Protesters return to the riot-scarred streets of Ferguson Tuesday a day after violence erupted after the annoucement that officer Darren Wilson would not be indicted. With hundreds of additional national guard troops assisting police, there was less

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(109) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2014(十一)月

This is AP News Minute. 1. Afghanistan intelligence officials say reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Omar has been dead for more than two years. The secret head of Taliban hosted Osama bin Ladens al-Qaeda in the years leading up to the 9/11 attack. 2. A

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国际足联面临不确定的未来 When the US criminally indicted some top FIFA executives,it was welcomed by many in Europe and around the world,according to British football writer Keir Radnedge,who spoke VOA via Skype. 英国足球专栏作家凯

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American Pastor Andrew Brunson, wrongfully incarcerated in Turkey, was moved from Buca Prison to house arrest recently. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, While this move is a positive development, it is not enough. We have seen no credible evidenc

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President Obama is notifying Congress he plans to remove Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. NPRs Mara Liasson reports the move comes just days after Obamas meeting with his Cuban counterpart. The State Department made the recomme

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With few days remaining this summer, I realize that I have worked through the entire season and haven't had time to do my traditional summer ritual, something I started 20 years ago. That's Day to Day contributing writer Annabelle Gurwitch. The summe

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Warren Jeffs has been convicted on two counts of accomplice to rape. A Utah jury says the polygamous sect leader is guilty for his role in arranging the marriage of a 14-year-old girl to her 19-year-old cousin. Jeffs faces life in prison. Michael Vic

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AS IT IS 2016-05-14 US, Others Walk Out of Ugandan Inauguration 多名西方官员中途退出乌干达总统就职典礼 Yoweri Museveni has begun his fifth term as Ugandas president. United States, Canadian and European delegates walked out of the

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 29 November 2006 A court in Nigeria has struck down a report by a government panel that said Vice President Atiku Abubakar should be indicted on graft charges that claim he had diverted public funds . For VOA, Gilbert da Co

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 28 September 2006 The prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Thursday called on the Kenyan government to help find one of the leaders of Rwanda's 1994 genocide. He is reported to have business interest

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Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences Controversial in US In April of 1998, twins Lawrence and Lamont Garrison were about to graduate from Howard University in Washington. Both worked at the U.S. Justice Department and planned to attend law school. Then,

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国际足联如何重建信任? NEW YORK As American and Swiss authorities proceed with their criminal investigations against FIFA officials, the future of the organization and its leadership remains a mystery. Anti-corruption experts say FIFA must t

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哈马斯领袖誓言终结以色列占领 There is no peace in sight between Israelis and Palestinians as violence in the region escalates. Gaza's Hamas leader on Thursday vowed that Palestinians will continue their uprising until they achieve their

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: President Trump is traveling to Asia this morning. And this likely will be the most consequential trip of his presidency so far. The threat from North Korea's nuclear program will be top of the mind for the president and Asian lea

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: All right, earlier this year, special counsel Robert Mueller indicted a Russian troll farm known as the Internet Research Agency. We are now learning more about Russia's influence campaign on social media against the United S

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 16 March 2007 The Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar says he would contest in court his disqualification by the electoral commission. A a leading candidate for the April poll, he was excluded in the final official list.

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As the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor prepares to issue new arrest warrants in an investigation into the conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan, there is growing speculation that Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir will himself be targ

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By Meredith Buel Washington 03 August 2007 U.S. judge has entered a not guilty plea for a Mexican businessman charged with conspiracy to produce large quantities of the illegal street drug methamphetamine destined for the United States. It is the lat

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East Timor's embattled government is preparing arrest warrants for 18 men believed to have been involved in the assassination attempts on the country's president and prime minister. Additional Australian peacekeepers continue to arrive in the tiny re

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Russia has vetoed a UN resolution that wouldve condemned the Srebrenica massacre twenty years ago as an act of genocide. The killing of 8,000 Muslim men and boys by Bosnian Serb troops in the town was the worst massacre in Europe since the WWII. The

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