This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. One of the world's longest serving leaders announced this week that he is leaving office after just short of fifty eventful years. Fidel Castro of Cuba is eighty-one years old and in poor health. He named

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Difference Remains in Iran's Nuclear Talks 伊朗核谈判仍存在分歧 How to dispose of Irans nuclear materials remains a barrier as negotiators try to reach an agreement in Switzerland on Monday. A top U.S. State Department official said that th

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BBC News with Marian Marshall. There has been a furious international reaction to the suspected gas attack on a rebel-held town in Syria that's reported to have killed at least 58 people. A Syrian government source has denied using chemical weapons.

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BBC news with David Austin. The Italian Prime Minister Mateo Renzi has arrived at the presidential palace in Rome to submit his formal resignation. It follows his crushing defeat in Sunday's constitutional referendum. The president will have to decid

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Before he went for office in 2003, Schwarzenegger fathered a child with a member of his household staff. According to a statement he gave the paper, (quote) After leaving the governor's office, I told my wife about this event which occurred over a de

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Unit 3 DIALOGUE I Farewell to Rude Manners A: How do you come to school every day? B: By bike. A: So you're lucky. You're not bothered by rude people with their rough behaviour. B: I don't get it. A:

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Obituary;Michael Foot; 讣告;迈克尔富特; Michael Foot, politician and man of letters, died on March 3rd, aged 96. 政治家、作家迈克尔富特于本月3日仙逝,享年96岁。 He died a much-loved Englishman, renowed for his unt

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - Blacks Set Out in Search of a Better Life in 1920s American SocietyBy David Jarmul Broadcast: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:00:00 UTC VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in S

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Venezuelas Opposition to Step Up Street Protests after Referendum Venezuelas opposition leaders called for more street protests Monday. The call for action came after more than seven million Venezuelans voted in an unofficial referendum at more than

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AS IT IS 2015-12-22 What Is the 2015 Word of the Year? 2015年的年度词汇是什么? The American dictionary Merriam-Websters 2015 Word of the Year is not even a word. It is a three-letter suffix: -ism. -Ism is a noun suffix. Merriam-Webster.com d

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法国敦促美国解释间谍报告 PARIS, June 30 (Xinhua) -- French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius on Sunday called on Washighton to explain spying allegations on European Union (EU) offices in Washington, Brussels and at the United Natio

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ATHENS, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Greece's coalition government easily won a parliamentary confidence vote on early Monday, which clears the way for talks with international creditors for a review of bailout agreements to overcome the country's debt crisis.

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This is the entrance to a high speed train linking Madrid with Barcelona, Seville and Malaga, normally there will be dozens of taxies and cars right here, dropping people off, rushing into their trains. Not this day. Not for long distance trains and

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Carl Kasell. A female suicide bomber killed a prominent Sunni Arab tribal chief in Iraq today. He headed the neighborhood security unit that was working with U.S. forces in northern Diyala province. NPR's Dina Temple

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From NPR news in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. Barack Obama is the winner of yesterday's Democratic caucuses in Wyoming. He picks up seven delegates to the Democratic National Convention this summer. Hillary Clinton won another five delegates. Wyom

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. California swears in its 39th governor today, Democrat Jerry Brown. I take this obligation freely. Without any mental reservation. Without any mental reservation. or Really! No mental reservation. Brown

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1. Much of Greensburg, Kansas has been leveled by a tornado. Officials say 95% of the homes and businesses there were destroyed including most of the downtown. They say it will take them days to pick through the debris. 2. Search planes are flying o

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1. The US has finally started the prosecution of five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the September 11 attacks. But the trial won't be starting anytime soon. People involved in the case against the self-proclaimed mastermind of the attacks and fo

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AS IT IS 2016-01-08 Venezuelan Opposition Takes Control of Assembly 委内瑞拉反对党掌控国会 Venezuelas opposition party took control of the National Assembly Tuesday. 周二,委内瑞拉反对党控制了国会。 It was the first time in

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动词不定式和动词-ing形式不能单独作谓语,在使用时分别有下面几点需要注意: (一) 动词不定式 1.feel, hear, listen to 等感观动词和 have, let , make等使役动词后的补足语,在主动语态中,不定

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