Google dancers and transvest ballerinas ,they dont often star at Japanese political rallies ,but they do it . candidate is Kanako Otsuji, the first openly gay politician to run for parliament in Japan. No one here recognizes the sexual minorities liv

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A: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: our guest is linguist Geoff Nunberg. He's been listening to how Americans debate issues, and there's a particular word he often finds they invoke: sensitivities. GEOFF NUNBERG: It'

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Los Angeles Dodgers Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Sandy Koufax is pictured with President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at an event honoring Jewish American Heritage Month in the East Room of the White House in Washington, 27 May 2010 U.

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My hopes are not always realized,but I always hope.------Ovid 并不是我的所有愿望都能实现,但我依然拥有希望。-----奥维德 图片1

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By Lauren Comiteau Amsterdam 28 March 2008 Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders says he's ready to have a dialogue with Muslims about Islam and his controversial film Fitna , which made its debut on the Internet Thursday night. It is the first ti

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Bob Kerrey was born in 1943, in the Midwestern state of Nebraska. He says he had an uneventful, middle class childhood far removed from the struggles over civil rights and the Vietnam War that were roiling Americans in other parts of the nation duri

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People in America - Sam Houston, 1793-1863: A 19th Century American Statesman, Politician, and Soldier STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. NICOLE NICHOLS: And Im Nicole Nichols with the VOA Special English program, People in America. Today, we continue the

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By Steve Herman Islamabad 22 March 2008 The Pakistan Peoples Party has selected as its candidate for prime minister the veteran politician Yousuf Raza Gilani. VOA correspondent Steve Herman reports from Islamabad that Gilani is now poised to become t

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 28 September 2007 Former French Finance Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn was tapped Friday to become the next head of the International Monetary Fund. From Paris, Lisa Bryant has more on the leftist politician who has vowed to bui

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A group of British charities has teamed up with British film actor Bill Nighy and producer Richard Curtis to campaign for what they call a new deal between banks and society. They want to put a .05 percent tax on financial transactions between banks

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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says he welcomes Pakistani steps to rein in extremists. But he says Pakistan must do everything it can to punish those who planned and carried out the Mumbai attacks last year. Ravi Khanna | Washington 25 Novembe

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A group of reformist Iranian religious leaders is calling for a popular referendum to determine the fate of a disputed presidential election. Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to the crowd during a religious ceremony (file photo) A

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to break your neck to stick your neck out 美国人在讲话和写文章的时候经常用一些和人体各部份有关系的成语或俗语。今天我们要给大家介绍的两个习惯用语就是和

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By Peta Thornycroft Harare 19 June 2006 The founding legal secretary in Zimbabwe's divided opposition Movement for Democratic Change, David Coltart, has announced he has joined the faction of the party lead by scientist Arthur Mutambara. -----------

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 06 April 2006 Uganda's Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by opposition politician Kizza Besigye to challenge the results of the country's recent elections, won by incumbe

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 03 January 2006 Uganda's main opposition leader, Kizza Besigye Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye hit the campaign trail Tuesday following his release from prison on

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今天我们要学的词是secretive。 Secretive, 是不公开的,遮遮掩掩的。最新研究发现,认为美国联邦政府对民众不够坦率的人两年来显著增加。Three out of four view the federal government as secretive, 四个人

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今天我们要学的词是tricky。 Tricky, 有棘手的、难办的意思。 That is a tricky shot, 这个球不好打。 Getting around the city is a little tricky, 这个城市的路不好找。 There is nothing tricky about the math problem, 这道

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By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 09 May 2006 In the wake of his acquittal on charges of rape, former South African deputy president, Jacob Zuma, has gone on the offensive in an all-out political comeba

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The Irish government may be heading towards collapse after agreeing to a bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. Prime Minister Brian Cowen said he will call an election for early next year, but some politicians in Irelan

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