Pessimism over bank failures and optimism over the inauguration of Barack Obama are resulting in mixed trading around the globe. While financial stocks in Asia took a dive Tuesday, shares in Europe were mostly steady as the inauguration of Barack Ob

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(一月)

Leaders of the world's 20 major developed and emerging economies have agreed on huge spending measures to boost world economies and implement tougher financial regulations to try avoid such crises in future. Coming out of their full day meeting in L

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After Long Delay Tim McGraw Releases 'Emotional Traffic' Emotional Traffic is Tim McGraws 11th studio album and his final release on Curb Records. Signed to Curb 20 years ago, Tim gave the label the tracks for his new album in late 2010. In May 2011,

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In a major victory for President Barack Obama, the House of Representatives has approved, by a vote of 246 to 183, a $787 billion measure that tries to create jobs, spur growth, and kick the U.S. economy out of recession through tax cuts and domesti

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By Mary Morningstar Washington 16 April 2006 Country star Tim McGraw has a busy year planned. He recently appeared in his third network television special, and is about to launch a major concert tour

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 12 January 2006 U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Samuel Alito has completed testimony at Senate confirmation hearings. During questioning Thursday morning Democrats continued to

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By Margaret Besheer Baghdad 16 April 2007 In the Iraqi capital, illegal Sunni and Shi'ite groups are trying to shift the sectarian balance of neighborhoods to their favor. They use intimidation and executions to force residents of different sects to

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By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 11 October 2006 Saddam Hussein's genocide trial continued in Baghdad, one day after the ex-leader was expelled from the courtroom. Kurdish witnesses have been telling the court they were raped, abused, and kept in horrible

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By Brian Wagner Miami 15 May 2007 A U.S. court has begun hearing testimony from witnesses in the terrorism trial of Jose Padilla, an American convert to Islam. From Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports the alleged al-Qaida recruit is accused of planning

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