Supreme Court Declines To Take DACA Case, Leaving It In Place For Now AILSA CHANG, HOST: All right, now let's talk about something the Supreme Court chose not to do today. It said for now it would not hear a case about DACA, delivering a setback to t

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The Kenyan government has announced the country's first case of the H1N1 influenza virus in the country. Kenya's public health minister says a 20-year-old British student working in western Kenya is carrying the virus. Kenya Minister for Public Heal

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今天我们要学的词是worst case scenario. Worst case scenario最坏的情况。The World Health Organization said it is preparing for the worst case scenario for an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 世界卫生组织说,正在

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Economics Report - US Brings Case Against Apple and Five Book Publishers Over Electronic Books 经济报道 - 美国状告苹果及5家出版商合谋操纵电子书价格 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英

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In spite of all the advancement in law enforcement in recent decades, many murders still go unsolved. Commentator Stacy Horn says that right now in New York you have a 40% chance of getting away with murder. Its not just New York. Statistics show tha

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By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 22 September 2006 Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein argues with a judge (file photo) Some of the investigators who gathered evidence for Saddam Hussein's trial on genocide charges have doubts about the ability of Iraq's

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By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 28 August 2006 Kurdish leaders in Iraq say they want to be sure prosecutors build the strongest case possible against Saddam Hussein and six of his military commanders charged with genocide in the Anfal military operation

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 20 November 2006 Prosecutors who want Chad's exiled former ruler, Hissne Habr, to face charges of crimes against humanity say they are facing obstacles despite a pledge by the Senegalese government to organize a fair trial. ----

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By Jim Malone Washington 16 March 2006 Government prosecutors are trying to overcome a major legal setback in the death penalty case against Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person tried and convicted in

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: There's high drama in Florida over a prosecutor's decision not to seek the death penalty for an accused cop killer. The governor is involved, taking the unprecedented step of replacing the prosecutor on the case. The decision is

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The federal ban on sports betting is tested before the Supreme Court today. Now, we do not know the odds in Vegas on how this case will turn out, but we do know that the United States prohibits sports betting in most states. The

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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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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: And now the story of a man with an injury that changed our understanding of the brain. The man was Phineas Gage, and he died 157 years ago today. Gage became famous for surviving an accident that drove an iron rod through h

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On a November afternoon last year, a discarded cement block fell from an eleven-story apartment building in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. It hit a 44-day-old baby on the ground and left her with severe injuries. The perpetrator could not be iden

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 13 September 2007 Suharto (file photo) Former Indonesian President Suharto's victory in his lawsuit against TIME magazine is raising questions about Indonesia's Supreme Court. Its decision to order TIME to pay a huge d

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The opposition filed a new impeachment bid against Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo over alleged corruption, but analysts predict the bid will fail like three previous attempts. As VOA correspondent Nancy-Amelia Collins reports, the unpo

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By Robert Raffaele Washington 17 October 2007 Racial equality in the U.S. justice system came under scrutiny Tuesday during a U.S. House committee hearing that examined the highly-publicized Jena 6 case. The case involves six black teenagers who were

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Marriage in Egypt By Lindsay Wise Cairo, Egypt 07 June 2006 Hind El Hinnawy scandalized Egyptian society by dragging a famous actor to court to prove he was the father of her baby. Now, after finally

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今天我们要学的词是worst-case scenario。 Worst-case scenario, 意思是做最坏的打算。 With the hurricane coming, we have to prepare for the worst-case scenario, 飓风正在逼近,我们必须做最坏的打算。澳大利亚国民银

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By Alex Villarreal Washington 05 December 2007 Human rights groups in the West are protesting disciplinary proceedings against a Saudi lawyer defending a gang-rape victim who was sentenced to 200 lashes. The hearing against the lawyer was adjourned W

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