Missouri's Request for Statehood Reopens Question of Slavery - The Making of a Nation No. 41 - James Monroe Part 2 From VOA Learning English, welcome to The Making of a Nation, our weekly program of American history for people learning English. Im St

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The Friday afternoon computer science class at Berea College looks much like similar classes on campuses all over America. But there's one big difference. While a four-year undergraduate degree at Berea costs nearly $100,000, these students will neve

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我今天首先要问一下喜欢养宠物的朋友,在猫和狗中间,你更喜欢哪个呢?有些朋友会说,狗通人性,绝不养猫。另外一些朋友则会说,猫聪明美丽,绝不养狗。但是肯定也会有些宠物爱好者是

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From reception to year 2, all children now get free hot school meals saving their parents 400 pounds a child per year. But skynews understands the skim could for under the chances knife in November spending of year. And head teachers including the on

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THIS IS AMERICA - Summer Camps By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, June 21, 2004 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Millions of American children attend summer camp. Some play sports. Others make music, learn to use

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By Michael Bowman Washington 02 March 2008 Amid a weakening U.S. economy, America's foreign-trade policy has become a contentious issue in the presidential race. Both major Democratic Party candidates say free-trade pacts have harmed American workers

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By Lisa Schlein The United Nations refugee agency is reporting growing violence against Sudanese refugees in and around camps in eastern Chad. The agency says steps are being taken to improve security

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UN, Camps in Iraq Prepare for New Wave of War Victims IRBIL, IRAQ U.N. and camp officials in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region are already preparing for another wave of Iraqis displaced by war to flood into the area as the conflict against Islamic ext

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By Barry Kalb Hong Kong 23 February 2007 U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney says that nations like the United States and Australia simply cannot indulge in the option of ignoring safe havens for terrorist groups around the world. Speaking in Sydney, he

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 28 August 2007 A team of U.S. lawmakers visiting South Korea says a major free-trade deal signed several months ago may have to wait until next year for passage. Other pressing business before the U.S. Congress, and some unsettled

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Asia Pacific Leaders to Tackle Free Trade, Tariffs Senior officials from 21 countries are meeting in Hawaii this week for the annual summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, or APEC. This year's host, President Barack Obama, will meet w

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Burma Releases Dozens of Political Prisoners Burma has released more than 100 political prisoners as part of a general amnesty, including a few prominent activists. Rights groups have welcomed their release but are urging that all political prisoners

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The story of the Rohingya Muslims is complicated and gets more so every day. Evidence keeps emerging that Myanmar has used a campaign of terror to drive hundreds of thousands of Rohingya across the border into refugee camps in Bang

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By Dan Robinson Washington 14 June 2007 A proposed free trade agreement between the United States and South Korea is still facing opposition from some members of Congress. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill. Objections center on concerns it

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 02 July 2007 U.S. President George Bush and South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun signed a wide-ranging trade liberalization agreement Saturday. Legislators in both countries will need to vote on whether to ratify the treaty. As VOA

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TORONTO, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The huge wildfire burning out of control around the Canadian oilsands town of Fort McMurray has approached some major oilsands facilities in the city's north, forcing more workers to flee for safety two weeks after a massi

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 10 July 2006 S. Korean protesters shout slogans during an anti-FTA rally, July 10, 2006 U.S. and South Korean negotiators have ended the first day of talks aimed at cracking open barriers to each other's exports. But basic disagr

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By Deborah Tate Washington 04 December 2007 The U.S. Senate has followed the lead of the House of Representatives and approved a free trade agreement with Peru, giving President Bush his first legislative victory on trade since Democrats took control

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U.S. President George Bush wants Congress to approve a free trade agreement with Colombia. Opposition Democrats have delayed that vote until after November elections. 美国总统布什希望国会批准与哥伦比亚的自由贸易协定。但是国会

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