Across Asia women are bearing the brunt of the global economic downturn as export manufacturers shed workers. The United Nation's International Labor Organization and labor rights groups say Asian governments need to boost social protection programs

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(五月)

By Jim Malone Washington 19 March 2008 The war in Iraq took center stage in the U.S. presidential election campaign Wednesday on the fifth anniversary of the start of the conflict. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone reports from Washington. Democr

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Idiom: No time to lose 刻不容缓 Hit the book: At risk Conservation Destruction Take something seriously Be responsible for Delicate Tend Appreciate

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By Steve Mort Miami, Florida 20 February 2007 watch Cuban Investment Fund With President Fidel Castro in declining health, a growing number of companies in the United States are making plans to do business in Cuba. They are doing so based on reports

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington 22 February 2007 watch Putin Speech report Recent harsh criticism of the United States by Russian President Vladimir Putin has raised questions about Kremlin intentions and the state of bilateral relations between Washin

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By Challiss McDonough Cairo 23 November 2007 After two days of urgent talks in the Egyptian capital, Arab states have agreed to send their foreign ministers to the Middle East peace conference in the U.S. state of Maryland next week. Saudi Arabia say

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By Kane Farabaugh Cincinnati, Ohio 26 October 2006 watch report Ohio Battleground The midwestern state of Ohio was a key battleground state in the 2004 election. President George Bush ultimately won the state, a victory that assured his second term

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By Greg Flakus Houston 02 August 2007 Officials in Minneapolis are preparing for more sad news as recovery efforts go forward on the Mississippi River, where a major bridge collapsed Wednesday. There are only four confirmed deaths from the incident,

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 18 August 2006 U.S. Defense Department officials say American and Iraqi forces are making progress toward bringing security to Baghdad. But, the comments came amid surging sectarian violence and the day after statistics from th

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By Luis Ramirez Kuala Lumpur 07 March 2008 People in Malaysia head to the polls on Saturday in snap elections that are a referendum on the rule of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and his long-ruling National Front coalition. The campaign has been domi

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By Raymond Thibodeaux Srinagar 27 June 2007 Kashmir has had its share of turmoil in the past two decades as Indian army troops have clashed with militants allegedly backed by neighboring Pakistan. But as the conflict seems to be ebbing, many Kashmiri

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Protesters staged a mass rally in Kashmir's summer capital, Srinagar, Friday to call for an end to India's rule of the disputed Himalayan region. Raymond Thibodeaux reports for VOA from Srinagar. A pro-independence rally in Srinagar, the summer capi

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The Global Financial Crisis will take center stage at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. More than 2,500 participants from 96 countries will convene in this small Alpine village from January 28 to February 1 to search for ways to

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By Alex Villarreal Washington 28 February 2008 Adult stem cell therapy has successfully treated leukemia and other cancers for years, in the form of bone marrow transplants. A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association [JAMA] finds

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Beginners. In this part of the world, we need to heat our house for three quarters of the year: Winter, Spring, and Fall. Of course, now is the time of year when the freezing temperatures outside make us turn up the heat inside. It is so nice to get

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By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 25 November 2007 Malaysian police broke up a protest against discrimination by 10,000 ethnic Indians. As VOA's Heda Bayron reports from our Asia News Center in Hong Kong, this is the latest protest to fray Malaysia's tightly

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By Sonja Pace London 06 February 2008 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warns that the military fight in Afghanistan will be long, hard and a real test for NATO. She was speaking in London, where she held meetings with British leaders, as VOA'

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By Paul Sisco Washington 10 April 2008 A company called DriveCam has developed a camera system it claims is making streets safer in the U.S., Europe, South Africa and Asia. Once installed in vehicles, the cameras record traffic incidents. The recordi

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By David McAlary Washington 05 April 2007 Scientists have discovered a genetic reason why some dogs are small and others big. They say the finding has implications beyond canine size, since the work applies to the study of other complex genetic trait

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By Stephanie Ho Washington 06 June 2006 The Gallup Organization has found many Muslim women admire western values, but do not necessarily want them applied in their culture. These findings come from a

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