Britain apparently failed today in its efforts to persuade its European allies to take joint action against Syria for its alleged role in sponsoring international terrorism. But the US government insisted it was continuing to assess the situation and

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Part 21 Shipping maritime law 1.If the carrier issues a bill of lading for which there are no goods,the carrier is likely to be liable to the holder. 2.In case of quarantine the property may be discharged at the risk and expense of woners into quaran

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Lincoln过去的女朋友Veronica在办公室里等待证人Leticia抽烟回来,可是保密局的特工Kellerman却突然出现。 [00:07.33]Listen and Share [00:41.84]Lincoln [00:43.25]Veronica [00:46.23]Leticia [00:50.04]Kellerman [00:57.37]Didn't mean to startle you. [00:59.65

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Somalis, Yemenis Face US Prosecution for Khat Khat is chewed in social settings around the Arabian Peninsula and Horn of Africa. It is legal in Somalia and Yemen, and in Britain and the Netherlands, but not in the United States. Khat's green leaves a

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(四月)

1. Crews in tornado-ravaged Missouri are not giving up yet in the search for survivors. At least 117 people were killed by Sundays severe weather. And forecasters warn more bad storms are coming. 2. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is congra

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1. The Supreme Court's debate on the Obama Administration's overhaul of the healthcare system is under way. Question today is centered on whether a 19th century tax law could derail the case. Huge line formed by dawn are people trying to get in to he

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. For the first time this year, economic recovery has actually slowed across several US regions. A Federal Reserve survey points to a slowdown in four of its twelve bank regions in April and May compared

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Being Queen Elizabeth II opens you up to certain privileges thatthe rest of us can only dream of. Not only does she get to live inBuckingham Palace, milling between 700 odd rooms on a dailybasis, but there are a few other actions that the Queen and o

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By Tom Rivers London 22 May 2007 British prosecutors say former Russian spy Andrei Lugovoi should be charged with the murder of one-time Russian intelligence officer Alexander Litvinenko, who died in London after being poisoned last year. For VOA, To

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments today in a case that could determine the fate of two men on death row in Arkansas. Other death row inmates around the country are watching too. Here's the question. If a defendant's sanity i

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By David Gollust State Department 30 October 2007 The State Department said Tuesday that U.S.-hired private security guards accused of killing Iraqi civilians in September may still be subject to prosecution, despite a promise of immunity given by in

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By Lauren Comiteau The Hague 07 January 2008 After months of delay, the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor resumed with prosecutors calling their first witness - a Canadian diamond and development expert who testified how diamonds fuel

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CAIRO, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak will be moved back to Tora Prison Hospital on Wednesday night, state-run Ahram Online reported. Preparations are made to move Mubarak from Maadi Military Hospital back to the prison h

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Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to five years in prison for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The judge delivered the ruling after reviewing arguments from the prosecution asking for a tough sentence, as well as the case of the d

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1. President Barack Obama's budget is getting a frosty reception from Republicans on Capitol Hill. Several say the president's plan features too much new debt. Obama's multi-trillion-dollar budget, aimed at reviving the economy, includes tax cuts for

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WASHINGTON, March 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday he would not include a renewal of the federal assault weapons ban in a package of gun reform legislation to be introduced in the Senate, which signals the measure st

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About six months ago, in this armpit town outside Austin, Texas, Mickey Goodman of Tel Aviv killed a seventy-year-old minister and his wife. Goodman shot them in their sleep at point-blank range. To this day nobody knows how he got into the apartment

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The world this week-Business 本周经济要闻 Federal air-accident investigators began looking into what caused a spaceplane owned by Virgin Galactic to explode over the Mojave desert during a test flight, 联邦航空事故调查员已对此展开调

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A federal judge in Utah has issued a final ruling that strikes down parts of the state's anti-polygamy law in a lawsuit filed by the family that appears on the TV show Sister Wives. 美国犹他州一名联邦法官8月27日(周三)做出最终判决

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Religion and free speech 宗教与自由言论 The right to be rude 粗鲁的权利 An offensive preacher acquires some unlikely allies 一名无礼牧师获得一些意想不到的盟友 MICHAEL OVERD is an evangelical Christian with strong views on

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