1. President Barack Obama took the oath of office for the second time Sunday. The small ceremony at the White House comes a day before the ceremony of oath and inauguration celebrations Monday. 2. The capital city is getting ready for the thousands o

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Israeli Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu has declared victory following Tuesdays election. His Likud Partyhas a surprising nearly one-quarter of the seats in parliament, leaving him ina strong position to form a coalition government. Investigators in

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President Obama Preparing to Receive Gun Policy Recommendations From Learning English, this is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Almost a month has passed since a gunman killed twenty children and six adults at a school in Newtown, Connecticut. The

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AS IT IS 2016-05-14 US, Others Walk Out of Ugandan Inauguration 多名西方官员中途退出乌干达总统就职典礼 Yoweri Museveni has begun his fifth term as Ugandas president. United States, Canadian and European delegates walked out of the

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Clinton, Ouattara Discuss Ivorian Reconciliation Secretary Clinton and President Ouattara met at Abidjan's presidential palace for talks meant to underscore the Obama administration's commitment to democratic governance in Ivory Coast. The first visi

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More Democracy Means More Economic Aid for Guinea The road to democracy has been bumpy for Guinea, but the European Union is supporting new development projects. The reinstated funding comes after the country's first free and fair elections, and a ne

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Obama: Burma's Journey an Example for Asia, World In a speech at the University of Rangoon, Obama referred to a pledge he made at his presidential inauguration in 2009 to extend a hand to governments that ruled by fear if they are ready to unclench t

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President-elect Barack Obama has chosen yet another former political rival to join his incoming cabinet. Mr. Obama has announced that New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson will be his Secretary of Commerce and that Richardson will be a key member of h

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今天我们要学的词是star-studded。 Star-studded, 是众星云集的意思。 U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony will be a star-studded event, 美国当选总统奥巴马的就职典礼将是一次众星云集的盛会。

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: As 2017 draws to an end and we try to assess it, one measure is, what deathless prose has been added to our collective memories over the past 12 months? Well, Fred Shapiro has assembled the top 10 quotations of the year from inte

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It is the era of social media, when we distill our innermost thoughts and feelings into short pithy updates and tweets. Which is why it was striking when Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently wrote a nearly 6,000-word essay about

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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Since the presidential election, George Orwell's 1984 has become a bestseller again. The dystopian novel in which the main character works at the Ministry of Truth creating fake news for a totalitarian regime has been adapted for

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经历150年风雨的国会圆顶接受翻修 The U.S. Capitol Dome in Washington, DC, is recognized world-wide as one of the most enduring symbols of the U.S. government and American democracy. Since last November, the dome has been wrapped in metal

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A spokesman for Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe has rejected criticism of the country's presidential election, saying those who call the vote illegitimate can 'go hang'. Mr. Mugabe is attending an African Union summit. 津巴布韦总统穆加贝的发言人反

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A deal has been reached to send Australian Special Forces into Iraq. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has been in Baghdad where she has reached a legal agreement with the Iraqi government. Australian force has been on standby in the United Arab Emirates

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A track has clogged with several cars causing traffic chaos in the Sydney's Deep South suburb of D. Y. Emergency crews are trying to free those trapped in the wreckage and fuel is leaking from one of the cars. Motorists are being asked to avoid that

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Chinese President Xi Jinping attended a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China in Hong Kong on July 1st. Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chair of the Central

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April 4th, 1968The reverend Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated on a hotel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. The civil rights leader was 39. And Ive seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we as a pe

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 10 October 2007 France's first museum showcasing the country's history of immigration has opened in Paris - to a storm of controversy. Lisa Bryant has more on the immigration debate from the French capital. Located in eastern Par

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President-elect Barack Obama is urging Congress to act quickly on his economic recovery program, warning that inaction by Washington could extend the current recession for years. 美国当选总统奥巴马敦促国会立即行动,通过他提出的经

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