Britains system of car insurance has been turned on its head by the European Court of Justice. For decades, British motorists have paid insurance premiums based on their sex. The rationale for this was that men were far more likely to have accidents

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A look at three recent decisions on gun rights, prisoners at Guantanamo and a case that was notable not just for its subject. Transcript of radio broadcast: 27 July 2008 VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember.

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The U.S. high court says 32-year-old Washington, DC gun ban is unconstitutional. Transcript of radio broadcast: 27 June 2008 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court issued a historic ruling on the rig

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Some Tunisians Concerned About Ruling Islamist Party's Aims After winning a little more than 40 percent of the seats in Tunisia's new Constituent Assembly, the moderate Islamist Ennahda party is in talks with secular rivals about forming a coalition

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Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley speaks during a news conference, in Chicago. Daley said he's disappointed by Monday's widely expected Supreme Court decision that Americans have a right to own a gun for self-defense anywhere but promised to soon push f

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The South Korean Constitutional Court has removed President Park Geun-hye from office. All eight members of the court agreed with a National Assembly measure calling for her removal. The eight worked to rule on the case by Friday before term limits r

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US Supreme Court Ends Ban on Sports Betting The United States Supreme Court on Monday ended a 26-year ban on betting on professional and college sports. The courts decision permits state officials to pass laws permitting books to open on sports such

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BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhuanet) -- The case in the Hollywood blockbuster(轰动,炸弹 ) The Social Network continues in real life. Twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss on Monday filed another appeal against their Harvard classmate and Facebook fou

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Kosovars celebrate the ICJ ruling of the legality of independence declaration as they take pictures at the 'NEWBORN' obelisk in capital Pristina, 22 July 2010 The United Nations International Court of Justice has ruled that Kosovo's unilateral declar

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Early reports suggest Ethiopia's ruling party has won a massive victory in Sunday's parliament elections. Almost every major opposition leader appears to have been defeated. The headquarters of Ethiopia's main opposition party was like a funeral parl

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Delegates from Nigeria's ruling party are gathering in the capital for a convention to choose their presidential nominee. Politicians will decide the fate of regional power-sharing in Nigeria. Nigeria's ruling party has won the last three presidentia

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In Thailand's North, Support for Ruling Party Remains Strong CHIANG MAI In northern Thailand, millions of rural voters still strongly back the party of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. As anti-government protesters try to push her from office and

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Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan waving as he arrives for a dinner at the Prefecture in Nice, France, during the 25th Africa-France Summit, 30 Jun 2010 Ruling party members in the Niger Delta say northerners cannot keep President Goodluck Jonathan

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Soon the daylight will come, then it will be gone For now the wicked control the void in my soul Doubt is ruling my mind, and I found out nighttime awakens the beast inside Flee the recurring dream that's haunting me Silent the night awakens me With

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President Goodluck Jonathan is from southern Nigeria and is expected to nominate a northern politician to maintain the country's regional balance of power. Scott Stearns | Abuja 08 May 2010 Nigeria's acting President Goodluck Jonathan (R) takes the o

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Ruby Jones. Voice 2 And Im Ryan Geertsma. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 3 It was very difficult to disput

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Six years after its inauguration, the China-ASEAN free trade area generates hundreds of billions of US dollars in trade volume every year. But Xu Liping with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences is warning the overheated dispute in the South China

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China has scrapped a quota system that was intended to restrict rare earth exports. The move involves 17 metals used in high tech sectors, it's aimed at complying with a World Trade Organization ruling released last year. The Ministry of Commerce iss

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今天我们要学的词是candidate。Candidate名词,意思是候选人、应试者。Tom Perriello shook hands with Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam at the start of the first debate of Virginia's Democratic candidates for governor. 在维吉尼亚州州长选

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本期内容: Apple said it would challenge a judges order to help the FBI unlock an iPhone belonging to Syed Rizwan Farook, who with his wife, Tashfeen Malik, shot dead 14 people in San Bernardino, California, in December. Tim Cook, Apples boss, s

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