据食品包装与环保领域的专家介绍，我们日常所熟悉的一次性白色塑料餐盒，“合格率还不到一半”，人们吃下的无异于“隐性毒药”。

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According to Dong Jinshi, vice-president of the Hong Kong-based International Food Packaging Association (IFPA), about half of the disposable dishware used in the country is unsafe, with excessive amounts of

为缓解目前大学生就业压力，北京市在出台大学生村官政策后，将在今年启动大学生社区助理岗位，大学生将有机会进社区担任居委会主任助理的职务。届时大学生基层就业途径将实现“城乡全覆盖”。

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The State Council also encouraged college students to broaden their job search and consider working in grassroots communities, central and western parts of China or SMEs, or start their own business.

国务院还鼓励大学生拓宽就业渠道，考虑去

元宵节的花灯还未撤去，众多商家就开始为情人节“商战”摩拳擦掌了。不少商家抢占“浪漫商机”，纷纷营造情人节浪漫氛围，推出各种情侣套票、套餐等优惠活动，吸引消费者前来。各种促销活动让人眼花缭乱。

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Quanjude, a 145-year-old restaurant chain known for Peking roast duck, also promoted Valentine's Day package menus this year in its branches in Beijing, Shanghai and Qingdao, an eastern coastal city widely known for brand wo

奥斯卡“小金人”就要正式颁发了，获得提名的明星们大概心都提到了嗓子眼。但是如果不幸落选，也不必扫兴。因为据统计，曾有不少明星在斩获奥斯卡奖后就败走麦城，票房成绩一路下滑，甚至入选“金酸梅奖”。

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Kidman won an Oscar for 2002's "The Hours," but has never headlined a big hit. Gooding is widely regarded as the poster child for squandering Oscar opportunities. The busy actor has filled his resume with such not-quite

美国国家航空航天局 2 月 11 日称，美国一颗通信卫星 10 日与一颗俄罗斯已报废的卫星在太空中相撞，这是人类历史上首次卫星相撞事故，地点位于西伯利亚上空 800 公里。这将对国际空间站和我国的在轨卫星产生影响。

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A privately owned US communications spacecraft collided with a defunct Russian satellite about 800 km above northern Siberia at 4:55 pm GMT on Tuesday, according to the US Strategic Command, which made it public on Wednesday.

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和家人团聚一直是我国春节的一大习俗，但从今年的旅游市场来看，春节假日游也成为越来越受人们青睐的一种选择。北京、香港和三亚位列今年春节假日旅游目的地排行榜前三甲，而其它地区的旅游人数和消费也有较大幅度增长。

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The nation's capital, which topped the list, accommodated 830,000 tourists, up 20 percent from last year. Its tourism revenue totaled 2.16 billion yuan. Both figures are all-time records, the Beijing municipal tourism bureau said.

最近，山西干河矿难发生之后，记者争先恐后地赶到出事煤矿——不是为了采访报道，而是去领取煤矿发放的“封口费”，少则上千，多则几万。煤矿方面称,领取“封口费”的记者有四五十人，这其中不乏很多“假记者”，而且“封口费”的发放持续了数日。“封口费”没能“封”住事件真相，却引发了人们的反思。

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Journalists from various media organizations were paid a total of 125,700 yuan not to report on a mi

奥巴马当选之后，马不停蹄地为新政府物色人选，而他原来的竞争对手希拉里也成为下任美国国务卿的“大热”人选。有消息人士透露，在“面试”完希拉里与比尔•理查森两名国务卿热门人选后，奥巴马也倾向于让希拉里担当重任。

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Hilary Clinton has some of the key attributes of a good secretary of state - stature and toughness - but that she's untested as a negotiator, and her status as an erstwhile Obama rival might undermine an envoy's traditional

由于和白宫相互指责，美国国会取消了原定于当地时间20日进行的对汽车行业250亿美元救援计划的表决。这意味着在2009年1月20日奥巴马上台前，汽车巨头们很可能要自谋生路了。

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The $25 billion rescue plan for the auto industry, desperately sought by Detroit's beleaguered Big Three, collapsed Thursday as Congress drew the line at one more bailout and Democrats said they wouldn't even consider it until the companies produced a convincing plan for rebuilding

美国当选总统奥巴马于11月22日宣布，他的经济顾问团队将在短期内制订出一份经济复苏计划，并着手在未来两年之内创造250万个工作机会，以应对金融危机造成的经济衰退。奥巴马称，这项计划不仅能够应付美国经济目前所面临的挑战，还将为未来的增长打下坚实基础。

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If successful, the scope of his plan would set the stage for other goals, including expanded health care, permanent changes in tax rates and a comprehensive overhaul of energy policy. "This package is designed to