From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. The nation's unemployment rate rose to 8.9% in April, that's the highest level in almost 26 years, but the job losses slowed last month, President Obama said the number was somewhat encouraging but still

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NATO says six coalition troops and two Afghan soldiers have been killed in an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan. In Kabul, NPR's Quil Lawrence reports military authorities say a suicide bomber detonated an explosive-packed van at the gates of

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The CEO of JP Morgan Chase says he was dead wrong when dismissed concerns about the banks trading. Speaking on ABC's Meet the Press, Jamie Dimon played down the concerns in April as a tempest in a teapot. So first, I was dead wrong when I said that.

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President Obama is condemning this week's attack on Afghan civilians allegedly at the hands of one US soldier, and hes promising swift punishment for anyone involved. The United States takes this as seriously as if it was our own citizens and our own

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Afghan boxer inspires youths in Kabul's first professional match KABUL, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- The World Boxing Union (WBU) champion, Hamidullah Rahimi encouraged the war-tired youths in Afghanistan on Tuesday by grabbing the golden belt in the first pr

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1. Firefighters in California are getting no help at all from the weather. Gusty conditions have already helped spread some of the flames. Forecasters say a high pressure system will be keeping things hot and dry for the coming days. 2. Vice Preside

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1. US defense officials say Afghan President Hamid Karzai is not demanding all American forces leave Afghan villages in a meeting with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. But a Karzai statement is calling for a quick withdrawal. 2. The United Nations say

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AS IT IS 2015-10-19 UN: Opium Grown in Afghanistan Down by 48% 联合国:阿富汗的鸦片种植下降了48% The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says the amount of opium produced in Afghanistan has dropped by almost half compared to last ye

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北约敦促卡尔扎伊签军队协议 BRUSSELS NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels are urging Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign a security pact with the United States that would allow foreign troops to remain in Afghanistan beyond the en

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今天我们要学的词是at odds。 At odds, 意见分歧。 Costa Rica and Nicaragua remain at odds over border disputes, 哥斯达黎加和尼加拉瓜在边界问题上继续争执不休。在是否应该取消对军人同性恋不问不说的政策

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai (卡尔扎伊) says he believes in the integrity of last month's election process despite allegations of vote-rigging. He said he had been surprised and rather shocked by EU observers who recently said that about a quarter

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132 阿富汗难民处境日益艰险 Afghan Refugees Face Increasing Hostility Lisa Schlein Geneva 10 Jul 2001 16:52 UTC There are at least four-million 1)refugees from Afghanistan spread out around

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阿富汗报纸称塔利班头目死亡 KABUL, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Afghan newspapers on Sunday gave wide coverage of the death of Hakimullah Mehsud, leader of Tehrik-e- Taliban Pakistan (Pakistan Taliban movement) who was killed in a U. S. drone attac

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Millions of Afghans have begun voting in the country's second presidential election since the fall of the Taliban. Militants have threatened(威胁) to disrupt the polls, in which President Hamid Karzai is running for a second term. Some 300,000 Afgha

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So, I was able to launch a three-year project with Caritas Germany, 所以我得以与慈善德国携手启动了为期三年的项目, and we trained 30 Afghan women and men, and we opened 15 counseling centers in Kabul. 我们训练了30个阿富汗

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The situation is deteriorating day by day. Those were the words of one of Afghanistan's lawmakers after a huge truck bomb devastated part of Kabul today. It killed at least 90 people, and wounded 400 more. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret

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US Official: Talks with Taliban Bring Sides Closer to Ending Afghan War The United States official working to bring peace to Afghanistan says significant progress was made during his latest talks with the Taliban. U.S. special representative Zalmay K

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Fresh violence has erupted in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on the eve of the country's presidential election. Explosions and gunfire were heard as troops battled insurgents who raided a bank a few hundred metres from the presidential compound, killing

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Afghanistan and the United States have finalized a strategic partnership agreement outlining their relationship following the 2014 withdrawal of Western combat troops from the country. A statement from Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office says the

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ISLAMABADA crucial meeting of Afghan Taliban leaders and scholars has been in session for days now at an undisclosed location. The goal: to resolve internal rifts over succession that have been engulfing the insurgent group since it revealed late las

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