Welcome to the MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Texas won its independence from Mexico during the administration of President Andrew Jackson. Leaders of the territory then wanted to become part of the United States. Jackso

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From NPR News in Washington, I am Jack Speer. On the fourth day of an intense fighting between Iraqi forces and Shiite militia loyal to Muqtada Al-Sadr, the US has increasingly been sucked into the conflict. NPRs Dina Temple-Raston reports from Bagh

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Senate Democrats appear to have the 60 votes they'll need tonight to send the health care overhaul bill to the floor for debate. The final holdout, Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, says

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Hello and a very happy New Year,I'm Carl Azuz,welcoming you to the first CNN Student news program of 2012,hope you all had great holidays and you're ready to dive back into the headlines.First up,today marks the first major political event on the US

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On January 20, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. Hundreds of thousands of people will gather in Washington, D.C to attend the inauguration on the steps of the Capitol Building. Eight years ago, Barack Obama, th

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By Dan Robinson In one of the strongest speeches of the Democratic party convention in Boston, Senator Edward Kennedy has condemned what he calls damage to the country and its international reputation

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By Paula Wolfson President Bush and Senator John Kerry traded accusations on Iraq and the war on terrorism Wednesday as they campaigned in crucial states where polls show a very close race. In this ca

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AS IT IS 2016-03-30 Trending Today: #BirdieSanders This is Whats Trending Today... Last Friday, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders held a rally in the state of Oregon. During the event, an unexpected guest joined the Vermont senator on

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1.Members of the Democratic Party's best known political family are endorsing Barack Obama for president. Senator Ted Kennedy says Obama is a worthy heir to his assassinated brother John F. Kennedy. 2.The new poll shows a tight race among two leading

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Florida' s Utility says today's widespread power outages were caused when the shut down a nuclear reactor south of Miami. The outages have affected more than 3 million people across the south end of the state. The Authorities did not specify the cau

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1.The world's largest test of AIDS vaccine is being hailed as a breakthrough because it's the first time an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the virus. Researchers in Thailand say the vaccine cuts the risk of being infected with HIV

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1. Belgium state broadcast says it has identified two of the men who carried out Tuesday's bombings in Brussels. It says they are brother, who have been known to police as past crime, but not for anything related to terrorism. 2. Some people waited i

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlights Listener Mail program. Im Colin Lowther. Voice 2 And Im Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Welcome to

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President Obama says he will do what it takes to back Israel and prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. The United States and Israel both assess that Iran does not yet have a nuclear weapon and we are exceedingly vigilant in monitoring their

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Shopping we also are getting a clear picture though who might be on Romney shopping list for a running mate.Thanks for those details but who speaking at the republican convention now prime time so let us now going to Mike C.Ohio governor John Case an

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Explanation: Heres an interesting thing about the U.S. government: even if you vote against the person who wins an election (or a competition to see who gets the most votes and is chosen for a public position), he or she has to represent you! In othe

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克里斯蒂娜费尔南德斯基什内尔(Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner),阿根廷律师、政治家,曾任阿根廷总统。克里斯蒂娜的丈夫为已去世的阿根廷前总统、南美洲国家联盟首任秘书长内斯托尔卡洛斯基什

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今天学的词组是lame duck。 Lame duck不就是瘸的鸭子吗? 不对, lame duck这说法往往是指一个由于不会再继续担任这职务而无法起作用的总统或官员。报导说:Elections may leave Bush an early lame duck. 意

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Hello, I am Brooke Baldwin at the CNN Center here in Atlanta, and here is a look at what is happening NOW IN THE NEWS. There was an evacuation at a Michigan hospital this morning after a helicopter crashed during take-off. It happened right there at

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18. John McCain's Concession Speech 18. 麦凯恩败选演讲 My friends, we have come to the end of a long journey. The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly. 我的朋友们,我们已经走完了这次漫长的旅程。美国人

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