LONDON Kurdish commanders in northern Syria said this week Russia is building a military base there, and will help train its fighters. Moscow disputed the claims, but analysts say it is a sign of the Kurds growing role in the region. Across the borde

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(111) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2017年(三月)

BBC News with David Austin. The U.S president-elect Donald Trump has said the government should cancel plans with two new air force one presidential planes,describing that is ridiculously expensive.Mr Trump said it cost 4 billion dollars and he accus

发表于:2018-12-20 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻

THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week, General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker testified before Congress on the progress of America's strategy in Iraq, including the surge in forces. They agreed that our Coalition faces formidable challe

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 美国总统电台演说

By Patricia Nunan More than 30 people have been injured in a bomb blast in Nepal's capital Kathmandu. So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but suspicion has fallen on the countr

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(下)--新闻盘点

Michael Kitchen Afghanistan has approved a new election law, marking another step toward choosing its first elected government in two decades. The new regulations attempt to curb the influence of warl

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(上)--国际时事

President Bush has released his first public comment on the fighting in Gaza. Issuing in advanced recording of a Saturday radio address, Mr. Bush reiterates his call for a sustainable ceasefire. United States is leading diplomatic efforts to achieve

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In Nepal, Maoists have intensified protests as a 6-month long standoff with the government shows no signs of ending. The political impasse threatens a historic peace pact which ended a violent Maoist-led insurgency, and brought them into the politica

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(十二月)

Pakistan Eyes US Drawdown in Afghanistan US President Barack Obama Wednesday announced a drawdown of U.S. forces from Afghanistan next month, with a grim warning to Pakistan: terrorist safe havens will not be tolerated. In a nationally televised spee

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(162) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(六月)

As predicted, violence ahead of Iraq's October 15 national referendum on the draft constitution is rising, with more than 110 people killed and as many wounded in car bombings since late Thursday. Wednesday's attack in Tal Afar, carried out by the fi

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 Bilingual News

Colombia's largest armed rebel groups, the FARC and ELN, have met to strengthen their unification process. In a statement, the FARC says incidents which led to the distancing between the groups have been overcome. The FARC has also stressed the need

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 世界各地新闻集锦

JUDY WOODRUFF: First lady Michelle Obama late today tweeted a picture of herself holding up a sign with the hashtag #bringbackourgirls. Jeffrey Brown picks up the story here. JEFFREY BROWN: And for a closer look at the situation in Nigeria and here i

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Welcome home. 欢迎回家 Love what you've done with the place. 你们把这儿收拾得真好 Did you find Ben? 你找到本了吗 Ben and about a dozen others,yeah. 找到了本和另外十几个孩子 Is he all right? 他还好吗 He's alive. 至少

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CIA Chief Denies Bush Administration Manipulated Iraq Intelligence Deborah Tate The head of the Central Intelligence Agency says he does not believe the Bush administration manipulated intelligence to

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Analysis: Afghanistan Still Faces Difficult Road Ahead 分析家认为阿富汗前路仍然困难重重 In a new report, the nonpartisan Center for American Progress says Afghanistan has made great st

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2005(下)--国政军事聚焦

The World Food Program is pulling its operations out of much of rebel-controlled Somalia, affecting some 1 million in-need Somalis. The food aid organization is citing unacceptable demands from the Islamist insurgent group al-Shabab that reached a br

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(一月)

今天我们要学的词是fuel。 Fuel, 做为动词,有刺激的意思。The basketball player put his house up for sale, fueling speculation that he is being traded, 这个篮球队员正在卖房子,大家因此猜测,他可能要被球队换

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Chinese mainland, Taiwan sign agreement on nuclear safety cooperation Negotiators from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan have signed an agreement on cross-Strait cooperation in nuclear safety. It was signed during the seventh round of talks between the

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September 27th, 1964 The Warren Commission wraps up its investigation into the assassination of President John F.Kennedy. Its report concludes Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing Kennedy and wounding Texas governor John Connally the previous yea

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Reuters Reporter Stephen Kalin is in Mosul and joins me now via Skype. So, how significant was this moment? Very significant. This is -- we're getting very close to the end of nearly nine-month battle. There are still a small pocket of territory in M

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈社会系列

JOHN YANG: The Iraqi government, with United States support, stepped up the pace to retake the city of Fallujah. Iraqi military forces stormed the southern edge of the city, which has been controlled by ISIS since January 2014. Iraqi tanks rolled dow

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