MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: All right. Well, in addition to interviewing possibilities for the Supreme Court today, President Trump also says he spoke for about 30 minutes today with Mexico's president-elect, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. (SOUNDBITE OF A

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By Michael Bowman Buenos Aires 29 October 2007 Argentina has, for the first time, elected a woman president. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the current first lady and a senator, will take the reins of power from her husband, outgoing President Nesto

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Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who won the most votes in the March 29 presidential poll, has pulled out of the second round of voting due Friday. Peta Thornycroft reports from Harare that Mr. Tsvangirai said he cannot take part in the

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President-elect Barack Obama was elected last month largely on the promise of bringing change after eight years of the Bush administration. But, some of Mr. Obama's liberal supporters are disappointed that his emerging cabinet has a decidedly centri

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President-elect Barack Obama says he will move swiftly to improve the U.S. economy and promote long-term growth upon taking office next month. Congressional leaders are working with the White House to craft a government package to rescue the failing

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Guinea's electoral commission said long-time opposition leader Alpha Conde has won the country's first democratic vote. Meanwhile, supporters of the losing candidate clashed Monday with riot police. Electoral commission president Siaka Toumany Sangar

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President-elect Barack Obama has chosen yet another former political rival to join his incoming cabinet. Mr. Obama has announced that New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson will be his Secretary of Commerce and that Richardson will be a key member of h

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今天我们要学的词是star-studded。 Star-studded, 是众星云集的意思。 U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony will be a star-studded event, 美国当选总统奥巴马的就职典礼将是一次众星云集的盛会。

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By Phillip Wellman Dakar 05 October 2007 Opposition leaders in divided Ivory Coast have recently been holding public rallies denouncing the government and telling their supporters to change the country through voting. Most analysts agree that the dem

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今天我们要学的词是 deal maker. Deal maker 意思是擅长促成交易的人。British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson said U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is a deal maker whose presidency could be good for Britain and Europe. 英国外相约翰

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By Peta Thornycroft Harare 04 April 2008 The politburo of Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF party has endorsed President Robert Mugabe as its candidate for president if a run-off election is necessary. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA from Harare that the endorseme

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By Cathy Majtenyi Kisumu, Kenya 04 March 2008 In Kenya, post-election violence has killed more than 1,000 people and displaced 600,000 others. The mayhem has had a major impact on the country's economy which has been one of Africa's strongest. Busine

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 14 October 2007 Voters in Togo started lining up at dawn Sunday to participate in a landmark election that presents the first major challenge to the ruling party. Observers say this year's vote promises to be the country's first

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Preliminary official results from Lithuania's parliamentary election indicate the main conservative opposition party has won the first round of the former Soviet republic's parliamentary elections, heralding the end of years of Social Democratic rul

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With Togo elections set for March 4, the former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo recently landed in the West African country as head of the African Union's mission to monitor the vote. The most recent presidential election in Togo resulted in vio

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今天我们要学的词是paparazzi。 Paparazzi, 是指专门追逐名人,偷拍照片的摄影记者,俗称狗仔队。圣诞节前后,美国当选总统奥巴马一家在夏威夷渡假。 Obama's Hawaii vacation sparked a paparazzi frenzy,

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今天我们要学的词是punch line。 Punch line, 讲笑话里最关键的一句话,相当于相声里的抖包袱。今年的美式足球超级杯得主是匹兹堡钢人队。然而,失败者亚利桑那红雀队虽败犹荣。 The Arizona C

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who has been reappointed to serve in the Obama administration, says he is comfortable with the president-elect's desire for a rapid withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq, as long as the pace of the drawdown

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A Historic Election 历史性选举 After a hard-fought campaign, Democratic Senator Barack Obama has won the US presidential election, and will become the 44th President of the United States the first African-American in the countrys history to do s

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今天我们要学的词是rival。 Rival, 是对头的意思。 President-elect Obama named his one-time chief Democratic rival Senator Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, 美国当选总统奥巴马提名自己原来的民主党对手,联邦参议

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