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部门经理Fay找手下Steve来,讨论他的年度中期工作表现。 Fay: Hi there, Steve....grab a seat. Steve: Hi, Fay. How are you this morning? F: Very well, thanks. Great weather we've been having. S: I know! Makes me want to sneak away fr
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 12 July 2007 Israel is marking the anniversary of last year's Lebanon war. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Israel is still casting a wary eye over its northern border. Israeli gunners cover their ears
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 22 November 2006 Ukraine is marking the second anniversary of the Orange Revolution - the mass street protests that ousted former President Leonid Kuchma and swept President Viktor Yushchenko to power. Mr. Yushchenko campaigne
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Iran is observing the thirtieth anniversary of the country's Islamic revolution with a ten-day celebration that began last Saturday. The nineteen seventy-nine revolution forced Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi o
By Paula Wolfson White House 28 August 2006 President Bush is promising continued government help for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. One year after the storm hit the US Gulf Coast, the president is touring the region and meeting with the survivor
By Scott Stearns Washington 26 August 2006 President Bush is marking the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with a pledge that the federal government will continue helping people along America's Gulf Coast rebuild their lives. The killer storm w
The 21st Winter Olympics in Vancouver enter their final week Sunday. Local organizers have received high marks for the way the Games have gone so far. The first eight days of the Winter Games in Vancouver have had plenty of controversy. Before the Ga
By Challiss McDonough Beirut 14 February 2006 Central Beirut was awash in Lebanese flags as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to mark the first anniversary of the death of former Pri
By Michael Bowman Washington 16 April 2008 Candlelight vigils and somber ceremonies marked the one-year anniversary of a shooting spree on the campus of a U.S. university, Virginia Tech, that left 32 people and the gunman dead. From Washington, VOA's
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 17 December 2007 2007 was a year in which Russia deployed new weapons, withdrew from a major European security treaty, and held a widely criticized election campaign, all while continuing to enjoy economic growth and a strong
Historic Civil Rights Ruling Marks 50 Years Fifty years ago this Sunday, on Dec. 11, 1961, the United States Supreme Court reversed the convictions of 16 black college students who had been arrested in a civil rights demonstration in Louisiana. It wa
By Mona Ghuneim New York 11 September 2007 The United States marked the sixth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States with ceremonies, tributes and silence all over the country. From VOA's New York Bureau, Mona G
By Efam Dovi Accra 06 March 2007 Thousands of ordinary Ghanaians, as well as heads of state and other dignitaries, gathered Tuesday in Ghana's Independence Square in the capital, Accra, to celebrate the west African nation's 50th anniversary of inde
By Mil Arcega Washington, D.C. 02 January 2007 watch After Saddam video 2006 ended with a powerful reminder of U.S. losses in Iraq. Although the Pentagon has not yet confirmed it, media reports say the death toll for American troops has reached 3000
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 10 December 2007 The United Nations marked the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Nairobi by highlighting the persecution of journalists in Somalia. Derek Kilner has more for VOA from N
By Tendai Maphosa London 06 March 2008 The human rights group Amnesty International issued a report ahead of the March 8 International Women's Day on the threats and abuse faced by school-age girls. Others, including U.S. Secretary of State Condoleez
By Meredith Buel Washington 05 June 2007 This week marks the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Middle East War, a six-day conflict that led to Israel's stunning victory over three Arab armies. Analysts say, however, the four decades that followed brought
By Scott Stearns Dakar 02 October 2009 Guinea military leader Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara salutes during independence day celebrations in Conakry, Guinea, 2 Oct 2009 Guinea's military ruler used the nation's independence day to express his sympathy fo
Israel's new right-wing government is about to complete its first 100 days in power, a period marked by tension with Washington over how to advance the peace process with the Palestinians. But the Israeli public is showing cautious support for the n
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 11 September 2007 South Africans are marking the 30th anniversary of the death of Steve Biko, the founder of the Black Consciousness Movement, who died while in police custody. The occasion is being marked this week by spee