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Herman Cain says he is suspending his campaign for the Republican nomination for president. He made the announcement a few minutes ago in Atlanta. Cain has been accused of sexual harassment and having had an extramarital affair. Cain called the alleg

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今天我们要学的词是boycott. Boycott 动词，意思是抵制。A former Russian oil tycoon-turned-dissident said fellow Kremlin critics should not boycott the upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup held in Russia. 一位原俄罗斯石油大亨，后来成

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By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 16 October 2006 Ly Tong, center, a South Vietnamese air force veteran who later became a US citizen, talks to reporters at Criminal Court in Bangkok, September 7, 2006 A small but growing number of dissidents in Vietnam is c

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IN THE NEWS - I.R.A. Ties Put Pressure on Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland Peace Efforts By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Saturday, March 12, 2005 This is Steve Ember with In the News, in VOA Special English

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Army Specialist Jeremy Duncan and Annette McLeod, wife of a wounded soldier, appear at a hearing at Walter Reed Both houses of Congress held hearings this week on conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Cen

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 18 August 2006 Nigerians living in Bakassi peninsula say they are worried about their personal safety following the deployment of more Cameroonian soldiers to the area in the last few days. The Nigerian security agency may

2006年VOA标准英语-Vietnam to Free Dissident

By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 28 August 2006 The government of Vietnam says it has granted amnesty to one of the country's highest profile dissidents, Pham Hong Son. Western governments and human rights organizations considered Son a political prisoner.

VOA标准英语2012--Iranian Dissident Group Seeks to Shed Terrorist Label

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VOA标准英语2012--US Investigates American Support of Iranian Dissident Group

US Investigates American Support of Iranian Dissident Group MITCHELL REISS: The U.S. State Department needs to de-list the MEK immediately! That was former U.S. Ambassador Mitchell Reiss, in April 2011. He is one of the prominent Americans demanding

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Two splinter paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland have given up their weapons to an international commission monitoring what is known as 'decommissioning.' The two groups have for decades been waging an armed campaign against British sovereignty o

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Many people in South Asia are assessing the results of the U.S. midterm elections. The opposition Republicans have taken control of the U.S. House of Representatives from President Barack Obama's Democratic Party and analysts in Pakistan say that cou

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: Flushing, the neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., is home to the largest population of Chinese immigrants in any city outside Asia. One of those immigrants is Zhuang Liehong. He arrived in 2014 from a small village in southwestern China

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Rebels in Colombia have stopped fighting a civil war. Some have not stopped the techniques they have perfected over the years for making a living. During the war, the rebel group known as the FARC earned millions of dollars by ex

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orthern Ireland Peace Process Loses Support Laurrie Kassman London 10 Jul 2001 17:48 UTC The British and Irish Prime Minister are holding a second round of talks with political leaders involved in Nort

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 12 March 2008 The government of Comoros says its troops have captured three rebel soldiers during a brief incursion onto the breakaway island of Anjouan. The incident occurred as African Union troops are arriving for a poss

VOA常速英语2007年-Dissidents Continue Attacks in DRC

By Selah Hennessy Goma 13 December 2007 The Congolese army battled with dissident fighters in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for control of the strategically important town Rigari. Rebel fighters, loyal to renegade General Laurent Nkunda, have

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1. President Barack Obama is announcing a wide-ranging education policy that embraces merit pay for teachers and a longer school day and year. He also wants to end limits on charter schools. 2. Police in Northern Ireland say they have two suspects i

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By Cindy Saine Washington 05 November 2007 President Bush has awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, imprisoned Cuban dissident Oscar Elias Biscet, and six others. VOA Correspondent Cindy Saine reports

Irish PM resigns as leader of ruling party

DUBLIN, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Irish（爱尔兰） Prime Minister Brian Cowen announced on Saturday afternoon that he is standing down as leader of the ruling Fianna Fail, but will continue as the prime minister until the March 11 election. At a press

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今天我们要学的词是laureate。Laureate名词，意思是得奖者、获奖者 。Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo died of liver cancer on medical parole at 61. 中国异议人士、诺贝尔和平奖获得者刘晓波