Learn a word 今天要学的一个词是 orchestrate o-r-c-h-e-s-t-r-a-t-e Orchestrate来自orchestra,指管弦乐队。可是别想听音乐,报导说的是伊拉克前统治者萨达姆。 文章说: ... prosecutors accused him of orchestrati

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

AS IT IS 2015-07-30 Turkey Bombs Kurdish Rebel Targets in Iraq 土耳其武装部队空袭在伊拉克的库尔德叛军 Until about 10 days ago, the talk around Turkey was whether a coalition government should be formed before early August. Then, a

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LONDON Kurdish commanders in northern Syria said this week Russia is building a military base there, and will help train its fighters. Moscow disputed the claims, but analysts say it is a sign of the Kurds growing role in the region. Across the borde

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By Amberin Zaman Ankara 04 January 2006 In December a private Turkish airline began flying between Istanbul and Irbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdish-controlled northern region. Company officials say b

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By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 21 August 2006 Saddam Hussein's second trial on charges of genocide is being watched closely in the northern Kurdish region, where Saddam's forces accused of killing more than 180,000 Kurds nearly two decades ago. What wa

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By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 29 June 2006 Iraq's High Tribunal announced this week that former dictator Saddam Hussein and six co-defendants will go on trial August 21 for the mass killing of tens of thousands of Iraqi Kurds during the 1980s in w

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By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 28 August 2006 Kurdish leaders in Iraq say they want to be sure prosecutors build the strongest case possible against Saddam Hussein and six of his military commanders charged with genocide in the Anfal military operation

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Indonesians Welcome New President 印尼人欢迎新总统 Now, the day's news, from the Voice of America. Indonesia has a new president. Joko Widodo was sworn in as president on Monday at the national parliament building in Jakarta. Leaders of Austr

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By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 30 August 2006 In an effort to find a solution to increasing sectarian violence in Iraq, some politicians have proposed giving Shiites, Sunnis, and Kurds their own semi-autonomous regions. Proponents of the idea, includin

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Syrian Conflict Gives Kurds New Freedom When Syrian government forces withdrew recently, the Kurdish city of Afrin came under the control of the Kurd's Democratic Union Party, known as the P.Y.D. Afrin has its own checkpoints and flies its own flag.

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Kurds Have New Hopes Amid Mideast Changes It's lunchtime, and kebabs are on the grill at a newly-opened Kurdish restaurant in the Washington area. Hekmat Bamarni came here from northern Iraq in the 1970s, and he sits at a table in the restaurant with

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This Sunday, Turkish voters will go the polls to decide on a package of constitutional reforms. The prime minister says the vote is an opportunity to democratize the country. But the country's main opposition says the reforms are a government power g

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Syria's Kurds Struggle for Rights 叙利亚库尔德人为权力而斗争 In eastern Syria, there are people who have been working the land and filling towns and villages, as their ancestors did, for

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Iraqi Leaders Hail Signing of Interim Constitution as Historic Kerry Sheridan Iraq's interim leaders signed a new temporary constitution Friday, hailing the document as historic and one that reflects

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IN THE NEWS - Iraq's Temporary Constitution By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Saturday, March 13, 2004 This is Bob Doughty with In the News, in VOA Special English. A temporary constitution signed this week

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By Daniel Schearf Irbil 16 March 2008 Iraq has marked the 20th anniversary of Saddam Hussein's chemical bombing and gassing of Iraqi Kurds in the northeast city of Halabja. At least5,000 Kurdish men, women, and children were killed in one day of bomb

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Turkey and the Kurds 土耳其和库尔德人 Hunger and thirst 饥饿和干渴 A hunger strike causes new tension between Turkey and its Kurds 绝食抗议引发土耳其和库尔德人间新的紧张局势 What happens if they start dying? The ques

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The desire of the Kurds along Iraq's northern border to govern themselves is receiving more resistance from Iraq's central government. Iraqi army forces are demanding Kurdish troops withdraw from oil fields and military bases around Kirkuk, a city in

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今天要学的一个词是 orchestrate。 Orchestrate来自orchestra,指管弦乐队。可是别想听音乐,报导说的是伊拉克前统治者萨达姆。文章说:... prosecutors accused him of orchestrating the ...campaign against the Kur

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Turkey's election 土耳其大选 How big will the protest vote be? 反对票会占多大比例? Why the ruling AK party may not do as well on June 7th as in the past 土耳其执政党正义与发展党在6月7日大选的表现为何会不如以往

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