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AS IT IS 2014-01-29 Income Inequality Could be a 2014 Political Issue 收入不均会成为 2014 年的政治议题 Welcome to As It Is from VOA Learning English. Im Mario Ritter in Washington. This week, President Obama gives his State of the Union
The inspector general at the Justice Department says a top aide to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales used political considerations in screening candidates for employment at the agency in violation of federal law. VOA's Deborah Tate reports fr
Across Egypt's Political Spectrum, Compromise Elusive 埃及各政治派别难达成共识 CAIRO Egyptian Field Marshal Abdel Fattah el-Sissi is widely expected to become the country's next president, drawing on support from voters tired of upheaval
DAVID GREENE, HOST: And of course, Donald Trump's rise in this country has been connected by some to a global trend. In Europe, frustrations with the political elite, concerns about immigration have strengthened right-wing, populist leaders. And this
04 Watching Political Commentary Shows GLOSSARY political commentary offering ones opinion about political issues, the people who work in the government, and their decisions * During the fall of 2008, all the political commentary shows were talking a
By Steve Herman New Delhi 16 December 2007 The political parties in Nepal's fragile governing coalition and the former rebel Maoists have tentatively agreed to hold elections by mid-April. The polling has twice been delayed by the Maoists demands for
By Scott Bobb Bangkok 07 April 2006 A participant in a rally celebrates the victory in forcing Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to step down in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, April 7, 2006 In Thailand, p
By Jim Malone Washington 10 March 2006 President Bush The decision by a company based in Dubai to abandon efforts to take over management of several large U.S. ports may have diffused a political cont
By Ron Corben Mae Sot, Thailand 23 February 2006 Former Burmese political prisoners now living in Thailand have formed an association to support compatriots still detained back home. Burmese women sho
By Selah Hennessy Freetown 10 August 2007 Opposition candidates for the upcoming legislative elections in Sierra Leone say the country's traditional rulers, many of whom have openly declared themselves in favor of the ruling party, have used their in
By Dan Robinson Washington 18 July 2007 William Perry (file photo) A former U.S. defense secretary and member of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group was among witnesses testifying Wednesday before Congress about the situation in Iraq. VOA's Dan Robinson
By Jim Malone Washington 30 August 2007 The competition among U.S. states to hold their presidential primary contests early in 2008 is causing some major problems for the two major national parties that are trying to control the nominating process. V
By Paula Wolfson Washington 27 August 2007 President Bush has hailed the political agreement reached late Sunday by Iraqi leaders, calling it a promising sign of progress. VOA White House Correspondent Paula Wolfson has details. President George W. B
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 24 August 2007 Pakistani political experts say the country's president, General Pervez Musharraf, faces a decidedly uncertain future a day after the Supreme Court ended his chief rival's seven-year exile. With elections exp
By Jim Malone Washington 26 April 2006 The rising cost of gasoline in the United States is the latest in a series of political problems facing President Bush and Republicans in Congress as they look a
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has again urged Burma's military government to release all political detainees after only a token number of political prisoners were freed during a general amnesty that began Saturday. The U.N. chief also says he i
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now we're going to get some more of your Twitter poetry submissions. All this month, we're inviting you to send us your original poems of 140 characters or less. This week - quite a few have had what I suppose you could call poli
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 06 March 2007 Congress is stepping up investigations into suggestions that political motivations were behind the Bush administration's dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys. VOA's Dan Robinson reports, the controversy over t
By Jim Malone Washington 15 August 2006 Early indications are that moderates from both major political parties could be vulnerable in this year's U.S. congressional midterm elections. Incumbent party-endorsed Democratic US Senator Joseph Lieberman a
Occupy Protests Work Outside Political Process The Occupy movement, which started in New York, has grown to more than 1,400 encampments around the country. Occupy has chosen to work outside the political process, shying away from appointing leaders a