The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony takes place February 13, 2011 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Here'a a look at this year's contenders in the pop, rock, and Rhythm and Blues races. Eminem returned to the summit of the pop world in 2010. F

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(112) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(二月)

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 30 April 2008 Nigeria, Africa's biggest importer of rice, plans to buy 500,000 tons of rice amid a global grain shortage. Gilbert da Costa reports for VOA from Abuja the purchase was approved during a meeting of President Um

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Remembering Dave Brubeck; Help for Stressed Parents; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. Im June Simms. On our show this week, we play music from some nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame We l

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By Carolyn Weaver New Haven, Connecticut 11 June 2007 Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut is known for its neo-Gothic campus, 20th century buildings in the style of medieval Europe. But the university is also home to several treasures of modern

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By Ben Gilbert Baghdad 11 January 2006 An Iraqi mason works on a wall surrounding a new school on the outskirts of Basra (file picture) Iraq has been hit with a construction boom - in no small part du

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By Jim Malone Washington 23 April 2007 Students and faculty returned to classes at Virginia Tech University, one week after the worst mass-shooting spree in U.S. history. VOA national correspondent Jim Malone reports from Washington. A white balloon(

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 25 April 2007 Foreign and Palestinian journalists demonstrated on both sides of the Israel-Gaza border Wednesday calling for the release of BBC Gaza Correspondent Alan Johnston, kidnapped more than six weeks ago. VOA's Jim Tee

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By Noel King Khartoum 20 October 2006 The Sudanese army has denied that its forces are badly demoralized after losing two key battles against rebels in Darfur. Jan Pronk Thearmystatement followed comments by a top United Nations envoy in Sudan. Unit

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By Mil Arcega Washington 25 May 2007 Technology and high gasoline prices are helping to coax hard-to-extract oil from California's oil fields. Production at some of the state's older oil fields is expected to dry up in about 25 years, but Chevron say

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By Catherine Maddux Washington 29 June 2006 The Democratic Republic of Congo is beginning campaigning for the first democratic elections in over 40 years. The difficulties the nation faces in staging such an election are evident in the fact that the

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The International Criminal Court in The Hague is examining a demand by the Palestinian Authority to investigate possible war crimes during Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip. Overview of The Great Hall of Justice at the Peace Palace in The Hague,

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The ongoing national debate over health care reform in the United States has given way to angry and at times chaotic displays of emotion at town hall meetings sponsored by congressional Democrats. But the anger and fear on display goes beyond concer

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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 Cathy Majtenyi Burundi 16 May 2006 The tiny African Great Lakes nation of Burundi is the latest on the continent to institute free primary school education, which began last September following mor

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By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 09 June 2007 Somalia's interim Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi has confirmed a story reported by VOA on Friday about a coalition being established in Eritrea, composed of groups opposed to the Somali government and its main b

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The last time I went to the doctor for a checkup, she told me that I needed to start taking some dietary supplements that had the vitamins and minerals that my body needed to stay healthy. I told her that I ate a balanced diet, but she said that many

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 05 January 2007 The top leaders of the new Democratic-led U.S. Congress are urging President Bush not to increase the number of U.S. troops in Iraq. Their comments, in a letter to the president Friday, come as Mr. Bush i

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 19 October 2006 The United States and South Korea are discussing how to implement last week's U. N. Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on North Korea. The two countries' top diplomats warn of grave consequences, if No

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By Jim Malone Washington 12 February 2007 Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) at the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion, 11 Feb 2007 The war in Iraq continues to dominate the early debate in the 2008 U.S. presidential election ca

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China and the United States have agreed to strengthen cooperation in areas like clean energy, as the international community gets ready to discuss a new climate treaty in Copenhagen, this December. U.S. special envoy for climate change Todd Stern ha

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