Greek Election Could Decide Future in Eurozone The Greeks are getting well practiced at this. For the second time in six weeks, Sunday morning in Athens involves a journey to the voting booth. Its mid morning and Papagou, a well-off suburb near the c

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(六月)

Egyptians Vote in Historic Presidential Election Millions of Egyptians stood in long lines Wednesday to cast ballots in the first presidential election since President Hosni Mubarak resigned last year amid massive protests. The buildup to the content

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Soaring Gas Prices Threaten Obama Re-Election Mitt Romney leads the Republican race over Rick Santorum and would like to shift his focus to President Obama as soon as possible. He said if he couldnt turn it around in three years that he would be look

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Europeans Wary About US Election Europeans can't vote in the U.S. election, but, like people everywhere, they have a stake in its outcome. From economic issues to Iran and the war in Afghanistan, the future of Europe is very much linked to the United

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Mali's Election Campaign in Final Days This last week before the vote will be a busy one. Mali is trying to emerge from a year and a half of unprecedented crisis. It started with another Tuareg rebellion, followed by a military coup, followed by an I

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By Jim Malone Washington 14 November 2006 The two major U.S. political parties appear headed in different directions in the wake of last week's congressional midterm elections. Democrats are preparing to take the reins of power in Congress in Januar

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Going to turn now to Kenya, where it is election day, and already, we are seeing a lot of violence. At least two people are dead, and dozens have been injured. Four counties have now delayed voting until Saturday. Now, there were

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Venezuelans are being asked to vote in a presidential election tomorrow. The result may seem a foregone conclusion. The autocratic Nicolas Maduro is expected to remain in power despite the economic catastrophe that engulfs his nati

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: President Trump's commission to look into voter fraud and other election problems will hold its first public meeting today. Already, this panel has come under fire. Let's remember, it was formed by President Trump to look into his

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 06 August 2007 A man shows a student card (L) and a newly-printed election voting card specially introduced for the Congolese second round of legislative elections in Brazzaville, 05 Aug 2007 In the Republic of Congo, results fro

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By Carla Babb Washington 09 November 2009 President Barack Obama It has been one year since Barack Obama's presidential election victory. The newest U.S. president has faced political and economic challenges at home and has yet to decide how the Uni

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By Peter Fedynsky Tbilisi 04 January 2008 Georgia holds a snap presidential election on Saturday in which six candidates are challenging incumbent Mikhail Saakashvili, who is accused of rigging the process in his favor. VOA Correspondent Peter Fedyns

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By Steve Herman Kathmandu 12 April 2008 Allegations of intimidation of voters and other problems are tainting an otherwise positive assessment of Nepal's election. Initial results show the former Maoist rebels performing much better than expected in

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By Peta Thornycroft Harare 04 April 2008 The politburo of Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF party has endorsed President Robert Mugabe as its candidate for president if a run-off election is necessary. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA from Harare that the endorseme

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By Cathy Majtenyi Kisumu, Kenya 04 March 2008 In Kenya, post-election violence has killed more than 1,000 people and displaced 600,000 others. The mayhem has had a major impact on the country's economy which has been one of Africa's strongest. Busine

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By Kari Barber Freetown 05 September 2007 Sierra Leone electoral officials say there is concern that voters will not turn out in large number for Saturday's presidential runoff like they did in the first round, which saw a voter participation rate of

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By Navbahor Imamova Washington 07 November 2007 At least six candidates will be on the ballot when the people of Uzbekistan go to the polls on December 23. All are running for pro-government groups in a country where no real opposition is tolerated.

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 14 October 2007 Voters in Togo started lining up at dawn Sunday to participate in a landmark election that presents the first major challenge to the ruling party. Observers say this year's vote promises to be the country's first

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今天我们要学的词是mock election。 Mock election, 是模拟选举的意思。虽然孩子们不能投票,但每次大选都是对他们进行选举教育的天赐良机。 In classrooms across the nation, students have been casting ballots

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By Barry Wood Belgrade 17 January 2007 Serbia's parliamentary election campaign is nearing its end with latest opinion surveys indicating that reformist Democratic Party has taken a lead over the nationalist Radical Party. VOA's Barry Wood is in Bel

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