VOA慢速英语2011--US Congressional Committee Fails to Identify Budget Cuts

Economics Report - US Congressional Committee Fails to Identify Budget Cuts This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. An American congressional committee reported failure earlier this week. The committee failed in its effort to cut the federa

NPR 2010-04-22

At least 11 people remain missing from an oil platform explosion off the coast of Louisiana. Seven workers are badly hurt from the blast and fire late last night on the offshore drilling platform. Theres no word on what caused the blast. The Coast Gu

2018年CRI Q&A with Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee member

The Pyeongchang Winter Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee has been working with their counterparts from Beijing 2022 to help prepare China in hosting the next Winter Games. As both are hosting the Winter Olympics for the first time, the Sout

IN THE NEWS - Nomination of Chief Justice Heads to Committee

IN THE NEWS - Nomination of Chief Justice Heads to Committee Vote By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Saturday, September 17, 2005 I'm Doug Johnson with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week in Washi

Muppets Bring Middle East Version of ‘Sesame Street’ to Refugee Children

Conflicts across the Middle East have had a major effect on children. Millions of boys and girls now live in refugee camps after escaping fighting in places such as Syria and northern Iraq. They have had to spend their early years dealing with the te

IN THE NEWS - 'Taking the Fifth'

IN THE NEWS – February 16, 2002: 'Taking the Fifth' By Caty Weaver This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, In The News. The former chairman of the failed energy company Enron, Kenn

CPC congress begins closing session, new central committee to be elected

BEIJING, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) started its closing session here Wednesday morning, at which a new CPC Central Committee and a new Central Commission for Discipline Inspection will be elec

VOA慢速英语2014 在肯尼亚监狱,接受教育意味着重获自由

AS IT IS 2014-11-14 In Kenyan Prison, Education May Mean Freedom 在肯尼亚监狱,接受教育意味着重获自由 Eighteen people in central Kenya are taking the countrys secondary education test, called the KCSE. Even under normal conditions, th

VOA标准英语2010年-Vancouver Organizing Committee Faces O

Renee Smith-Valade is the Vice President of Communications for Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) Staging an Olympics is a huge undertaking, and so is dealing with all of the international media which come to the host city to cover the Games. The

VOA标准英语2009年-Pakistan Aid Bill Clears House Committee

A U.S. congressional committee has approved legislation that would provide Pakistan with billions of dollars in economic aid over the next five years. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, lawmakers on the House of Representatives Foreign Af

VOA标准英语2011--Election Politics Threatens to Derail Deficit Committee

Election Politics Threatens to Derail Deficit Committee In Washington, the congressional supercommittee appears on the verge of failure as it nears a Wednesday deadline to cut the country's $15-trillion debt by at least $1.2 trillion over the next 10

美国国家公共电台 NPR Census Bureau Stops Plans For 2020 Census Advisory Committee

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: NPR has learned about a change in how the Trump administration is preparing for the upcoming 2020 census. Unlike for the national head counts in 2000 and 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau has decided not to create a committee of advis

VOA常速英语2007-US Congressional Committee Approves Armenian Gen

Washington 10 October 2007 The House of Representatives foreign affairs committee has approved a non-binding resolution calling the massacre of Armenians nearly a century ago a genocide. The vote was 27 to 21. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol

US Deficit Super Committee Prepares to Begin Work

As President Barack Obama prepares to unveil proposals to spur U.S. economic growth and job creation, a bipartisan committee of lawmakers tasked with slashing the federal deficit prepares to convene for the first time. The Joint Select Committee on D

Murdoch ‘Not Fit’ to Head Media Company

A British parliament committee said Tuesday newspaper and television magnate Rupert Murdoch is not a fit person to head a media company, part of an unexpectedly strong rebuke to one of the world's most powerful media moguls. The multy-party committee

UN committee starts assessing postwar queries in Gaza

GAZA, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- A committee（委员会） of independent experts, tasked by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), started on Sunday meetings and tours in the Gaza Strip to assess postwar investigations（调查） by concerning parties to t

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Foreign Economic Relations Trade Committee of What City Address： 地址略 Tel： 电话号码略 Fax： 传真号码略 To： Ms Jaana Pekkala， Consultant for China Swiss Organization for Facilitating Investments Fax： ＋41－1－249 31 33 Tot

Obama Blames Republicans for Deficit Committee Failure

President Barack Obama blamed opposition Republicans in Congress on Monday for the failure of a special deficit committee to reach a compromise on $1.2 trillion in additional federal government spending cuts during the next 10 years. Mr. Obama spoke

US Lawmakers Announce Budget Committee Choices

Leaders of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have named nine of the 12 members of a committee that will be expected to find up to $1.5 trillion in savings to reduce the nation's deficit. The White House said Wednesday that President Barack

CCTV9英语新闻：NPC Standing Committee to deliver work report

Now we are now joined in our studio by our current affairs commentator Victor Gao, to help us understand the work of the NPC Standing Committee. Q1. First of all, tell us about the work of the NPC Standing Committee, and how they perform their duties