Shakil Afridi, a Pakistani doctor, helped the United States find Osama bin Laden in 2011. He was later arrested by Pakistani authorities and has been in prison waiting for a trial ever since. The U.S. supports Afridis release. However, the debate ove

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Guantanamo 9/11 Suspect Hearings Face Rough Start The case of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged 9/11 co-conspirators remains tangled in legal motions that are taking months to resolve - before conditions can be set for a trial to take pla

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The former prime minister John Howard says Julia Gillard must take her full share of responsibility for the Government's problems under Kevin Rudd. Mr Howard says he is unsure if she will make a good PM after her contribution on policy as deputy. He

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Energy giant BP has begun a complex operation to plug its leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. After a string of failed attempts to stop the leak, the company is now said it's going to force-feed the broken pipe with heavy drilling, mud and cement

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The National Assessment Program in Australian schools has failed to score highly in a survey of more than 8,000 teachers. More than half say they now spend more time teaching for the Naplan test and less time on face-to-face learning. A group of scie

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AMERICAN STORIES - Short Story: The Lady, or the Tiger? by Frank R. Stockton BOB DOUGHTY: Now, the VOA Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES. (MUSIC) We present the short story The Lady, or the Tiger? by Frank R. Stockton. Here is Barbara Klein w

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必背句型: A:What does the prosecution do in a criminal case? 在刑事案件中控方要做什么? B:The prosecution in a criminal case has to establish beyond reasonable doubt that the accused committed the crime. 在刑事案件中,控方必须

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今天我们要学的词是 seminarian. Seminarian 名词,神学院学生。Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, one of the most respected U.S. cardinals, was accused of sexually abusing both boys and adult seminarians. 美国最受尊敬的主教之一,红

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今天我们要学的词是alliance. Alliance 联盟。NATO leaders agreed to formally invite Macedonia to begin accession talks to join the Western alliance. 北约各国领导人一致同意,正式邀请马其顿围绕加入这个西方联盟组织

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Mattis Accuses Russia of Interfering in Macedonian Vote American Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has accused Russia of trying to influence a planned vote in Macedonia. The vote could open a path for the country to join NATO. 美国国防部长马蒂斯指

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By Nathan Morley Nicosia 27 August 2007 As forest fires continued to sweep through large areas of Greece, the government, in Athens, announced the arrests of seven more people suspected of starting some of the fires. The blazes have killed at least 6

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US President Barack Obama says that the countrys mutual security treaty with Japan applies to the Diaoyu islands, which are at the center of a territorial dispute between Japan and China. In a statement made ahead of his visit to Japan, Obama said th

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Climbing Mount Everest is challengingenough,battlingelements,battling terrain.But what about when the conflict turns from man vs nature to man vs man. Well,that's apparently exactly what happened yesterday on the world's highestmountain. More tha

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By Douglas Bakshian Manila 10 June 2006 Militant Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir Abu Bakar Bashir, the accused spiritual leader of the militant group Jemaah Islamiyah, is due to be released from prison soon. A top terrorism expert says his release s

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The military trial of the man accused of the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood will start Tuesday with the army psychiatrist set to represent himself. Major Nidal Hasan is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated

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Air companies from Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia, say they will comply with Chinas new rules, agreeing to submit their flight plans before flying across Chinas Air Defense Identification Zone over the East China Sea. An official from Vietnam Airline

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今天我们要学的词是checkbook journalism。 Checkbook,支票本;journalism, 新闻行业。Checkbook journalism,连在一起是有偿新闻,指花钱购买独家报道。不久前,美国广播公司承认付钱给一名谋杀嫌疑人,换

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A county in the U.S. state of California is suing GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of Avandia, a controversial diabetes drug. The lawsuit was spurred by a report on the drug released by the U.S. Senate last week (March 22). That report accused the drug com

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By Scott Stearns Dakar 11 November 2009 Liberian President Charles Taylor in court (file photo) U.N. prosecutors at the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor want to limit his access to defense lawyers during cross-examination

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一周新闻回顾,新鲜夏威夷回国嘉宾热聊火奴鲁鲁的《走路分心罚款法》 Welcome to 'Today' - an hour of world news and analysis -- from a different perspective. I'm Zhaoying Coming up: --Controversy over plan to name train

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