单词:Rump Parliament
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All right. From riding bareback to rating backfat, a Japanese study found that overweight people over the age of 40 like me live six to seven years longer than skinnier, more / annoying counterparts like Bill. Tohoku University, which, if memory serv
Nevada is one of a handful of so-called swing states that could decide the U.S. presidential election. Nevada voted for the Republicans in 2000 and 2004, but Mike O'Sullivan reports from the town of Pahrump in rural Nevada, a shift toward Democrats
今天我们要学的词是trump。 Trump, 胜过。 Florida Republican governor-elect Rick Scott said the nation's deficit trumped his own state's unemployment rate, 佛罗里达州新当选的共和党籍州长斯科特说,国家赤字比本州失业
LONDON, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Supported by the 1,200 faithful fans at Alexandra Palace on Thursday, the former World No. 1 and snooker's icon Ronnie O'Sullivan still found no way to repeat his four-time Masters triumph after a quick and bitter 6-2 quar
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 13 October 2007 The Human Rights Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union says the cases of more than 250 parliament members in 32 countries who have been imprisoned, killed or disappeared remain unresolved and continue to be
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 01 June 2008 Iranian lawmakers have picked former nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani as the new speaker of parliament. He is seen as a key conservative rival to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and may use his post to launch a
The Iraqi parliament has voted to approve a controversial military pact with the United States that will allow U.S. troops to remain in the country for three more years. The new pact will replace a U.N. mandate which expires on December 31. Iraq's P
Iraq's parliament has begun debate on a new military pact with the United States that was approved Sunday by the country's Cabinet. Among other things, the deal calls for coalition forces to withdraw from Iraq in three years. But radical Shi'ite cle
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 05 June 2008 Two members of Iraq's parliament have testified before a congressional committee about future U.S. - Iraq relations. As VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, in their testimony, the two members of Ir
By Lisa McAdams Ukraine's parliament has overwhelmingly passed a broad package of constitutional and electoral reforms, clearing the way for a new presidential run-off election December 26. Parliament
By Edward Yeranian Beirut 23 November 2007 Lebanese leaders and members of parliament have agreed to postpone Friday's scheduled session of parliament for a fifth time, leaving the country, at midnight, without a president. Edward Yeranian reports fo
By Deborah Block Irbil, Iraq 01 December 2007 Iraq's political process was thrown into new turmoil on Saturday when the main Sunni bloc walked out of parliament to protest a crackdown on its leader.The latest political upheaval came as suspected Al-Q
By Scott Bobb Nairobi 11 February 2008 The Kenyan parliament is to meet Tuesday to hear reports on the reconciliation talks under way between the government and opposition. The talks resumed Monday seeking to build on progress made last week. Corresp
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 18 March 2008 Kenya's Parliament has unanimously approved a bill to amend the constitution to allow for a power-sharing agreement between the country's two main parties. As Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, both sides have ex
By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 22 October 2007 Kyrgyzstan's president has dissolved his country's parliament, a day after a referendum in which voters approved broad constitutional amendments. Anya Ardayeva reports for VOA from Moscow a date for elections h
ATHENS, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Greek indignant returned to protest austerity outside the parliament building for first time after several months on Sunday evening with a symbolic rally which ended in minor scuffles with police forces. Poverty, unemploy
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The 11th National People's Congress (NPC), China's parliament, opened its fifth annual session Monday morning at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Premier Wen Jiabao delivered a report on the work of the government
By Steve Herman Islamabad 19 March 2008 Pakistan has seen its first significant transfer of power since last month's nationwide elections. The speaker of the National Assembly, a backer of President Pervez Musharraf, handed over control of the legisl
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 04 September 2007 The Ukrainian parliament has convened, despite a presidential warning that the fall legislative session is illegitimate. VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports the issue involves larger constitution
Months after Iranian opposition leaders denounced acts of torture and rape at the infamous Kahrizak detention center, the country's parliament has released a report detailing incidents of mistreatment and suspicious deaths. Notorious former Tehran pr