Watchdog Group Calls for Anti-Corruption Crackdown in Global Construction Sector The watchdog group Transparency International says on a worldwide basis, corruption is greater in the construction indu

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语听者文摘

Fridays are awesome. This one knows a little bit sweet because it is our last show of 2013. We are going to look back at some of the stories we covered this year, but first up, we've got congressional compromise. We are talking about budget, a plan f

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2013年(十二)月

Report: Ecosystems More Stressed Than Ever When Super Storm Sandy ravaged the U.S. East Coast and inundated New York City in late October, many wondered if such extreme weather events might be linked to climate change, the gradual warming of the plan

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(161) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(十二月)

The final incarnation of the Harry Porter series comes out Friday at midnight. And its publisher is fighting an uphill battle against those who would reveal its secrets before the official release. CBS news correspondent Michelle Miller reports. Eve

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 万花筒2007年

Besides the legal fight, the biggest question surrounding Charlie Sheen is where does he go from here? Well, PopEater.com's Rob Shuter talked with Sheen yesterday and he's here now to fill us in.Hi there, Rob. Its quite a conversation. It was text me

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Another row is brewing between around the federal government and the states, this time over school funding. Julia Gillard wants to give schools an extra 6.5 billion dollars a year. The premiers are concerned they'll be asked foot a large portion of t

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A Dubai court sentences a British woman and an Irish man to three months in jail followed by deportation for breaching the United Arab Emirates' decency laws. The pair are accused of engaging in sexual activities in a Dubai taxi, but both deny the ch

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Philip chose his vw golf with care. He drove thousands of miles last year and making sure his car was eco-friendly was vital. Now he is waiting to find out if that wasn't in fact the case. And he is considering taking legal action. To feel that the p

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By Tom Rivers London 16 July 2007 Britain is expelling four Russian diplomats and exploring other retaliatory measures after the refusal by Moscow to send former intelligence officer Andrei Lugovoi to London for trial in the murder of his former coll

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Fences and Wildlife Dont Mix 围栏与野生动物不能共存 If you want to protect endangered species in the wild, dont fence them in. An article in the journal Science says fencing can actually harm both animals and ecosystems. Scientists at the

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2014年(四月)

By Kurt Achin Seoul 17 April 2008 The chairman of one of the world's biggest and best-known corporations is facing criminal charges for tax evasion and other alleged misdeeds. Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee, arguably the most powerful businessman in So

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 25 September 2009 For the first time, a former Israeli leader has been put on trial. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert leaves a courthouse in Jerusalem, 25 Sep 2009 Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert went on

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By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 07 November 2007 Protests continue in Pakistan against President Pervez Musharraf's state of emergency. Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday and Pakistan's deposed chief justice urged la

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Kenya is in the fourth day of a major crackdown on the opposition and the media. It all comes after the opposition leader, Raila Odinga, declared himself president despite losing an election. The government responded by switc

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Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Indonesias President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono have agreed to work together more closely to tackle people smuggling. Mr.Abbott has described their talks in Jakarta as very frank but constructive. The Prime Minister has a

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By Douglas Bakshian Cebu, Philippines 13 January 2007 Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have authorized the drawing up of a charter that would give their organization a legal basis for the first time since it was founded four deca

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 09 October 2007 Israeli police have opened a criminal investigation against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, it is the latest in a series of scandals that has eroded public s

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By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo 19 October 2009 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has asked Pakistan to hand over those he says are behind a suicide bombing Sunday that killed more than 40 people, including several top commanders of the elite Revoluti

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(十月)

Making news this morning, thousands of people may have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis at several Sydney dental clinics. New South Wales Health is investigating reports of a Syrias infection control breach at four dental clinics. Its declined to co

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The tech giants have enjoyed growing markets and popularity worldwide. 一直以来,各科技巨头公司遍布全球各个充满蓬勃生机的市场,备受人们欢迎。 But 2018 changed that. 但2018年,这一切都改变了。 Are Americas

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