ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Last week in Egypt, a group of Coptic Christians were traveling to a monastery where they intended to pray. Their convoy was attacked by gunmen. More than two dozen people were killed, and a similar number were injured. The Islam

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年NPR美国国家公共电台5月

A controversial Israeli settlement plan is throwing another wrench into the stalled Middle East peace process. Robert Berger | Jerusalem 28 December 2009 Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS Construction workers are seen on a new housing development in the Jewish

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The Middle East Conflict has raged for generations, frustrating mediators and diplomats. How could one person make a positive difference? Gregory Levey tried, and titled the book about his effort, How To Make Peace In The Middle East In Six Months Or

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Ten years ago the people of East Timor voted overwhelmingly to split from Indonesia and become an independent nation. The initial exhilaration they experienced was soon followed by violence from pro-Indonesia militias, and then economic struggles an

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Mike Procter. 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 The year was 1707. The English shi

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IN THE NEWS - East Asian Leaders Form New Group to Improve Area's Future By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Saturday, December 17, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Two meetings

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SCIENCEINTHENEWS-StudiesLinktheWeatherEventKnownasLaNiatoLackofRainfallinEast SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Shirley Griffith. BOB DOUGHTY: And Im Bob Doughty. Today, we examine the extremely dry conditions

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 07 February 2006 The drought ravaging the East Africa area is having a severe impact on millions of people. Experts note a steady decrease in rainfall amounts, over the past

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IN THE NEWS - Bush Discusses Middle East Policy in State of the Union Speech By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Saturday, February 05, 2005 This is Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. Ameri

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Dili 29 May 2006 Leaders of East Timor's fractured leadership agreed to continue talks Tuesday on stopping a wave of violence between rival gangs and factions of the armed forces. The violence appears to be easing, as interna

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A rebel leader in Eastern Congo says he is withdrawing from January's peace agreement and has issued a call for Congolese to rise up and liberate the country. VOA's Scott Bobb reports from our West Africa Bureau in Dakar. Renegade ex-general Laurent

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angered many Palestinians, in his recent speech, when he proclaimed Israel's intentions to keep Jerusalem as the united capital of the Jewish state. The Palestinians claim the eastern part of the city as the capital

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Ultra-orthodox Jewish boy climbs on timber beams at a construction site in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo, 26 Apr 2010 Israel could be making a concession aimed at breaking the deadlock in the Middle East peace process. Officials in

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Water is a scarce resource in the desert regions of the Middle East. Though disputes over water have come close to triggering wars between nations of the region in the past, diplomats intervened to keep tensions to a minimum. Now a new study suggests

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East Africa Food Shortages Expected to Affect More People In East Africa, millions people are in need of emergency food assistance because of the prolonged, severe drought. Now a U.N. agency warns that things could get worse. Steady rain is hard to c

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East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta says it is up to Indonesian voters to judge a former army commander who hopes to become vice president in Wednesday's elections. Human rights groups accuse Prabowo Subianto of orchestrating atrocities in both

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: We're going to hear now about the two sides of life in the Iraqi city of Mosul. It has been three months since ISIS was forced out of the city. The fighting reduced one side, the west, to ruins. The eastern side of Mosul, tho

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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announces plans to send boat people to East Timor to have their refugee claims assessed, Sydney, 6 July 2010 The Australian government plans to continue talks with East Timor on establishing a refugee processin

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 22 October 2007 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he hopes peace negotiations to establish a Palestinian state will be successfully concluded by the end of 2008. On a visit to Indonesia, he also stressed the imp

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Rainstorms have pounded the southern and eastern parts of China over the past two days, crippling the transport system. In southern province Hainan, many flights were delayed. In Guangdong Province, fifty cities and counties have issued warnings over

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