President Obama has signed an executive order designed to shield military families from deceptive marketing by for-profit schools. NPRs Scott Horsley reports the order came during a visit by the president and First Lady Michelle Obama to Fort Stewart

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年NPR美国国家公共电台4月

An Inspector General's report is contending that politics played a major role in who was hired at the Justice Department by the Bush administration. NPR's Dina Temple-Raston reports. If you are a young lawyer trying to get a career job at the Justic

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. With less than a month left to raise the debt ceiling, Congress is back at the negotiating table this week. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports the Senate had to cancel its 4th of July break to push on with the t

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年NPR美国国家公共电台7月

1. insurgent /[ɪnˈsɜ:dʒənt/ -- 1. one who rises in revolt against established authority; rebel 2. rebellious The king promised to pardon any insurgent who would lay down his arms. 国王答应宽恕任何愿意放下武器的叛乱者。 General

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I'm gonna start with a few top stories we wanna share with you here. This happened yesterday, just a tough scene. This is in a rural south of Georgia Community where 7 people had their funerals and their burials all in one day. These were for 7 of t

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A federal judge says prosecutors cannot use a critical witness in a terrorist trial because of harsh CIA interrogation tactics. NPRs Carrie Johnson reports todays ruling by Judge Lewis Kaplan delays the first civilian trial of a Guantanamo detainee.

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Occupy Wall Street fever spread around the globe today with protests throughout Europe, Asia and South Africa. Demonstrators called for greater economic equality and stricter financial regulations. In Seoul, South Korea, Jason Strother reports the pr

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Japanese Ground Troops Leave for Iraq Amy Bickers Japanese ground troops have left for Iraq - marking the country's first full military deployment to a combat zone since World War II. The humanitarian

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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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Six More Civilians Killed by Suspected Insurgents in Iraq Nick Simeone In Iraq, at least six more Iraqi civilians have been killed by suspected insurgents, three of them when a bomb exploded outside a

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Dozens Dead in Iraqi Police Station Bombing Kirk Troy The explosion ripped through a police station in the town of Iskandariya just before mid-day , killing and maiming people and wreaking havoc on th

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Hillary Clinton brought years of speculation to an end last night by officially announcing she is running to become the first woman president of the United States. 美国前国务卿希拉里克林顿(Hillary Clinton)4月12日晚正式宣布参选下

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Leaders 社论 The European Commission 欧盟委员会 Lagarde for president 拉加德或将成为欧盟委员会掌门人 If ever Europe needed a competent reformer with new ideas, it is now 如果欧盟需要一个有想法的领导者,就趁现在

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16名哥伦比亚反政府武装成员向政府投降 BOGOTA, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Sixteen members of the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) turned themselves in to the military in the latest group surrender, the navy said Tuesday. The

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1. BP's again trying to contain the Gulf oil spill. The company declared failure in its latest attempt to plug the gusher. BP's next step will involve using a remote controlled undersea robots to saw off part of the broken pipe that leads from the we

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The U.S. Navy says it is on heightened alert after receiving what it calls credible al-Qaida threats against American warships and commercial vessels in the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea, and the Persian Gulf. The latest threat from Osama bin Laden's

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British politics 英国政治 Farage against the machine 法拉奇反抗主流政坛 Mainstream politicians seeking to rival the populism of Nigel Farage's party are on a hiding to nothing 主流政客寻找机会对抗奈吉尔法拉奇的民粹主义

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Law enforcement officials tell NPR that the mystery man known as Misha who was tied to the Boston Marathon bombing suspects is not believed to have played a part in the attacks. But as NPR's Dina Temple

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