2017: A Year Marked by Disaster, Violence The year 2017 has been a good year for bad news. Media personality Marian Salzman called it a year of disruption, despair and dumpster fires. In other words, it has been a difficult year, marked by violence,

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1. There are contrasting views on the economy. President Bush denies the country is heading into a recession, but admits his concern about slowing economic growth. Meantime, Democratic presidential candidate Barak Obama says the economy is on the br

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AS IT IS 2016-04-26 Obama Sending More US Forces to Syria 奥巴马向叙利亚派遣更多的美国军队 President Barack Obama said on Monday he would send 250 soldiers to Syria to help local forces fight against the Islamic State. The deployment

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BBC News. Security officials in the U.S. state of Florida say several people have been killed during a shooting at Fort Lauderdale International Airport. The shooter is understood to be in police custody, and is believed to have acted alone. All airp

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Classic public health, isolation and respect and dignity for the people infected, and respect and dignity if individuals do die that theyre buried in appropriate manner, is absolutely critical to bringing this epidemic under control. 传统的公共卫

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S. Korea Wants to Postpone Military Drills Until After Olympics South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Tuesday that next years joint military exercises with the United States might be postponed until after the Olympics. In an interview with NBC N

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The leaders of Russia, Iran and Turkey have promised to increase efforts to end unrest in Syria. Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met in Ankara on Wednesday. A joint stateme

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The U.S. Trade and Development Agency recently awarded a grant to the Nigerian company, Community Social Enterprises Limited, or CESEL, for a feasibility study supporting the roll-out of 25 solar photovoltaic microgrids across Nigeria. Together, the

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Bush Urges All Haitians to Reject Violence Paula Wolfson President Bush is sending U.S. troops to Haiti as the first contingent of an international security force. Mr. Bush is urging all Haitians to r

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GWEN IFILL: The escalating crisis between Russia and Ukraine was a key topic as world leaders met today in Amsterdam. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner has been traveling in Ukraine for the past week and has this report. MARGARET WA

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By Cathy Majtenyi Sudan's foreign minister says he and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw have agreed to support an increase in the number of African Union monitors in the troubled area of Darfur. A

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 17 April 2008 The five-sided courtyard in the center of the Pentagon hosts a variety of special events. And there was a particularly unusual one there on a glorious spring day this week. VOA's Al Pessin reports. A total of 22 mo

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AIDS 艾滋病 Get your act together, guys 筒子们,一起行动吧! Two UN reports on AIDS are coming out this month. That is one too many 联合国将于本月发布两份艾滋报告,其中一份纯属多余。 SOMETHING odd is going on in

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Tension is mounting again in Sudan's oil-rich region of Abyei, following complaints from south Sudanese officials that northern troops have not withdrawn from the area. According to an agreement signed last month, both armies were to fully withdraw f

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Military commanders from across West Africa have gathered in Mali's capital, Bamako, to discuss plans for an immediate deployment of troops to dislodge Islamist extremists occupying the country's north. Nigerian army Major General Shehu Abdul-Kadir:

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has announced that a gesture of good will he's withdrawing all lawsuits against individuals accused of insulting him. Almost 2000 prosecutions for insulting the president have been approved in the last two yea

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Hi, everybody. 嗨,大家好。 Our top priority as a country right now should be doing everything we can to grow our economy and create good, middle class jobs. 我们国家现在的第一要务就是想尽一切办法促进经济增长和创造中产

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The United States has launched a major civilian and military response to the massive earthquake in Haiti, which has flattened buildings in much of the capital, and left a devastating toll of death and destruction. We have details of the American resc

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U.S. officials are stressing an eventual drawdown of American troops will be done gradually and in a manner that allows Afghan forces to assume security responsibilities Michael Bowman | Washington 06 December 2009 Defense Secretary Robert Gates test

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France has announced it may pull troops out of Mali as early as next month. It comes as troops secure the key northern city of Kidal. French troops are also expected to hand over Timbuktu to African forces this week. Meanwhile France is calling for t

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