The Senate is in the midst of its first impeachment trial in more than half a decade. Senators are hearing arguments in the case of Nevada Judge Harry Claiborne, a convicted tax evader, who has refused to give up his seat on the Federal bench. Linda

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I join my colleague Mr. Rangel in thanking you for giving the junior members of this committee the glorious opportunity of sharing the pain of this inquiry. Mr. Chairman, you are a strong man, and it has not be

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Congressmen seem to have decided that two things are needed to give them a chance of re-election in 2018: 国会议员似乎已经决定,有两件事需要给他们2018年重新竞选的机会: an economic revival and a containment of the vast co

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The Americas 美洲 Brazil's Political Scandal: Temer tantrum 巴西政治丑闻:特梅尔生气了 Bribery charges will not bring down the president just yet. 受贿指控并不会导致总统下台。 Ever since an audio recording emerged in May

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160 印尼面临最关键的时刻 Showdown Looms in Indonesia Patricia Nunan Jakarta 13 Jul 2001 11:58 UTC Indonesian leaders appear ready for a 1)showdown next week. President Abdurrahman Wahid has

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Brazilian lawmakers have voted to back the impeachment process for President Dilma Rousseff. The lower house of Congress voted late Sunday to send the matter to the Senate, which will consider whether to put Rousseff on trial. A two-thirds majority,

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AS IT IS 2016-07-01 Olympic Chief: Zika Not Top Concern at Rio Games 奥运会主席:寨卡病毒不会影响里约奥运会进程 Excitement is building for the 2016 Summer Olympics. The opening ceremony will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on

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AS IT IS 2015-11-09 Will Brazil's President Be Impeached? 巴西总统会遭到弹劾吗 Observers say recent events have increased the chances of Brazils president being forced from office. The experts are saying that President Dilma Rousseff could

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 25 April 2007 A House lawmaker, Dennis Kucinich, has introduced articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney, asserting that actions Mr. Cheney has taken have harmed U.S. national security and deceived Congr

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: And those are sounds from the city of Seoul this morning, celebration in the streets following a historic ruling in South Korea that has ousted that nation's president from office. The highest court in the country upheld a vote by

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The opposition filed a new impeachment bid against Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo over alleged corruption, but analysts predict the bid will fail like three previous attempts. As VOA correspondent Nancy-Amelia Collins reports, the unpo

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 14 November 2006 Heavily armed anti-riot police, backed by soldiers, are maintaining a high profile presence in Jos, capital of Nigeria's Plateau State, a day after legislators removed the governor. Some of Nigerias leading

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - The Great Impeachment Trial of Andrew Johnson By Frank Beardsley Broadcast: Thursday, July 07, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English.

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Old-school love letters between a young Richard Nixon and the woman he would later marry have been unveiled at the former president's library in California, showing the poetic side of a man who addressed his future wife as dearest heart. 日前,加利

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The interim speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress Waldir Maranhao says he has reversed a decision to annul the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. The move came after Senate President Renan Calheiros on Monday dismissed Maranhao'

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Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has addressed the nation after the Senate voted to put her on trial. She condemned the impeachment process as a coup and a farce. Rousseff said she committed only errors instead of any impeachable crimes,

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Hello, I'm Sue Montgomery with the BBC news. Cyprus says it has agreed to an Egyptian request to extradite Seif al-Din Mohamed Mostafa, an Egyptian national accused of hijacking an Egypt air flight to the island last week. Aileen Young reports. The s

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BRASILIA, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's Attorney General's Office appealed on Tuesday to the Federal Supreme Court in a bid to annul the impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff. The Attorney General, Jose Eduardo Cardozo, will give a news

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I join my colleague Mr. Rangel in thanking you for giving the junior members of this committee the glorious opportunity of sharing the pain of this inquiry. Mr. Chairman, you are a strong man, and it has not bee

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HARI SREENIVASAN, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR: Joining me now via Skype from Rio is Dom Phillips of The Washington Post. Dom, we're not going to ask you sport scores. I know the Washington Post has a big team covering that, but let's talk a little bi

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