From NPR News in Washington, Im Louise Schiavone. Egyptian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the protestors in Cairos Tahrir Square this weekend. Clashes began when authorities stormed the tent encampment. In the chaos that followed at leas

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(110) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年NPR美国国家公共电台11月

凯特斯蒂文斯(原名:Steven Demetre Georgiou 斯蒂文德米特乔治乌;艺名:Cat Stevens 凯特斯蒂文斯),1948年7月21日出生于英国伦敦,民谣唱作人、社会活动家、慈善家。是二十世纪七十年代英国民

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By Quinn Klinefelter At a recent campaign stop near Detroit, President Bush used the stump speech he's honed since the September 11 attacks. The U.S., he says, is bringing democracy to the Middle East

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AS IT IS 2016-06-23 Islamist Extremism in America: Is Religion the Problem? 美国伊斯兰极端主义:是宗教问题吗? The mass shooting in Orlando, Florida this month was the worst in modern American history: 49 people killed, and 53 more were

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本拉登被击毙2年 Two years ago, President Barack Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden by a U.S. special forces team in Abbottabad, Pakistan. While some Pakistanis still view him as a hero, many hope his legacy fades with time. 2年前,奥

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Obituary;Gus Dur; 讣告;古斯杜尔; Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur), intellectual and president of Indonesia, died on December 30th, aged 69; 阿卜都拉赫曼瓦希德(古斯杜尔),印度尼西亚的总统和知识分子,卒于12月

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A new study shows public opposition to the Islamic State (IS) group is growing in Indonesia, the worlds most populous Muslim country. The survey also found that a large majority of Indonesians hold negative opinions of the group. Saiful Mujani Resear

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By Leta Hong Fincher Over the past decade, analysts and government officials agree that the threat posed by Islamist terrorism has grown. But does Islam play a role in recruiting terrorists? Or are th

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The campaign for the Republican nomination for president continues in Wyoming and Kansas today. There are 40 delegates up for grabs in the Kansas caucuses and a dozen in Wyoming. After Super Tuesday wins earlier this week, both Rick Santorum and Mitt

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IN THE NEWS - Exercise in Free Expression: How It Led to Deadly CostsBy Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Saturday, February 11, 2006 I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Protesters in Ku

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Oxford Dictionaries suspended its #OneWordMap most-hated words project. An update to the blog post describing the feature stated: We regret to inform users that due to severe misuse we have had to remove this feature from our website. 牛津字典暂停

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: This is For the Record. The White House welcomed foreign dignitaries, national security experts and community leaders to Washington this past week for what was billed as a summit to counter violent extremism. The administration t

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Some of the most distinctive music in pop history has been written and performed by Yusuf Islam, back to a time in the 1970s when he went by a different name. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, PEACE TRAIN) CAT STEVENS: (Singing) Oh, I've been sm

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Books and Arts; Book Review;Hamas and social services;Food not bombs 文艺;书评;哈马斯和社会服务; 食物不是炸弹; Hamas and Civil Society in Gaza: Engaging the Islamist Social Sector. By Sara Roy. 加沙的伊斯兰抵抗运动与公

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IN EARLY 2010 opponents of a proposed mosque in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, spray-painted NOT WELCOME on a sign announcing the new building. Simple-minded vandalism, perhaps; but their scrawl captured the feelings of an increasingly noisy segment of Ame

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Radicalism is a disease of the mind. You cannot see it, hear it, feel it or know it exists until it is too late, as revellers in Nice enjoying Bastille Day fireworks found out on Thursday evening. As terrorists evolve strategies to attack innocent li

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How Frances Fight With Islam Became a Bestseller 法国和伊斯兰之间争端登上畅销榜 David Thomson was one of the first to declare religion a part of the problem in Frances war on terror. Now hes become the countrys hottest intellectual. 戴维

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MEGAN THOMPSON: This port city of around 850-thousand is France's second largest, and one of its most diverse. Located on France's southern Mediterranean shore, Marseille is home to tens of thousands of immigrants from throughout Europe and more rece

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The attack on Charlie Hebdo 查理周刊袭击案 Terror in Paris 恐怖下的巴黎 Islamists are assailing freedom of speech; but vilifying all Islam is the wrong way to counter bloody medievalism 伊斯兰教极端者正在攻击言论自由;但是

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. I'm Liz Waid. Voice 2 And I'm Adam Navis. 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 May 5, 2010. The sun has just come

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