The United States has partnered with the countries of East Africa to counter violent extremism. On a recent trip to Kenya and Djibouti, U.S. Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism Michael Ortiz met with senior government officials, local and county

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(114) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2016年(十二月)

UN Expresses Concern on International Day to End Violence Against Women 国际消除针对妇女暴力日 Monday, November 25, is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The U.N. says gender-based violence is a serious violat

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While military success against violent extremists is essential to security, it isn't enough to ensure that the terrorist threat will not just regroup, reconstitute, and resurface in the future. At the heart of Countering Violent Extremism, said U.S.

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It had been widely built as a major test for the police: a series of desperate protests, in and around Londons financial district. At the same time, as the city was playing host to US president Barack Obama and dozens of other world leaders, there wa

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After a series of violent protests and strikes in Athens, Greece, tourism officials in the country say Greece is still a great destination for a family vacation. Angela Gerekou is the Greek Tourism Minister. Athens is safe as usual, the life is going

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Maybe the most violent giraffe fight ever caught on tape for those of you who keep track of such things.Stunning video from the discovery channel shows two giraffes using their 6-foot long necks as weapons to go after each other. ABC's Paula Faris ha

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LYNN NEARY, HOST: Now, the story of an incredible journey that begins in the late 1980s when the first Palestinian uprising began. (SOUNDBITE OF EXPLOSION) NEARY: The images from the intifada include exploding tear gas canisters launched by Israelis

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Sex And Violence Did you ever stopped to wonder why sex and violence so often go hand in hand? How come nobody complains about violence and gardening, say, or sex and bowling? There may be a biological basis for this, as we can see when we look at ot

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Do Violent Video Games Change Our Brains? Video games are a huge industry kids and young adults spend more time playing them than watching movies or TV. And some of the most popular video games are ultra realistic war and fighting games featuring mas

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Obituary;Fred Halliday; 讣告;弗瑞德韩礼德; Fred Halliday, demystifier of the Middle East, died on April 26th, aged 64 中东的解密者弗瑞德韩礼德,4月26日逝世,享年64岁 A crush of 500 listeners waited apprehensively as, ill

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Books and Arts; Art and the Middle East 文艺;艺术和中东 Qatar's culture queen 卡塔尔的艺术女王 At 29, Sheikha Mayassa Al Thani is the art world's most powerful woman. Is she using her money well? 年仅29岁,Sheikha Mayassa Al Than

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CARACAS, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela's National Assembly on Tuesday condemned the violence that occurred in the last hours in the country, which so far has left seven people dead and 61 others injured. Announcing the decision, the Assembly's secon

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AS IT IS 2015-08-10 Refugee Camp in Jordan Is Biggest in Middle East 约旦是中东最大的难民营 The United Nations refugee agency says hundreds of thousands of Syrians who fled to Jordan to escape the war in Syria face a difficult future. Tens

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JUDY WOODRUFF: We now turn to two longtime Palestinian-Israeli watchers. Dennis Ross was a U.S. diplomat and Middle East envoy who served in the George H.W. Bush, Clinton and Obama administrations. He's now a counselor at the Washington Institute for

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Violence Continues in Middle East Meredith Buel Jerusalem 15 Aug 2001 12:46 UTC Israeli soldiers have shot and killed a Palestinian activist in the West Bank city of Hebron. The killing followed an Is

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Could Israel Start Regional War? Ed Warner Washington 13 Aug 2001 02:27 UTC The latest suicide bombing in Jerusalem 1)intensifies the violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and appears to make p

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Bangladesh Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, has promised to take steps to end the violence prevailing in the country, and to ensure the safety of the life and property of citizens. Hasina says her ministers would take oath Saturday, and her government

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America and the Middle East 美国和中东 Back to Iraq 重返伊拉克 By combining military force with political brinkmanship, America is making some headway 通过对地缘政治和军事力量的结合,美国正取得一些进展 AMERICA'S las

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