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By Paula Wolfson Washington 30 May 2006 President Bush, left, listens as Henry M. Paulson Jr. speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House Tuesday, May 30, 2006 President Bush has named a new treasury secretary, choosing Wall Street executive Henry

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By Greg Flakus Houston 31 January 2006 watch Enron Trial report The trial of two former top executives of the Enron corporation began Monday in Houston with the selection of a 12-person jury. Opening

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By Jim Bertel Washington, DC 24 March 2006 watch 100yearold Retiree report Arthur Winston is retiring after working at the same job for more than seven decades. Named

2007年VOA标准英语-Angry Mourners Bury Slain Lebanese Lawmaker

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2006年VOA标准英语-British Jury Convicts Muslim Preacher of S

By Michael Drudge London 07 February 2006 Supporters clear a path for Abu Hamza al-Masri, center, following Friday prayers in the street outside the Finsbury Park Mosque, in London, Feb. 7, 2003 A Bri

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By Jim Malone Washington 21 February 2007 The fate of former White House aide Lewis Libby now rests with a jury in Washington, D.C. Libby is accused of lying and obstructing justice in the investigation into who leaked the identity of former CIA cove

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2006年VOA标准英语-Lebanese Bury Victims of Qana Airstrike

By Challiss McDonough Qana, Lebanon 19 August 2006 Funeral procession in Qana In south Lebanon, mourners have buried the victims of the Qana airstrike. Most of the people killed in the July 30 attack were women and children. Their deaths sparked int

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By Jim Malone Washington 23 May 2006 Former Treasury Secretary and US Senator Lloyd Bentsen (Undated file photo) Former U.S. Senator and Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen has died in Texas at the age o

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The American Heart Association reports that the death rate from diseases affecting the heart and blood vessels has dropped by almost 30 percent since the 1990's. Still, heart disease remains a major killer in the United States. It is what claimed the

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2007年VOA标准英语-Japan Gears Up for New Jury System

By Yuriko Nagano Tokyo 17 May 2007 Japan is less than two years away from making a fundamental change in its legal system, by allowing jury trials. Under the new system, average citizens will work alongside judges to issue verdicts in many criminal c

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By Sonja Pace London 11 May 2007 Britain's Treasury chief, Gordon Brown, has officially launched his campaign to succeed Tony Blair as prime minister at the end of June. VOA's Sonja Pace reports from London that in laying out his program, Brown said

2006年VOA标准英语-US Jury Rules Moussaoui Eligible for Death

By Jim Malone Washington 03 April 2006 Zacarias Moussaoui (File photo) A federal jury in Virginia decided Monday that convicted terror conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui is eligible for the death penalty

VOA标准英语2009年-US Treasury Secretary says Economy Still "

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