听遍美国之社会新闻[6]:象牙海岸局势动荡Unrest in Ivory Coast Ivory Coast: The government says 4 more victims(1) have been found after armed men tried to take over the government Sunday. This brings the number of people killed in the attack to about 1

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1. President-elect Barack Obama says part of his job will be to review all government spending, looking at places to cut back. Obama is vowing to get rid of programs that are no longer useful or exist thanks to the power of politicians. 2. Three you

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Topics: Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Famous AmericansMary Pickford; to infer versus to deduce versus to derive; to clean out versus to free up; civil disturbance versus civil unrest Words: to found Underground Railroad bureau coeduca

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The United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) says more than 500,000 children in Libya are in need of some kind of humanitarian assistance. The UN agency notes that migrant children passing through Libya are especially at risk of abuse. Competing govern

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By Derek Kilner Nairobi 11 February 2008 Kenya has been one of Africa's strongest-performing economies in recent years, averaging more than five percent growth since 2003 and with projected growth as high as eight percent for 2008. But political viol

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[00:09.40]unconditional unearth uneasy unemployment [00:14.88]无条件的,绝对的 发掘,揭露 不安的,忧虑的 失业,失业人数 [00:20.35]unique unrest upset [00:24.67]唯一的,独特的 动乱,骚动,不安 苦恼的,心烦的

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 Earlier this week, Hosni Mubarak promised to leave office, but not until elections in September. President Obama spoke twice with the Egyptian leader by phon

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AS IT IS 2014-04-13 Political Unrest Threatens Thailand's Economy 泰国政治上的动荡威胁其经济发展 Hello again, and welcome to As It Is! Im Jonathan Evans in Washington. On our program today, we bring you two reports dealing with major e

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AS IT IS 2015-08-12 Unrest Marks Anniversary in Ferguson, Missouri The U.S. town of Ferguson, Missouri is tense, one year after the shooting death of an unarmed black man. A white police officer shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown. Monday night

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 21 January 2008 The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Margaret Chan says instability is threatening progress in public health. Dr. Chan reviewed the global health situation in an opening speech to the 34-member

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I feel very bad. 我感觉不太舒服。 Shall I call a doctor for you? 要我帮您叫医生吗? I'm sorry to hear that you are not feeling well. What's the problem? 听说您不舒服,我很难过,您哪里不舒服? Have you had any fever

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Syrians are marking the second anniversary of the start of the civil war in the country. The two-year-long conflict has cost almost 70-thousand lives and reportedly forced a million to flee the country. The anniversary comes at the time when arming t

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By Selah Hennessy Dakar 17 September 2007 Military leaders in Mali say the national army is ready to retaliate after Tuareg rebels carried out a deadly ambush on Sunday. Government officials say the rebels are fighting to take control of the region's

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TUNIS, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian Interior Ministry announced curfew in Grand Tunis region starting from 8:00 p.m. (1900 GMT) Wednesday to 5:30 a.m. (0430 GMT) Thursday following unrest spread to the capital on Wednesday. The move came after violen

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CAIRO, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's nationwide anti-government protests(抗议) continued for the third consecutive day on Thursday with protestors calling for a one-million-march after Friday prayers. Safwat el-Sherif, Secretary General of Egypt's ru

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By Ravi Khanna Washington 09 November 2007 The current political turmoil in Pakistan has raised concerns in Washington that the Pakistani government is no longer focused on battling Islamic militants and it is making the country an even safer haven f

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NEW YORK, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar was boosted against most major currencies in late New York trading on Friday as tensions in Egypt(埃及) raised concerns about stability in the Middle East and Africa. The situation in the Middle East an

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Egyptian(埃及) banks have reopened after being shut for most of last week, as Egypt struggles to revive an economy damaged by labor protests and an uprising the toppled its president earlier this month. The banks opened for business as usual Su

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Indonesia has some of the cheapest wages in Asia, making it an attractive destination for companies feeling the pinch from rising labor costs in China and elsewhere in the region. The standard minimum wage in Jakarta is $170 a month compared to $240

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Thousands of Egyptian workers are on strike Wednesday, demanding better pay and work conditions, following anti-government protests that led to former President Hosni Mubarak's resignation. More than 10,000 workers in the country's textile(纺织品)

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