To many Americans, neglecting human space flight this way looks like a sorry end to the glorious chapter Kennedy opened half a century ago.

对许多美国人而言，以这样一种方式忽略掉载人飞行相对于半世纪前肯尼迪时代的光辉篇章来说显得过于暗淡。

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Half of the world's population could face food shortages by the end of this century due to climate change, a new study warned recently.

近日，一项最新研究警告称，由于受气候变化的影响，预计到本世纪末全球将有一半的人口面临粮食短缺的威胁。

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And seen from this end of the century it's not hard to see why.

从本世纪末的目标中，就不难看出这是什么原因。

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Larger prospects for growth are being proclaimed by government officials after this year's defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels, which brought an end to a quarter century of civil war.

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The ocean has become 30% more acidic since the start of The Industrial Revolution in the 18th century and is predicted to be 150% more acidic by the end of this century, according to a UNESCO report published last year.

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Dr Tomber said that it has always been presumed that the flow of the trade between Rome and India lasted between the 1st Century BC through to the end of the 1st Century AD, but that there is growing evidence that this trade continued much longer, into the 6th and early 7th Century - although not necessarily continually.

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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) Adam Scott finished the job this time, and put an end to more than a half-century of Australian misery at the Masters.

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