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Chinese New Year is celebrated in London with a grand parade Kung Hei Fat Choi ! Thats a phrase that has been heard many times in Londons Chinatown over the last few days. Why? Because its Chinese New Year, and the UKs Chinese community are celebrat
Officials in Somalia's transitional federal government are expressing deep concern about the future of the government after its chief military backer and political ally, Ethiopia, announced its intention to withdraw its forces from Somalia by the en
Tracy: When were you born? Ivan : In the Year of the Dog. Tracy: What does that mean? Ivan : Oh. That's one of the twelve Chinese horo- scope animals. I was born in 1970. Tracy: That's interesting. I w
New Year Resolutions NB: This is not an accurate word-for-word transcript Dan: Hello and welcome to this weeks 6 Minute English. Im Dan Walker Smith and today Im joined by Kate. Kate: Hi Dan. Happy New Year! Dan: And Happy New Year to you! Kate: So w
Maggie: This is Maggie Malone, with this live exclusive. The end of the three week old Long Island garbage strike may be at hand. We have learned exclusively that the head of the sanitation workers local, Harry Spreckles, is meeting in secret sessio
Everyone is getting excited about the New Year New Year in the UK usually starts with a celebration on New Years Eve (31st December). Some people spend the evening at home with their family, or have a party for friends at their house. Others go to a
THIS IS AMERICA - What Are You Doing on New Year's Eve? By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, December 26, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VO
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 10 July 2007 Sudan's government has missed a deadline to withdraw all its troops from southern Sudan as called for by a landmark peace deal. As Nick Wadhams reports from our East Africa bureau in Nairobi, the news could be a b
Career and Fans 'Rise Up' for Singer Andra Day Andra Day's life changed when Stevie Wonder called her on the telephone. The music superstar asked Day if he could work with her. That was almost six years ago. Stevie Wonder had heard about the singer f
Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel will have to give up virtually all of the land it captured in the 1967 Arab-Israeli War if it wants peace with the Palestinians. Mr. Olmert, now serving as interim prime minister, made his rema
The U.S. Defense Department says it wants to turn over security responsibility to Iraqi forces as quickly as possible, but that the timing should be based on conditions. A spokesman repeated the position Tuesday in response to a statement by Iraq's
By Barbara Schoetzau New York 09 August 2006 A delegation from the League of Arab Nations has met with the U.N. Security Council to push for revisions to the U.S.-French draft resolution aimed at a truce in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah
Bolivian President Evo Morales has declared victory in a recall vote, in which exit polls showed he received more than 63 percent of ballots. Initial returns also indicate that five of eight governors in the recall also won the votes needed to remai
By Steve Herman Kathmandu, Nepal 24 October 2007 More than a year after an interim coalition took control of Nepal's government from the unpopular King Gyanendra, politicians are debating the future of the monarchy, and the country's development. VO
By VOA News 16 April 2008 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States needs to overhaul its approach to national security. Gates told U.S. lawmakers Tuesday there needs to be what he called a fairly dramatic change to better protect th
new year's day 新年的这一天 歌手:U2 Yeah... All is quiet on New Year's Day 在新年的这天一切都那么安详 A world in white gets underway 一个洁白的世界正在静悄悄的诞生 I want to be with you 我想和你在一起 Be w
One of South Korea's most powerful business leaders has avoided a prison sentence for alleged corruption. A South Korean court agrees the former chairman of Samsung evaded taxes, but it threw out more serious charges. VOA's Kurt Achin reports from S
Indians have joyously greeted the news of the country's first-ever Olympic gold medal in an individual event. The milestone at the Olympic Games in Beijing has resulted in an outpouring of national pride. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi that
BEIJING, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao attended the opening ceremony of the China-EU Year of Youth in Beijing on Wednesday, encouraging young people from China and the EU to build a brighter future for bilateral strategic(战略) par
By Al Pessin Washington 10 April 2008 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he no longer holds out the hope that the U.S. troop level in Iraq will be down to 100,000 by the time the Bush administration leaves office in January. But he does hope fo