ESL Podcast 1163 Types of Religious Leaders Mary: I feel like an idiot! Alexei: Why? What happened? Mary: I just called the bishop over there pope. Alexei: Thats not so bad. You gave him a promotion. At least you didnt call him rabbi. Mary: Dont laug

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Many countries place limits on the amount of time a leader can serve in office. The need to change leaders after a limited number of terms in office is written into the laws of a number of countries. This is often because many people believe that lea

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Broadcast: Apr 01, 2003 At the height of the U.S. military operation in Afghanistan, defense officials 1) bristled when reporters would ask about the 2) whereabouts of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden

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AS IT IS 2016-03-27 Foreign Leaders Taking Sides Against Donald Trump When Cuban President Ral Castro was asked his view of the U.S. presidential election, he did what foreign leaders usually do. He did not answer the question. Castro responded, I ca

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates flew out of Bahrain Saturday afternoon after meeting with the king and crown prince about political reforms, and just ahead of another demonstration in Manama. There was a large protest on Friday in Manama and on S

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More than 50 world leaders, including President Bush and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, are preparing to gather in Russia for events marking the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of World War II in Europe. 布什总统和联合国秘书长安南等

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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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The European Commission has called on the bloc to collectively earmark about $3 billion yearly in assistance for developing countries to cope with climate change. Lisa Bryant | Paris 10 December 2009 A creation by French artist Francois Barge 'Messag

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For more than two years, Europe's 17-nation euro currency bloc has grappled with containing its burgeoning governmental debt crisis. Its leaders often took half-steps they thought surely would calm international financial markets worried about the fa

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Leaders of the world's top economies ended a two-day summit in Cannes committed to boosting growth and staunching Europe's spreading financial crisis, though leaving the specifics of how they will do so unclear. In one significant step, leaders of th

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BRUSSELS, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Top leaders of the European Union (EU) Thursday held broad talks on growth without making concrete decisions on the first day of the two-day spring summit in Brussels, against the backdrop of easing market pressure but

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Honduras leaders reject deadline 洪都拉斯领导人拒绝最后期限 The newly installed government in Honduras has rejected international calls to reinstate deposed (免职的) President Manuel Zelaya. The Organization of American States has given Honduras a

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European leaders have adopted another package of measures aimed at preventing Greece from defaulting on its huge public debt and stabilizing the common European currency. The European Union and the International Monetary Fund said Thursday they will

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President Barack Obama is in Poland, in an effort to strengthen relationships in Eastern and Central Europe, and to ask support for emerging Arab democracies(民主国家) . Our correspondent reports from Warsaw, the final stop on the president's six

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By Nancy Palus Dakar 07 March 2008 Chadian President Idriss Deby is expected to meet with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir next week on the sidelines of an international conference in the Senegalese capital, Dakar. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

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U.S. labor leaders met with President Barack Obama on Tuesday, calling on him to reject deep cuts in pensions and health care for the elderly as he works to resolve crucial government financial issues by the end of the year. Newly re-elected, Obama i

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European Union leaders granted Serbia candidate status at a two-day summit that ends Friday focusing on jobs and the economy in the region. The Brussels summit has been a relatively low-key event compared to last year's crisis meetings aimed at stemm

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Key European leaders pledged at a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama Monday that they will push for closer economic integration of the 17-nation eurozone to help resolve the continent's burgeoning debt crisis. European Council President Herman

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Voice 1 Hello and welcome to Spotlight. Im Marina Santee. Voice 2 And Im Ruby Jones 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 December the first is

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