1. The White House is calling on Hamas to stop its rocket attacks into Israel and warns Israel needs to avoid civilian casualties as the region erupted into violence today. More than 200 people were killed when Israel unleashed unprecedented airstri

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(111) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2008年(十二)月

The everyday things we do mean people on the other side of the world have everyday battle to survive. The L island in the middle of Pacific appeared xx, but on the ground it is the hellish kind of paradise. It looks like the aftermath of S, but this

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本单元是关于发脾气的对话。 Paul: Hi! I'm back! Alice: You must be exhausted. Have you been working all night? Paul: Yes but at least we dealt with most of the casualties. How was your evening? Alice: Oh so-so. Paul: Was Ellie OK? Alice: She was quit

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is deeply concerned about civilian casualties in Afghanistan. Mr. Ban called for closer cooperation between civilian and military leaders. 联合国秘书长潘基文说,他对阿富汗平民的伤亡深感关

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By George Dwyer Washington 17 March 2008 Britain's Ministry of Defense last week announced the accidental killing of 4 civilians as a result of an air strike by British forces operating in Afghanistan. While reports of civilian deaths are on the rise

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1. Helicopters and armored personnel carriers are on the move in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian security troops moved against pro-Russian forces. The assault has prompted new threats from Russian President Vladimir Putin. 2. In Afghanistan, 3 American do

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President Barack Obama, right, and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, left, during their joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, 12 May 2010 The bottom line is that we are much more strongly related to each other t

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Aleppo Hospital Struggles With Rising Number of Civilian Casualties Dar al-Shifa Hospital in Aleppo. Staff treat soldiers of the rebel Free Syria Army wounded in various battles this morning. They are also treating civilians. This boy was hit by a bu

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Afghan Civilians Bear the Brunt of War Casualties Statistics posted on iCasualties.org, an independent monitoring group, show that more than 2,700 foreign troops have died during the past 10 years in Afghanistan. But since the start of the decade-lon

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U.S. President Barack Obama says the presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan are committed to the fight against extremists in their troubled region. Mr. Obama spoke after his first summit with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif

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A quarterly Pentagon report on the situation in Iraq cites significant progress in recent months on security issues, but also says the progress is still fragile and uneven, and challenges remain in the effort to settle tough political issues and achi

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The helicopter came down at about half-past-ten pm local time on Friday night, the busiest time of the week for the citys many bars and pubs. Eyewitnesses have reported multiple casualties but police have yet to release any details of injuries or dea

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By Al Pessin Washington 02 July 2007 The Afghan ambassador to the United States says U.S. and NATO forces in his country need to do more to avoid killing civilians as they battle Taleban insurgents. The ambassador spoke an interview with VOA Pentagon

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As U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Kabul Tuesday, the top U.S. and NATO commander there said he needs well over 10,000 more troops, in addition to several thousand President Bush announced last week. The commander, Army General David

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Afghanistan's defense minister on Sunday said the Pentagon has pledged to take steps to reduce civilian casualties from aerial attacks against insurgents in the country. A strategic review of the war will also be conducted as Afghanistan gets permis

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A leading Israeli human rights group says most of the people killed in Israel's offensive in Gaza eight months ago were civilians - many of them children. Those findings contradict statistics from the Israeli military, which has said most of the cas

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai summoned the U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan on Thursday to demand an explanation for continuing civilian casualties caused by coalition troops. The commander, Army General David McKiernan, expressed deep regret a

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has condemned a U.S. airstrike in western Afghanistan that some Afghan officials say killed more than 70 civilians on Thursday. The U.S. military disputes the number of civilian casualties and insists the operation was a

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今天我们要学的词是coalition。Coalition, 是联盟的意思。为落实联合国授权在利比亚上空设立禁飞区的计划, An international military coalition attacked Libyan air-defense and other military targets during the weekend

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By Sean Maroney Kabul 07 November 2009 A US Army Chinook helicopter lands on a hill in Kabul on November 7, 2009 The Afghan government says a NATO air strike has mistakenly killed seven members of the Afghan security forces in Badghis province. NATO

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