by Michael W. Flynn First, a disclaimer: Although I am an attorney, the legal information in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for seeking personalized legal advice from an attorney licensed to practice in your jurisdiction. Further, I

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 法律英语 Legal Lad

Wedding Celebrations Held in Streets Across Britain For those not lucky enough to get an invitation to the royal wedding itself, there were thousands of street parties across Britain on Friday. With the day declared a public holiday, many people dres

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(四月)

World markets were mixed Thursday due to investor concerns over the U.S. stimulus plan and more gloomy corporate news. In Britain, the Royal Bank of Scotland, or RBS, has posted the largest annual loss in U.K. corporate history with a $34 billion sh

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 02 August 2006 Hezbollah militants fired a record number of rockets against Israel Wednesday as Israeli troops carried out their deepest raids yet in Lebanese territory. At least 55 Israelis and 540 Lebanese have died in the

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The Bush administration said it is pushing for a Gaza agreement that will end Hamas rocket fire into Israel, arms smuggling through tunnels from Egypt, and re-open Gaza crossing points for relief supplies and commerce. Secretary of State Condoleezza

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World markets were all off sharply at the end of the week after a drop on Wall Street Thursday that saw the Dow index hit a six-year low. Grim corporate news in Asia and Europe kept the negative pressure on. In Sweden, carmaker Saab has filed for ba

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By Mil Arcega Washington 24 April 2007 New YorkStock Exchange opening on 20 April U.S. stock market indexes opened with slight gains in early trading Monday after a week of record gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose more than 150 points on F

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By Cathy Majtenyi Bujumbura 24 April 2006 Every 30 seconds a child in Africa dies of malaria. Health care workers report a drop in malaria rates with bed net use, but in the tiny central African natio

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Despite the excitement the inauguration of Barack Obama generated around the world, overseas markets continued their downward slide. Man walks past electronic stock board in Tokyo, while showing President Obama at inauguration ceremony, 21 Jan 2009

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Despite Senate passage of its massive stimulus package and the U.S. banking bailout plan announced by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, overseas markets did not react with enthusiasm. A screen showing stock prices at a local bank in Hong Kong, 11

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World markets were mostly lower on Wednesday amid more dire U.S. economic news and a move by Germany to facilitate bank nationalization. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up one-tenth of a percent, while other U.S. indexes were just slightly lowe

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World markets have responded positively to a public-private investment program designed to buy up hundreds of billions of dollars worth of questionable assets currently on the books of American banks. US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner listens durin

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By Margaret Besheer Bagdad 07 April 2007 A US military convoy drives through Diwaniyah, south of Baghdad, Iraq, 06 Apr 2007 Iraqi and U.S. forces continued security operations for a second day in the southern city of Diwaniyah. Meanwhile, Iraqi offic

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By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 18 December 2006 Asian economies, led by China and India, were among the most dynamic in the world during 2006. Many economies expanded by well over than six percent, and with new capital flowing into stock markets and exp

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By Robert Raffaele Washington, D.C. 04 August 2006 Watch Middle East report Hezbollah fired dozens more rockets into northern Israel Friday, while Israeli warplanes continued to pound southern Lebanon. The latest Israeli offensive is again targeting

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 15 July 2006 A Lebanese firefighter tries to extinguish a flaming gas station set ablaze during an Israeli warplanes attack in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Saturday, July 15, 2006 Israel on Saturday carried out a

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By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 17 October 2006 Head of Tamil Tiger political wing, S. P. Thamilselvan (2R) inspects damage to their radio transmitting station in Kokkavil, October 17, 2006 The Sri Lankan government has launched air stikes on Tamil rebe

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 11 March 2006 Pakistani troops have killed at least 25 suspected militants, some of them thought to be foreigners, in an attack near the Afghan border. The so-called tribal

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Therese: I cant believe you told Mom and Dad about me driving the car last Saturday when I wasnt supposed to. I thought we had a deal. You wouldnt tell on me and Id take you and Kathy to the movies this weekend. Youre such a tattletale. Stephen: I sw

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By Scott Bobb Durban 14 June 2007 South Africa boasts some of the most beautiful beaches in the world,which attract millions of tourists each year. A series of fatal shark attacks in the Durban area in the 1940s led local authorities to install shark

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