In many public areas in Saudi Arabia, women and men are separated. It`s a country that`s been criticized for women`s rights, but things there are changing. 在沙特阿拉伯许多公共场所,男士和女士是分开的。沙特阿拉伯是一个女

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IN THE NEWS - 9/11 Commission Report By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Saturday, July 24, 2004 Graphic Image This is Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. The National Commission on Terrorist

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After Driving Ban Ends, Saudi Women See New Job as Drivers Women drivers took to the streets of Saudi Arabia this week as a ban against them driving was lifted. Now a new job possibility has arisen for Saudi women: professional driver. Traditionally,

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(六)月

AS IT IS 2016-09-30 US Congress Overrides Obama Veto of 9/11 Bill 美国国会推翻奥巴马对911法案的否决 The United States Congress has voted to overrule a presidential veto of a bill supported by families of victims of the September 11, 20

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67 本·拉登代表否认对美国和以色列的恐怖计划 Bin Laden Deputy Denies Report of Plot to Target US, Israel Jon Tkach Islamabad 25 Jun 2001 16:29 UTC A 1)deputy of 2)accused terrorist 3

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US Universities Reconsider Ties with Saudi Arabia Colleges and universities in the United States have received more than $350 million from the government of Saudi Arabia over the past 10 years. Yet some of these schools are reconsidering their ties w

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

This is AP news minute. 1. President Barack Obama is in Saudi Arabia ahead of the Gulf Cooperation Council summit on Thursday. Obama met with the king of Saudi Arabia after arriving amid strained tensions with the Saudi, over issues with Iran and Syr

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An emotional President Barack Obama condemned gun violence across the country on Tuesday. Surrounded by family members of victims and with tears streaming down his face, Obama annouced new executive actions aimed at expanding background checks for gu

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Films Explore Gender Relations in Traditional Societies 电影探索传统社会的性别关系 Two new independent films, one by Afghan director Atiq Rahimi, and another by the first female Saudi filmmaker Haifaa al-Mansour, explore gender relations

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Saudi-led Airstrikes in Yemen Aim to Stop Rebels 沙特阿拉伯领导空袭旨在击退也门叛军 From VOA Learning English, this is In The News. Yemen Foreign Minister Riyadh Yasin said the Houthi rebels should weaken after two days of airstrikes

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President Bush's request to Saudi Arabia to increase oil production has been rebuffed. Mr. Bush spent the day out of public view meeting with Saudi's King Abdullah about soaring gas prices and other issues. NPR's Jackie Northam reports from the Saud

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Maya Soetoro-Ng bridges the United States and the country of her birth. MAYA SOETORO-NG: I was born in Indonesia. And our mother raised me there more or less until the age of 14. SHAPIRO: You say our mother. This is you and Preside

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Don: Time to go again to the A Moment of Science mailbag. A listener writes: Dear Don Yal, I read somewhere that there's more oil in the Western part of the United States and Canada than in Saudi Arabia. Is that true? Yal: Great question! And the ans

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

Broadcast: May 17, 2003 By Cynthia Kirk This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, In the News. At least thirty-four people were killed in three bombing attacks in the Saudi capital, Ri

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Saudi Arabia to Permit Movie Theaters After 35-Year Ban Saudi Arabias government says it will lift a ban on movie theaters starting next year. The move was announced Monday by the countrys ministry of culture and information. The decision was the lat

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(185) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

BEIJING, Nov. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- The U.S. FBI and police in the Philippines have arrested four alleged hackers in Manila with connections to a terrorist group in Saudi Arabia, according to media reports Monday. The four who were arrested last Wednesda

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ISLAMABAD, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Osama bin Laden's three widows and other family members were deported to Saudi Arabia on Friday, days after they completed their jail term awarded to them for entering and living in Pakistan illegally, local media repo

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Four Chinese nationals have been confirmed dead in the stampede near Mecca last Thursday. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei announced on Monday. The Chinese delegation on the pilgrimage has confirmed that around 14,500 of its members have completed

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For some perspective on President Trump's speech, I am joined here in the studio by Gary Sick, our senior research scholar from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. He served on the National Security Council for President

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The son of the Shiah Muslim cleric Nimr Al-Nimr who was executed by Saudi Arabia has critisizedthe west for failing to put more pressure on the Saudi government. In a BBC interview,Mohamoud Al-Nimr said the US and British alliances with the kingdom w

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