A folk culture is a small isolated, cohesive, conservative, nearly self-sufficient group that is homogeneous in custom and race with a strong family or clan structure and highly developed rituals. Order is maintained through sanctions based in the r

发表于:2018-11-28 / 阅读(302) / 评论(0) 分类 新概念优美背诵短文50篇

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now a story about a crime that triggered more crime. In India, a charismatic, self-styled guru has been sentenced to 20 years for raping two female disciples 15 years ago. His conviction last week unleashed a torrent of violence.

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 31 May 2007 For the second time in two weeks, the widespread distribution of leaflets urging Kenyans to rise up against the government has put Kenyan authorities on high alert. From Nairobi, VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu has deta

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By Greg Flakus Houston 30 May 2008 Authorities in the western U.S. state of Texas are preparing to return children to their parents in a polygamous sect, following a ruling by the state supreme court that the state overstepped its authority in taking

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Newspaper Office Bombings Kill 7 in Nigeria After the explosion, the crowd that gathers around the gutted This Day newspaper office in Abuja quickly become angry. They shouted at soldiers and police, saying there is no security in Nigeria. Among the

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By Challiss McDonough Cairo 19 April 2006 Egyptian authorities say they have smashed a terrorist group that was planning attacks in and near the capital. The Interior Ministry says the secretive organ

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By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 15 October 2007 A new opinion poll suggests that most Kenyans believe their parliamentary representatives should be replaced, an indication that the country may see a major political shift in elections set for later this year.

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By Efam Dovi Accra 22 December 2006 As the world's Christian community marks the birth of Jesus Christ, Ghanaian faithful are joining in the celebrations with various church activities, including conventions and all-night prayer sessions. However, a

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 22 May 2007 A daylong general strike called by Sikh religious leaders has shut down activity in India's northern state of Punjab, a Sikh majority region. Anjana Pasricha reports that the strike was ordered after tensions

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 02 June 2008 Islamic militants in Indonesia say they are preparing for a war against a minority Muslim sect. VOA'S Nancy-Amelia Collins in Jakarta reports. Members of Islamic Defenders Front shout God is great during

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Nigerian Churches Ramp Up Security Against Attack Risk Near-daily violence in northern Nigeria is increasingly targeting churches. Bombings and other attacks have killed dozens of Christians in recent months. Armed policeman keep watch outside this A

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Continuing Violence in Syria Raises Fears About Future The images out of Syria are frightening. And so far, President Bashar al-Assad has not taken steps to de-escalate the crisis. That worries Dr. Jerald Post at George Washington University. He is d

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By Edward Yeranian Cairo 21 October 2009 Kuwait's constitutional court ruled Wednesday that Kuwaiti women have the right to travel without their husband's permission, revoking a 1962 passport law. Women in other Gulf States, like Saudi Arabia, still

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At least five Muslim preachers from Pakistan have been shot to death outside a mosque in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland. There are reports that two more may have died in a hospital from their wounds. The motive behind the shootings is

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The United States Supreme Court is busy this week with a ninth justice, Neil Gorsuch, on the bench. Today, the court hears arguments in a Missouri case with the potential to open state coffers for aid to parochial schools. Like M

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Elmo and Big Bird have lots of experience educating children about all kinds of things from the alphabet to autism. Well, now, Sesame Workshop wants to help millions of refugee children from Syria, Iraq and other war-torn countri

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The US, China, France and the UK have all pledged to assist Nigeria in rescuing the schoolgirls who were kidnapped by radical Islamist sect Boko Haram on April 14th. Meanwhile, global human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has claimed that the

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By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 17 August 2007 The death toll from a series of suicide attacks on Iraq's Yazidi sect on Tuesday continues to rise. Officials now estimate at least 400 people were killed and hundreds more wounded when four truck bombs expl

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 04 June 2008 Indonesian police have detained more than 50 members of a militant Muslim group for questioning over an attack on a rally for religious tolerance in the Indonesian capital Jakarta during the weekend. VOA'

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 06 November 2007 Italian investigators have identified the villa where the new boss-of-bosses of the Sicilian Mafia, Salvatore Lo Piccolo, was living before being taken into police custody and vow more arrests of Mafia mem

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