December 19th, 1998, in Washington Bill Clinton becomes the second American president to be impeached by the House of Representatives. The Republican-controlled House impeaches Democratic Clinton for perjury and obstruction of justice over the Monica

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 历史上的今天-2013年

埃及贿选现象泛滥 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi was not running for anything in this election, but he is expected to emerge the winner, with a body of legislators who will support him and the roughly 200 laws he has passed by decree

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A dream of immortality 成为不朽的梦想 It is only too easy to consider yourself immortal after you have imbibed rather too freely. This is the cautionary tale of jimmy anderson. Anderson started out on his alcoholic binges at quite an early age. Almo

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20-Year Sentence for Woman Linked to Former S. Korean President The woman whose dealings with former South Korean President Park Geun-hye led to her removal from office has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. 与韩国前总统朴槿惠有往来并导

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: President Clintons Legal Problems STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. This week in our series, we continue the story of America's forty-sec

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: The Republican Party heading into this fall has a president who loves to campaign. President Trump is holding a lot of big rallies, and he does have a larger playbook to follow that his advisers think can keep the GOP in power. He

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: Congressional Republicans are making it clear they will not take any steps to protect special counsel Robert Mueller from getting fired. Here's Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) MITCH MCCONNE

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Major political change is going on right now in South Korea. The Asian country`s former president left the executive mansion yesterday, three months after lawmakers voted to impeach her and a few days after the nation`s constitutional court voted to

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February 24th, 1868. In Washington, Andrew Johnson becomes the first American president to be impeached. The House of Representatives impeaches Johnson after he tries to fire secretary of war Edwin Stanton. Johnson is later acquitted by a single vote

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February 24th, 1868. In Washington, Andrew Johnson becomes the first American president to be impeached. The House of Representatives impeaches Johnson after he tries to fire secretary of war Edwin Stanton. Johnson is later acquitted by a single vote

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We can't move forward until you mail it back is the saying on the recent campaign to get everyone to fill in their census form. As required by the constitution, a census has to be conducted every ten years. We have all received the forms in the mail,

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Opponents of Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf are continuing to plot a strategy to unseat the unpopular leader that they say will unfold in the coming weeks. Following last week's impeachment threat from the country's ruling parties, lawmakers

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(八月)

By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 20 February 2008 Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is calling for a harmonious coalition in the new national assembly, which is now dominated by opposition parties. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that Mr.

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By Steve Herman Islamabad 19 March 2008 Pakistan has seen its first significant transfer of power since last month's nationwide elections. The speaker of the National Assembly, a backer of President Pervez Musharraf, handed over control of the legisl

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The president of Somaliland is calling for his political opponents to cease public protests and to sit down at the table with him for renewed negotiations. Political protests in the breakaway republic of Somaliland turned deadly on Saturday, leaving

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A combined military campaign is on the way to drive Islamic State militants out of??the western province of Anbar. A Pentagon spokesman said that as the first stage probing operation to taking place closed to the occupied city of Ramadi.But he declin

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Polls have closed in Pakistan, where voters turned out to elect a new parliament and mark the country's transition from military rule to a democracy. Threats of violence appeared to keep voter turnout low. The vote comes amid concerns of violence and

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Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is denying rumors that he is planning to resign following weeks of criticism from his opponents, some of whom have vowed to impeach him. The president pledged to abide by whatever decisions the country's new parl

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Topics: American Presidents: Bill Clinton; Louisiana Voodoo; articulation versus enunciation versus pronunciation; to start versus commence; I believe you versus I believe in you Words: governor fiscal responsibility to mar affair to impeach to lie u

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The British prime minister David Cameron has announced new measures to make it harder for people to hide the proceeds of corruption in offshore accounts. Most British overseas territories that had tax havens will now share information with the UK aut

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