As Indonesia's Aceh province recovers from the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, a new company there is hiring former guerrilla soldiers to use their skills for tourism. Chad Bouchard reports from Aceh, where he followed former combatants to

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(九月)

By Carol Pearson Washington 05 May 2008 High definition TV provides sharper images, but high definition imaging now goes beyond television. VOA's Carol Pearson reports on high definition eye glasses.

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American weightlifter Casey Burgener will be making his Olympic debut in Beijing. He edged out four other super heavyweights to clinch the third and final spot on the U.S. Olympic weightlifting team. Burgener has two U.S. national titles, and last y

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By Derek Kilner Nairobi 05 June 2008 In April, the Ugandan government appeared to be on the verge of signing a peace agreement to put an end to the decades-long conflict in the country's north. But after the rebels' enigmatic leader Joseph Kony fail

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There is political turmoil in Israel after negotiations on forming a new government collapsed. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Tzipi Livni, 5 Oct., 2008 The ultra-Orthodox Shas party has decided not to join a government led b

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By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 18 July 2007 The U.S. military says it has captured the top Iraqi member of al-Qaida in Iraq. Officials say Khaled al-Mashhadani was an intermediary among top al-Qaida leaders including Osama bin Laden. From Iraq, VOA'

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By Paula Wolfson Washington 22 July 2007 President Bush's homeland security advisor says the United States wants to work with Pakistan to shut down terrorist outposts along the Pakistani-Afghan border. But Frances Townsend also makes clear, the Bush

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By Sonja Pace Cairo 31 August 2007 The Iraqi government called on armed groups in the country to freeze activities after more than 50 people were killed and hundreds injured in fighting between rival Shi'ite groups in the holy city of Karbala earlier

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By Odil Ruzaliev Alexandria, Virginia 23 August 2007 The image many Americans have of police officers comes from television programs in which high-speed chases and dramatic arrests are the norm. In truth, the average day of most police officers is qu

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By Selah Hennessy Dakar 25 September 2007 More fighting has been reported in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo following Monday's clashes between the army and renegade forces who battled on three separate fronts despite a shaky ceasefire. Anal

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By Terry FitzPatrick Cape Town 09 January 2008 The beaches, boutiques and vineyards of Cape Town make it one of South Africa's top destinations for tourists. But many visitors are adding a different type of attraction to their holiday stay. They are

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By Barry Wood Belgrade 19 January 2008 Serb voters Sunday will choose from nine candidates running for a five-year term as president. VOA's Barry Wood reports from Belgrade that as nobody is expected to win a majority Sunday, a run-off between the to

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By VOA Sports Washington, DC 19 January 2008 German golfer Martin Kaymer has fired a 4-under-par 68 to maintain a six-stroke lead after the third round of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in the United Arab Emirates. Kaymer, last year's European PGA T

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Ukraine lies in the geographic center of Europe, which gives the former Soviet republic the option of orienting its economy toward Russia and the east, or the European Union and the west. VOA Correspondent Peter Fedynsky recently visited both ends o

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Rebels and government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo continue a tense standoff outside the eastern town of Goma, where sporadic fighting between the two sides has forced hundreds of thousands to flee. Leaders from Southern Africa said Su

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A regional summit on the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is under way in Nairobi. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for an end to the fighting and warned that the conflict risked spilling over into the wider sub-re

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European central banks have again cut interest rates to lessen the blow of what many experts say will be a deep economic recession. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington, where U.S. economic statistics released Thursday pointed to a dramatic

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Africa's top peace and security official is to begin urgent talks on Thursday at the United Nations in an attempt to save Somalia's fragile U.N.-backed administration from collapse. The pending withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia is focusing

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Su b-SaharanMigrantsRemainStrandedinLibyanTown About 3,000 sub-Saharan migrants remain stranded in the western Libyan town of Sebha, which has been under attack from anti-Gadhafi forces. Humanitarian agencies say food, water and shelter are in very s

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By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 11 July 2007 The Central Bank of Russia says the amount of U.S. dollars held by individual citizens of this country is rapidly declining. The bank says Russians are also moving increasing sums abroad. Moscow correspondent Pet

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