By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 28 November 2007 Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has stepped down as chief of the army in a ceremony transferring power to his hand-picked successor, General Ashfaq Kayani. On Thursday, Mr. Musharraf is scheduled to t

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十一月)

Private lives - Part 3 Army Officer Lawrence Kerr This programme was first broadcast in 1997 Clip Lawrence Kerr I would describe myself as a keen (敏锐的,热心的,渴望的) , well-motivated person, whos keen and eager to do well. Always ready to giv

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IN THE NEWS - South Sudans Army Promises to Free Child Soldiers 新闻报道 - 南苏丹政府军承诺释放儿童兵 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 This week, the army of South Sudan sig

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By Thomas Rippe Kigali 23 August 2007 Rwanda's foreign minister says the Rwandan army is providing all the support it can to the Somali national army, but the United Nations needs to do more. Thomas Rippe spoke with Foreign Minister Charles Muligande

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By Lauren Comiteau Amsterdam 27 September 2007 Judges at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal have convicted two former Yugoslav army officers for their role in the 1991 murders of non-Serbs in the Croatian city of Vukovar. They acquitted a third former

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By Benjamin Sand Paktika, Afghanistan 22 May 2006 As violence flares across Afghanistan, U.S. military officials say the new Afghan National Army will have to shoulder greater responsibility for defea

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The Ethiopian army, which had announced it would pull out of Somalia by the end of the year, is reportedly establishing new bases in central Somalia and has yet to withdraw from key positions in the capital Mogadishu. In recent days, Addis Ababa has

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Arlington National Cemetery - just outside Washington - one of the nation's most hallowed sites. It's where the remains of more than 300,000 service members are buried, including many who died in military conflicts dating back to the American Civil W

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Despite higher rate, US Army says campaign to get soldiers help is showing progress at some bases Melinda Smith | Washington, DC 20 November 2009 Thomas John Sweet (TJ) had been in Iraq two months. He killed himself on Thanksgiving Day, November 27t

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DRC Army Advances in 4th Day of Battle The scene is a government army position at mid-afternoon Wednesday, just after the M23 had started targeting some nearby tanks. You men get forward, the sergeant is shouting. Where are you retreating for? Get in

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: City leaders in Baltimore estimate that nearly a quarter of people there lack access to healthy food. Many go to mini-marts for groceries where prices can be high and fresh produce scarce. Now the Salvation Army is trying to fill t

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Senators, Military Specialists Say Army Report On Dismissed Soldiers Is Troubling play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0000:00repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now an update on a story from earlier this week. A graduate student from China joined the U.S. Army under a special program designed to recruit people with language and professional skills. The military has long been a fast track

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By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 12 January 2007 watch US Digital Army report A few American soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan have had an unusual mission lately -- they are starring in a video game for the U.S. Army. The electronic game teaches

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By Margaret Besheer Beirut 04 June 2007 Lebanese troops continued fighting Islamic militants in a northern Palestinian refugee camp and clashed with another group in a southern camp Monday. The new violence has sparked concerns that the fighting that

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By Margaret Besheer Beirut 06 June 2007 The Lebanese army continued to subdue Islamic militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp near the northern city of Tripoli Wednesday. From Beirut, VOA's Margaret Besheer reports fighting has become more s

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Hundreds of former rebels have deserted the Congolese army in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, citing complaints about pay and their assigned military ranks. The U.N. mission in Congo says discussions with the breakaway group are ongoing. T

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News of the Afghanistan buildup comes less than a month after a deadly shooting incident at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead and created additional grief. Greg Flakus | Fort Hood, Texas 03 December 2009 Soldiers in formation at Fort Hood in Texas S

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A vehicle carrying Indian Army rescue team is on its way to Gulmarg, via Tangmarg, northwest of Srinagar, 08 Feb 2010 At least 17 Indian Army personnel were killed when an avalanche hit a training sub camp in the mountains of Kashmir. About a dozen i

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LEILA FADEL, HOST: In the last fiscal year, the Army fell short of its recruiting goal by 6,500 people. In part, it's driven by the 50-year lows in unemployment numbers. Often, young recruits join when they don't have a job prospect or money for coll

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