By Meredith Buel Capitol Hill 22 June 2007 The Bush administration says it has no immediate plans to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay Cuba despite demands by some members of Congress and human rights groups. As VOA correspondent Meredith Buel repor

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 29 March 2007 Pakistan is trying a new approach of negotiations and development projects to secure its volatile tribal regions. But U.S. and Afghan officials are concerned it will not be enough to keep Taleban militants fr

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By Steve Herman Honolulu, Hawaii 26 June 2006 The massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean 18 months ago has pushed governments, international organizations and scientists to expand a sophisticated network to detect tsunamis. VOA's S

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By Paula Wolfson White House 27 June 2006 The White House says it is still waiting for a definitive response from Iran to a package of incentives designed to convince Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment. Officials say the latest comments from Iran'

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John Kerry: First White, Male Secretary of State in 16 Years For the first time in almost a decade, members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee were using the term, mister, to address a prospective Secretary of State. And at least online, it's

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AlligatorRecordsCelebrates40thAnniversary Happy 40th birthday Alligator Records! The legendary blues label has marked the event with the release of Alligator Records 40th Anniversary Collection. If you ever want to start a blues label you should prob

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Smithsonian Celebrates Jazz Appeciation Month It's April and time once again to celebrate one of America's greatest treasures, jazz with the 10th anniversary of Jazz Appreciation Month. Jazz took a giant step forward when pianist Mary Lou Williams pe

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Sentiment Mixes with Science Fiction in 'Real Steel' Battling robots in the boxing ring help a wayward father reconnect with his young son in the new sci-fi action film Real Steel, starring Hugh Jackman. In the not too distant future, prizefighters n

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By Peter Heinlein Kampala 23 October 2009 Uganda's Pres. Yoweri Museveni (L) and AU Commission chair Jean Ping in Kampala before opening of AU Summit on Refugees, 22 Oct 2009 An Africa Union summit in Kampala has adopted a landmark convention on the

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By Steve Herman New Delhi 06 February 2007 Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam, center, then Bhutanese King Jigme Singye Wangchuk, right, as then Crown Prince Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck looks on, in New Delhi (File photo - 26 July 2006) The new lea

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今天我们要学的词是strategic。 Strategic, 战略性的。 Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao vowed to boost strategic cooperation with Pakistan, 中国国务院总理温家宝保证要加强跟巴基斯坦的战略合作。 Boeing and Fujitsu establ

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 08 May 2006 At a U.N. hearing Monday, the U.S. government admitted it made mistakes in the treatment of prisoners in the war against terror, but said it has taken measures to pr

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A spokesman says Ethiopian troops will complete their withdrawal from Somalia within days, and that sufficient precautions have been made to prevent a feared power vacuum when they are gone. Troop convoys have been seen pulling back to positions acr

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史上最成功的演奏家,继创下Billboard排行榜流行榜榜首、葛莱美奖得主、全美音乐奖得主等多项唱片界记录后,睽违3年2002最新登峰造极之作. Kenny G自从1982年推出首张个人同名演奏专辑以来,已有多首Billboard畅销金曲佳绩以及超过三亿的惊人销售记录,可说是史上最成

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By Tim Johnston Jakarta 14 February 2006 Andrew Chan Two Australian drug traffickers have been sentenced to death by judges in Indonesia for their leading roles in a plot to smuggle more than eight ki

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By Selah Hennessy Dakar 15 May 2007 The incumbent president of one of Africa's poorest countries, Mali, has been declared the winner of the country's recent presidential election. But, as in several African countries where there have recently been el

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A day after being freed from Colombian rebels, Ingrid Betancourt is calling for new efforts to win the release of other hostages in rebel hands. VOA's Brian Wagner reports Betancourt was one of 15 people freed by Colombian forces on Wednesday. Ingri

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泰勒斯威夫特(Taylor Swift)携着她的单曲《White Horse》刷新了一项记录,这首歌出自她的新专辑《Fearless》,曾被选做大热美剧《实习医生格蕾》听歌 第五季首播的剧中插曲。本周,这首充满感情的《White Horse》一上榜就跻身美国公告牌热歌100单曲榜的第13名,这样

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By Scott Stearns White House 02 May 2007 President Bush and his Yemeni counterpart, Ali Abdullah Saleh met at the White House Wednesday to discuss the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. Yemen's Pr

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By Paula Wolfson White House 01 April 2007 One of President Bush's longtime political advisors has now become one of the administration's biggest critics. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports Matthew Dowd is taking on the White House in a very public way. Ma

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