Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega died in a Panama City hospital on Monday. He was 83 years old. Noriega had been in a coma since March. He had been recovering from several operations related to removing cancer from his brain earlier this year.

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(五)月

Panama Canal The 51mile Panama Canal made shipping history when it opened a route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is located in the narrowest part of the American continent and the lowest

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Broadcast: Jan 29 2003 Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, authorities in Panama have stepped up security at their nation's 1) transoceanic canal and they are now working closely with i

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PanamaResearchInstituteDedicatedtoEarth'sEcosystem Every year, about 1,000 scientists from around the world visit the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. The Institute is one of the oldest and largest facilities of its kind in the worl

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(九月)

Technology Report - Bigger Ships, So a Bigger Panama Canal This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. The Panama Canal opened almost one hundred years ago. More than one million ships have passed through the waterway since nineteen fourteen.

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Mossack Fonseca: Law Firm Behind 'Panama Papers' For nearly 40 years, a law firm in Panama helped drug dealers, criminals, corrupt politicians, sports stars and billionaires avoid paying taxes. A group of investigative journalists said the Mossack Fo

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By Brian Wagner Miami 23 July 2007 Lawyers for former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega have asked a U.S. judge to block his possible extradition to France to face money-laundering charges. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports that Noreiga is seekin

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By Lisa Ferdinando Miami 24 January 2007 The defense attorney for Manuel Noriega says the former Panamanian dictator is to be released from a Miami prison in September. Lisa Ferdinando reports from Miami. Manuel Antonio Noriega (undated file photo) N

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PANAMA CITY, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Panamanians will go to the polls Sunday to elect a new president, vice president and legislators. Seven candidates are registered in the presidential race, with three leading the field -- Jose Domingo Arias from the rul

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Wk 33 (15 August 1914) The Panama Canal Is OpenedThis Week in HistoryThe Panama Canal is officially opened after 10 years of construction. In 1914, the Panama Canal was officially opened. The canal links the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, allowing ship

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The Dubai-based airline has announced it will begin operating the world's longest regularly scheduled nonstop flight. 总部位于迪拜的阿航宣布将开通全球最长不经停的定期航线。 Daily service between Dubai and Panama City will b

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By Peter Heinlein New York 07 November 2006 Panama's Ambassador Dr. Ricardo Arias votes in UN General Assembly, November 7, 2006 Panama has been elected to a U.N. Security Council seat that had been the object of a bitter battle between Venezuela an

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巴拿马地震修订为6.0级 NEW YORK, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The 5.8-magnitude earthquake which hit Panama earlier Wednesday has been revised to be 6.0 on the Richter scale, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake jolted 52 km south of Pedregal, P

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委内瑞拉中断与巴拿马的关系 CARACAS, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Wednesday announced his decision to break diplomatic and trade ties with Panama, the Venezuelan News Agency (AVN) reported. Earlier in the day, M

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The most popular fruit in the world - bananas - may be about to be wiped out by an invisible killer bug. 一种无形的致死性病菌或许马上就要把香蕉这种世界上最受欢迎的水果赶尽杀绝了。 Panama Disease which has already

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许多英语单词无论是顺读还是倒读,其词形和词义完全一样,如dad(爸爸)、noon(中午)、level(水平)、terret(鞍环)、reviver(兴奋剂)等。在权威的《牛津英语大词典》(Oxford English Dictionar

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(41) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

David Cameron last night bowed to a week of political pressure and disclosed that he had made money from an offshore fund. 英国首相戴维?卡梅伦(David Cameron)昨晚迫于持续一周的政治压力,公开披露自己从一只离岸基金中赚

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PANAMA CITY, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Panama's Olympic Committee (COP) is in such disarray over its leadership that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has threatened to withdraw its recognition of the organization, media sources said Tuesday. In th

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Panama Canal was built almost 100 years ago and is now undergoing a major expansion. The waterway will be widened, making room for bigger ships, and that means more cargo and more revenue. The expansion promises big rewards f

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Panama hats 巴拿马草帽 Hold onto your headwear 守住你的帽子 Ecuador makes them and wants you to know it 厄瓜多尔制造了这种帽子并希望你去了解它 HATS have been woven in and around Montecristi, a hillside town in Ecuador ne

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