reports.

 

Fay is still spinning just off Florida's north east coast near Dayton beach where tropical storms in full swings. It's motion is nearly stationary, nearly continue dumping buckets of rains on already water** could see almost 2 feet on precipitation. Police in national guard troops have been busy in evacuating residents from flooded area and in hard-hit boulevard county. An EOC briefing this morning, Florida governor Charlie** urged the residents not to panic." so radios should continue tomorrow to local news for information to put their geographic location ,they should stay  calm, stay smart and make sure they stay safe "Although Fay has stored 4 forecasters do expect to come  in sure third time in a week, then cross over  the peninsula stretching the northern part of the state this weekend.

 

For NPR news, I am ** in Miami

 

Federal reserve board chairman, ** in central bankers are gathered this week in ******* for their annual symposia for most analysts expecting few details about future possible fed actions. * scheduled to speak tomorrow morning on the conference.

 

On wall industry, the Dow&John’s industrial average gained 12 points today, closing 11430,the NASDQ lost 8 points. This is NPR.

 

It turns out there are may have been something to all that talked about speculators influencing the oil market after all, according to a published report today, a single energy conglomerate at 1.0 last month held more than 10% of all futures contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The Washington Post reports that when the Commodity Futures Trading Commission examine the books of a private Swiss energy conglomerate, it found the firm held 11% of all the oil contracts on the exchange. CFTC says it found more than 80% of oil contracts and now next they will help by financial firms speculating either for themselves or clients.

 

Nearly a decade of US house officials declared ** officially eliminated, cases now are on the rise. NPR ** reports.

 

Officals with centers for diease control and prevention report were 131 new ** cases so far this year.That's alreay more than 3 times the number of cases reported for all the last year. In some cases, children were too young to be evaccinated  ,half the children were not evaccinated beacause of parents' religous beliefs. Many were home-schooled, and so not subject to vaccination rules that applied to public shcools.15 paients were hospitalied, no death has been reported. Before the * vaccination was avalible,millions of people got infected every year,thousands were hospitalized and hundreds died. Health officals say they are working to educate the parents about the safy of vaccine, lack of evidence of dangerous side- affects. *, NPR news.

 

Quick jumped oil prices today that near mark the benchmark grade* was up to five dollars and sixty-two cents of a barrel and in a session of 121 dollars,18 cents a barrel.

 

第一次写，错误较多，时间较少，先发了。。

[ 本帖最后由 I.N.A 于 2008-8-22 17:34 编辑 ]

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原帖由 sylvia_qian 于 2008-8-22 13:30 发表 From NPR News in Washington, I’m Jack Speer.   Russia has stopped military cooperation with NATO in response to NATO’s decision earlier this week to freeze consultations with Russia. The stan ...

 

你今天帖子的以下字段又出现了“鼠标停留下划线”，别人的帖子从未出现过。回忆一下你在word里在这些字段里做了什么操作？不过这也也不违反这里的听写规则。

 

Russia has stopped military cooperation with NATO in response to NATO’s decision earlier this week to freeze consultations with Russia.

 

NATO spokeswoman

 

continue to monitor local news for information partner to their geographic location, they should stay calm

 

come ashore in Florida for third time in a week

 

a single energy conglomerate at 1.0 last month held more than 10% of all futures contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

 

Commodity Futures Trading Commission examine the books of a private Swiss energy conglomerate, it found the firm held 11% of all the oil contracts on the exchange

 

CFTC says it found more than 80% of oil contracts and now next they will help by financial firms speculating either for themselves or clients

 

a decade after US house officials declared measles officially eliminated in the US

 

我倒是建议大家在字体、字号和分段上注意一下，尊重斑竹的劳动。有的不分段就贴上去，或不使用Verdana字体或3号字(指的是回帖窗口的3号字，在word里可能是小四)，像今天的3、5、6、9、11#贴。其实是举手之劳。

sylvia_qian

原帖由 jxzhope 于 2008-8-22 16:15 发表   你今天帖子的以下字段又出现了“鼠标停留下划线”，别人的帖子从未出现过。回忆一下你在word里在这些字段里做了什么操作？不过这也也不违反这里的听写规则。   Russia has stopped military cooper ...

 

额，您贴出的段落我选择编辑帖子，也会全部出现下划线

只要提交后就消失

额，偶以rp发誓，偶在word啥都米干

以前偶也这样发帖滴，米出现过这种状况

最近大概偶rp抽了

过几天偶重装下，看会不会好些

 

让偶泪奔下

 

[ 本帖最后由 sylvia_qian 于 2008-8-22 16:46 编辑 ]

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真的辛苦你了。好想给你听力指数啊，可惜你已经是版主了，哎~~~

-谈笑

 

From NPR News in Washington, I’m Jack Speer.

 

Russia has stopped military cooperation with NATO in response to NATO’s decision earlier this week to freeze consultations with Russia. The standoff comes because of Russia’s refusal to pull its troops out of Georgia. NPR's Mike Shuster, reports from Brussels.

 

We heard the Russian news agency quoted the Moscow's ambassador to NATO, Dimitri Rogozin as saying the Russian defense ministry has frozen military cooperation with the alliance. How long this freeze will last and what precisely will mean is not yet clear. But the action was confirmed by NATO spokeswomen Carmen Romero who said NATO had heard from Russian defense ministry that it has halted military cooperation with the Brussels' based alliance. Earlier this week, NATO took similar action, declaring there will be no business as usual with Russia as long as Russian troops remained in Georgia. NATO and Russia have cooperated in various ways for many years including some joint execises. Perhaps most important this year Russia agreed to let NATO use its territory to transport some supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan. Neither side could say what this would be affected by the mutual freeze. Mike Shuster ,NPR News ,Brussels.

 

There are continued and mixed reports out of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia today where some observers' report seeing Russian tanks rolling through Georgian countryside towards home even as Russian troops were digging trenches and building fortifications in key areas of Georgia. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said the forces will pull back from Georgia tomorrow. The ceasefire agreement calls for Russian and Georgian forces to both pull back to respective positions held before fighting erupted there two weeks ago.

 

Torrential rains continue to fall in central Florida as barely moving Tropical Storm Fay torments the state again today, flooding thousands residents out of their homes. From member station WLAN in Miami, F.reportss.

 

Fay is still spinning just off Florida's northeast coast near the Daytona Beach with tropical storm forces winds. Its motion is nearly stationary meaning it will continue dumping buckets of rain on already waterlogareas that could see more than two feet of precipitation. Police and national guard troops are busy evacuating residents from flooded areas in hard hit Brevard County. At an EOC briefing this morning, Florida governor Charlie Crist urge residents not to panic. So it ensured to continue to monitor local news for information pertinent to their geographic location. They should stay calm, stay smart and make sure that they stay safe. Although Fay has stalled, forecasters still expected to come ashore in Florida  for a third time a week then cross over the Peninsula drenching the northern part of the state through the weekend. For NPR news, I’m F in Miami.

 

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke and central bankers are gathered this weekend in Jackson Hole , Wyoming,  for their annual symposium, the most analysts expecting few details about future possible fed actions. Bernanke is scheduled to speak tomorrow morning at conference.

 

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial Average gained 12 points today closing at 11,430, the NASDQ lost 8 points. This is NPR.

 

It turns out there may are something to all that talk about speculators influencing the oil market after all. According to a published report today, a single energy conglomerate, one point last month, held more than ten percents of our futures contracts in the New York Mercantile Exchange. The Washington Post reports that wen the Commodity Futures Trading Commission examining the books of a private Swiss energy conglomerate, they found the firm held 11 percent of all the oil contracts on the Exchange. CFTC says they found more than 80 percent of the oil contrasts are now held by financial firms speculating either for themselves or clients.

 

Nearly a decade after US health officials declared measles was officially eliminated in the US, cases now are on the rise. NPR P reports.

 

Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionreport 131 new measles cases so far this year. That is already more than three times the number of cases reported  / for all of last year. In some cases, children were too young to be vaccinated. But in half of the cases children were not vaccinated because some of parents religious beliefs. Many were home schooled and so not subject to vaccination rules that applied in public schools. 15 patients were hospitalized. No death has been reported before the measles vaccination was available, millions of people got infected every year, thousands were hospitalized and hundreds died. Health officials say they are working to educate parents of safety of vaccine and no lack of evidence of dangerous side effects. P NPR news.

 

Big jump in oil prices today,  the near month contract for benchmark Great Crude was up 5 dollars and 62 cents a barrel ended the session at 121 dollars and 18 cents a barrel.

 

I’m Jack Speer, NPR news in Washington.

[ 本帖最后由 cxc-谈笑一生 于 2008-8-24 16:12 编辑 ]

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From NPR News in Washington, I’m Jack Speer.

 

Russia has stopped military cooperation with NATO in response to NATO’s decision earlier this week to freeze consultations with Russia. The standoff comes because of Russia’s refusal to pull its troops out of Georgia. NPR's Mike Shuster, reports from Brussels.

 

We heard the Russian news agency quoted the Moscow's ambassador to NATO, Dimitri Rogozin as saying the Russian defense ministry has frozen military cooperation with the alliance. How long this freeze will last and what precisely it will mean is not yet clear. But the action was confirmed by NATO spokeswomen Carmen Romero who said NATO had heard from Russian defense ministry that it had halted military cooperation with the Brussels' based alliance. Earlier this week, NATO took similar action, declaring there will be no business as usual with Russia as long as Russian troops remained in Georgia. NATO and Russia have cooperated in various ways for many years including some joint execises. Perhaps most important this year Russia agreed to let NATO use its territory to transport some supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan. Neither side could say what this would be affected by the mutual freeze. Mike Shuster ,NPR News ,Brussels.

 

There are continued and mixed reports out of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia today where some observers' report seeing Russian tanks rolling through Georgian countryside towards home even as Russian troops were digging trenches and building fortifications in key areas of Georgia. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said the forces will pull back from Georgia tomorrow. The ceasefire agreement calls for Russian and Georgian forces to both pull back to respective positions held before fighting erupted there two weeks ago.

 

Torrential rains continue to fall in central Florida as barely moving Tropical Storm Fay torments the state again today, flooding thousands residents out of their homes. From member station WLAN in Miami, F.reportss.

 

Fay is still spinning just off Florida's northeast coast near the Daytona Beach with tropical storm forces winds. Its motion is nearly stationary meaning it will continue dumping buckets of rain on already waterlogged areas that could see more than two feet of precipitation. Police and national guard troops are busy evacuating residents from flooded areas in hard hit Brevard County. At an EOC briefing this morning, Florida governor Charlie Crist urge residents not to panic. So it ensured to continue to monitor local news for information pertinent to their geographic location. They should stay calm, stay smart and make sure that they stay safe. Although Fay has stalled, forecasters still expected it to come ashore in Florida  for a third time a week then cross over the Peninsula drenching the northern part of the state through the weekend. For NPR news, I’m F in Miami.

 

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke and central bankers are gathered this weekend in Jackson Hole , Wyoming,  for their annual symposium, the most analysts expecting few details about future possible fed actions. Bernanke is scheduled to speak tomorrow morning at conference.

 

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial Average gained 12 points today closing at 11,430, the NASDQ lost 8 points. This is NPR.

 

It turns out there may have been something to all that talk about speculators influencing the oil market after all. According to a published report today, a single energy conglomerate, at one point last month, held more than ten percent/ of our futures contracts in the New York Mercantile Exchange. The Washington Post reports that wen the Commodity Futures Trading Commission examining the books of a private Swiss energy conglomerate, they found the firm held 11 percent of all the oil contracts on the Exchange. CFTC says they found more than 80 percent of the oil contrasts are now held by financial firms speculating either for themselves or clients.

 

Nearly a decade after US health officials declared measles was officially eliminated in the US, cases now are on the rise. NPR Paddy Meehan reports.

 

Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report 131 new measles cases so far this year. That is already more than three times the number of cases reported   for all of last year. In some cases, children were too young to be vaccinated. But in half of the cases children were not vaccinated because / of parents' religious beliefs. Many were home schooled and so not subject to vaccination rules that applied in public schools. 15 patients were hospitalized. No death has been reported before the measles vaccination was available, millions of people got infected every year, thousands were hospitalized and hundreds died. Health officials say they are working to educate parents about safety of the vaccine and the lack of evidence of dangerous side effects. Paddy Meehan NPR news.

 

Big jump in oil prices today,  the near month contract for benchmark Great Crude was up 5 dollars and 62 cents a barrel ended the session at 121 dollars and 18 cents a barrel.

 

I’m Jack Speer, NPR news in Washington.

 

[ 本帖最后由 蜗牛牧师 于 2008-8-22 20:52 编辑 ]