Today's current events coverage begins with the report on the death of a controversial world leader. Fidel Castro, who ruled the Caribbean island nation of Cuba for almost 50 years, died Friday at the age of 90. His brother Raul who took over the cou

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(98) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2016年11月

First story were explaining today takes us to an island nation famously said to be 90 miles away from Key West, Florida, but which has a very different system of government than the U.S. 头条新闻是离佛罗里达基韦斯特90英里远的一个岛

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Russias decision to grant temporary asylum to former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has drawn a sharp reaction from the White House, which calls the move deeply disappointing. NPRs Ari Shapiro reports high-level talks that were sc

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We begin, though, in west Cleveland, where exactly one week ago tonight, a nightmare ended for three missing women. And tonight we have a video showing part of that rescue. The cell phone video shows police rushing into the house at 2207 Seymour Aven

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By Scott Stearns White House 24 October 2007 President Bush says Cuba's leaders are more concerned with keeping power than with improving the lives of their people. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Mr. Bush wants the international

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President Obama's Affordable Care Act goes to the House of Representatives for a new vote Wednesday. The House is voting on the president's plan to delay a key part of the health care reform law for a year. Cleveland kidnapping suspect Ariel Castro i

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1. Same sex marriage is now legal in Minnesota and Rhode Island. Both states began issuing marriage licenses on Thursday. 2. Ariel Castro goes to court in Cleveland on Thursday, to be sentenced for kidnapping three women, raping them and holding them

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By Michael Bowman Washington 20 January 2008 Cuba's Fidel Castro is standing for re-election Sunday in one-party parliamentary elections, despite health problems that have kept him out of public view for more than a year. VOA's Michael Bowman reports

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday said U.S. policy toward Cuba's communist government, which features a decades-old economic blockade, has failed and she is calling Raul Castro's offer of talks with Washington on the full range issues betwee

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The White House says the arrest of 11 Russians for alleged spying is not a setback to improved relations with Moscow. And Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he doesn't believe the scandal will hurt ties with the U.S. But the residents of a sm

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combination photo shows Fidel Castro attending a special session of parliament in his first official government appearance in front of lawmakers in four years in Havana A series of recent public appearances by Fidel Castro is raising questions about

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胡安埃尔南德斯当选洪都拉斯总统面临挑战 Election officials in Honduras finalized the results of the presidential election held there on November 24 and declared Juan Orlando Hernandez, of the ruling National Party, the winner. 洪都拉

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(SOUNDBITE OF SAMBA PARADES) LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Ah, yes. Carnival season is underway in Brazil. Rio de Janeiro's traditional samba parades opened yesterday and will continue for the next few days. Millions of Brazilians are also celebrating w

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A Jazz Pianist Considers Fidel Castro's Music Education Legacy play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0004:56repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash p

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Hi, I am Ander Cooper, welcome to podcast. New details about the 3 Cleveland women held captive for a decade what their life was like inside that house or the family whose kidnapped son was found after 4 years and how their story gave hope all these

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Fidel Castro retires after 49 years in power 执政四十九年,古巴强人卡斯楚宣布退休 Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro said in a statement on Feb. 19 that he would not return to lead the country as president or commander-in-chief, retir

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By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 02 March 2006 As President Gloria Arroyo considers lifting emergency rule in the Philippines following last week's reported coup attempt, questions have been raised about her

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By Brian Wagner Miami 22 December 2007 Cuba is hosting a summit of Latin American and Caribbean leaders to discuss a Venezuelan-led oil partnership. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports officials say the deal has helped keep oil flowing to smaller na

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By VOA News Havana, Cuba 13 February 2007 watch Inside Cuba part 1 Today, we begin a special series of reports: Inside Cuba - Reporter's Notebook. As 80-year-old Cuban President Fidel Castro remains largely out of the public eye, recuperating from u

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Fidel Castro has retired as Cuba's president, ending his 49-year rule of the Caribbean nation. After taking power in a coup in 1959, Mr. Castro built a Communist government that survived a U.S.-backed invasion, a Cold War-era missile crisis and more

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