美国债务危机或影响全球经济 With an economy about one fourth the size of the world's GDP (gross domestic product), anythreat to the U.S. economy is a potential threat to other countries that do business with it.Jason Peuquet, a policy ana

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By Alex Villarreal Washington, D.C. 21 December 2007 The Lebanese Parliament will make its next attempt to elect a new president on Saturday. The post has been vacant since late November, when the country's pro-Syrian president stepped down. As VOA's

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By Jeff Swicord Washington 27 September 2007 After five months of political infighting, Ukraine will once again try to elect a parliamentary government. VOA's Jeff Swicord reports on what has been a difficult road to democracy in the former Soviet re

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The secretary general of Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change says President Robert Mugabe is not ready to enter into a genuine cooperative government under the country's power-sharing agreement. For VOA, Peta Thornycroft has this report from Z

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By Franz Wild Abidjan 15 October 2006 The United Nations' elections supervisor in Ivory Coast, Gerard Stoudman, has said it will take another year to organize elections in the war-divided country. The United Nations had already said elections would

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US President Barack Obama's about to meet congressional leaders at the White House for talks on the government shutdown.He's already told them he won't be making any concessions on(口误) to break that political deadlock.Senior US intelligence offic

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By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 23 November 2007 The final Japanese navy tanker has returned home from the Indian Ocean, ending a six-year mission in support of U.S. led coalition troops in Afghanistan. As Naomi Martig reports from VOA's Asia News Center i

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By Derek Kilner Nairobi 26 February 2008 Negotiations between Kenya's government and the opposition have been suspended. As Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, the two sides have been unable to agree on the terms of a power-sharing arrangement to brea

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A Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) supporter dances during an indefinite nationwide general strike by Maoist in Kathmandu on 2 May 2010 Nepal on Monday faces a third consecutive day of disruption of civic life as a nationwide strike called b

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2014 Will Test Changes in Iran 2014年考验伊朗的改变 LONDON The year 2013 saw major changes for Iran, with the election of a more moderate president and agreement with the international community to limit its nuclear program. But experts say t

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Iran, World Powers to Meet Again on Nuclear Issues 伊朗与世界大国在核问题上再次会谈 STATE DEPARTMENT International nuclear negotiators will meet with Iran's foreign minister again this week for talks on limiting the country's nuclear

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Shutdown of US Government Surprises India 美国政府关门令印度吃惊 NEW DELHI News of the U.S. government shutdown is being met with surprise and concern in one of Asia's largest economies. A sampling of people in the Indian capital, New Delh

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By Amberin Zaman Istanbul 10 May 2007 The Turkish parliament has backed Thursday a proposed amendment to the constitution to enable the people to elect a new president directly. The measure is a key provision in a package of electoral reforms the cha

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 18 March 2008 Belgium's rival parties say they have agreed to a new government, ending months of deadlock over demands for greater autonomy by the Dutch-speaking part of the country. Lisa Bryant has more from Paris. The deal for

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By Steve Herman New Delhi 08 June 2008 Media reports in Bangladesh say the military-backed interim government is poised to allow the medical release of two former prime ministers jailed for alleged corruption. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman in our S

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By Carolyn Presutti Washington, DC 14 February 2008 Two top U.S. Defense Department officials have testified before a Congressional committee in charge of military spending. The committee grilled the officials about progress in Iraq and the status of

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 19 January 2007 Leaders have gathered for the 31st summit of the Economic Community of West African States on Friday. Leading the agenda was the deadlock in the U.N.-backed peace process in the Ivory Coast. Phuong Tran reports f

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By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 02 January 2008 Kenya's opposition leaders have vowed to go ahead with a massive rally in downtown Nairobi to protest what they say was the fraudulent re-election of President Mwai Kibaki. The government has said the demonstra

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Representatives of Pakistan's ruling coalition government have failed to agree on a plan for reinstating judges deposed by President Pervez Musharraf, last year. Following the collapse of talks in London, Sunday, party leaders are meeting in Islamaba

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There were losses across the board on the Australian share market today. Investors seem to be cautious ahead of weekend debt crisis talks in Greece. The All Ords closed down 1.5%. The ASX 200 Index fell by the same amount. Woolworths was a red bright

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