U.S. Imposes Sanctions Over Iran's Missile Development The United States Department of Treasury has imposed sanctions on five entities linked to Iran's ballistic missile program. The announcement was made January 4 as anti-Iranian government demonstr

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2018年(一月)

By Margaret Besheer United Nations 27 March 2008 The U.N. secretary-general says a special tribunal to try suspects in the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has entered the startup period and will begin functioning in phases, but

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Lawyers for alleged victims of Chad's former president Hissane Habre say a law passed by Senegal's Parliament clears the way to put the former ruler on trial. Brent Latham reports from our West Africa bureau in Dakar, human rights advocates say they

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The U.N.'s top envoy to Iraq says provincial elections scheduled for early next year are on track, but warned that violence could spike and spoilers could try to derail the vote. Meanwhile, the U.N. mandate authorizing U.S. forces to be in Iraq will

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Iran Willing to Resume Nuclear Talks as Sanctions Bite Hard U.S. President Barack Obama last week signed off on a new round of sanctions targeting Irans energy and shipping sectors. They build on a range of unilateral and multilateral sanctions again

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Nurses, Unions Propose Wall Street Tax National Nurses United, a 165,000 member union, is leading organized labor in the United States in a challenge to Wall Street, its practices, and what the nurses call Wall Street's sway over politicians. The nur

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Malta Forced to Cancel Repatriation of African Refugees Tired, hungry and dehydrated, 68 migrants who'd set sail from Libya were rescued by Maltese patrol boats Wednesday 50 kilometers off the coastline, after their vessel lost power. It's the second

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伊朗埋怨美国未履行对其经济承诺 Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other Iranian officials have complained that the UnitedStates has not lived up its commitments under the Iran deal in not ensuring that Iran fullybenefits economical

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Two cybersecurity firms say they have found some technical similarities between the WannaCry ransomware and earlier attacks from hackers in North Korea, though they are not calling these clues proof that North Korea is behind the

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: On this Fourth of July, we have a reality about the United States. Sometimes this nation takes a step forward just when it seems to be stepping back. NOEL KING, HOST: Consider 242 years ago in 1776. A rebellion against British ru

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By Jim Fry Washington, DC 08 February 2007 watch report Iraq Contractors The families of four privately-employed security guards who were killed in Iraq gave emotional testimony on Capitol Hill Wednesday. They told Congress the employer -- a governm

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As Ruto Trial Resumes, Kenya Debates ICC Future NAIROBI Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto is back at his trial at the International Criminal Court after returning to Kenya following the Westgate mall attack. Kenyans remain divided on whether the

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The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says he will pursue charges against rebel groups that attacked African Union peacekeepers in Darfur last September, killing 10 of them. From United Nation's headquarters in New York, VOA's Mar

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By Lauren Comiteau Amsterdam 02 May 2007 The International Criminal Court in The Hague says it has issued arrest warrants for a Sudanese government minister and a Janjaweed militia leader suspected of committing war crimes in Darfur. But as Lauren Co

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry have discussed the South China Sea issue, among many other issues in a phone call. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying said that Wang Yi urged Kerry to speak and ac

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The US is calling on the DPRK to release an 85-year-old American citizen whos been detained in the country for more than a month. Retired finance executive Merrill Newman fought in the Korean War 60 years ago. He was taken off a plane on October 26th

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By Tendai Maphosa London 11 March 2008 Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni says as part of the peace agreement between his government and the Lord's Resistance Army, the rebels indicted by the International Criminal Court are to be tried in Uganda und

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U.S. President George Bush says the United Nations should keep working with the Sudanese government to get more African Union peacekeepers into the troubled Darfur region, despite Monday's arrest warrant for Sudan's president from the International

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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Writers of films including Zero Dark Thirty, Lincoln and Argo were named as nominees in contention for top honors to be bestowed by the Writers Guild of America (WGA), the WGA, West and WGA, East announced on Friday. Z

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By Lauren Comiteau The Hague 19 October 2009 Darfur rebel chief Bahar Idriss Abu Garda sits in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court at The Hague, 19 Oct 2009 The International Criminal Court in The Hague has begun a preliminary hearing

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