Program to Help US Homeless Helps Neighbors Due to a bad economy and high unemployment, millions of American families were unable to repay the loans they took out to buy homes. Lenders then took back, or foreclosed, the homes. The nation's biggest ba

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(五月)

After a courageous three year campaign of intense fighting, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced the liberation of all Iraqi territory from ISIS control. The United States applauds the leadership of Prime Minister Abadi, said State Department

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Over the past 12 months, ISIS has lost the vast majority of its territory in Iraq and most of the towns it once held in Syria. However, the areas once occupied by ISIS must now be stabilized so the people who have been displaced by the war can safely

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In his address to the recent Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delineated the Coalition's military successes against the Islamic State, including killing tens of thousands of ISIS fighters, and liberating 62 percent of

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While part of Europe struggles with heavy flood conditions, part of Africa struggles with bone dry conditions. We're starting with France. The Seine River, which runs through Paris, bursts its banks over the weekend. The flooding isn't quite as bad a

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人道主义组织警告中非暴力 Humanitarian groups say the situation in the Central African Republic is worsening daily, with the violence in some areas reaching unprecedented levels. France says it is sending additional troops to help restore

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By Nico Colombant Kinshasa 29 July 2006 On the eve of the Democratic Republic of Congo's first open election in over forty years, many Congolese are hoping for the best, but bracing for the worst. Many are worried about the outcome of the post-war e

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Iraq's president Jalal Talabani, touting security gains in that country, has appealed to nations around the world to open diplomatic missions in Baghdad and drop sanctions left over from the Saddam Hussein era. The Iraqi leader was among speakers Th

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By Peter Heinlein New York 28 June 2006 Montenegro has become the 192nd member state of the United Nations. Montenegro's president and top leaders of the world body marked the occasion with a flag-raising ceremony outside U.N. headquarters in New Yo

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Somalia Hosts IGAD Foreign Ministers 索马里主持东非政府间发展组织外长会议 MOGADISHU Foreign Ministers from seven countries in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, IGAD, have met in the Somali capital for the first time in

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Afghans are expressing a mixture of disappointment and uncertainty about their future, as they mark the anniversary of the start of the Afghan war. 在阿富汗战争十周年之际,阿富汗人对他们的未来感到失望和不确定。 The Unit

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Nothing this large would achieve powered flight until the 20th century, 65 million years later. And Quetzalcoatlus still may hold the record for flight duration. Probably stay aloft for a week. Probably it could have gone for 25, 26,000 miles in a si

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By Lisa Ferdinando Miami 14 July 2006 The U.N. mission in Haiti says three U.N. peacekeepers have been injured in a clash with gangs in the capital, Port-au-Prince. The latest violence comes a week after gang violence claimed the lives of more than

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By Sonja Pace London 19 March 2008 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveiled a broad security strategy of how the government, security and health services would deal with national emergencies, including terrorist attacks, outbreaks of disease and

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The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution allowing member states to continue fighting pirates off the coast of Somalia for another year. The resolution also offers support for a European Union anti-piracy mission that launches n

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Europe has received more bad economic news, with the 27-member European Union announcing the business downturn would be far worse this year than its earlier predictions. The European Union's economy is expected to shrink by four percent this year -

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 08 February 2008 There has been an explosion at an army base in East Timor shared by Australian and New Zealand peacekeepers. Earlier this week, East Timorese rebels fired at Australian troops southwest of the capital, Dili. The

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The President of East Timor, Jose Ramos-Horta, has been shot and wounded in attack by rebel soldiers at his home in the capital Dili, an army spokesman said. A fugitive renegade soldier who has been blamed for recent unrest in the fledgling nation wa

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President Barack Obama says the U.S. unemployment rate is likely to continue rising for several months, even as the economy recovers from its worst recession in decades. 美国总统奥巴马星期二说,即使经济从这场几十年来最严重的衰

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Former Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso is widely expected to assume the post of Prime Minister this week. Aso is a pro-American leader whose party faces a serious political challenge if it does not address domestic economic fears. 外界普遍预计

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