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By George Dwyer Washington, D.C. 31 July 2006 watch Living Wage report Lawmakers in the Midwest U.S. city of Chicago have approved a measure requiring large-scale discount stores to pay their employees a so-called living wage. As VOA's George Dwyer
2006年VOA标准英语（七月）
After a courageous three year campaign of intense fighting, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced the liberation of all Iraqi territory from ISIS control. The United States applauds the leadership of Prime Minister Abadi, said State Department
VOA标准英语2017年(12月)
By Dan Robinson Washington 07 December 2007 At a U.S. congressional hearing Thursday, witnesses challenged the testimony of a U.S. official who was defending a decision to remove Vietnam from a list of countries failing to do enough to promote religi
VOA常速英语2007年（十二月）
Two powerful suicide bomb blasts near the Pakistani capital have killed at least 64 people and wounded more than 70 others Thursday. Pakistani Taliban militants have claimed responsibility for the bombings on a main weapons factory just 30 kilometer
VOA标准英语2008年（八月）
By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo 15 November 2009 The biennial Dubai Air Show is underway, with the global economy dampening expectations among those selling civilian planes. But regional tensions have led to some optimism among manufacturers of military a
VOA标准英语2009年(十一月)
Indian Activists Say New Rape Law Falls Short Consider Purnima Rao, who has lived in New Delhi her entire life. She does not remember a time when she felt safe in the city, whether it was as a young girl or now as a 33-year-old filmmaker. You get sta
VOA标准英语2013年(二月)
Review Boards in Many US Cities Handle Complaints Against Police 美国很多城市的审查委员会处理警察投诉案 INDIANAPOLIS The use of deadly force by law enforcement officers in Ferguson, Missouri and elsewhere in the United States in re
VOA标准英语2015年(一月)
Indias Food Security Plan Met With Skepticism With food inflation hitting 8.25 percent in May, New Delhi resident Geeta Kashyap bargains even harder at the market to keep costs down. As food prices rise, she is left to wonder how the poorest in India
VOA标准英语2013年(七月)
By Bill Rodgers Washington, DC 07 February 2008 The slowing U.S. economy and rising unemployment are affecting a wide range of businesses across the country, including those owned by immigrants. Small immigrant businesses in Prince William County, Vi
VOA常速英语2008年（二月）
AILSA CHANG, HOST: The nation's epidemic of opioid abuse has created new opportunities for insurance fraud. Health care insurance pays for the costs of recovery. That's led to a boom in residential treatment programs for addicts, some of which use de
2017年NPR美国国家公共电台8月
DAVID GREENE, HOST: LA has tens of thousands of street vendors. But there's no system for them to operate legally. Now there's a movement to change that. As Parker Yesko reports, one thing helping is local resistance to President Trump's immigration
2017年NPR美国国家公共电台6月
Dear Annie: I live next door to people who leave their windows open and have the television blaring most of the night, while their children play loud video games. They also run some sort of compressor all day long that's right next to our patio. This
英语听力文摘 English Digest
By Meredith Buel Washington 05 September 2006 Lebanese woman Zeinab Beydoun sits in her house that was damaged by an Israeli attack in southern town of Bint Jbeil, September 4, 2006 Lebanese officials say the month-long fighting between Israel and H
2006年VOA标准英语（九月）
Kenya's foreign minister has dismissed a BBC report suggesting that a consignment of tanks and other military hardware aboard a hijacked Ukrainian ship was bound for South Sudan when it was seized by Somali pirates last month. The Kenyan government
VOA标准英语2008年（十月）
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 15 November 2006 Pakistan's lower house of parliament has passed a landmark bill amending the country's controversial laws governing rape and adultery. The legislation, which has one more hurdle to clear, would overturn Pa
2006年VOA标准英语（十一月)
By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 19 November 2007 Pakistan's Supreme Court has dismissed the main legal challenges to General Pervez Musharraf's presidential re-election on October 6. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad the court struck down the c
VOA常速英语2007年（十一月）
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 05 June 2007 Pakistani journalists hold oil torches as they march towards presidency during rally to condemn crackdown against media, in Islamabad, 04 June 2007 Pakistani journalists and media rights activists are lashing o
2007年VOA标准英语（六月）