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Activists: Nigeria Elections Should Be Postponed 活动人士称尼日利亚应该推迟选举 WASHINGTON Nigerian expatriates and activists recently gathered in Washington to denounce the deadly raids and massacres by the militant group Boko Haram.

VOA标准英语2015--Washington Braces for Controversial Netanyahu Address to Congress

Washington Braces for Controversial Netanyahu Address to Congress WASHINGTON An increasingly-strained relationship between the Obama administration and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu will be on display this week, as the prime minister visits Washi

2007年VOA标准英语-Human Rights Groups Decry Kenyan Suspect's Kill

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 21 February 2007 Human rights groups are blasting Kenyan police for killing one of Kenya's most wanted criminals, saying that the suspect should have been taken into custody and tried rather than shot. As Cathy Majtenyi rep

2006年VOA标准英语-US Officials Decry UN Report on Guantanamo

By Bill Rodgers Washington, DC 17 February 2006 watch US Prisoner report U.S. officials have dismissed a United Nations human rights report calling on the United States to either bring to trial or rel

VOA标准英语2009-Demonstrator Killed by Gunfire at Iranian El

Iran's pro-reform leader Mir Hossein Mousavi addressed tens of thousands of supporters in the Iranian capital Tehran Mondduring a huge rally to protest the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. There were reports by eyewitnesses that a demon

VOA标准英语2012--PACs Boosted by Supreme Court Ruling

PACs Boosted by Supreme Court Ruling The contest for control of the White House is not limited to just the presidential candidates' own campaigns. There are also outside groups that want to affect the results of the election. And in the 2012 presiden

VOA标准英语2010年-Sarkozy Expected to Decry US Protectio

A planned state visit to Washington by French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the end of March may be overshadowed by European allegations of protectionism against the U.S. Leaders of France, Britain and Germany accuse the U.S. Defense Department of alt

VOA标准英语2012--Egyptians Take to the Streets Ahead of Constitution Vote

Egyptians Take to the Streets Ahead of Constitution Vote Supporters and opponents of the country's proposed new constitution have taken to the streets across the country ahead of the referendum. In Cairo, those against the draft charter have made the

VOA标准英语2014--奥巴马将采取措施解决非法移民问题

Obama Expected to Take Executive Action on Undocumented Immigrants 奥巴马将采取措施解决非法移民问题 WASHINGTON In coming weeks, President Barack Obama is expected to take executive action to address the plight of millions of undocumen

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Activists Decry Lagos Slum Demolition 活动人士谴责拆迁拉各斯贫民窟 LAGOS Acting on a court order, authorities in Nigeria demolished a slum last month in the commercial capital, Lagos. But human rights activists say the order was illegal

美国国家公共电台 NPR Conn. Governor Defends Likening The NRA To 'A Terrorist Organization'

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Guns and gun safety are very much in the news again this week. This morning, the Justice Department moved forward with a process to ban bump stocks. That's the accessory that enables guns to fire like automatic weapons. Yesterday

美国国家公共电台 NPR Protesters Across The U.S. Decry Policy Of Separating Immigrant Families

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Protesters are gathering in more than two dozen cities across the country to condemn the practice of separating immigrant parents and children at the southern border. At least 600 children were taken from their parents last month

2007年VOA标准英语-Russian Rights Activists Decry Disappearances o

By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 15 June 2007 Russian human rights activists say about 20 young people have disappeared since April in Dagestan, a troubled region of the Caucasus in southern Russia. VOA correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports from Moscow that m

VOA标准英语2013--Egypt's Pro-Military Media Decried, Defended

Egypt's Pro-Military Media Decried, Defended CAIRO Egypt's media have moved, almost as one, to back the military-led government. While press freedom groups have condemned the stifling of a free media, some defend the one-sided coverage as key to Egyp

VOA标准英语2013--两部电影截然相反的维基解密的观点

Films Offer Contrasting Views of WikiLeaks 两部电影截然相反的维基解密的观点 Bill Condons feature film, The Fifth Estate, on WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange, focuses on the war of information in the digital era and asks whethe

VOA常速英语2013--叙利亚活动人士公开谴责关注化学武器

Syrian Activists Decry Focus on Chemical Weapons 叙利亚活动人士公开谴责关注化学武器 CAIRO As the international community acts to neutralize Syria's chemical weapons capabilities, some in the Syrian opposition say the brutality of the

VOA标准英语2009年-US House Approves Health Care Reform Measu

By Dan Robinson 08 November 2009 President Barack Obama stands with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, 07 Nov 2009 The House of Representatives has approved a more than $1 trillion plan by majority Dem

2007年VOA标准英语-New Nigerian President Inherits Turbulent Niger

By Kari Barber Port Harcourt, Nigeria 07 June 2007 Newly instated Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua will face as one of his first challenges controlling the unruly and lawless Niger Delta. Kidnappings of foreigners have escalated as armed militants a

VOA标准英语2010年-Critics Decry Dostoevsky Subway Stop

A few commuters in a subway train making stop at Park Kultury subway station in Moscow, 29 Mar 2010 Moscow has one of the most extensive metro systems in the world, and arguably one of the best. But, a new stop dubbed, The Station of Suicides, has ma

学个词Learn a Word 第582期 Fraud

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