His name is Rolando Mendoza. He's a 55-year-old former police officer. He was sacked from his job last year following an investigation by the ombudsman on charges of extortion. Around 6:00 p.m. local time, the situation deteriorated dramatically, and

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2010年(八)月

Wall Street's confronted with a crisis of confidence, keeping stocks way down. We last saw the Dow losing more than 260 points at 9,869, NASDAQ down nearly 4% at 2,135. Few factor is playing into this. Details are now from NPR's Yuki Noguchi. The Eur

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Vocabulary Task Answers: 1. Petra Fields 2. 1904 Broadway, San Francisco, CA 94001 3. 554-0912 4. Petra@news.com 5. March 19, 1980 6. Apple Computer Script 1. A: What is your name? B: Petra fields. 2.

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This week, President Obama replaced his top commander in Afghanistan. General Stanley McChrystal resigned after a year in command of United States and NATO forces. To replace him, the president chose the general to whom General McChrystal reported. T

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年VOA慢速英语(六)月

今天我们要学的词组是front man。 Front的意思是前面, 前头, man是人, 男人。 Front man指乐队的主唱歌手。比如John Lennon和Paul McCartney就是披头四乐队The Beatles的front man -- 主唱歌手。 Front man有时

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JUDY WOODRUFF:And we turn to the very sudden resignation from the man at the top of the CIA, retired Army General David Petraeus. Ray Suarez has that story. RAY SUAREZ:The stunning news came just 14 months after Petraeus was sworn in as CIA director,

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The commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, General David Petraeus, says there are indications the domestic conflict in Yemen could become a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Petraeus spoke in Washington Friday at the Institute for the St

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We begin tonight Keeping Them Honest with new questions about the scandal that has led to David Patraeus resigning as director of the CIA. Now it certainly isnt the first sex scandal to bring down a powerful man in Washington. It certainly wont be th

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Glad you to start your new week with CNN student news, my name is Carr Azuz, we are going to start today at the top of the U.S Central Intelligence Agency. That organization, CIA will be getting a new director, because the previous one resigned. On F

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1. Illinois Senator Barack Obama is in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, holding a town hall meeting just hours after officially announcing his candidacy for president. Obama made the announcement in Springfield, Illinois while there he talked about his life over

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(144) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2007

1. Georgia residents are cleaning up after remnants of Tropical Storm Lee spawned possible tornadoes. The high winds damaged dozens of homes, ripping off siding and shingles and sending trees crashing through roofs in the suburbs of Atlanta. 2. Wildf

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Bush announced this week that he is not ready to order more troop withdrawals from Iraq. Fifteen months ago, he ordered a temporary increase of thirty thousand troops. The last of those troops ret

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The commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East and Central Asia says it may be possible to work with Iran on some issues related to the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. But at the same time General David Petraeus also said some Iranian elements m

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WASHINGTON, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Gen. David Petraeus, U.S. President Barack Obama's pick as the new commander(司令官) in Afghanistan, said on Tuesday that fighting in the country could intensify(加强) in coming months and he supports the time

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BERLIN, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Germany coach Joachim Loew made two surprises on Friday when he announced his 22-man squad for the upcoming friendly against the Netherlands. Hamburg's goalkeeper Rene Adler returns to the Nationalmannschaft after two years

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

WASHINGTON, June 23 (Xinhua) -- The White House announced Wednesday that British Lieutenant General Nick Parker would serve as acting Commander of NATO's International Security Assistance(援助) Force in Afghanistan until a new U.S. Commander is

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(111) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

1. General David Petraeus has formally assumed command of the 130,000-strong international force in Afghanistan. Petraeus said it was important to demonstrate that al-Qaeda and its allies will not to be allowed to again establish sanctuaries in Afgha

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Hi there, thanks for joining us. I'm Virginia Cha at the CNN Center in Atlanta with a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. A call to the coast guard today about an emergency off the coast of Miami. A small boat somehow ran aground and a number

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As you know, we English are sensible people. We do not get excited about little things. We do not make a fuss. Most of the time, at least. It is different where children or animals are involved. Then, we do some very peculiar things, as my story toda

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