Istanbul International Film Festival Kicks Off This week the city of Istanbul is hosting a ground-breaking international film festival. Called Crime and Punishment, it is focusing on military coups. Turkey is no stranger to coups with its military se

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(九月)

Civil Rights Pioneer Rosa Parks Honored with Capitol Statue It's a lasting tribute to Rosa Parks -- known as the mother of the U.S. civil rights movement. Dignitaries gathered to unveil a nearly three-meter-tall bronze sculpture of Parks in the U.S.

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The tropical night descends on a quiet beach, but just off shore, beneath the tranquil waves things are busy. A group of research scientists are scouring a coral reef looking for fish, or more accurately, the parasitic passengers attached to the fish

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 11 July 2006 Hispanic activists meeting in Los Angeles hope to see immigration reform in the United States, but say reform efforts seem to be stalled in Congress. The members of the National Council of La Raza, a Hispa

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By Bill Rodgers Washington. D.C. 29 March 2006 watch Civil War report A grieving widow touches her husband's coffin as it is carried to a cemetery The continuing sectarian violence in Iraq has raised

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By Andre de Nesnera Washington 11 September 2006 Five years ago, the United States was struck by the most devastating terrorist attack in its history. Subsequent investigations indicated that al-Qaida - a radical Islamic group led by Osama bin Laden

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By Meredith Buel Washington 30 January 2007 A new report by an independent policy and research organization says Iraq is rapidly descending into an all-out civil war and urges U.S. officials to begin planning how to contain such a conflict to avoid w

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Burma's Exiled Activists Consider Returning Home Political crackdowns were the once-defining images of Burma's notorious military regime. Since 1988, thousands of civilians were killed or thrown in prison. Many more escaped abroad. Activist Khin Ohma

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Arab leaders and diplomats are engaged in an increasingly bitter quarrel over the need to hold an emergency summit to discuss a cease-fire in Gaza, where the death toll has now risen to more than 1,000. Diplomatic efforts continued Thursday in Cairo

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Rising Violence Against Egyptian Women Worries Rights Activists Women played a major role in the revolution that brought down Egypt's old government. But nearly two years on, many say they have seen little reward. In terms of physical security, activ

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US Experts Call for Debate on National Security, Civil Liberties The controversy has caused outrage - with critics claiming there is too much government overreach, that it goes too far and is too intrusive. Frank Sesno, director of the George Washing

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 13 May 2006 Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II died in 2005, but he nearly lost his life in an assassination attempt on this date 25 years ago. On Saturday in Rome the sho

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By Lisa Schlein Washington 09 February 2006 Anti-tobacco campaigners accuse tobacco companies of undermining a global tobacco control treaty and national policies based on it. They are urging delegate

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 10 January 2007 This week marks the fifth anniversary of the detention center for terrorism suspects at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The anniversary is rekindling the debate over the facility, with human rights

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 16 May 2007 Burmese authorities have been arresting activists and opposition party members in the commercial capital Rangoon, as they staged vigils for the release of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. As Ron Corben reports fro

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By Carolyn Weaver New York 09 February 2007 watch Human Trafficking report A coalition of women's and human-rights advocates in the United States is pressing New York state legislators to pass a law against human trafficking. Investigators say that

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 11 January 2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross is calling for respect for international humanitarian law in Somalia. It says it is deeply concerned about the plight of the civilian population, the war wounded, an

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 09 June 2006 At least seven Palestinian civilians have been killed in Israeli shelling in the Gaza Strip. Injured girl is treated by medics at hospital in northern Gaza Strip, Friday Israeli artillery shells slammed into a

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By Joseph Mok Washington, DC 12 September 2006 watch Native American Comanche Comanche is a Native American people known as the Lords of the Plains in the Great Plains in the Central United States. From this tribe rose the famous Code Talkers of Wor

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 03 August 2006 The commander of all U.S. forces in the Middle East told Congress Thursday that militants are trying to push Iraq into civil war, but he also said he believes the Iraqi government and military can prevent that if

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