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Forced marriage, honor killing and female genital mutilation are just a few of the human rights abuses directed against women solely because of their gender. In the United States, a number of organizations are trying to help women who are trying to f

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BBC news with Jonathan Izard. Republicans in the US congress have withdrawn a controversial initiative to strip an independent congressional ethics watchdog of its powers. The plan,which outraged Democrats, also drew criticism from the president-elec

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Good morning everyone.This past week we've seen the best and the worst of humanity.The heinous terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut, in Iraq and Nigeria.They showed us once again the depths of the terrorist's depravity. 大家早上好。上个星期，

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Hi,everybody.In 1620,a small band of pilgrims came to this continent,refugees who had fled persecution and violence in their native land.Nearly 400 years later,we remember their part in the American story-and we honor the men and women who helped the

VOA标准英语2009年-Thailand Set to Repatriate Lao Hmong D

Many Hmong fought with the United States against communist forces during the Vietnam War and say Lao government has discriminated against their families ever since. Daniel Schearf | Bangkok 23 December 2009 Photo: AP Hmong refugees walk outside their

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1. Four nuns including two from what's considered 19th century Palestine were canonized in Vatican City on Sunday. The pontiff's choice of saints is seen as a step to encourage Christian in the Middle East after persecution from IS militants. 2. Iraq

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By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 27 November 2006 United Nations officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo are calling for an end to hostilities in the eastern region bordering Rwanda. U.N. peacekeepers earlier intervened to block forces loyal to renegade

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Six men have been arrested by the Metropolitan Police in London, suspected of preparing an attack against Pope Benedict who is on a state visit to Britain. The arrests follow a warning Thursday night from the head of Britain's MI5 security service of

VOA标准英语2009年-Nobel Laureate Former S. Korean President

Former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung has died in Seoul at the age of 85. He had been hospitalized since last month for pneumonia. Mr. Kim was credited with ushering a new era of reconciliation with wartime enemy North Korea. His own life story

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: What to call the homeless of Hurricane Katrina? RS: Some have called them refugees. We asked Oxford English Dictionary consultant Ben Zimmer for a history of this word. BEN ZIMMER

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Stark warnings over the inability of the international community to cope with record numbers of refugees forced to flee war zones provided the grim backdrop to events marking World Refugee Day on Saturday. According to the UN High Commission for Refu

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Pope Benedict's planned visit to Rome's main Jewish synagogue on Sunday has sharply divided Jews. Some have been angered by his efforts to push World War II Pope Pius XII toward sainthood. Pope Benedict has visited Jewish synagogues before, but never

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This is AP News Minute. Time magazine has named 4 journalists and a newspaper as its 2018 Person of the Year for standing up for the truth in the face of persecution and violence. The group, which Time calls the guardians includes slain Saudi journal

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The federal government has dumped plans to cut the rebate for short GP visits by twenty dollars after a political backlash and stiff opposition from doctors. The rebate for consultations for less than ten minutes was due to be cut from the next week.