Some 10,000 troops have been dispatched to clear roads and carry out rescue work in southwest China's Yunnan province, where the death toll of a deadly earthquake has risen to 410. The quake has flattened nearly 80,000 homes and injured over 2,300 pe

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美国寻求1994年卢旺达大屠杀的教训 Two decades have passed since hundreds of thousands of people were killed in the Rwanda genocide, and Western powers were accused of standing by and allowing it to happen. Experts say there are lessons t

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希拉里 克林顿开始新书推介之旅 Former First Lady, Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has launched an international book tour for her memoir Hard Choices Tuesday. 前美国第一夫人、曾任参议员和国务卿的希拉里克

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The Bush administration says it continues to believe there should be term limits for top U.N. officials. Among those nearing the end of his second term is the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei. 布什政府仍然认为应

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Democrats are criticizing President Bush's latest decisions on military deployments in Iraq, based on recommendations of the U.S. military commander and senior U.S. diplomat in the country. Republicans supported the president, who approved a plan to

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今天我们要学的词儿是downplay。 Downplay something是指对某事轻描淡写。The coach downplayed the team's loss in the season opener,意思是教练并不看重球队赛季首场比赛的失利。The diplomat downplayed the breakdown o

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ECONOMICS REPORT - Jury Finds Martha Stewart Guilty; Michael Eisner Faces Investors' Judgment By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Friday, March 12, 2004 This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economi

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By David Gollust State Department 29 February 2008 A senior Bush administration official Thursday rejected the partition of newly-independent Kosovo in any form. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns says the United States and

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Egyptians Skeptical About US Mediation Efforts 埃及人怀疑美国的调停能力 CAIRO U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain are in Egypt, joining efforts by top U.S. diplomat William Burns to broker an end to the standoff between Egypts mi

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By Barbara Schoetzau New York 04 June 2008 The 192-member United Nations General Assembly has elected for one-year term a former Nicaraguan Foreign Minister and Catholic priest as its new president. From VOA's New York Bureau, correspondent Barbara

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The U.S. Embassy in Khartoum says it is unclear why an American diplomat and his driver were shot and killed early Tuesday in the Sudanese capital. 美国驻苏丹大使馆说,目前还不清楚一位美国外交官和他的司机星期二早上在喀

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 10 April 2008 Democrats are criticizing President Bush's latest decisions on military deployments in Iraq, based on recommendations of the U.S. military commander and senior U.S. diplomat in the country. VOA's Dan Robinso

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 10 January 2007 Somalia's interim-government spokesman says the government cannot confirm one of the three key al-Qaida operatives involved in the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in East Africa has been killed in a U.S. air

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The United Nations secretary-general is expressing hope that two envoys he has dispatched to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda can contain what Ban Ki-Moon calls a very serious situation in the region. Speaking to reporters in the Indian c

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Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham has condemned the deadly terrorist attack on an Iranian diplomat in Yemen on Saturday. Afkham said a terrorist group attacked an Iranian embassy's diplomat in a Sanaa street and tried to kidnap him,

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President Ladynar Putin has dismissed allegations that Russia tried to spy the US presidential eletion in favor of Donald Trump by hiking computer systerms, he described as it satirical, claimed by the White House that Russia was behind the cyber att

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今天我们要学的词是 exhaustive。Exhaustive形容词,意思是详尽的、彻底的。The decision of pulling out US embassy staff from Cuba came after an exhaustive review of US diplomats' safety in Havana and discussions with the Cuban go

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By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 02 February 2008 The newly-elected head of the African Union, Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, says Chad will be expelled from the organization if rebels take power by force. VOA's Peter Heinlein has this report from

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G20 leaders call for unity and saving euro zone G20 leaders are now sending out strong messages, calling for unity to tackle the world's economic woes following the first day's meeting in Cannes, France. Chinese President Hu Jintao has been stressing

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Nearly a thousand local residents braved the continuous snowfall and cold weather Wednesday evening in Ottawa, capital city of Canada, to watch the Carnival China Style 2013 variety show. I bring my daughter, my step-daughter and my mother-in-law. So

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