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A Good Heart to Lean on When I was growing up, I was embarrassed to be seen with my father. He was severely crippled and very short, and when we would walk together, his hand on my arm for balance, people would stare. I would inwardly squirm at the s
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The American Petroleum Institute is urging U.S. lawmakers to end what the trade group considers restrictive regulations that it says will lead to greater energy dependence and fewer jobs for American workers. It also is urging President Obama to appr
VOA双语新闻 2012年1月
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Men Won't Ask for Shopping Directions Either A study in the Journal of Consumer Marketing finds that men are less likely than women to ask for expert advice when shopping, in this case for wine. Karen Hopkin reports They say that men dont like to ask
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By Steve Herman Diplomatic efforts continue to try getting North Korea back to the negotiating table to discuss dismantling its nuclear weapons program. Japanese and Russian diplomats say it is too so
VOA2004（下）--新闻盘点
By Al Pessin Santiago 04 October 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has expressed concern that the slow process of approval for U.S. arms sales is forcing some countries, including Iraq, to buy weapons elsewhere. VOA's Al Pessin reports from Sa
2007年VOA常速英语（十月）
Hispanics are the fastest-growing ethnic group in the United States. In the last official U.S. census 10 years ago, Hispanics, or Latinos, made up more than 12 percent of the population. Their numbers are expected to be much higher when the governmen
VOA标准英语2010年(四)月
Estonia officially joins the Eurozone on January 1, becoming the 17th nation - the first in the Baltic region - to adopt the common European currency group. But with worries growing over Europe's ability to handle its debt crisis, many Estonians say
VOA标准英语2010年(十二)月
The U.N. Security Council is continuing to weigh whether to authorize a request from the secretary-general for an additional 3,000 peacekeepers to reinforce the U.N.'s overstretched peacekeeping mission in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. F
VOA标准英语2008年(十一月)
U.S. President Barack Obama is stepping up his personal involvement in the Middle East peace process. He has invited regional leaders to the White House for individual talks in the coming weeks. The invitations are going out to the leaders of Israel
VOA标准英语2009年(四月)
国际危机失控 舆论促奥巴马总统果断应对 From too cautious to too slow, there has been no shortage of criticism for President Barack Obama's foreign policy decision-making, as world crises from Iraq to Ukraine seemingly ratchet out of
VOA双语新闻 2014年9月
The people in Belgrade have reacted with mixed emotions to Radovan Karadzic's first appearance at the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague Thursday. The infamy of Karadzic is even generating some commercial interest. 星期四，前波斯尼
VOA双语新闻 2008年8月
Yael: They're months away, and I'm already stressed out about the holidays. Two different relatives of mine have died of natural causes on Christmas Day. You think my family's cursed? Don: If your family's cursed, Yael, then a heck of a lot of other
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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 08 May 2008 The U.N. Children's Fund estimates one-third of all those killed by Cyclone Nargis in Burma are children. Burmese authorities report more than 22,000 people lost their lives and more than 40,000 are still missing. L
VOA标准英语2008年（五月）
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 02 June 2008 A series of diplomatic visits between Iraq and Turkey in recent months has signaled a warming of relations that is expected to continue with a visit to Baghdad by Turkey's prime minister in the near future. Turk
VOA标准英语2008年（六月）
By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 17 September 2009 Man walks past electronic board showing stock index at securities company in Chengdu, China's Sichuan province, 17 Nov 2008 Signs of an economic recovery in Asia come as leaders of the G20 leading industria
VOA标准英语2009年(九月)
China has hinted it would not support a new round of sanctions against Iran despite Tehran's continued defiance of United Nations resolutions on its nuclear program. The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany are meeting in B
VOA双语新闻 2008年1月
By Kurt Achin Seoul 06 December 2007 South Korea is calling for flexibility in the amount and type of information North Korea is due to release about its nuclear programs. Six-nation talks on the North's programs are unlikely to reconvene as expected
VOA常速英语2007年（十二月）
By Al Pessin Kyiv 21 October 2007 Turkey's defense minister told U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates the United States must take tangible action against Kurdish guerrillas in Northern Iraq, whose latest attack killed at least 12 Turkish soldiers, wou
2007年VOA常速英语（十月）
Dear Annie: My teenage son hangs around with a young lady, Berta, who seems interested in him. She is a little on the quiet side but seems pleasant and would be pretty if she would only brush her teeth. She has not brushed them in over a year. Berta'
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