A Territorial Dispute Roberta: So this is McQuillanland! Eli: Well, that depends on whom you ask. This area has been under territorial dispute since 1963. Roberta: Who else claims it? Eli: Its neighbor, Tseland. Tseland annexed it after the brief war

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2012 Sees Record Number of Internally Displaced The number of people displaced within their own countries by armed conflict, violence and human rights violations totaled nearly 30-million in 2012. Many of the newly displaced were in Syria and the eas

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AS IT IS 2015-05-30 UN Supports Protection of Journalists in Conflicts 联合国支持保护冲突中的记者 The United Nations Security Council has approved a resolution on the protection of journalists in conflict zones. All 15 Council members vo

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Message on the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict 防止战争和武装冲突糟蹋环境国际日致辞 6 November 2016 2016年11月6日 This year, the world began implementing the 2030 Age

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Working as a Lobbyist Cody: Youre not the kind of person I would expect to work as a lobbyist. Jada: Why not? Cody: I picture lobbyists as being kind of pushy and corrupt, using underhanded tactics. Jada: Its not like that at all, at least not for me

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美英加紧遏制战时性暴力 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his British counterpart, William Hague, are adding their weight to the international effort to stop sexual violence in armed conflicts. Rape has been used worldwide as a tool to

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Idiom: Miss the boat 坐失良机 Hit the book: Document Unscripted Highlight Conflict Eliminate Premise Eviction Reality-based television is a genre of television programming that documents unscripted situations and actual occurrences, and often fea

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American leadership 美国领导 In each of these cases, we should not expect change to happen overnight 所有这些情况下 我们都不应当指望变化在一夜间实现 That's why we form alliances not just with governments, but also with ordi

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Likewise, the U.N. provides a platform to keep the peace in states torn apart by conflict 类似地 联合国提供了一个平台为冲突频发的国家争取和平 Now we need to make sure that those nations who provide peacekeepers have the train

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EU Pledges Security Cooperation with African Union Representing the presidency of the African Union, Nigerian Foreign Minister Olu Adeniji made an appeal for EU support, during a press conference afte

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Lindsay: So, since you've been working so hard to plan this wedding, what are you worried about? Chris: I suppose I'm a little bit worried about the fact that we've never lived together. Lindsay: Oh, really? Chris: So once we get married, it will act

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AS IT IS 2013-05-16 Conflicts Displace People Around the World Hello, again! Im Jim Tedder in Washington. Today we examine the human side of war, not from a soldiers point of view, but from that of civilians who are forced from their homes by conflic

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AS IT IS 2015-06-06 Report Suggests Sudan May Be Arming Rebels in South Sudan The United Nations is closely watching developments in South Sudan. The UN refugee agency says heavy fighting and a lack of food in two South Sudanese states are forcing mo

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UN: Big Increase in People Fleeing Conflict The United Nations says conflicts forced many people from their homes during the first half of 2014. The U.N. refugee agency reported this week that 5.5 million people were forcibly displaced during that si

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The blue helmets of UN peacekeepers distinguish them from the many armed groups in Darfur. As Sudan's government and Darfur rebels move closer to a final peace, efforts are under way to build housing for some of the estimated 2.7 million people uproo

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Activists in the United States are organizing events this week to bring attention to the ongoing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The efforts are part of a wider movement to help victims and try to bring about change from a distance. Kanda Bo

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Nagorno Karabakh Cleans Up Old Conflict, Fears New One Almost 20 years after fighting stopped over Azerbaijans breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh province, this mountainous land still holds its deadly secrets - anti-tank mines, anti-personnel mines and clust

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Iranian Poll Looms Amid Conflict, Isolation Syria's brutal civil war forms the regional backdrop for Iran's presidential election. Analysts say the recent fall of the town of Qusair to Syrian government forces - aided by their Hezbollah allies from L

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Voice 1 Thank you for joining us for todays Spotlight. Im Joshua Leo. Voice 2 And Im Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 What words

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Joshua Leo. Voice 2 And Im Ruby Jones. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 3 The Nobel Peace Prize for 200

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