New York City subway, closed. The New Jersey bus and rail service, shut down. We just got word that almost two million public school students are out today, and its all because of this massive storm system named Sandy. On Sunday, it was a Category 1

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - For Some, Religion is Part of the College Experience FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Faith Lapidus. Today on our show, we play music from singer Lana Del Rey. We also answer a question fr

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Twitter Users Appeal to US Electoral College 推特用户向美国选举人团的呼吁分享到: This is Whats Trending Today. 欢迎收听今日流行。 The members of the Electoral College will cast their votes to uphold Novembers presidential el

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Guinea could miss a proposed October 10th poll date for its presidential run-off, thanks to candidate disputes. As Guineans remember the more than 150 people killed one year ago in a military attack on an opposition protest in Conakry, the country co

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By Peta Thornycroft The Southern African Development Community holds a summit in Mauritius next week that is expected to focus on the situation in Zimbabwe, and proposed electoral reforms that would a

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By Greg Flakus Guatemala City 07 September 2007 In spite of violence that claimed some 50 lives, officials in Guatemala say they are prepared to carry out an efficient and secure electoral process on Sunday when voters go to the polls to elect a new

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AS IT IS 2016-11-26 Calls for US Vote Recount Grow, but Trumps Win Likely Will Stand Calls for a recount of ballots in the American presidential election grew louder this week as Hillary Clinton increased her lead in the popular vote. News media say

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The International Crisis Group warns Ivory Coast's long-delayed presidential poll could lead to violent chaos if more is not done to ensure the security of the electoral process and resolve issues of nationality and voter eligibility. In a report rel

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A supporter of Rwandan president Paul Kagame shows his support for the ruling RPF party during a victory celebration held at the Amhoro stadium in Kigali before the official results are announced, 10 Aug 2010 Rwandan President Paul Kagame has been re

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Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro (R) and President Laurent Gbagbo (L), 15 September 2009 (file photo) Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro is expected to announce a new government this week, and Ivorian opposition leaders continue to call for t

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Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo (L) and Burkina Faso's president Blaise Compaore meet at the airport in Abidjan on 22 Feb, 2010 after Campaore arrived to act as a mediator in Ivory Coast's political crisis The regional mediator for Ivory Coast's pol

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Nearly half of Guinea's Electoral Commission members have signed a petition asking to elect a new head for the commission. The demand comes less than two weeks before the country is scheduled to hold presidential elections on October 24. As official

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: This is the day when electors from all 50 states, the Electoral College, will cast their votes for president. Donald Trump is assured of a victory unless there is some massive and unexpected defection. NPR's Brian Naylor looks at

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今天我们要学的词是redraw. Redraw 动词,意思是重新划分。Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's government is seeking parliamentary approval to redraw electoral boundaries. 马来西亚总理拉扎克领导的政府为重新划分选区

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By Peta Thornycroft 26 November 2007 In Zimbabwe, new electoral laws have been published that are to be used in national polls due early next year. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA the proposed laws emerged after six months of negotiations between th

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Iraq's electoral commission has announced the preliminary results of last weekend's provincial elections, amid some accusations of irregularities and voting fraud. The Iraqi army and security forces, however, say that they will maintain order despite

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By Greg Flakus Mexico City 07 July 2006 The official final vote count in Mexico's presidential election showed ruling party candidate Felipe Calderon winning by only 236,000 votes. His main rival is threatening to challenge the outcome, and, even if

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西方选举实用英语单词 选举 election 投票 cast a ballot 计票 count of votes 投票日 polling day 投票箱 ballot box 选举程序electoral procedures 选举大会 election meeting / electoral meeting 选举规则 election regulation 选民voter / elector 初选primary el

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Controversy over the voter list in Ivory Coast is threatening to once again push back long-delayed presidential elections. Election-related protests erupted around Ivory Coast this past week. Ivorian investigators have confirmed evidence of fraud in

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The incumbent governor-elect of Anambra State Peter Obi speaks on the result of gubernatorial election held in the state on 7 Feb 2010. The Anambra State gubernatorial election which is a prelude to next year's general elections was marred by irregul

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