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克里与中东、海湾国家讨论安全挑战 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting with representatives of Middle Eastern and Gulf states to discuss security challenges in the wake of a quick advance of an Islamist insurgency. A radical g

VOA标准英语2010-NATO Probes Remote Afghan Valley

Tribal elders meet with U.S. troops in Afghanistan's Chowkay Valley One of the biggest challenges we have has to do with the cultural differences. The Pashtun population is challenging by nature in the way they look at life. Nearly nine years into th

VOA标准英语2009-EU Boosts Humanitarian Aid to Pakistan

The European Union has pledged millions of dollars in new humanitarian assistance for Pakistanis displaced by fighting between government troops and the Taliban insurgency in the Asian nation. The EU has also raised chances of closer trade ties duri

VOA标准英语2009年-Karzai Presents List of Cabinet Nomine

The Afghan leader has retained most of his top technocrat ministers backed by Western allies of the country. Ayaz Gul | Islamabad 19 December 2009 Photo: AP Afghan President Hamid Karzai Lawmakers in the lower house of Afghan parliament have begun de

VOA标准英语2010年-US, Iraqi Officials Say Iraqi Security

US commander for Iraq, Gen. Ray Odierno, speaks at a press conference at the U.S. embassy in the Green Zone of Baghdad, Iraq (File Photo) A recent wave of violence across Iraq is drawing more attention to the impending decrease in U.S. forces in that

VOA标准英语2010年-Groups Condemn Detention of Somali Jou

Global media rights groups are condemning the arrest and detention of a Somali radio reporter by the al-Shabab rebels. Somalia is considered one of the most dangerous places in the world to work as a journalist. The National Union of Somali Journalis

VOA标准英语2011--thern Philippines Insurgency, Locals Are

InSouthernPhilippinesInsurgency,LocalsAreNoStrangerstoDeadlocked In the Philippines, the government and the countrys largest Muslim rebel group have been trying to reach a peace deal through nearly 15 years of on-and-off talks. In recent months, ther

VOA双语新闻 Shortage of Vehicle Armor

Bush administration officials continue to react to a complaint from an American soldier headed for Iraq that U.S. forces deployed for battle there are not getting the vehicle armor they need to protect themselves from attacks. The issue came up durin

VOA双语新闻 Iraqi Forces Must Protect Themselves

The general who commands all U.S. military operations in the Middle East says the new Iraqi army is responsible for protecting its own facilities, such as police stations and recruiting centers that have frequently been hit by insurgent bombs. 指挥美

【跟着英剧练发音】A History Of Britain - 13 B

文本： In 60 AD, Boudicca rose up in furious revolt, quicklygathering an army bent on vengeance. With the cream of the Roman troops tieddown suppressing an insurgency in north Wales, Boudicca's army marched towardsthe place which most symbolised t

中东—伊拉克频繁发生炸弹袭击事件

Series of Attacks Rock Iraq 伊拉克频繁发生炸弹袭击事件 A suicide bomber blew himself up in front of the embassy of Slovakia, in another day of violence in the Iraqi capital. No one was ki

2007年VOA标准英语-Kashmir's Mothers of the Disappeared Struggle t

By Raymond Thibodeaux Srinagar 03 July 2007 Thousands of young, military-age men in Kashmir have vanished during Kashmir's 18-year conflict. Estimates of the number missing range from 3,000 to as many as 10,000. But for one Kashmiri mother, one is to

VOA常速英语2008年-IMF Gives Afghanistan Mixed Economic Review

By Barry Wood Washington 20 February 2008 The International Monetary Fund Wednesday gave Afghanistan a mixed economic report card, saying the country's overall reforms are on track but corruption and a dramatic rise in opium production pose significa

VOA标准英语2010-Leaked Video Shows US Attack in Iraq that

Gabe Joselow | Washington 06 April 2010 Apache helicopter's gun video showing the Reuters news photographer and his driver, among other men A classified military video showing a U.S. attack in Baghdad three years ago has been posted on the Web. The g

VOA标准英语2009年-US President Has Been Considering Afgh

Mr. Obama's focus on Afghanistan began during the 2008 presidential campaign when he visited the country for the first time Siri Nyrop and John Walker | Washington, DC 01 December 2009 President Obama's decision on a new strategy for Afghanistan was

VOA双语新闻：欧盟增加对巴基斯坦人道援助

The European Union has pledged millions of dollars in new humanitarian assistance for Pakistanis displaced by fighting between government troops and the Taliban insurgency in the Asian nation. The EU has also raised chances of closer trade ties durin

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-06-20

The United States is sending up to 300 additional military advisers to help Iraq's government fight the Islamist insurgency. U.S. President Barack Obama says America is ready to act, but he has stressed the country will not be sending combat troops.

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The Republican contender in the US presidential race senator Ted Cruz has won the Wisconsin primary eroding the Republican frontrunner Donald Trumps' lead. The Wisconsin result has been seen as a test for Mr. Trump whose campaign in the past week has

VOA常速英语2007年-US Marines Not Deploying to Afghanistan

By Al Pessin Pentagon 05 December 2007 The commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps says Marines will not be deployed to Afghanistan, as he had wanted, and will continue to work in western Iraq instead. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon. General J

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Polling stations have closed in all 28 European Union member countries, following four days ofvoting for the European parliament. Exit polls suggest anti-immigration parties hostile to theEU have done well. The far-right Front National party is claim