VOA慢速英语2011-Mubarak Moves to Replace Government After

Egypt is a nation of eighty million people -- the largest in the Arab world. Hosni Mubarak came to power in nineteen eighty-one. The president said early Saturday that he had asked his government to resign and would quickly appoint a new cabinet. Mr.

Residents in Western US Fear Government Plans to Resume Nucl

By Serena Parker Preston J. Truman grew up in Enterprise, Utah, a small farming community of 800 people located 100 miles east of the U.S. government's nuclear weapons test site in the state of Nevada

AS IT IS 2016-02-29 Federal Government Owns Almost Half of Western US

AS IT IS 2016-02-29 Federal Government Owns Almost Half of Western US The United States government owns nearly a third of the nations land, including nearly half of Western states. In the rest of the country, the federal government owns just 4 percen

2013年ESL之日常生活 14 Government Reactions to Protests

Government Reactions to Protests Tom: Have you seen the news? Marianne: No, whats happening? Tom: People in McQuillanland are rising up against the dictator and rallying against his government. Marianne: Wow, this is big. I thought the dictator would

VOA标准英语2010年-Thailand's Anti-Government Protesters

Farm workers in a field near the city of Udon Thani, a rural stronghold for anti-government protesters Thai authorities have for now subdued anti-government protesters from the countryside who occupied parts of the capital for two months. A military

Afghan Government Sends Troops to Control Northwest Factiona

Michael Kitchen Afghanistan 's transitional government is deploying troops in the country's northwest to stem an outbreak of factional fighting. The government intends to dislodge a local warlord from

Egyptians Criticize Government's Decision to Unify Call to P

By Ursula Lindsey The Egyptian government has announced plans to unify the call to prayer that is broadcast from thousands of different loudspeakers in the country's capital. The idea has been critici

AS IT IS 2016-01-07 Barbados Considers Queen Elizabeth's Part in Government

AS IT IS 2016-01-07 Barbados Considers Queen Elizabeth's Part in Government The prime minister of Barbados wants Britains Queen Elizabeth II to be removed as the nations head of state. Freundel Stuart says he wants his country to become a parliamenta

2007年VOA标准英语-Iraq Government Calls on All Militias to Freeze

By Sonja Pace Cairo 31 August 2007 The Iraqi government called on armed groups in the country to freeze activities after more than 50 people were killed and hundreds injured in fighting between rival Shi'ite groups in the holy city of Karbala earlier

VOA标准英语2010年-Haitian Government Works on Plan to Ho

With an estimated 1.5 million people homeless from the earthquake in Haiti, the debate over how to temporarily house so many people has begun. Both the Haitian government and the United Nations are working on a plan for temporary camps around the cap

VOA标准英语2010-Kyrgyzstan's Interim Government Plans to

Kyrgyzstan's deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev at a news conference in the courtyard of his family home, in Teyit, southern Kyrgyzstan, 13 Apr 2010 Kyrgyzstan's interim government is planning to put on trial the deposed president, some members of h

VOA标准英语2010年-Iranian Government Releases Prisoners

Iran has released a top politician, a film maker and a journalist, among others, to mark the Persian New Year. Al-Arabiya TV is also reporting that an opposition activist who took part in opposition demonstrations has been sentenced to death. The Ira

VOA标准英语2011-Tunisia Announces New Unity Government

Tunisia's prime minister has announced a transitional government that includes members of the opposition. He also eased restrictions on the press and human-rights groups. But the old regime holds the top posts and hundreds of people demonstrated agai

VOA双语新闻 Khartoum Government Needs to Go

The Sudanese government has charged that the 16-month-old rebellion in Darfur is aimed at toppling the government. The rebel Justice and Equality Movement has implied as much, telling VOA that a regime change in Khartoum would be the best and the qui

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During the past two weeks, Parliament has been in urgency. That means they sit every day until late in the evenings and they even had a session last Saturday. Usually Parliament sits Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, although MPs meet for committee

2006年VOA标准英语-Mexican President Cuts Top Government Salaries,

By Greg Flakus Mexico City 04 December 2006 Mexico's new president, Felipe Calderon, began the first full week of his six-year term Monday by signing a decree to reduce his own salary and the salaries of top government officials by 10 percent. The m

VOA标准英语2010年-Future of Somali Government in Doubt a

Procedural bickering has once again thrown the Somali parliament into a deadlock. With less than one year left on its mandate, the approval of the proposed cabinet as well as the future of the transitional government is in doubt. Less than one month

French Government Unveils Plan to Grow Jobs, Economy

As the World Bank warns Wednesday that Europe probably is already in recession, France's government has announced a series of measures to grow the country's economy and make it more competitive. Five days after Standard Poor's downgraded France and e

VOA双语新闻2008年：Sri Lanka's Government

The government of Sri Lanka says it is withdrawing from a cease-fire agreement with Tamil rebels because the pact has become meaningless. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi the withdrawal is largely symbolic because the Norwegian-brokered truce c

2007年VOA标准英语-Iraq Government Says Need for US Troops Will De

By Jim Randle Baghdad 11 September 2007 The government of Iraq says the need for U.S. combat troops in the country will decrease in the near future and it welcomed Monday's congressional testimony by the U.S. commander in Iraq and the U.S. Ambassador