Georgia is emerging battered but defiant from its recent military confrontation with Russia. Russian troops still control significantly more Georgian territory than they did a month ago and no one can answer the key question: How can the occupiers b

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(八月)

[00:08.52]In 1850,the congress of the United States debated [00:18.44]an importtan compromise proposal. [00:22.78]The compromise dealt mostly with the national dispute over slavery. [00:29.99]The dispute threatened to split the northern [00:35.63]and

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 30 August 2007 Taleban insurgents in Afghanistan freed the remaining three South Korean hostages late Thursday bringing to an end a six-week drama that saw two of the 23 original captives executed. Earlier in the day four o

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U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown are calling for global unity as world leaders gather in London for an emergency economic summit. The two leaders downplayed differences on steps to reverse the current economic slid

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Asia Pacific Nations Can Help Solve European Crisis, US Officials Say US officials say the Asia Pacific region is less affected than other areas by the financial crisis in Europe and can stimulate worldwide economic growth. Talks by finance and forei

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Refugee Crisis Mounts in Turkey as Syrian Violence Escalates As Syrian security forces move in to the besieged town of Jisr al-Shughour, thousands of refugees are fleeing across the Turkish border. More camps are being set up to house the new arrival

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Europes Economic Crisis Hits Developing Countries The European economic crisis is having an impact around the world, and causing concern that if it is not ended soon it could spread to a variety of countries that depend on Europe to buy their exports

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Libyan Crisis Highlighted Migrant Workers Plight The 2011 Libyan crisis raised awareness of the plight migrant workers face when caught in the middle of conflict. The International Organization for Migration says comprehensive, long-term plans are ne

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Madagascar's ousted President Marc Ravalomanana is due to return home Saturday from exile in South Africa despite a warrant for his immediate arrest. It has been almost two years since a coup d'etat and ensuing political standoff sparked an economic

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US Pushes to De-Escalate Ukraine Crisis 美国努力推动乌克兰危机的化解 WHITE HOUSE Russia says it has prepared proposals to defuse the Ukraine crisis, but Washington says Moscow needs to show evidence that it wants peace. Russian forces c

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Trump administration is making new moves to combat a national health crisis. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of accidental death in our country. And opioid ov

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Its being called the worlds worst food crisis since the 1970s. Around the globe, food prices have risen about 40% in the last year, sparking protests and violence in at least 14 countries, and pushing the problem to center stage at the United Nations

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By Catherine Maddux Washington 09 November 2006 watch UN Water report A new United Nations report says a growing water and sanitation crisis around the world is costing the lives of about two million children a year. A child fills a container with w

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 02 July 2007 A Thai investor has a lot more going for her than ten years ago, 13 June 2007 Asian economies hit by the financial crisis of a decade ago have now recovered, thanks in part to reforms and strengthened banking system

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British humanitarian organization ActionAid is calling for governments in the Horn of Africa to help small-scale farmers and for donor nations to increase funding and food-aid shipments to the region. The organization says without urgent action, sev

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大多数美国人密切关注乌克兰的危机 WASHINGTON, March 11 (Xinhua) -- More than two-thirds of Americans are paying close attention to Russia's involvement in the situation in Crimea of Ukraine, a Gallup poll released Tuesday showed. Sixty

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The top U.N. humanitarian official says that conflict, drought, and the global food crisis are worsening the already dire situation in the Horn of Africa. This has left millions of people needing emergency food assistance to combat severe food short

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By Scott Bobb Nairobi 06 February 2008 In Kenya, the government and opposition have resumed talks on the dispute over the elections that sparked a month-long wave of violence. Relief officials say the humanitarian toll continues to rise and are calli

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Household wealth 家庭财富 The balance-sheet boom 资产负债表的繁荣 Household wealth, and debt, is forecast to swell in 2015 预计2015年家庭财富和债务将膨胀 WITH the excesses of Christmas nearly over, Britons are planning their

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Now to Venezuela, where what has been an economic crisis is leading to social and political upheaval, in a country once flush with oil money. In partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, videographer Bruno Federico and

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