Political Turmoil Threatens Turkey's Government, Economy 政治动荡威胁土耳其政府和经济 LONDON Turkey's government has been hit with a corruption scandal that appears to be part of a political rivalry. The scandal has brought protesters t

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington, D.C. 10 January 2006 view Lobby Reform report The U.S. Congress is moving to reform the nation's lobbying laws in the wake of a Capitol Hill influence peddling scandal th

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So what good is eating healthy and getting plenty of exercises that you can splurge in the summer? That turns out to be the attitude of the woman that has become one of America's chief fitness advocates, first lady Michelle Obama, famous for her Let'

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By Jim Malone Washington 30 August 2007 Some prominent Republicans are calling on conservative Republican Senator Larry Craig of Idaho to resign in the wake of his June arrest by an undercover policeman investigating sexual activities in an airport m

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By Deborah Tate Washington 02 October 2006 Majority Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are scrambling to contain the fallout from a scandal involving one of their own, Congressman Mark Foley of Florida, who resigned abruptly last week

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By Dan Robinson Washington 03 October 2006 The controversy over a former Republican congressman who resigned amid revelations he sent sexually suggestive messages to male pages continues to reverberate in Washington and across the United States. Pre

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By Dan Robinson Washington 20 October 2006 Public opinion polls show Americans are increasingly frustrated with the job members of Congress are doing, less than three weeks before the November 7 mid-term legislative elections. The latest numbers are

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President-elect Barack Obama joined a growing call for Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to resign on Wednesday amid a state corruption scandal that threatens to become a distraction for Mr. Obama's upcoming inauguration. President-elect Barack Obam

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'Toxic Culture' May Have Led to Government Spending Scandal The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is caught up in a scandal, accused of wasteful spending on lavish conferences and executive travel to exotic locations. It's the perfect exampl

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The Nobel Prize in Literature will not be given out this year. The Swedish Academy was thrown into turmoil last fall when sexual harassment allegations surfaced against the husband of one of its members. The academy says it w

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Catholic dioceses across Pennsylvania are still dealing with the fallout from a grand jury report that came out recently alleging widespread childhood sexual abuse in the state. Virginia Alvino Young from member station WESA has

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The man who won the election for pope a few years ago faces some resistance. Conservative American Catholics do not agree with Pope Francis' remarks on migrants or refugees or capitalism. Clerical sex abuse scandals have embolden

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By Margaret Besheer New York 19 April 2008 Pope Benedict told American Catholic clergy and nuns on Saturday that the Church in the United States must work to overcome its divisions, saying this is a time of healing and purification, after the sexual

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By Parke Brewer Turin 15 February 2006 As the men's 2006 Winter Olympics hockey tournament began Wednesday, much of the focus has been on former star Wayne Gretzky, the executive director of the Canad

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By Barbara Schoetzau New York 12 March 2008 New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has resigned following a sex scandal that rocked the state and stunned political observers across the country. From VOA's New York Bureau, correspondent Barbara Schoetzau rep

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salvation 拯救 sanction 核准 ;支持;鼓励;批准 sane 神智健全的 sarcastic 讽刺的 saturate 使渗透 scandal 丑闻 ;流言蜚语 scramble 攀缘 ;攀登;争夺 script 手写体

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今天我们要学的词是throes。 Throes, 意思是阵痛、动荡。 Greece is in the throes of an economic recession, 希腊目前正处于痛苦的经济衰退期。 The book is about a couple who went through the throes of a messy divorce, 这本

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 16 October 2006 Israeli President Moshe Katsav speaks at a ceremony in Jerusalem (File photo - May 25, 2006) Israeli President Moshe Katsav, on Monday did not appear at the opening of the wintersession of the Israeli Knesset,

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Pope Benedict XVI says he is deeply ashamed of the sex abuse scandal staining the U.S. Catholic Church and is pledging to work to make sure pedophiles do not become priests. 教皇本笃说,他对玷污美国天主教会的性侵害丑闻感到极为

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to return now to a story you may remember from a few years back - a cheating scandal in the Atlanta public school system. Prosecutors charged that teachers and administrators conspired to change incorrect answers to i

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