Police, Protestors Clash in Kenyas Election On Thursday, Kenyan police fired bullets and tear gas at stone-throwing protesters who were against a repeat of the countrys disputed presidential election. In Kenyas third largest city, Kisumu, gunfire kil

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The government of Kenya has ended operations of a United States-funded program aimed at educating Kenyans about voting. The Kenyan government action comes just months before the East African country holds its next presidential election. Last week, Ke

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The United States congratulates the people of Somalia on the successful conclusion of their national electoral process and the election of Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed as the next President of the Federal Government of Somalia. 美国发贺电祝贺索马

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AS IT IS 2015-05-21 Nigerians 'Trek' to Celebrate Historic Election 尼日利亚人庆祝历史性选举 Nigerians elected former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari as their president last month. The elections are considered historic. It was the first t

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AS IT IS 2016-01-23 Taliban Attack on Afghan Media Widely Condemned 塔利班袭击阿富汗媒体遭谴责 The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing against Afghanistans top private media group Wednesday. The bombing took place in a w

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Group Teaches Life Skills to Help Afghan Women in US WAW组织传授生活技能帮助阿富汗妇女在美生活 Every day, more than 100 women of Afghan ancestry meet at a home in New York City. The women learn together in rooms that are crowded wi

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AS IT IS 2016-07-13 US Defense Secretary Makes Surprise Visit to Afghanistan 美国国防部长突访阿富汗 U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter made a surprise stop in Afghanistan Tuesday. Carter was in the country to meet with President Ashraf G

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Will Elections Change Economic Reforms in Greece? 选举会改变希腊的经济改革吗? European officials are urging Greece to continue with economic reforms as the country prepares for early elections. The vote was called for this week after Gre

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JEFFREY BROWN: And joining me now is NPR's Sean Carberry. He was the news organization's chief Kabul correspondent before it closed down its permanent presence in Afghanistan just a few weeks ago. And welcome to you. And I want to start where that pe

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In the White House Rose Garden today, President Obama declared 2014 a pivotal year in the march toward pulling nearly all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by the end of 2016. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: At the beginning of 2015, we will have approximately

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美国阿富汗同意的安全交易条款 WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that he had reached an agreement with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on the terms of a security deal that governs future Ameri

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今天我们要学的词是grounds。 Grounds, 有理由、根据的意思。 The governor vetoed the bill on security grounds, 州长以安全为由,否决了这项议案。 More than 20% of the ballots were invalidated on the grounds of fraud, 百分

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BANGKOK, April 22 (Xinhua) -- A new Thai election will be held in July at the earliest and in September at the latest, according to the Election Commission on Tuesday. It remains to be seen how soon the new nationwide polls will take place in Thailan

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ROME, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Talks between Italy's center-left party head Pier Luigi Bersani and center-right counterpart Silvio Berlusconi about the candidate for the next president and other issues will continue after their first meeting held on Tuesd

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Why bother? The game is rigged. My vote won't count. 为什么非要投票呢?选举被操纵了。我那一票不起作用。 The choices are terrible. Voting is for suckers. 选举的结果很糟糕。选举都是骗人的。 Perhaps you've thoug

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埃里克贝娄Eric Berlow:怎样化杂为简 生态学家埃里克贝娄Eric Berlow面临复杂系统时,一向都从容以对。他知道如何运用更多讯息,找出更好更简单的解答,并以图解说明解决难题的技巧。 他化

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Cynthia Schneider列举两个和美国偶像同类型的节目,分别为阿富汗和阿联酋的节目,展示了电视选秀节目在不同的社会中展现出的惊人的效果。

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今天学的词组是lame duck。 Lame duck不就是瘸的鸭子吗? 不对, lame duck这说法往往是指一个由于不会再继续担任这职务而无法起作用的总统或官员。报导说:Elections may leave Bush an early lame duck. 意

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今天要学的词组是cast ballot。Cast ballot就是投票。美国是多种族的国家,有的政客以为 voters can be counted on to cast ballots along racial lines -- 他们以为选民们肯定会按照种族的界限来投票。结果呢?

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America's mid-term elections 美国中期选举 The silent centre 沉寂的中间地带 If moderates don't vote next week, extremists will thrive 如果中立人士于下周不进行选举,极端主义者将会茁壮发展 ALL political campaigns i

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