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We are a little more than one week from Halloween, one month from Thanksgiving, two months from Christmas and exactly two weeks from a major electoral event coming this Fall, the U.S. mid-term elections. Presidential terms last four years in America.

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President Barack Obama on Wednesday held his first solo news conference since March, answering reporters' questions on issues ranging from Afghanistan and Libya, to the impasse with Congress over federal deficit reduction and raising the government's

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U.S. President Barack Obama is taking his campaign for health-care reform on the road, with events in the southern states of Virginia and North Carolina. Mr. Obama has pushed back his timetable for Congressional action, saying he expects to get the n

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U.S. President George Bush is urging Congress to move quickly to pass the $700 billion financial rescue package unveiled Sunday. Mr. Bush says it is an extraordinary agreement to deal with an extraordinary problem in the economy. 布什总统敦促国会

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The will to survive is extraordinary and at times overwhelming, capable of fashioning some form of normality even out of the darkest hour. 人的求生意志是无比强烈的，有时甚至压倒一切，这意志使他们即便身处最黑暗的时刻

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AZUZ: Tens of millions of people will soon be able to see how they were affected by a data breach of their Facebook account, if they haven't already. The social media company started rolling out a tool for this Monday. Controversy erupted last month

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With the United States' unemployment rate at its highest level this year, President Barack Obama is calling on lawmakers to pass a series of his administration's proposals to improve the economy. Opposition Republicans are blaming the president's pol

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U.S. policy toward Sudan and international efforts to devise a lasting and effective solution to the situation in Darfur are receiving attention from the Congress this week. Two House of Representatives committees and one Senate panel are looking at

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马将就健保改革发表重要讲话

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Both major U.S. presidential candidates are sounding a rare note of agreement as they urge Congress to act quickly on a plan to rescue the weakened U.S. financial sector. 美国民主、共和两党总统候选人少有地发出共同声音，敦促国

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AZUZ: The CEO of Facebook is planning to testify on Capitol Hill about what he has called a major breach of trust. We reported last Thursday on how a Facebook app had been used to gather information on as many as 50 million users and how it had share

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Well, listen, what I just want to say to the reporters who are here: 嗯,听着,我只想对在这里记者们说: You've got three small businesses who are outstanding examples of American entrepreneurship, whether it's food services, retail, constr

VOA双语新闻 - 美财经官员在国会为救市措施辩护

In testimony to Congress, the U.S. treasury chief and central bank chairman have strongly defended their management of the $700 billion financial and credit market rescue program. The officials faced tough questions from lawmakers about how governmen