This is GPS, the Global Public Square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world. I'm Fareed Zakaria. The Obama administration has just completed its Afghanistan review, and the document seems to reflect realities on the ground,

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This week, President Obama replaced his top commander in Afghanistan. General Stanley McChrystal resigned after a year in command of United States and NATO forces. To replace him, the president chose the general to whom General McChrystal reported. T

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Terror Attacks Continue in Afghan Capital Afghanistans capital Kabul has suffered three deadly attacks in a little over one week. 阿富汗首都喀布尔在一个多星期内遭受了三次致命袭击。 In the most recent violence, 11 members of t

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US Pledges Continued Support for Afghan Refugees Ayaz Gul Jalozai Camp, Pakistan 1 Aug 2001 18:45 UTC A senior U.S official has pledged continuing American humanitarian support for Afghan 1)refugees l

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AS IT IS - How art and society connect From VOA Learning English, welcome to AS IT IS! AS IT IS --- our new magazine show in Special English. Today and in the days to come, we will be expanding on major world events and reporting on issues that conce

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A United Nations plan to stop the fighting in Syria fell apart today. The Syrian government had agreed to withdraw its troops from rebel-held areas Tuesday. Both sides had agreed to a ceasefire to begin Thursday. Now the Syrian government is demandin

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US stocks are turning lower. Investors, moreover, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's more cautious assessment today of the US's economy growth. Unemployment is still too high, but it has come down. It was about 10% at the peak, and it's now clos

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Saffron is one of the costliest spices in the world. It is sometimes considered as valuable as money, and has been used as such in history. Saffron comes from a flower that grows mostly in parts of Europe, Iran and India. Now, a company in the United

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We passed our budget bag in this room.I ask the our priority where's the president's plan and once you can light his cards on this table.Yes, this limit increase is his problem and I think it's time for him to leave by putting his plan on the table s

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1. The White House released President Barack Obama's long-form birth certificate today, which says he was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Obama says he hopes this will quiet the questions around his citizenship and qualifications to be president. 2. At lea

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1. The lawyer for a US Army sergeant suspected of killing 16 Afghan villagers says he's flying to Fort Leavenworth to meet with his client. John Henry Browne says he plans to meet with Robert Bales Monday. Bales hasn't been charged yet. 2. An Occupy

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AS IT IS 2015-09-17 Afghan Refugee Wins UN Award for Teaching Aqeela Asifi, who fled to Pakistan as a young woman, has spent her life teaching other Afghan refugees. For her efforts, Ms. Asifi, who is 49, has won the 2015 UNHCR Nansen Refugee award.

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AS IT IS 2015-10-07 US Accepts Blame for Afghan Hospital Attack 美国承认空袭阿富汗医院需负部分责任 A U.S. military commander says American forces are responsible for mistakenly hitting a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan on Saturday. T

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Afghan Opium Production Jumps 阿富汗鸦片产量下降 The United Nations says Afghanistan produced a record amount of opium this year. The announcement has raised questions about the internationally-supported efforts to fight drug production in t

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IN THE NEWS – June 8, 2002: Loya Jirga By Caty Weaver This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, In The News. Next week, a traditional national council called a loya jirga will meet i

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今天我们要学的词是fuel。 Fuel, 做为动词,有刺激的意思。The basketball player put his house up for sale, fueling speculation that he is being traded, 这个篮球队员正在卖房子,大家因此猜测,他可能要被球队换

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China and Afghanistan have vowed to advance their strategic cooperative partnership. Chinese President Xi Jinping met Afghan Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah in Beijing. Xi Jinping praised Abdullah's contributions to bilateral ties. He said

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President Barack Obama's decision to deploy another 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan - and to also ask for more troops from coalition partners - has far-reaching strategic implications for the global effort to defeat violent extremists like the Tali

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British Prime Minister David Cameron has described the alleged killing of Afghan civilians by a U.S. soldier as absolutely dreadful. Speaking Monday, Mr. Cameron said the incident will have an impact but that Britains aims in Afghanistan remain the s

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

President Barack Obama says he will make sure there is full accountability for the shooting rampage, allegedly at the hands of a U.S. Army sergeant, that killed 16 civilians in Afghanistan. Mr. Obama spent about two minutes at the beginning of a long

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