AS IT IS 2016-05-02 Iraqi Parliament Collapses, Lawmakers Flee Baghdad 伊拉克议会崩溃 议员们逃离巴格达 Baghdad is in a state of emergency after protestors led by Shiite clergyman Muqtada al-Sadr entered the parliament building in the I

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Despite Criticism, Ukraine's Poroshenko Still Has Much Support KYIV Just over three months after taking office, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is facing some increased opposition based largely on controversial decisions he has made in the count

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BANJUL, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Deputies at the Gambian National Assembly (parliament) on Friday passed a new bill entitled the Food Safety and Quality Bill 2011. Under the new act, food operators are obliged to ensure food safety, quality production, pr

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The script of this programme 本节目台词 The London Eye on the south bank of the River Thames. Vicki: Hello, this is BBC Learning English, Im Vicki. Jean: 大家好,我是董征。欢迎收听 BBC Learning English 为您特别制作的On the Town 节目。 Vicki: And tod

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今天我们要学的词是suspend。 Suspend, 暂停。 Three high school students were suspended for gang-related activities, 三名高中学生因为参加帮派活动被学校暂停学籍。 Egypt's military dissolved the country's parliament and

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By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: October 25, 2003 This is Steve Ember with In the News, from VOA Special English. President Bush has returned to Washington after visits to six Asian countries. He met this w

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211 印尼议会投票表决立即开始弹劾行动 Indonesian Parliament Votes to Begin Impeachment Proceedings Gary Thomas Jakarta 21 Jul 2001 12:45 UTC Indonesia's parliament has voted to immediat

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Russia's Lukoil and Norway's Statoil won a joint contract to develop a major untapped oil field in southern Iraq, Saturday, on the second and final day of a two-day auction aimed at boosting Iraq's oil output. Representatives from dozens of foreign o

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BEIRUT, May 25 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Sunday expressed hopes that the vacuum in Lebanon's presidency would not be long and a new president could be elected as soon as possible, according to the press office of former Lebanese

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ROME, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Talks between Italy's center-left party head Pier Luigi Bersani and center-right counterpart Silvio Berlusconi about the candidate for the next president and other issues will continue after their first meeting held on Tuesd

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103 土耳其伊斯兰教徒计划建立新政党 Turkey's Islamists Plan New Political Parties Amberin Zaman Ankara 3 Jul 2001 17:26 UTC Turkey's Islamists are planning new political parties after th

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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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ISLAMABAD, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani government has lost majority in the parliament as a powerful party in ruling coalition Sunday decided to sit on opposition benches. Leaders of Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) said that they will approach the Spea

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So for any of us in this room today, 今天在座的各位, let's start out by admitting we're lucky. 我们先承认我们是幸运的。 We don't live in the world 我们没有生活在 our mothers lived in, our grandmothers lived in, 我们母亲和

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President Xi Jinping, accompanied by his wife Peng Liyuan, received a grand and warm welcome on Tuesday in London. The welcoming activities reflected the great importance the UK attaches to its relations with China. While addressing the British parli

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ROME, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Saturday won election for a second mandate in a move to solve Italy's political impasse. Napolitano, 87, achieved the 504 votes needed to win a simple majority of the 1,007 total in p

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Today we are going to find out about the English word budget. But first, I asked you a question at the end of the last podcast. I told you about the supermarket check-out for people who are buying only a few things. I asked you whether the sign above

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Who is Mr Speaker? Mr Speaker is the chairman of our House of Commons, in Parliament. He is called the Speaker of the House of Commons because, several hundred years ago, it was his job to speak to the King, to tell the King what Parliament wanted, a

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本期内容: Michel Barnier has said Brexit is at a standstill after the crushing rejection of Theresa Mays deal by MPs but offered to return to the negotiating table if parliament forces Theresa May to shift her red lines. The motivations of the

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Obituary;Brian Haw 讣告;布莱恩霍 Brian Haw, peace campaigner, died on June 18th, aged 62 布莱恩霍和平活动家,于六月十八日逝世,享年六十二岁 When Brian Haw sat in his old canvas chair in front of his banner-hung tent i

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