Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States, serving one term in office. He was born on December 5, 1782 in Kinderhook, New York and died of heart failure in 1862. His father was a tavern keeper and farmer. Van Buren was the first

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William Henry Harrison was the ninth President of the United States. He was born in 1773 into a wealthy plantation-owning family. He studied classics and history at college and then began studying medicine in 1791. In that same year, Harrison switche

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UN Representative Pushing for Safe Schools 联合国代表为推进学校安全而努力 From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. 这里是美国之音慢速学英语节目教育报道。 A United Nations representative wants internat

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50 总统轶事--罗斯福和达夫特(2) DATE=8-9-2001 TITLE=THE MAKING OF A NATION #153 - THEODORE ROOSEVELT nbsp; VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- A PROGRAM IN SPECIAL ENGLISH. (THEME) June

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AS IT IS 2015-03-12 Pakistan Arrests Parents for Refusing Polio Vaccines 巴基斯坦逮捕拒绝为孩子接种脊髓灰质炎疫苗的父母 Pakistan has arrested hundreds of parents and ordered police to arrest hundreds more for failing to coopera

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President Bush says Pakistan is playing an important role in the war on terrorism, and could serve as a model for other Muslim nations. Mr. Bush spoke at the conclusion of talks with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. 布什总统说,巴基斯坦在

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The top U.S. military officer says he is comfortable that Pakistan's nuclear weapons are secure, but he says he is gravely concerned about Taliban advances in the country and neighboring Afghanistan. 美国参谋长联席会议主席马伦上将说,他

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Lighting Pakistan点亮巴基斯坦 The U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, has provided Pakistan valuable assistance in generating critically needed electricity. To highlight these assistance projects, U.S. Secretary of State John K

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菲德尔卡斯特罗在哈瓦那会见阿根廷总统 HAVANA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro met Sunday with visiting Argentine President Cristina Fernandez. Local media reported that Castro lunched with Fernandez, who is in Ha

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Pakistani writer Fatima Bhutto, niece of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, says last month's elections in Pakistan were not a victory for democracy, but rather a continuation of dynastic politics. 被暗杀的前巴基斯坦总理贝

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Voters in Pakistan are set to go to the polls Monday in elections for the lower house of parliament and the four provincial assemblies. The elections and their aftermath hold potential dangers for a nation that has been through a series of crises rec

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The infiltration of Taliban militants into Pakistan's northwestern Buner district, earlier this year, marked the end of a controversial peace deal to allow strict Islamic law in Swat Valley, in return for peace with the militants. The fight to wrest

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Military commanders in Pakistan say that an anti-Taliban offensive in and around the northwestern Swat valley has recaptured a large swath of territory after destroying terrorist bases and killing hundreds of militants. 巴基斯坦军事指挥官说,

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The conflict between Pakistani forces and Taliban fighters in the North-West Frontier Province topped the agenda as British Prime Minister Gordon Brown held talks with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari at 10 Downing Street. 英国首相布朗和巴基

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India has given Pakistan new information about last year's terrorist siege of Mumbai. A Pakistani diplomat says the dossier will help move forward the investigation into the attack, which left dead more than 160 people at two hotels and other sites w

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A top counterterrorism official says the United States has had a mixed record of success in the fight against al-Qaida terrorists. President Bush's nominee to run the National Counterterrorism Center, Michael Leiter, said Pakistan could do more to cr

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Europe 欧洲 Slovakia Political Misery: Family Drama 斯洛伐克政坛疑云:家庭大戏 Who kidnapped the president's son? 是谁绑架了斯洛伐克总统的儿子? In August 1995 Michal Kovac Jr, whose father was president of newly indepen

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Presidential libraries 总统图书馆 Style and guile 风格与骗局 The search for a home for Mr Obama's library and museum has begun为奥巴马图书馆和博物馆找家的工作已经展开 AT THEIR best, they are lively classrooms of democrac

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今天我们要学的词是skeptical。 Skeptical, 是怀疑的意思。虽然现在股市时有回升, Experts say investors should remain skeptical of temporary rallies, 但是专家建议投资者对市场的暂时回升持谨慎态度。白宫和

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BBC News with Jonathan Izard American officials have announced new sanctions against what they are calling dangerous terrorist groups operating in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The financial sanctions against five named individuals come as the United Sta

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