A Barbaric Practice Must End The barbaric practice of using civilians as human shields is a war crime, and, tragically, it is on the rise in the Middle East. In an address to the Security Council, U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Nikki Haley d

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2018年(五月)

Trump has condemned the packages as an attack on US democracy, but in a tweet he also blamed the mainstream media for what he called the anger we see today. Trump has been criticized himself for using offensive language that many say encourage violen

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At a recent speech in Washington, Vice President Mike Pence said that protecting and promoting religious freedom is a foreign policy priority of the Trump administration. 近日,在华盛顿发表讲话时,副总统彭斯表示,保护并促进宗

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US Seeking Lessons of 1994 Rwanda Genocide 美国寻求1994年卢旺达大屠杀的教训 Two decades have passed since hundreds of thousands of people were killed in the Rwanda genocide, and Western powers were accused of standing by and allowing it

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美国谴责叙利亚使用化学武器 A report by the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the OPCW, has confirmed that the Assad regime repeatedly used chemical weapons in Syria in 2014 and 2015. ISIL was al

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S. Korea Remembers Uprising That Started Its Democracy GWANGJU, SOUTH KOREA Thirty-five years ago this week in South Korea, protesters in the city of Gwangju staged a violent uprising against the countrys then military government, an act credited wit

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Minnesota Somalis Demonstrate Against Al-Shabab MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA A small group of ethnic Somalis demonstrated in Minneapolis, Minnesota to express condolences for the victims of the recent terrorist attack in Kenya and to condemn the Somali Isl

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There has been a spike in violence in one of Africa's poorest and most war-torn countries, the Central African Republic, known as CAR. 非洲最贫穷、受战争蹂躏最深重的国家中非共和国(CAR)出现了前所未有的暴力形势高峰。

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Earlier this year, the White House deplored the human rights abuses imposed on the Iranian people by their government and pledged not to remain silent when Iranians rose up to peacefully protest against repression and corruption, as White House Spoke

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 18 April 2008 French President Nicolas Sarkozy says his country will double emergency food aid to meet a crisis sparked in several developing countries over sharply rising food prices. Lisa Bryant has more on Mr. Sarkozy's remark

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 29 October 2007 Israeli officials have begun reducing fuel supplies to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. VOA's Jim Teeple reports Israel has also closed a key crossing point as part of a package of sanctions Israel says is in r

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Independence Day in Eastern Ukraine Takes on New Meaning 独立日在乌克兰东部新的意义 SLOVYANSK, UKRAINE Independence Day took on a special meaning Sunday in Slovyansk, Ukraine, a town that, earlier this year, was under the control of pro-

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US Muslim Leaders Condemn Islamic State 美国的穆斯林领导人谴责伊斯兰国 STERLING, VIRGINIA Leaders of America's Muslim community are condemning the violent extremism of the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. The U.S. Muslim leaders

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治疗艾滋的暴露前预防疗法 During the more than 30 years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the overwhelming majority of infections have happened during sex. Much has been done to promote safe sex, such as condom use, behavior change and even abstin

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Picking Up the Pieces in Garissa After Terror Attack GARISSA Victims of the devastating terrorist attack that left 148 people dead last week in Garissa, Kenya, are trying to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. The Kenyan military is keeping

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Israel, US Condemn Palestinian Plan to Form Unity Government 以色列、美国谴责巴勒斯坦计划组建团结政府 WASHINGTON Long-divided Palestinian leaders from the West Bank and Gaza Strip have announced plans to form a unity government in

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 27 November 2007 Somali journalists and human rights groups have condemned new regulations introduced by the mayor of Mogadishu severely restricting independent reporting in Somalia. As VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu reports from

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By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 21 December 2007 Thailand holds general elections Sunday, heralding a return to democratic rule after the military coup of last year. As VOA's Luis Ramirez reports from Bangkok, with the return of democracy comes the old pract

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By Dorian Jones Istanbul, Turkey 11 October 2007 The vote in a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives calling the massacre of Armenians in World War I by Ottoman Turks a genocide has caused outrage in Turkey. The Bush administration opposed t

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By Paula Wolfson White House 06 February 2008 The White House is defending the use of the interrogation technique known as waterboarding in certain, rare circumstances when suspects are believed to have knowledge of an imminent threat. VOA's Paula Wo

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