The inspector general at the Justice Department says a top aide to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales used political considerations in screening candidates for employment at the agency in violation of federal law. VOA's Deborah Tate reports fr

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(七月)

By Kent Klein Washington 31 March 2008 The top U.S. housing official, who is under criminal investigation, has announced he is resigning. VOA's Kent Klein reports from Washington. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson says he will

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AZUZ: Tens of millions of people will soon be able to see how they were affected by a data breach of their Facebook account, if they haven't already. The social media company started rolling out a tool for this Monday. Controversy erupted last month

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By Challiss McDonough Cairo 12 October 2007 The Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr has already begun in many countries. Egypt will mark the holiday on Saturday, but the celebrations connected to the Eid will continue for several days. This year, there is

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA常速英语(十月)

By Jim Malone Washington 21 March 2008 The U.S. State Department said Friday that the passport files of all three remaining presidential candidates had been improperly breached by contract workers. The revelation prompted an apology from Secretary of

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(117) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(三月)

By David Gollust State Department 19 December 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she is disappointed and concerned by the death sentences handed down by a Libyan court against five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 23 March 2006 The governor of Kenya's Central Bank has been charged with four counts of abuse of office for allegedly awarding lucrative contracts in violation of procurement

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NGO Dispute Means Fewer Monitors for Egypt Vote Egypt's historic presidential campaign comes to a close with the first round of voting to choose a new civilian leader. The Elections Commission says there will be monitors from the Arab League, the Afr

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Zimbabwe's newly-nominated deputy agricultural minister, Movement for Democratic Change party treasurer Roy Bennett, is being held on charges of attempting to acquire weapons. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says Bennett's arrest was politically mo

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VOA标准英语2011--Incumbent Liberian President Leading in Early Returns First results from Liberia's presidential election show incumbent President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf leading her 15 rivals. Reporting results from just over 16 percent of more th

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: All right. To another story now, a story involving the number 87 million. Facebook says that's the number of people whose information may have been improperly shared with the political data mining firm Cambridge Analytica. Th

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: It's been two years since the peak of the drinking water crisis in Flint, Mich. The state has spent more than $16 million to distribute free bottled water to residents. That program ends this week even as some residents say they

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台4月

The inspector general at the Justice Department says a top aide to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales used political considerations in screening candidates for employment at the agency in violation of federal law. Appearing before the Senate Ju

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New stats show funding for education in China has been growing by nearly 8-percent annually since 2012. At the same time, enrollment rates have also been on the rise through the same period. 00:00/03:35 A report delivered to China's top legislature,

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By Nico Colombant Abidjan 06 June 2006 Days before their football team's first-ever game in the World Cup, many Ivorian fans are still waiting for visas to support their side in Germany. -------------

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One of South Korea's most powerful business leaders has avoided a prison sentence for alleged corruption. A South Korean court agrees the former chairman of Samsung evaded taxes, but it threw out more serious charges. VOA's Kurt Achin reports from S

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U.S. taxpayers have spent almost $51 billion on post-war reconstruction in Iraq. The inspector general for Iraq Reconstruction says much of this money was filtered to contractors with little government oversight, leading to massive fraud and little

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By Scott Bobb Pretoria 19 October 2006 Health officials from southern Africa and the World Health Organization (WHO) met Tuesday and Wednesday in South Africa to discuss ways to deal with growing cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis. Because new dru

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By Rory Byrne Phnom Penh 15 May 2007 Revenues from large deposits of oil and gas discovered in Cambodia's territorial waters are expected to start flowing by the year 2010. The government says the funds will be used to pay for much-needed infrastruct

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By Jim Malone Washington 09 March 2007 An internal U.S. government report says the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the FBI, abused its powers in secretly obtaining personal information in investigations targeting terrorism or espionage suspects. Law

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