S. Korea Remembers Uprising That Started Its Democracy GWANGJU, SOUTH KOREA Thirty-five years ago this week in South Korea, protesters in the city of Gwangju staged a violent uprising against the countrys then military government, an act credited wit

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2015年(五月)

By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington, DC 19 April 2006 watch Democracy report President Bush has urged the broader Middle East countries to embrace democracy and free elections. Several months ago, there

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By Steve Herman Thimpu, Bhutan 22 May 2007 There is anxiety in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, where gross national happiness is the metric of success. Changes are occurring swiftly since King Jigme Singye Wangchuck suddenly retired last year, handi

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By Sean Maroney Washington 28 March 2007 watch Global Elections report Challenges to democracy in the complex world of the 21st century are the topic of a week-long conference that opened in Washington Tuesday. Sponsored by the Global Electoral Orga

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By Scott Stearns White House 27 June 2006 President Bush welcomed four Africans to the Oval Office to recognize their work in promoting democracy. President Bush, second right, meets 2006 Democracy Award winners President Bush says the winners of th

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Africa Pro-Democracy Advocates Evaluate U.S. Conventions For much of American history, political party conventions were spontaneous and unpredictable, with lively debates between delegates over who should be named to the top of the ticket. Today, par

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Russia's Pro-Democracy Protests Cloud Putin's March Election Plan For Vladimir Putin, three months may feel like a political lifetime. The sudden rise of Russias democracy movement is posing the biggest challenge yet to his 12-year strongman rule. It

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Libyans Optimistic on Democracy, Challenges Loom In the first blush of enthusiasm after the nine-month struggle to oust Moammar Gadhafi, many Libyans are optimistic that the country will be able to move toward democracy with little payback for the ir

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Clinton Criticizes Syrias Assad in Mideast Democracy Speech Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said late Monday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has systematically violated all terms of the Arab League-mediated peace plan for his country. In a p

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By Dan Robinson Washington 28 October 2009 A senior State Department official has told Congress that the United States is not lessening its support for reformers in Iran and U.S.-based organizations supporting them. Assistant Secretary of State for

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After some weeks of delay, the trial of Burma's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has heard testimony from the last of only two allowed defense witnesses. The trial has been widely criticized as rigged to keep the opposition and democracy leader locke

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Iraqi Democracy Remains Shaky Work in Progress Iraq has held four elections - two national and two provincial - and one referendum since the U.S.-led war a decade ago brought multiparty democracy here. Local elections are to be held next month and a

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By Lisa Ferdinando Miami 11 July 2006 Many people in Miami's Cuban community are praising Washington's continued efforts to promote democracy in Cuba. This comes after President Bush's Monday approval of a new, multi-million-dollar program to suppor

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By Scott Stearns Kigali 19 February 2008 President Bush says Cuban President Fidel Castro's decision to step down should be the start of a democratic transition on the island. Cuba's Communist party newspaper published a quote from Mr. Castro Tuesday

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By Paula Wolfson Kyiv 01 April 2008 U.S. President George W. Bush says he strongly supports a bid by Ukraine and Georgia to start the process of NATO membership. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports the comments came during a stop in Kyiv on his way to the NA

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington, D.C. 17 May 2006 watch report on Russia The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 raised hopes Russia would become more democratic and less authoritarian. In the 1990's th

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 21 December 2007 Zimbabwe's parliament this week passed new laws easing restrictions on political dissidence and the news media. The laws, which are due to be signed by President Robert Mugabe in the near future, are to pre

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US Democracy Groups Mark 30 Years of Progress, Controversy WASHINGTON Democracy has made numerous advances around the world in the past three decades, thanks in part to several U.S.-based organizations. The National Endowment for Democracy and relate

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African Leaders Discuss Democracy, Investment with Obama It was in front of a crowd of hundreds that leaders of Malawi, Sierra Leone, Senegal, and Cape Verde spoke about the big gains their countries have made in the last few years. For the president

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