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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: One escape from the news for many people today has been to talk about Game Of Thrones. The season finale of the crazy popular HBO series aired on Sunday night. And before we go any further, consider this your spoiler alert. I rep
美国密切关注伊拉克暴力 President Barack Obama and his advisers are keeping a close watch on Iraq, where government forces are confronting al-Qaida-linked militants. Washington is sending surveillance drones and missiles and is urging Iraq'
Alan Silverman The Iliad, the classic work by the ancient Greek poet Homer, gets the Hollywood treatment in an epic film starring Brad Pitt and Eric Bana. Alan Silverman has a look at Troy. It is not
Church clashes kill 23 in Cairo At least 23 people have been killed and scores injured in the worst violence since Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February. Clashes broke out after a protest in Cairo against an attack on a church
Thai authorities confirm 13 Chinese killed after drug ring hijacked ships Authorities in Thailand have confirmed that 13 Chinese sailors were killed after a local drug ring attacked and hijacked two Chinese cargo ships on the Mekong River last week.
Syria's opposition coalition has elected Ghassan Hitto to head an interim government to administer the areas that rebel forces have seized from the government. Hitto, an American-educated IT manager and Islamic activist, received 35 votes from 48 bal
The Chinese government is calling on the political factions in Egypt to resolve their differences through dialogue. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying. We've been closely following the situation in Egypt and we respects the choice of
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 13 June 2007 Indonesian police have arrested one of the country's most-wanted Islamic terrorists, Abu Dujana, the alleged head of the military wing of the Southeast Asian terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah. VOA's Nancy
标准英语,VOA,international,Ivory,coast,By Joe Bavier Abidjan 2-329769 16 January 2006 A U.N.-created international working group charged with paving the way for elections in war-divided Ivory Coast later this year has recommended dissolvin
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
By Chris Simkins Washington 21 April 2008 Morgan Tsvangirai is the head of Zimbabwe's opposition party and over the last decade has made unsuccessful attempts to unseat the country's longtime president Robert Mugabe. Now in 2008, the 55-year old Tsva
今天我们要讲的习惯用语有一个共同的关键词: powder。大家也许知道powder是粉末。有各种各样的粉末, 例如女士化妆用的香粉, 还有火药或者病人用的药粉等等。 在我们要学的第一个习惯用语
Israel broke off peace talks with the Palestinians Thursday, in protest against a reconciliation agreement between the Western-backed Palestinian Authority and the militant group Hamas, the Jewish states sworn enemy. Israels Security Cabinet made the
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro is again showing up in public after mostly remaining out of sight since falling ill four years ago and ceding power to his brother, Raul. He appeared on Cuban television Monday, after showing up in photos reportedl
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 06 March 2008 All three presidential candidates in the Zimbabwe election have launched their campaigns for the election scheduled for the end of this month. But, as Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA, there are already indica
By Challiss McDonough Beirut 11 May 2008 Fighting between pro-government and opposition militants in Lebanon has spread to the mountains overlooking the capital, prompting the country's main Druze leader Walid Jumblatt to appeal to the army to interv
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 02 October 2009 Kismayo, Somalia Al-Shabab militants in Somalia have claimed control of the country's southern port town of Kismayo, one day after deadly fighting with a rival Islamist group. But the city remains tense amid rep
Mexico Drug Cartel Chief Killed On December 16, Mexican marines stormed a luxury apartment in Cuernavaca, near Mexico City, and killed Arturo Beltran Leyva, head of one of the country's largest drug trafficking organizations. A couple of weeks later,
A nationwide curfew is enforced across Thailand after the army staged a coup and suspended the constitution. The new military government has ordered the former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra along with several of her relatives and other senior po
The president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has told the BBC that his military is close to defeating the Islamist group Boko Haram. Mr Buhari said the militants could no longer mount conventional attacks against government forces or centers of popula