数万名罗兴亚人逃离缅甸进入孟加拉国 Today, that starts in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar. It's also known as Burma. It shares a border with Bangladesh and that's where tens of thousands of people are trapped as fighting goes o

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Burma is now preparing for elections at the state, regional and national level. But the country's much-criticized election laws prompted the main opposition party to opt out, leaving many activists disheartened and disgruntled. This is how Burmese, p

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(四)月

By Paula Wolfson White House 05 May 2008 U.S. First Lady Laura Bush says the United States will do all it can to help the victims of the cyclone that hit Burma on Saturday. Mrs. Bush also said it is troubling that many Burmese learned about the cyclo

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - Hollywood Tells Aung San Suu Kyi's Story in the film, 'The Lady' JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im June Simms. This week on our program, we hear new music from Bonnie Raitt... And we answer a

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By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 23 May 2008 Burma's military junta has agreed to allow relief workers of all nationalities to enter the country to help victims of Cyclone Nargis. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says Burmese leader General Than Shwe made t

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Burmese AIDS Patients Face Treatment Obstacles Burma's largest supernatural spirit festival [Nat festival] takes place annually in a small town outside of Mandalay called Taungbyone, attracting animists, including many members of the gay community, f

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Burmese Candidates Brace for a Day at the Polls This demonstration of traditional Burmese martial arts is a campaign event for a member of Burmas military aligned ruling party known as the USDP. In the last elections in 2010, opposition groups and We

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(三月)

Lawyers for detained Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she is being charged with violating the terms of her house arrest and will soon face trial. The charges appear related to an American man who also faces charges for sneaking into he

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International pressure for the release of Burma's opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, from prison is mounting. But Burma's pro-democracy activists and opposition politicians say the international response, including from the United Nations, needs t

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Obama: Burma's Journey an Example for Asia, World In a speech at the University of Rangoon, Obama referred to a pledge he made at his presidential inauguration in 2009 to extend a hand to governments that ruled by fear if they are ready to unclench t

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President Barack Obama said Tuesday the Burmese decision to extend democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest for another 18 months is unjust and called for her immediate, unconditional release. Officials say the trial outcome will have a nega

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The U.N.'s Special Advisor on Burma, Ibrahim Gambari, says he is extremely disappointed with the outcome of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's trial and called on Burmese authorities to release her immediately. After the verdict was announced on T

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Burmese Oppositions Tenure in Government Under Scrutiny Former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi's historic election raised hopes she, and the National League for Democracy, would become vocal opponents of Burmas rights abuses. But after siding wit

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UN Third Committee On Burma Human Rights 缅甸人权问题 The United Nations Third Committee, which deals with social, humanitarian affairs and human rights issues, recently adopted by consensus a resolution on the situation of human rights in Burm

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By Joseph Popiolkowski Hong Kong 03 July 2007 A Burmese AIDS activist detained since May for advocating the release of the country's top political prisoner has been freed. As Joseph Popiolkowski reports from VOA's Asia News Center in Hong Kong, the r

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By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 09 May 2008 U.N. officials say they have suspended aid shipments to Burma after the military government seized all of the food and equipment that had been flown in by the World Food Program. The latest development in the unfol

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By David Gollust State Department 05 February 2008 The United States Tuesday imposed additional sanctions against Burma over the military government's human rights violations and suppression of democracy. The new Treasury Department action targets fa

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His commanders refused to approve the plan. One of them called him a fool. But 60 years ago, Sojo A. defied them and marched into the cockpit of a passenger plane. I said to the pilot, this is your life-warning; if you don't obey my instructions, thi

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U.N. officials say they have suspended aid shipments to Burma after the military government seized all of the food and equipment that had been flown in by the World Food Program. The latest development in the unfolding crisis, came as the military go

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Burma's assurances that it will allow in international relief workers are being put to the test as aid agencies await visas for workers seeking to help victims of Cyclone Nargis. Skeptics are questioning whether Burma's military leaders will allow in

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