President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC, has served the twoterms permitted under the country's Constitution. It is someone else's turn to seek office. 刚果民主共和国总统约瑟夫 卡比拉(Joseph Kabila)在符合

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埃及贿选现象泛滥 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi was not running for anything in this election, but he is expected to emerge the winner, with a body of legislators who will support him and the roughly 200 laws he has passed by decree

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Turkey's Kurds Seek Way Forward Amid Post-election Crackdown 土耳其的库尔德人寻求出路摆脱选举后的镇压 DIYARBAKIR, SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has widened a crackdown on media and on

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With Myanmar Elections on Horizon, Protest Leader Still Skeptical 缅甸反对派对选举仍持怀疑态度 CHANG MAI, THAILAND In August 2007, students and opposition activists took to the streets of Myanmar, also known as Burma, to protest rising

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Fuel Shortages in Nigeria Could Affect Economy, Election 尼日利亚燃料短缺可能影响其经济和选举 LONDON Nigeria is suffering from a gasoline shortage as falling oil prices have affected the countrys ability to import and distribute ref

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Ugandas Faithful Discuss Priorities in Upcoming Election 乌干达人谈论选举中的关注重点 KAMPALA As Ugandans get ready for Thursday's presidential and parliamentary elections, people of faith have been praying for both the elections and th

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Early returns from the presidential election in Zambia indicate opposition leader Michael Sata is ahead with 44 percent of the vote while Acting President Rupiah Banda trails with 34 percent. But observers say that with results in from nearly one-hal

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Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.. 博学使人谦逊,无知使人骄傲。 图片1

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On Friday, Winston Peters, leader of the New Zealand First Party, announced that he was stepping down from his job as Minister. He said this is a temporary move because the Serious Fraud Office is checking on money that some people said they gave him

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Illinois Senator Barack Obama and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee have won the Iowa caucuses held in that Midwestern state on Thursday. Obama, who won the most votes in the Democratic Party caucuses, is the first person of African descent to h

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An 'Anti-Bloomberg' Surges to Fore in New York City Mayoral Election 在纽约市长选举前期的反彭博浪潮 NEW YORK After 12 years of Michael Bloomberg, New York City is getting ready to elect a new mayor. Front-runner Bill de Blasio, a middl

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今天我们要学的词是sham。Sham, 是虚假骗局的意思。在今年的缅甸大选中,昂山素季当选进入缅甸议会。国际观察员在缅甸监督选举状况,因为 Two years ago, Burma staged a general election that was widely

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今天我们要学的词是mock election。 Mock election, 是模拟选举的意思。虽然孩子们不能投票,但每次大选都是对他们进行选举教育的天赐良机。 In classrooms across the nation, students have been casting ballots

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Opposition leaders in Zimbabwe say supporters of President Robert Mugabe have launched a campaign of violence in order to derail elections 10 days ago, which they say they won. The accusation comes as a court in Harare began hearings on the delayed r

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Polls have closed in Pakistan, where voters turned out to elect a new parliament and mark the country's transition from military rule to a democracy. Threats of violence appeared to keep voter turnout low. The vote comes amid concerns of violence and

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Voters across Europe are casting their ballots in European elections, expected to see a record low voter turnout and gains for far-right and far-left parties. In Italy, scandal hit Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is the only leader of a large EU mem

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Nearly complete but still preliminary - and controversial - results show Afghanistan's incumbent as the winner in the country's presidential election. However, President Hamid Karzai is going to have a difficult time claiming a legitimate victory and

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The second-ranking U.S. military commander in Iraq says he expects to keep about 130,000 American troops in the country through the end of this year, when Iraq has a series of elections planned, and then to make a fairly rapid withdrawal of most of t

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Palestinian factions, meeting in Cairo to iron out long-standing grievances have agreed to hold parliamentary and presidential elections in 2010. 巴勒斯坦各派系同意在2010年举行议会和总统选举。这次会议在开罗举行,目的是

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今天我们要学的词是track record。 Track record, 指的是以往的一贯表现和记录。谷歌公司亚太拉美地区销售主管跳槽到一家风险投资公司做总裁。谷歌公司首席执行官对她的评价是: She has a prove

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