First up, Iraqi troops and the international forces they're leading are closing in on the city of Mosul. It's in northern Iraq. It was taken over by the ISIS terrorist group in 2014. If and when ISIS is defeated in Mosul, it will be a major setback f

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(110) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2016年10月

听遍美国之空难性新闻[2]:Disaster in Sports Stadium(1) South Africa At least 43 people died and hundreds more were hurt in a stampede(2) at a soccer stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. Police spokesman Chris Wilkin says: Some wanted to get onto th

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上千美军在美国国家公墓阵亡将士36万墓碑前遍插国旗 On Memorial Day - Monday, May 27 this year - Americans remember those in the military who died while serving their country. Ahead of that day, soldiers place American flags in fr

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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has made Tuesday a previously unannounced visit to Iraq. The vice president has been meeting with Iraqi leaders, about a month before a deadline for U.S. forces to withdraw from the country. 美国副总统拜登星期二对

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The U.S. military says the number of its troops in Iraq is now less than 50,000, the lowest level since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. 美国军方说,目前驻伊拉克美军不足5万人,是2003年出兵伊拉克以来的最低水平。 The ann

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates sounded an optimistic note about the possibility of speeding up U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq, Wednesday, after meeting for a second day with top Iraqi leaders and talking with U.S. and Iraqi military commanders

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An Afghan government commission says a U.S. airstrike this week that American commanders claimed had targeted militants instead killed 47 civilians. The reports of civilian casualties come as American commanders say they are trying to counter the gro

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AZUZ: American leaders are discussing how to respond to North Korea's latest's weapons test. It involved a missile that flew over Japan, a U.S. ally, before landing somewhere in the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday. North Korea's government controlled media

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NATO officials in Afghanistan say Pakistani troops have fired on NATO helicopters flying inside Afghanistan. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad, where Pakistani military officials insisted the helicopters crossed into Pakistan and then bord

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Afghanistan Asking for US Troop Withdrawal Adjustment 阿富汗要求美军做出撤军调整 CAPITOL HILL The commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan says President Ashraf Ghani has requested greater flexibility in the final drawdown of Americas mil

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China is taking action to curb plastic bag litter. Soon, free shopping bags will be a thing of the past. 中国正在采取行动减少遍地是塑料袋垃圾的现象。不久,免费提供购物袋的现象将会成为历史。 Starting June 1, s

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The U.S. military in Afghanistan launched a major offensive in Taliban-controlled parts of southern Afghanistan Thursday, the first such operation under U.S. President Barack Obama's revamped strategy to defeat an increasingly violent Taliban insurge

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The U.S. military in Afghanistan says troops conducting several raids targeting al-Qaida, Taliban and Haqqani militant networks have killed 19 fighters. There are also news reports that the head of British special forces in Afghanistan has resigned a

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The top U.S. military officer says more diplomacy is needed to convince Iran not to develop nuclear weapons, because any military strike would have unforeseeable consequences and could end up putting considerable stress on U.S. forces. 美军参谋长联

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In western Poland, U.S. troops and tanks are participating in military drills. They're part of a force of 4,000 American servicemen and women who were deployed to Eastern Europe earlier this month. It's the biggest U.S. military buildup in the region

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Pakistani military says it has arrested the spokesman for the Taliban in the restive Swat valley along with four other wanted terrorists. This is the first major arrest in the region since the government ordered a military offensive to regain control

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The top U.S. military officer says he has ordered the development of a new, more comprehensive strategy for the war in Afghanistan, including a plan to shift U.S. forces from Iraq to Afghanistan, announced by President Bush on Tuesday. 一位美军高级

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says American forces need to do more to prevent killing civilians during military strikes in Afghanistan. While the secretary was in Kabul, U.S. military chief Admiral Mike Mullen visited Islamabad for talks with o

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The Pentagon is calling on Burma's leaders to put their pride aside and allow more international help for victims of the cyclone that hit the country 12 days ago. 美国国防部呼吁缅甸领导人不要过分顾及面子,而是允许更多的国际

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The commander of multi-national forces in Iraq's northern provinces reports significant progress in the battle against terrorists and insurgents, allowing the region to turn its attention to economic matters and other concerns. 驻伊拉克北部各省

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