As part of the United States' new comprehensive strategy to counter Iran's malign behavior, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. will apply unprecedented financial pressure on the Iranian regime: This sting of sanctions will be painful if the

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2018年(六月)

今天我们要讲的一个美国习惯用语是to see eye to eye。Eye是一只眼睛, to see eye to eye,意思是观点一致,意见相同。比如说,联合国的许多成员国都认为应当制止伊朗发展核武器,在这件事上他们

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US to Increase Tariffs on Turkish Aluminum, Steel President Donald Trump says the United States has decided to increase tariff rates on Turkish steel and aluminum. Trump announced the action Friday on Twitter. The tariff for steel imported from Turke

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The United States says major world powers will have no choice but to pursue new sanctions against Iran in the absence of a positive reply to their offer of incentives for it to halt uranium enrichment. The State Department says a written response to

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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says the European Union is considering sanctions against Russia following its recognition of independence for the Georgian territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. France has called an EU meeting Monday in

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President Bush Friday ordered expanded U.S. sanctions against what he termed the illegitimate government of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. At the same time, the United States is offering the country aid if there is a negotiated end to the count

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Iranian opposition activist Akbar Ganji accepts the Milton Friedman Award for Advancing Liberty Iranian opposition activist Akbar Ganji has won the Milton Friedman Award for Advancing Liberty, named after the famous American economist, now deceased.

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Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns (l) accompanied by Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Marine Gen. James Cartwright, center, and Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess, head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washin

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A top Iranian oil official is saying Monday that Tehran is not having problems purchasing gasoline supplies, despite tough new U.N., U.S. and EU economic sanctions. Reports from both inside and outside Iran, however, indicate the Iranian government i

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The Iran sanctions announcement was the second from the State Department in two days, and reflects a stepped-up U.S. effort to try to prod Iran back to nuclear talks with economic pressure. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg told reporters tha

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By David Gollust State Department 25 October 2007 The United States has imposed wide-ranging new sanctions against Iran in a further effort to pressure Tehran to halt nuclear activities seen as weapons-related. Targets of the new sanctions include th

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By VOA News 26 October 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has defended new U.S. sanctions on Iran designating Tehran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a proliferators of weapons of mass destruction and its elite Quds force as a supporter of t

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 02 November 2007 The U.S. envoy in charge of seeking a diplomatic end to North Korea's nuclear weapons programs says Pyongyang has much more to do before punitive United Nations sanctions are lifted. As a U.S. team begins the proc

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By Dorian Jones Istanbul 19 September 2007 Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns has called for new sanctions against Iran because of its ongoing nuclear program. The call was made during a visit to the Turkish capital Ankara, where Burns met with P

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The Obama administration on Tuesday announced new sanctions against an array of Iranian-controlled companies, entities and individuals said to be helping Tehran evade nuclear sanctions or promote terrorism. The State Department said there are signs t

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Some experts say China plays an important role in global high-tech industrial chain and the ban on a Chinese tech giant from buying any U.S. technology will have an impact on the global economy. Wang Changlin, deputy director of the Academy of Macroe

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U.S. Middle East envoy says the United States could withhold loan guarantees if Israel fails to advance the peace process. Robert Berger | Jerusalem 10 January 2010 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen during the weekly cabinet meeting i

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The US Senate voted 96-0 for the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act. The House of Representatives passed a similar bill in January. Differences between the two are expected to be resolved quickly, and Senate Democrats say they expect Pr

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Topics: Famous Americans: Sacagawea; NASCAR racing; to take its toll (on someone); you are/is; whatever versus whatsoever Words: to leave your mark on (something) expedition uncharted territory trapper to negotiate racetrack ratings to sanction serie

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