VOA标准英语2014--Carter Decries Abuse of Girls in India 美国前总统卡特出书谴责印度虐待女孩的现象

Carter Decries Abuse of Girls in India 美国前总统卡特出书谴责印度虐待女孩的现象 CHICAGO A 2013 State Department report on human trafficking says there are 26 million people around the world who are victims of modern day slavery, m

VOA常速英语2007-UN, World Bank Report Decries Slow Progress in S

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 12 October 2007 A new report sponsored by the United Nations and the World Bank says progress has been slow at reducing the number of deaths worldwide from pregnancy and childbirth. The report says more than one-half million wo

2006年VOA标准英语-The Notorious Bettie Page Returns on the B

By Alan Silverman Hollywood 16 April 2006 A new film exposes an icon of 1950's pop culture in the United States: a pin-up model whose provocative photographs, though tame by today's standards, created

VOA标准英语2011--US Adds 80,000 Jobs in October, Unemployment Ticks Lower

US Adds 80,000 Jobs in October, Unemployment Ticks Lower The U.S. economy added 80,000 jobs in October and the nation's unemployment rate edged down one tenth of a percentage point. The government also revised employment numbers higher for August and

A标准英语2009年-India Decries Lack of Progress at Climat

With three days remaining at the Copenhagen climate talks, India's government is expressing its disappointment with the proposals put forth so far. Steve Herman | New Delhi 16 December 2009 Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao (file photo) Officials

VOA标准英语2009年-Int'l Red Cross Decries Gaza Humanitarian Crisi

The International Committee of the Red Cross said Gaza is suffering what it calls a full-blown humanitarian crisis. It said the death toll and number of injured is rising, the infrastructure of the Palestinian territory is shattered and civilians la

VOA标准英语2009年-Nobel-Winning Economist says System Stacked Aga

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VOA标准英语2010年-CPJ Decries Lack of Press Freedom in Y

A U.S.-based rights group says Yemen is using new tactics in dealing with news media, restrictions that could lead to the worst climate for press freedom since the country was unified in 1990. The Committee to Protect Journalists says the Yemeni gove

VOA标准英语2009年-Dueling Claims of Victory in Afghan Presid

Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission is asking voters and the media to ignore claims by competing camps that their candidates captured a first-run victory in the presidential election. Meanwhile, a prominent U.S.-government funded institute

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Captured,' Democratic Senator Decries Money's Role In Politics

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: During the Democratic presidential primary, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton had the same litmus test for any Supreme Court nominee - overturning Citizens United. That Supreme Court ruling allowed more corporate money in campaign

VOA常速英语2008年-Somaliland Cultural Sites Remain Little Known O

By Cathy Majtenyi Zeila, Somaliland 22 February 2008 Somaliland is a relatively new east African republic that broke away from Somalia in 1991 and is still not recognized internationally as independent. But it is a land ripe with historical treasure,

2006年VOA标准英语-Rice Decries Violence Between Rival Palest

By David Gollust Washington 19 May 2006 Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal (left) with Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday warned that the creation of rival Palest

Obama decries spending cuts, offers no long-term plan

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经济学人221:韩国兵役

Conscripts in South Korea 韩国兵役 Blood, sweat and tears 血，汗，泪 A string of egregious abuses fuels fresh calls to reform the army 一系列虐待丑闻骇人听闻，掀起了军队改革的新呼声 EVERY Sunday, one in five families i