By Peter Heinlein Pop icon Ricky Martin has gone to the United Nations to appeal for global action to protect children from sexual predators. The singer perhaps best known for his hit song Livin' La V

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Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) in Turkey, has often been criticized for being an ineffective leader. Now, others are gathering around him in the 450-kilometer walk from the capital, Ankara, to Istanbul. T

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BEIJING, March 28 (Xinhuanet) -- At least 20 percent of domestic(国内的) companies will be kicked out of the dairy market at the end of this month following the latest inspection by the central government of China's fresh milk and infant formula p

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1. There are at least five dead and more hurt after a series of attacks in southern Israel. Israeli officials say gunmen attacked a passenger bus and a car. An explosion targeting Israeli soldiers was also reported. 2. The Obama administration may fo

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1. President Obama is in Northern Ireland for thestart of the G8 Summit. His schedule includes a meeting with Russian PresidentVladimir Putin. 2. Turkish trade unions are calling for a one-daystrike in response to the Turkish governments crackdown on

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Over 10,000 people, many immigrants, demonstrated against racism on Saturday in the southern town of Caserta, near Naples. Meanwhile, the Italian government deployed some 500 soldiers in the area in efforts to combat the Camorra organized crime synd

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By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 11 December 2007 Police in Malaysia have arrested more than 20 opposition activists as the government of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi clamps down on growing dissent in the country. VOA's Luis Ramirez has more from our Southe

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By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 15 November 2007 When President Pervez Musharraf suspended Pakistan's constitution early in November, he also clamped down on independent news reporting. The government shut down TV stations, stopped foreign cable newscasts and

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By Sonja Pace Istanbul 03 November 2007 Iraq's leaders vowed to crack down on Kurdish rebels, using northern Iraq as a staging point to launch attacks into neighboring Turkey, while Turkey is leaving its options open to possible retaliation. Pressure

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 12 October 2007 In Niger, police continue to detain journalist Ibrahim Manzo Diallo, who ran the only newspaper in a region where there is an on-going rebellion against the government. Phuong Tran has more from VOA's West Africa

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By Sonja Pace Cairo, Egypt 06 September 2007 The Egyptian government has renewed a crackdown on suspected members and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, the banned Islamic organization that has long been the main opposition movement in the country

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By Cindy Saine Washington 18 December 2007 The United Nations has faced a number of challenges during the past year, among them, the ongoing crisis in Sudan's Darfur region and a brutal crackdown on anti-government demonstrators in Burma. VOA's Cindy

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今天我们要学的词是gear up。 Gear up, 做好准备。The police are gearing up for a crackdown on drunk driving, 警察正在积极准备采取行动,严厉打击酒后驾车。九月一到,学校就要开学了。Schools all over the co

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Afghanistan's government is welcoming the NATO decision to have foreign troops in the country go after the narcotics infrastructure. That is a change from previous tactics when opium farmers were primarily targeted. VOA correspondent Steve Herman ha

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BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Police have resolved 185,000 criminal cases during a one-year sweep of counterfeit and substandard food and drugs, the Ministry of Public Security said on Thursday. A total of 147,000 underground facilities, which manufac

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BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Foreigners living in Beijing may find themselves greeting police at their doors amid a crackdown on foreigners illegally entering, residing or working in the city that began on Tuesday. The campaign, which will run until t

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President Barack Obama proposed tougher measures Tuesday to fight the illegal manipulation of oil markets, saying his plan would protect American consumers against artificially inflated gasoline prices. The country cannot have some speculators reap m

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本期内容: Continuing a crackdown following last months failed coup, Turkeys president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, decreed that the government could issue direct orders to military commanders, bypassing the chief of the general staff. Separately, Ger

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Registration for the national entrance examinations for postgraduate study started last month, but it seems some students cant resist the temptation to take shortcuts. 上个月,全国考研报名工作启动,而似乎有那么一些学生抵制不

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今天我们要学的词是VPN。VPN,意思是虚拟私人网络 。Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill that prohibits services, including VPNs, that enable users to avoid government censorship efforts. 俄罗斯总统普京签署了一

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