From NPR News in Washington, I'm Paul Brown. It appears the death sentence of the man known as Chemical Ali will be carried out after a lengthy delay. Iraqi officials say the presidential council has approved the execution of Ali Hassan al-Majid. Th

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For many of us, the start of the new year is the time we often dust off our language dictionaries and workbooks and resolve to learn a new language. We conjure up dreams of communicating seamlessly with locals during our next trip and impressing our

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Libya's ousted leader, Moammar Gadhafi, was buried before dawn Tuesday in a secret desert location five days after he was captured, killed and his slowly decomposing body put on public display in a meat locker in the city of Misrata. Officials from t

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BEIJING, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Taiwanese director Wei Te-sheng's wartime blockbuster Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale, originally a two-part series lasting four-and-a-half hours, will begin screening in the mainland in May in a condensed, 150-minu

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. What exactly is genocide? The word was invented by Raphael Lemkin, a Jewish lawyer who fled Poland at the start of World War Two and came to the United States. He lost almost every member of his family to

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. An early celebration in Pristina, the capital of Kosovo Kosovo is expected to declare its independence from Serbia in the coming days, possibly on Sunday. Serbia's newly re-elected President Boris Tadic sa

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AS IT IS 2013-08-17 South Sudan Musicians Spread Message Through Music 南苏丹音乐家通过音乐传播思想 Hello again and welcome to As It Is, from VOA Learning English. Im June Simms in Washington. On the show today, we take to the dance flo

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AS IT IS 2016-06-13 Concerns over Few Asians in Broadcasting, News Recent disputes over using white actors to play characters of color in Hollywood films have raised concerns that the media ignore minorities. Activist groups have called for more mino

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AS IT IS 2016-05-17 Turkish Art Project Seeks to Bridge Ethnic Divide 土耳其艺术项目旨在弥合种族分裂 An art project in Turkey is bringing together people divided along ethnic and religious lines. Twenty-four Kurdish and Turkish young a

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Asian-American Voters Abandon Republicans 亚裔选民抛弃共和党人 Anh Joseph Cao felt uneasy when his Republican colleagues made comments about immigrants. Cao was a Republican congressman from 2009 to 2011 in a Democratic district of Louisian

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HEALTH REPORT - Study Finds Risk of Lung Cancer Greatest in Black SmokersBy Brianna Blake Broadcast: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 I'm Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Health Report. Research

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China has said that it wants 80% of its citizens to speak Mandarin, the country's dominant dialect, by 2020. 中国政府于日前表示,希望在2020年前让80%的中国公民能够讲占主导地位的方言--普通话。 The current figure of 7

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By David Lewis U.N. peacekeepers and militiamen clashed Sunday in war-torn northeastern Congo's Ituri district. Two militiamen were killed and two peacekeepers were wounded during the two-hour battle.

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世界上最贫穷的地方,他们的生活令人难以想象,一些我们平日里唾手可得的东西对他们来说都是奢侈品..... Rob: Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Rob. Vera: And hello, I'm Vera.

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He was very appealing to anybody who's ever been oppressed because of ethnic reasons or other reason. 那些被压迫的人觉得他充满魅力,有民族自豪感的原因或者其他的原因。 That time when Bruce was on the rise,we were lookin

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Rambo appears to have come of age, the gun-toting Vietnam veteran played by Sylvester Stallone finds himself in Burma in his latest film, action centers on the plight of the Karen people and the brutality of the Burmese army which is why the film has

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' Voices of Victims ' at Durban Racism Conference Challiss McDonough Durban 5 Sep 2001 01:19 UTC The U.N. anti-racism conference in South Africa has been 1)dominated by the Middle East issue. But othe

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Macedonia Accuses Rebels of Deadly Attack Jeff Bieley Skopje 8 Aug 2001 15:26 UTC In Macedonia, ethnic-Albanian rebels are being 1)blamed for an attack against a military 2)convoy that killed ten gove

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229 克罗地亚将军向联合国特等法庭自首 Croatian General Surrenders to UN Tribunal Lauren Comiteau The Hague 25 Jul 2001 15:16 UTC Croatian General Rahim Ademi has 1)voluntarily 2)surrend

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Renewed Fighting Threatens Macedonia Peace Agreement Jeff Bieley Skopje 9 Aug 2001 16:10 UTC Fighting continued in Macedonia Thursday, one day after ethnic Albanian 1)guerrillas killed 10 government s

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