美国税局代局长卸任前被共和党议员严厉讯问 Republican lawmakers hammered the outgoing Internal Revenue Service Commissioner, Steven Miller, Friday, over a report that IRS staff members had targeted conservative Tea Party groups for

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2013年5月

伊拉克教派暴力激增 Skyrocketing sectarian violence and escalating political conflict in Iraq have some Middle East analysts concerned that Iraq may be on the brink of civil war. The latest upsurge in violence is the worst since the withdrawa

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叙利亚内战助推中东暴力 An explosion of bloodshed continues in the Middle East as the civil war in Syria spreads violence and extremism to neighboring countries. Sectarian rivalries are fueling instability and radical Islamist militants are

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Shiite religious parties in Iraq came up short of securing a majority in the new parliament according to final results announced Friday by the Election Commission. The results, which mean the Shi'ite parties will have to form a coalition, came as a l

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THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. I just finished a good Cabinet meeting, and I want to thank the members of my Cabinet for serving our country. We discussed the challenges facing our economy, amongst other things, and we spent time on the high gasoline

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Prime Minister David Cameron has warned his Conservative lawmakers not to air their grievances about the party's dismal poll ratings and his leadership on Twitter, reports said Wednesday. Cameron and his new party strategist Lynton Crosby, who helped

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Iraq's Prime Minister Pressed to Seek Sunni Support in Fight Against Militants 伊拉克总理被迫寻求逊尼派的帮助,来对抗武装分子 From VOA Learning English, this is In The News. Sunni Muslim leaders in Iraq say Iraqi security forces

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Iraqi Shi'ite Militia Accused of Revenge Killings of Sunni Civilians 伊拉克什叶派民兵对逊尼派平民进行报复 LONDON Shi'ite militias in Iraq are carrying out abductions, torture and executions against the Sunni civilian population, acc

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Former UK PM David Cameron has stood down as an MP, triggering a by-election in his Oxfordshire seat of Witney. 前英国首相大卫卡梅隆辞去议员职务,促使牛津郡威特尼选区举行递补选举。 Mr Cameron, 49, who resigned as pri

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More U.S. troops are on their way to Iraq ahead of elections set for the end of January. The additional forces are intended to bolster security at a time when the country's insurgency is threatening to prevent voting in areas of the country dominated

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 Bilingual News

The Bush administration is sending Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage to Turkey, Jordan and Syria later this week on a mission partly aimed at helping improve prospects for next month's Iraqi elections. The United States accuses Syria of harb

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The White House is condemning Tuesday's assassination of the governor of Baghdad province. The Bush administration says continuing violence will not delay Iraqi elections later this month. 白宫谴责了星期二暗杀伊拉克巴格达省省长的行

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Pointing to what he calls eroding public support for the U.S. military effort in Afghanistan, a key Republican lawmaker is urging President Barack Obama to again lay out clearly for Americans what he believes is at stake there. U.S. lawmakers receive

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Iraqi security forces have arrested a prominent Sunni Muslim lawmaker and supporter of anti-government protests in a deadly raid on his home in the western province of Anbar. According to police, at least five people were killed. Ahmed al-Alwani belo

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凑份子怎么说 室友要过生日了,想一想,如何召集整个寝室为他(她)共置一份生日礼物?听好哦,下面这句话很实惠,说不定您立马就用得着 Tomorrow is Lucy's birthday. Shall we do a whip-round to bu

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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

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(100) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人文艺系列

Politics 英国政治 Winding down 时钟停摆 Over a year before the general election, Parliament is already clocking off 大选后一年多,议会已像时钟一样停摆 PARLIAMENT feels different from usual. The lobbies and corridors are quiet

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Former British Prime Minister David Cameron has resigned as a Conservative Member of Parliament two months after he quit as prime minister in the wake of the June Brexit referendum. 英国前首相戴维卡梅伦辞去了保守党国会议员的职务。

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政治体系英语对话 政治体系是政治行为主体所依赖存在的制度形式,是政治行为主体与政治制度的有机统一。 它不仅包括政府机构和国家体系,还包括它们之间的互动关系。 凯西: How does th

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Selecting candidates 选择候选人 Supply-side politics 政治押宝 How the parties pick would-be MPs 政党如何挑选准国会议员 For the next two weeks all political eyes will be on Eastleigh, a suburban seat on the outskirts of Southampton

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