Wild Oats XI has set a new race record in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. There were scenes of jubilation at Constitution Dock in Hobart as the supermaxi crossed the finish line a short time ago. It's the sixth time Wild Oats XI has taken out line h

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This is AP News Minute. The White House said today that President Trump asked national security adviser Michael Flynn to resign because of a trust issue, not a legal one. But House Democrats are demanding an investigation into Flynn's contact with a

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I'm having a hard time at my job. What's wrong,Julia? My colleagues quickly get promotions and I always get sidelined. I don't know what to do anymore. Don't give up so soon. But I don't know what else I can do. I'm willing to work hard but sometimes

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By Scott Stearns White House 15 March 2007 U.S. President George Bush says his decision to dispatch more troops to Iraq is designed to give the country's leaders a chance to reconcile their political differences. VOA White House Correspondent Scott S

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By Paula Wolfson Honolulu 21 November 2006 US President George W. Bush makes a statement at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, Hawaii, Nov. 21 2006 President Bush is calling for a complete investigation into the assassination of Lebanese cabinet min

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President Bush has met for the first time with Pakistan's new president, Asif Ali Zardari. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House the meeting came just days after a terrorist attack on an Islamabad hotel that claimed dozens of lives. Presi

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By VOA News 12 January 2008 The husband of Pakistan's assassinated former prime minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto says he thinks recent terrorist attacks in Pakistan are part of an attempt to rig upcoming parliamentary elections. In an in

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Islamabad 10 January 2008 At least 24 people were killed and more than 60 were injured when a suicide bomber struck outside a courthouse in the Pakistani city, Lahore. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins reports from Islamabad. Lahore

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 28 May 2006 The government of Burundi and the country's remaining rebel group are to meet Monday for peace talks in Tanzania. The National Liberation Forces rebel group is the last holdout against efforts to end Burundi's c

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Here's how Shakespeare can still be controversial in 2017 - when one of the country's most influential theaters presents Julius Caesar in a business suit, a red tie and a blond comb-over. So why is that a problem for New York's P

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The African Union has condemned the killings of Guinea-Bissau's President Joao Bernado Vieira and his army chief, calling it a blatant attack on state institutions. But the continental body stopped short of suspending Guinea-Bissau's membership in th

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By Jim Malone Washington 27 December 2007 The assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has taken center-stage in the U.S. presidential election campaign. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone reports from Washington on the reac

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By Barbara Schoetzau United Nations 27 December 2007 At the United Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the Security Council held an emergency session to deno

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By Tom Hendrick Keokuk, Iowa 19 June 2007 Civil War re-enactors prepare to re-create a local battle Every summer tens of thousands of Americans return to old battlefields where their ancestors fought a bloody civil war from 1861 to 1865. They fight a

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The United States is honoring the slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Junior, on the national holiday that bears his name. President Bush marked the occasion with a visit to the Martin Luther King, Junior, Memorial Library in Washington, D.

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The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq has released its 13th human-rights report, which covers the first six months of 2008 and shows a marked drop in violent attacks by militias or criminal gangs in the country. But Lisa Schlein reports for

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Islamabad 02 January 2008 Officials in Pakistan say parliamentary elections will be delayed until next month. VOA correspondent Nancy-Amelia Collins in Islamabad reports the Pakistan Election Commission says the delay is due t

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The Inter-Parliamentary Union is calling for India and China to apply pressure on the Burmese government to release 26 imprisoned parliamentarians. The Inter-Parliamentary Union says India and China should follow the example of Venezuela and Brazil,

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Pakistan's government is denying it played a role in Monday's suicide bomb attack on India's embassy in Afghanistan. But Afghan officials say it is pretty obvious who was behind the attack. 巴基斯坦政府否认,它在星期一对印度驻阿富汗

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Shakespeare: Soul of the Age 莎士比亚:时代的灵魂 Shakespeare was born on the 23rd of April 1564, at Stratford-upon-Avon, a little town in the heart of England. He was the eldest son of the family and educated at the local grammar school, b

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