VOA慢速英语2011-- 20 Years After the Soviet Union, Renewed Calls for Political Reform

IN THE NEWS - 20 Years After the Soviet Union, Renewed Calls for Political Reform This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. December marks twenty years since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Mikhail Gorbachev was the last Soviet leader. His reform

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. One of the world's longest serving leaders announced this week that he is leaving office after just short of fifty eventful years. Fidel Castro of Cuba is eighty-one years old and in poor health. He named

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The revolutionists took the palaces and homes of the wealthy and turned them into hospitals and public buildings. 革命者占领了富人的宫殿和房子，将它们建成医院和公共建筑， They took the land of the rich and lent it out to f

France Elects a Pro-European Union President

Observers are saying Emmanuel Macrons election as president of France is a victory for Europe. The election was not close. Macron received 66 percent of the vote compared to Marine Le Pens 34 percent. The president of the European Commission congratu

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YEREVAN, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Armenia on Saturday celebrated the 22nd anniversary of its Independence from the Soviet Union with a range of festive activities nationwide, including a gala reception in Yerevan, the national capital. Armenian President

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This is the entrance to a high speed train linking Madrid with Barcelona, Seville and Malaga, normally there will be dozens of taxies and cars right here, dropping people off, rushing into their trains. Not this day. Not for long distance trains and

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Europe has spent hundreds of billions of euros rescuing its banks but may have lost an entire generation of young people in the process, the president of the European Parliament said. Since the region's debt crisis erupted in Greece in late 2009, the

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Nicolas Sarkosy and Tony Blair meet in Paris on May 11, 2007 Nicolas Sarkozy will take office Wednesday as president of France. He supports labor reforms, tax cuts and strong controls over crime and illega

VOA常速英语2007-Former Soviet Union Launched Space Age 50 Years

By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 03 October 2007 October 4th marks 50 years since the former Soviet Union hurled humanity's first object into Earth orbit. It was a small round device known as Sputnik -- Russian for satellite -- with four antennas and a trans

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VOA标准英语2008年-US Envoy Says Interests of Former Soviet States

By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 04 June 2008 Russia's relations with independent countries that once formed the Soviet Union have often been contentious, and Moscow's efforts to exert influence in the region have also led to tensions with the West, particu

World AIDS Day Finds Russia, Former Soviet Union in Grips of

By Bill Gasperini United Nations health officials say Russia and other nations of the former Soviet bloc are confronting the world's fastest-growing epidemic of HIV/AIDS. One decade ago, the countries

VOA标准英语2011--Gorbachev's Domestic Reforms Led to End of Soviet Union

Gorbachev's Domestic Reforms Led to End of Soviet Union December marks the 20th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. It was the internal reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, that contributed to the demise of the Soviet Un

Workers in Europe protest austerity measures

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German Chancellor Sees European 'Fiscal Union'

Stock markets rallied after German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Friday for stricter fiscal rules for the 17-nation eurozone. In a speech before the German parliament, Merkel warned it will take years before the struggling currency union gets back

英语听力：切格瓦拉的故事 - 14

Without consulting Castro or Che, Khrushchev makes a deal with Kennedy. America would never invade Cuba. We will take our missiles out. To Fidel Castro and Che, it is an act of absolute betrayal. And it was Che who was the first Cuban official face t

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But what is Hitler's promise worth? 但希特勒的承诺有何价值？ Just 6 months later, he invades the rest of Czechoslovakia and enters Prague accompanied by Marshal Hermann Goering. 仅仅六个月后，他入侵捷克其他地区，并在赫曼

二战启示录 第6期:希特勒霸权的崛起(6)

It's August 1939. 当时是1939年8月。 And people in France are enjoying their first paid holidays, one of the major victories of the Socialist Popular Front. 法国人正在享受首次的带薪休假，这是社会主义的人民阵线党最大功

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The Cubans also have their eyes on Africa, particularly on what had been the former Belgian Congo. The Congo lay at the heart of Africa. It could be a kind of motor or heart for socialist revolution which could radiate outward and liberate the hemisp