With less than two weeks to go before Afghanistan holds its presidential election there is continuing concern about intimidation and insecurity. A report issued by Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission and the United Nations mission give

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(八月)

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 08 October 2007 A student newspaper in Los Angeles called L.A. Youth is giving a voice to teenagers, free from censorship by school officials. As Mike O'Sullivan reports, the paper deals with controversial issues from

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AS IT IS 2013-12-04 Critics Raise Concerns About Vietnam's New Constitution Welcome to As It Is from VOA Learning English. Im Mario Ritter. Vietnam is changing its constitution. But critics say the document does not include reforms that will improve

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Economics Report - First Presidential Debate Centers on Economic Concerns 经济报道 - 美国总统竞选首场辩论聚焦经济问题 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。 President Oba

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U.S. voters in the Middle East are mobilizing to cast ballots ahead of Tuesday's elections. Among the biggest voting blocks outside the United States is that of Americans in Israel, where an estimated 125,000 U.S. citizens are eligible to vote. VOA'

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After Security Concerns, No Serious Breaches at Olympics Some days at the Olympic Park there were so many people it was difficult to move around. That, and the many other venues around London and throughout Britain, might have been an attractive targ

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JPMorgan Trading Losses Prompts New Probe, Concerns About Wall Street Just days after JPMorgan Chase reported the loss, Jamie Dimon, the bank's embattled CEO, apologized to shareholders. This should have never happened. I can't justify it. Unfortunat

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Environmental groups call for time out from offshore exploratory drilling Zulima Palacio | Washington, DC 24 May 2010 Environmentalists argue the harsh climate in northern Alaska would make cleaning up any potential offshore oil spill extremely diffi

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Yemen Instability Stokes Terror Concerns Thousands of people took to the streets in cities across Yemen Friday, calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to be put on trial. Saleh signed an accord on Wednesday to surrender power after 33 years of rule

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The rainy season officially started in Indonesia a few weeks ago, but many here would say that this year, it never really ended. Summer has been unusually wet, and since September heavy downpours take a toll on crops. With so much rain damaging harve

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U.S. health officials are warning about a possible resurgence of the Swine Flu virus in North America as the cold weather approaches, and schools prepare to reopen. Health experts say the illness poses a special risk to schools, which are set to re-

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The Obama administration is signaling its intention to keep Ethiopia as a key strategic partner, despite concerns about the country's slide toward authoritarianism. The United States is seeking to expand development assistance to the Ethiopian gover

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Industrial Livestock Farms Linked to Staph As economies grow in developing countries, more of them are adopting a Western-style diet. That means eating a lot more meat. As a result, the number of industrial or factory livestock farms has increased. B

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By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 12 October 2007 There is growing concern in Zimbabwe that presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for next March will not live up to the expectations of the people. Peta Thornycroft reports that one of t

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By Jim Malone Washington 19 May 2006 Immigration is the hot topic of debate in Washington these days. But the situation in Iraq is never far from the minds of politicians and policy makers in both maj

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New poll results indicate that U.S. voters are concerned with the financial crisis and it is having an impact on the presidential election campaign between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. VOA National Correspondent Jim Malone is mo

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 16 December 2007 With the approach of Christmas and Muslims marking Sallah, poultry consumption in Nigeria is expected to reach an all-time high this month. As Gilbert da Costa reports for VOA from Abuja, recent reports indi

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States will keep its allies in the Middle East informed as it pursues the possibility of improved relations with Iran, and discounted concerns in the region about a U.S.-Iran deal that could hurt t

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License Plate Readers Spur Privacy Concerns Arlington County Police Detective Mohammed Tabibi is with the auto theft unit. He uses license plate readers, or LPRs, mounted on the hood of his car, to look for stolen vehicles. It has paid dividends. We

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嘉年华电影鼓励女性勇敢发声;维多利亚摔跤考验专业素养 Welcome to 'Today' - an hour of world news and analysis -- from a different perspective. I'm Zhaoying Coming up; --Australian Victoria state legalizes assisted dying in

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