By Edward Yeranian Beirut 17 December 2007 Lebanon's presidential election has been postponed a ninth time, as top political leaders again failed to reach a political deal that the Hezbollah-led opposition is demanding before a vote can take place. T

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十二月)

By Derek Kilner Nairobi 17 March 2008 The international organization Human Rights Watch says in a new report that much of the political and ethnic violence that followed Kenya's disputed presidential elections was methodically organized. The organiza

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By Joe Bavier Abidjan 29 August 2006 Joseph Kabila Senior representatives for Congo's President Joseph Kabila and Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba have met in Kinshasa to set up a commission to investigate post-election violence earlier this month.

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By Steve Herman New Delhi 24 February 2007 Officials in India's northeastern state of Manipur say suspected rebels have ambushed a security patrol, killing 15 security officers and wounding six others. Authorities say the attack occurred on a post-e

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By Scott Bobb Bangkok 20 March 2006 Thailand's election commission is considering postponing snap parliamentary elections called for next month because of a lack of candidates in some districts and al

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The U.S. election is triggering changes in party leadership posts in the U.S. Congress. Viewing the scene in the House of Representatives, VOA's Dan Robinson reports that Republicans are jockeying for positions, while the House Democratic hierarchy

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U.S. President Barack Obama says it is up to the people of Iran to determine their nation's future. At the same time, he says he is troubled by the post-election turmoil there and wants to see an end to the bloodshed. President Obama (r) and Italy's

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Chavez Health Uncertain for Upcoming Venezuelan Presidential Election As Hugo Chavez arrived in Cuba for a third round of cancer treatment, his health has become the main factor in his re-election effort. Michael Shifter is president of the Inter-Ame

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Judges at the International Criminal Court have issued summonses for the six Kenyans suspected of organizing the country's post-election violence over three years ago. More than two months after the ICC prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, revealed the so

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Britain 英国 The Vote: Whodunit? 投票:谁干的? Post-mortem of Britain's electoral upset. 英国大选意外结果的事后反思。 The Conservative Party began the election campaign with an enormous lead and even on election day was expect

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The official results for the election were announced on Saturday. 270,000 special votes were counted and all other votes were re-counted. Special votes were votes by people who were not in their own electorate on Election Day. Some of these people we

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By Barry Wood Belgrade 18 January 2007 More than five million citizens of Serbia are to vote Sunday in the country's first parliamentary election in three years. Soon after the election, Serbia's leaders will have to grapple with the future status o

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The International Criminal Court is widely expected to announce that it will open investigations to identify and prosecute the main perpetrators of post-election violence in Kenya. Cathy Majtenyi | Nairobi 15 December 2009 Post-election violence in K

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By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 01 February 2008 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon touched down in Kenya on Friday for talks with Kenya's opposition leader in a bid to keep the country's post-election chaos from descending into a wider ethnic war. At least

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By Paula Wolfson White House 08 November 2006 President Bush says Democratic Party gains in the U.S. Congress are in part the result of voter disillusionment with the war in Iraq. Mr. Bush says it is time for a big change at the Pentagon. ----- From

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MOSCOW, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Early elections of the Moscow mayor will be held on Sept. 8, the City Duma said Friday. This will be the first time in a decade that Moscovites could choose their mayor by a popular vote. So far, the mayor was appointed by

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By Tendai Maphosa London 08 January 2008 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for an end to the violence that erupted following the disputed presidential poll in Kenya. From London, Tendai Maphosa has more in this report for VOA. Prime Mini

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By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 01 January 2008 A mob set fire to a church in western Kenya Tuesday, killing about 30 people inside who were seeking refuge from widespread post-election violence. Witnesses say the fire was set by a gang of young men who pour

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Today is the first Thursday in May, which is often an election day in Britain. People in many parts of England are voting today in local council elections. In Scotland there are elections to the Scottish Parliament, and in Wales there are elections t

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I am sorry that there has not been a podcast for the last two weeks. We have been very busy in this country. We have had a General Election and now we have a new government. Many countries have electoral systems that we call, in English, proportional

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