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Wikipedia and FBI in logo use row
Seal that prompted the FBI action
A row has broken out between Wikipedia and the FBI over the use of its seal.
In a letter sent to Wikipedia’s San Francisco office, the FBI said that “unauthorised reproduction of the FBI Seal was prohibited by US law”.
“Whoever possesses any insignia…or any colourable imitation thereof..shall be fined…or imprisoned… or both,” the FBI wrote.
The future tenses – English Education
China air force exercises ‘carry message’
China has announced a number of military exercises in recent weeks
A large airborne military exercise is underway in China’s central and eastern provinces and seas.
Fighter jets, spy planes and helicopters, along with 12,000 soldiers, are taking part in the drill.
It is one of several announced in official media in recent weeks.
The exercise follows verbal sparring between the US and China over conflicting territorial claims by China and many South East Asian nations in the South China Sea.
Modal verb + Continuous form — English education
’2.5 million people affected’ by Pakistan floods officials say
Up to two-and-a-half million people have been affected by devastating floods in north-west Pakistan, the International Red Cross has said.
Rescuers are struggling to reach 27,000 people still cut off by the floods, which are the worst in 80 years.
At least 1,100 people have died and thousands have lost everything.
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English Can Be Difficult to Learn (VOA Special English)
China Renews Criticism of US Over China Sea Dispute
A Chinese defense official is criticizing the United States for taking an interest in a South China Sea dispute for the second time this week.
Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng said Friday that remarks last week by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were an unwelcome attempt at the “internationalization” of a territorial issue involving the Spratly and Paracel chains. China’s foreign ministry made similar remarks earlier this week.
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Hello/Goodbye – Misterduncan – English Education
Modal verb + be able to + main verb — English education
Vietnam rejects French officer’s ashes request
Gen Bigeard was a veteran of WWII, French Indochina and Algeria
Vietnam has turned down a request to scatter the ashes of a French war veteran at the site of a battle which helped end colonial rule by France.
General Marcel Bigeard, one of France’s most decorated soldiers, who died last month, reportedly asked to rejoin his fallen comrades.
But a Vietnamese official is quoted as saying this would “create a precedent”.
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Can and can’t – Be able to — English education
Can and Can’t
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Vietnam restricts online gaming over youth concerns
By the CNN Wire Staff
(CNN) — Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications has cut off overnight public Internet access in businesses and banned advertisements of online games pending new regulations amid a public outcry over the games’ influence on youth, the state-run news agency reported.
The move also temporarily stopped the licensing of online games. Vietnamese officials announced the decision Tuesday and said it would remain in effect until the end of the year.
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