A panel of Israeli judges has found former President Moshe Katsav guilty of rape and other sex crimes against several women. Mr. Katzav, who served from 2000 until 2007, faces a possible sentence of up to 16 years in prison. Moshe Katzav had turned d

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(112) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(十二)月

Hi, I'm Bill Weir in for Anderson Cooper, welcome to the 360 podcast. It is judge versus judge on the NASA's phone spying program, big news scare for target customers and big win for Duck Dynasty. Let's get started. Today, a New York Federal Court Ju

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2014年(一)月

Ballroom dancing in the UK used to be seen as something rather unfashionable that old people might do. For the past five years though, the popularity of ballroom dancing has soared thanks to a reality TV show. Strictly Come Dancing is one of the BBC'

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力精选进阶版

Security was tight in Pakistan's capital on Monday after president Musharraf imposed emergency rule in the country. Police set barriers on all roads leading to the Supreme Court and the judge's colony in an effort to prevent lawyers from protesting.

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 万花筒2007年

Opposition leader Tony Abbott says a newly revealed document appears to show the prime minister breached the law over setting up that union slush fund. More of the transcript of an interview between Julia Gillard and her then employers at the law fir

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By Lauren Comiteau Amsterdam 27 September 2007 Judges at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal have convicted two former Yugoslav army officers for their role in the 1991 murders of non-Serbs in the Croatian city of Vukovar. They acquitted a third former

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(九月)

By Lauren Comiteau The Hague 26 October 2009 View of empty seats where Radovan Karadzic's defense team was supposed to sit at start of trial at War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague, 26 Oct 2009 Making good on his threat, former Serb leader Radovan Karad

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(十月)

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Immigration courts are so overwhelmed that their backlog is approaching 700,000 unresolved cases. Unlike other courts, immigration judges report to the attorney general, and Jeff Sessions wants to impose quotas on them to tackle

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By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 13 May 2008 The former president of Pakistan's Supreme Court Bar Association says lawyers will continue to protest until the country's judiciary is restored. Claudia Blume reports from Hong Kong. Muneer Malik says Pakistan'

发表于:2019-01-20 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(五月)

Topic1 Labor Camp in New DisguiseOver the weekend, a 70-year-old woman who has been detained at a so-called reprimand center in Henan Province is released following a public outcry. The local authorities now are investigating such centers in the prov

发表于:2019-01-21 / 阅读(118) / 评论(0) 分类 英语角-圆桌会议

今天我们要学的词是discrimination。 Discrimination, 歧视。大家都知道, racial discrimination, 是种族歧视; gender discrimination, 是性别歧视,不过,歧视不仅局限于此,比如说,还有age discrimination年龄歧

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By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 13 December 2007 A senior Pakistani lawyer says his colleagues will try to challenge the legitimacy of President Musharraf's re-election when Mr. Musharraf lifts the country's state of emergency. Claudia Blume reports from

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十二月)

By Challiss McDonough Cairo 11 May 2006 Egyptian riot police have broken up demonstrations around a Cairo courthouse where two pro-reform judges were to face a disciplinary hearing following their all

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(105) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(五月)

今天我们要学的词是recuse。 Recuse指鉴于利益冲突,法官自行回避案件审理。美国联邦最高法院星期一做出裁定,Judges should recuse themselves from cases in which a party contributed significantly to their campaig

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是tough call。 A tough call, 指很难做的选择。参加决赛的两名选手不相上下,It was a tough call for the judges, 评委很难在二者间做出取舍。With two great point guards, the coach faces a tough c

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has announced his resignation, before his political opponents planned to begin impeachment proceedings against him. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad, where Mr. Musharraf denied any wrongdoing and said

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(101) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(八月)

The second largest party in Pakistan's ruling political coalition is vowing to quit its federal cabinet posts, threatening the stability of the six-week-old coalition government. 巴基斯坦执政的政治联盟中的第二大党誓言要退出该党在

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Transparency International, which is an organization based in Germany, gives 180 countries each year a score for having no corruption or very little corruption. New Zealand was top this year with a score of 9.4 out of 10. Somalia was bottom with 1.1.

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(129) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Now, the government shutdown began with President Trump vowing to stop Central American migrants with a wall along the southern border. And almost a month later, there is still no agreement on that wall. But another effort to stop

发表于:2019-03-04 / 阅读(112) / 评论(0) 分类 2019年NPR美国国家公共电台1月

Voice 1 Hello. Im Marina Santee. Voice 2 And Im Ruby Jones. Welcome to Spotlight. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 2 Have you seen the p

发表于:2019-03-04 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 环球英语 Spotlight