Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son Seif has warned of rivers of blood in a televised statement. He said Libya was in danger of civil war if the pro-democracy protestors did not stop their demonstrations. He told Libyans that his father was too stron

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AS IT IS 2013-11-23 JFK's Peace Corps Still Going Strong 肯尼迪和平队的影响仍然强劲 Hello there! Im June Simms and this is As It Is, from VOA Learning English. Several leading democracy groups in the United States are celebrating 30 year

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Explanation: The United States has a representative democracy, which means that citizens vote for people who will represent them in the government, making laws and decisions that reflect (or are the same as) what the citizens want. If Americans do no

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International Students' Day is on November the 17th every year. It has a tragic beginning, at the start of WWII. Nazis attacked the University of Prague in what was then Czechoslovakia. On November 17, 1939, nine students were executed and 1,200 sent

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THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Last weekend, the people of Iraq formed a national unity government. This is an important milestone on the road to democracy in Iraq, and it marks the beginning of a new chapter in America's involvement. Last Sunday, I t

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102 巴基斯坦选举安全措施严密 Tight Security Before Pakistani Elections Jon Tkach Islamabad 3 Jul 2001 01:49 UTC Security is tight in Pakistan, where nearly 20 million people are expected t

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HOLMES: It is CNN SUNDAY MORNING. I'm T.J. Holmes. NGUYEN: Yes. Good morning, everybody. I'm Betty Nguyen. Here are some of the top stories that we are working on this hour. The current administration might not be too cool with this. But Attorney Ge

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 09 February 2007 In Kenya, efforts to cut down on child prostitution in tourist areas along the coast have recently been boosted as more establishments are agreeing to sign a code of conduct to protect children from sexual

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AS IT IS 2016-07-22 Turkeys Parliament Approves State of Emergency 土耳其议会批准进入紧急状态 Turkish leaders are saying life will continue as normal for most people despite a state of emergency. The state of emergency, approved by Turke

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 21 June 2006 U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan warns that the spread of nuclear weapons threatens to propel the world into a state of crisis. In a speech to the U.N. Conference on Disarmament, the secretary-general mentioned N

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Two years after the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, the political situation there can best be described as unstable and fragile. Ravi Khanna | Washington 25 December 2009 Pakistani lawyers celebrate Supreme Court deci

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And I realized it had to come from the people. 我意识到和平必然来自人民。 After all, they decide, 毕竟是他们的抉择, and they did. 而他们这样做了。 So the sounds that were before distorted and loud, 于是之前嘈杂混乱

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今天我们要学的词是transition。 Transition, 是过渡的意思。A smooth transition, 就是平稳过渡。古巴总统卡斯特罗宣布辞去国务委员会主席的职务。美国总统布什表示,希望古巴能由此开始向民主过渡

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 10 November 2006 A prominent Sri Lankan Tamil politician has been gunned down in Colombo, even as more clashes were reported at sea between the navy and ethnic Tamil rebels. The dead politician, a member of a party linke

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Tuesday is a day to remember for Tibetans, as feudal serfdom ended on the same day 58 years ago. Over one million serfs, or 90 percent of the region's population, were emancipated under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. Performances acr

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Greek political leaders have failed to form a coalition that would resolve a political impasse and avert the need for new elections. Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos made the announcement Friday after the Radical Left Coalition, or Syriza, refuse

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PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, thank you so much. Everybody, please be seated. Thank you, Dr. Gee, for the wonderful introduction. I suspect the good President may have edited out some other words that were used to describe me. (Laughter.) I appreciate that.

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Sir Paul Reeves died after a short illness yesterday, aged 78. He was Governor-General of New Zealand from 1985 to 1990, the first Maori Governor-General. There will be a state funeral later this week to honour him. He was an unusual choice for Gover

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本期内容: Myanmars first freely chosen parliament in more than 50 years elected the countrys new president. Htin Kyaw is a writer, computer scientist and long-time confidante of Aung San Suu Kyi, the countrys famed democracy activist, who has p

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