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U.S. commander for Iraq, Gen. Ray Odierno, speaks at a press conference at the U.S. embassy in the Green Zone of Baghdad, Iraq (File Photo) The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq says Iran is fueling instability in neighboring Iraq by funding and train

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'Freedom Riders' Remembered 50 Years Later The American South was a segregated society 50 years ago. In 1960, the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed racial segregation in restaurants and bus terminals serving interstate travel, but African-Americans who tri

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The big room is air-conditioned. But it smells. Dead bodies are in metal drawers. The bodies have no clothes. The bodies are naked. A white sheet covers each dead body. The drawers slide in. The drawers slide out. A doctor works in the big room with

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VOA常速英语2008年-Inflation Hits Cambodia

By Rory Byrne Phnom Penh 18 April 2008 As in other developing countries from Egypt to Haiti, soaring inflation has recently emerged as a threat to Cambodia's hard won social stability. While wages have remained low, the price of rice and other staple

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VOA标准英语2010年-Human Traffickers Target Young Cambodi

Women and children are commonly believed to be the main targets of human traffickers. But in Cambodia, scores of men have recounted stories of modern-day slavery on board Thai and Malaysian fishing boats. Manfred Hornung, a legal adviser with the Cam

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VOA标准英语2009年-Odierno: US to Withdraw 4,000 More Troops

By Al Pessin Washington 30 September 2009 The commander of U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq says he is accelerating the drawdown of American troops, with 4,000 more coming out ahead of schedule by the end of October. General Ray Odierno spoke to th

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 21 November 2007 A French judge has put former president Jacques Chirac under formal investigation for suspected embezzlement during his 1977-1995 tenure as Paris mayor. For VOA, Lisa Bryant reports from the French capital the ma

VOA常速英语2007年-Ivorian President Embarks on Reconciliation Tri

By Nico Colombant Dakar 28 November 2007 Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo has embarked on a planned multi-city three-day trip to the rebel-held north in Ivory Coast, following an agreement with rebel leader turned Prime Minister Guillaume Soro to hol

2007年VOA标准英语-Bodies of Kidnapped Kenyan Police Found at Soma

By Katy Migiro Nairobi 14 June 2007 The bodies of two Kenyan policemen who disappeared while patrolling the Kenya-Somali border Sunday have been found. For VOA, Katy Migiro reports, the officers are suspected to have been killed by Somali Islamists.

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My most embarrassing moment was probably when I lived in Germany. One day I decided to go shopping and I drove into town. I had a car. And I was very, very pleased because I found a parking space immedately which was rather unusual. I did my shopping

VOA标准英语2010年-US Vice President Urges Kenyans to Emb

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By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 03 July 2007 Ten years ago, an unprecedented financial crisis swept through East Asia requiring the biggest country bailouts in history. VOA's Heda Bayron in Hong Kong looks back at the turbulence that began in July of 1997 a

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My most embarrassing moment was probably when I lived in Germany. One day I decided to go shopping and I drove into town. I had a car. And I was very, very pleased because I found a parking space immedately which was rather unusual. I did my shopping