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By Gary Thomas Washington 28 February 2007 Last month the U.S. Special Inspector-General for Iraq Reconstruction issued a blistering report on waste and abuse in U.S.-funded reconstruction programs in Iraq. Speaking to VOA, Stuart Bowen now says impr
2007年VOA标准英语（二月）
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Texas officials estimate that Harvey flooded nearly 50,000 homes in the state. That number could grow, and most of those homeowners don't have flood insurance. Those who do will soon be filing claims. The insurance industry is gett
2017年NPR美国国家公共电台9月
Amongst the shops and cafes on F road is a government hostel, temporary home to newly arrived asylum seekers, almost everyone is from Africa and the middle east, they all know claimants fleeing conflict have a better chance of getting asylum, somethi
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By Greg Flakus New Orleans, Louisiana 06 March 2006 watch Housing report Six months later, housing in New Orleans is still uninhabitable Six months after Hurricane Katrina caused massive flooding in t
2006年VOA标准英语（三月）
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: There's a whole lot of excitement at this year's Border Security Expo in San Antonio. Here's why - the White House is asking Congress for billions of dollars to fund more federal agents and many miles of a border wall. That could
2017年NPR美国国家公共电台4月
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 20 July 2006 The governor of Nigeria's Lagos state says owners of a four-story apartment building, which collapsed Tuesday, killing at least 20 people, will be prosecuted. Rescue efforts continue nearly 48 hours after the i
2006年VOA标准英语（七月）
By Greg Flakus New Orleans, Louisiana 07 March 2006 watch New Orleans Levee report New Orleans levee repairs are to be finished before hurricane season begins June 1st In New Orleans, where recovery f
2006年VOA标准英语（三月）
By Margaret Besheer Irbil 19 November 2006 US troops of 172nd Stryker brigade patrol streets of central Baghdad, Nov. 7, 2006 Iraqi and U.S. forces raided a Shiite slum in Baghdad Saturday, looking for men abducted earlier this week in a mass kidnap
2006年VOA标准英语（十一月)
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 28 October 2006 In Nigeria, hundreds of villagers are occupying four oil pumping stations in the troubled Niger Delta. The protesters insist on written commitments by Shell oil company to supply jobs to the local population
2006年VOA标准英语（十月）
A day after a new Democratic-led U.S. Congress was sworn in, lawmakers are focusing on an ambitious agenda. Senate Democratic leaders Wednesday outlined their priorities, which range from passing an economic stimulus plan to addressing new global th
VOA标准英语2009年(一月)
Israel is pressing ahead with plans to build more settlement housing in the West Bank. An Israeli official announced the scheme as a meeting was getting under way in Washington between U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
VOA标准英语2009年(五月)
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The White House's top trade adviser is offering a bleak and suspicious view of global trade. The head of the president's National Trade Council says foreign firms buying U.S. companies pose a threat to national security. As NPR's C
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In South Texas, Fair Wages Elude Farmworkers, 50 Years After Historic Strike DAVID GREENE, HOST: Fifty years ago this summer, farmworkers in South Texas walked off the fields to protest poor wages and appalling working conditions. They marched 400 mi
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By Scott Stearns White House 14 June 2007 President Bush is urging Iraqis to renounce sectarian violence the day after suspected al-Qaida militants bombed a revered Shi'ite shrine in Samarra. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Mr. B
2007年VOA标准英语（六月）
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 17 April 2007 The United Nations has come under attack in Afghanistan. Officials there say a roadside bomb ripped through a U.N. vehicle, killing five people. From Islamabad, VOA correspondent Benjamin Sand reports. Afghan
2007年VOA标准英语（四月）
U.S. taxpayers have spent almost $51 billion on post-war reconstruction in Iraq. The inspector general for Iraq Reconstruction says much of this money was filtered to contractors with little government oversight, leading to massive fraud and little
VOA标准英语2009年(二月)
U.S. President Barack Obama is ordering changes in the way the federal government does business. The goal is to root out wasteful spending in tough economic times. President Barack Obama (file photo) President Obama has proposed massive increases in
VOA标准英语2009年(三月)
The State Department says it is overjoyed by the Colombian military rescue of 15 hostages - including three U.S. military contractors - held captive for years by FARC guerrillas. U.S. officials say the operation Wednesday reflects broader gains by t
VOA标准英语2008年（七月）
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 10 May 2007 Scene on floor of US House of Representatives 10 May 2007 In the latest challenge by Democrats to President Bush over funding for the war in Iraq, the House of Representatives has approved a new bill by a vote
2007年VOA标准英语（五月）
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The hundreds of thousands of government workers who were furloughed or working without pay did not have a negative effect on the job market. The Department of Labor reports this morning that employers in this country added 304,00
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