Bush Visits Africa

By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: July 12, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, In the News. President Bush was in Africa this week to discuss the AIDS crisis, trade, African confli

Briton Charged in U.S. with Missile Sale

By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: August 16, 2003 This is Steve Ember with In the News, in VOA Special English. A London man faces charges that he tried to bring a missile into the United States. American of

Annan Praises UN Envoy Role in Selection of Iraqi Leaders

注释： U.N. Secretary-General 联合国秘书长 interim [5intErim] adj. 临时的，间歇的，暂定的 interim government 临时政府 envoy [5envCi] n. 外交使节，特使 Lakhdar Brahimi 赫达

Reading Recovery

By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: September 25, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. More than one-million school children in the United States have gone through a progra

School Population Growth

By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: September 11, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. About one-in-four people age three and older in the United States is a student. The g

More Male Teachers Wanted in the United States

by Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: August 28, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. The National Education Association says the United States needs more male teachers. The

Teaching Fellows

By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: August 21, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Education Report. New York City has the largest public school system in the United States. The city Departm

US Embassy Bombing Suspects on Trial in Kenya

US Embassy Bombing Suspects on Trial in Kenya Cathy Majtenyi The trial of three Kenyan men suspected of plotting to blow up a hotel and shoot down an Israeli jetliner in Mombasa and bomb the U.S. emba

Suspicious Powder Discovered on Capitol Hill

Suspicious Powder Discovered on Capitol Hill Deborah Tate Three U.S. Senate office buildings are closed, and congressional business has been disrupted a day after a suspicious powder, believed to be t

India Seeks to Counter Possible Backlash onMigration of High

India Seeks to Counter Possible Backlash onMigration of High-Tech Jobs Anjana Pasricha India is asking Asian countries to resist a potential backlash in developed nations as Western companies move tec

Red Cross Warned Bush Administration of Widespread Mistreatm

Roger Wilkison A confidential report by the International Committee of the Red Cross says its officials saw U.S. troops in Iraq mistreat prisoners under interrogation and warned the Bush administratio

Letter Attributed to al-Qaida Affiliate Claims Responsibilit

Letter Attributed to al-Qaida Affiliate Cl aims Responsibility for Spanish Blasts Nick Simeone The death toll has risen to at least 190 after a series of bombs placed on rush hour trains in Madrid Thu

Britain Warns of Opium Scourge in Afghanistan

By Michael Drudge Britain says a surge in opium production is one of the key challenges to the stability of Afghanistan. British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has highlighted the issue in a speech in L

Refugees Returning From Burundi to Homes in Congo

By Lisa Schlein The U.N. Refugee Agency says large numbers of Congolese refugees have left Burundi and returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo in the past few days. The UNHCR says it is not encou

UN Repatriates Liberian Refugees From Guinea

By Lisa Schlein The U.N. refugee agency says its program to repatriate thousands of Liberian refugees after many years of exile is gathering momentum. The UNHCR says a first group of nearly 200 Liberi

Musicians, Rockers Get Involved in US Politics

By Jeremy White John Kerry sailed across Boston Harbor for the Democratic Convention last month to the sound of Bruce Springsteen's No Surrender. Stepping onto the dock, he said the Boss had it right.

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Dalai Lama Dallas, Texas Damascus Daniel Pearl (a reporter’s name) Dari (Afghanistan major Language) Dennis Hastert，美众院发言人 Dessau, 德国城市名 Devlet Bahcel, 土耳其副总理 Dha

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Abbas Khalaf ,伊拉克驻俄大使 Abdelaziz Bouteflika 阿尔及利亚总统 Abdel-Razzak al-Yahya, 巴勒斯坦内务部长 Abdullah,阿布杜拉(人名) Abdul Qadir，阿富汗副总统 Abuja,阿布

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Bagdad 巴格达 Baghlan province,阿富汗一省名 Bahrein*巴林（国家名） Baikonur space launch center，Baikonur宇航发射中心（在哈萨克斯坦） Bamiong province Bangkok，曼谷(泰

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Milan Mindanao Moammar Gadhafi, 利比亚总统卡扎菲 Mogadishu, the capital of Somali Mohammad Fahim (Afghan Defense Minister) Mohammad Khatami (the president of Iran) Mohammad Zahir Shah (Afghan