President Bush Gives a Speech at Tsinghua University

Vice President Hu, thank you very much for your kind and generous remarks. Thank you for welcoming me and my wife, Laura, here. I see she’s 1) keeping pretty good company with the s ecretary of s ta

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Some people carry an old hurt around for a long time. Is it possible to forgive someone if they don't apologize or express remorse for their actions? The commentator Mubarak Dahir has been wrestling with that question. I got another letter from my fa

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Japanese, South Korean Leaders Hold Talks

By Steve Herman The leaders of Japan and South Korea say they will continue working together to revive stalled talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons programs. Japan and South Korea on Friday called f

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Are you waiting for life events to turn out the way you want so that you can feel more positive about your life? Do you find yourself having pre-conditions to your sense of well-being, thinking that certain things must happen for you to be happier? D

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Washington Week: Focus on Burma, US Government Scandals Six months after President Barack Obama visited Rangoon, President Thein Sein reciprocates Monday with a visit to the White House. Last November, Obama hailed democratic reforms in Burma. A dict

2007年VOA标准英语-Rice: Mideast Quartet to Meet in Washington

By David Gollust Berlin 17 January 2007 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday the international Quartet on the Middle East will meet in Washington in two weeks to try to advance Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts. Rice, in Berlin after a M

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2006年VOA标准英语-Former President Says US-China Relations Key to

By Daniel Schearf Beijing 14 December 2006 Former President George H.W. Bush has praised the development of U.S.-China relations, calling them the most important this century for world peace and prosperity. While on a visit to Beijing, Mr. Bush comm

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Zhang Yeju, a law student at China University of Political Science and Law was greeted by another student on his way to class. The problem was Zhang, 19, did not know the guy at all. 19岁的张宇杰（音译）就读于中国政法大学法律专业，

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November 16th 1966In Ohio, Dr. Samuel Sheppard is acquitted in a second trial of charges that he murdered his pregnant wife Marilyn. Sheppard served 10 years behind bars for the 1954 murder before his release and second trial. 1933The United States a

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BEIJING: China on Saturday asked Taiwan to provide a responsible explanation a day after the Taiwanese navy mistakenly fired a missile that hit a fishing boat killing one person coinciding with the ruling Communist Party of China's 95th anniversary c

A Tale of Two Fathers

Our parents divorced when Karen was a toddler, and a few years later we were blessed with the best of a complicated world - a father and a stepfather. The situation wound up a bit confusing later on down the road. Especially when it was time for Kare

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After a tour of the old city of Havana, a ceremonial wreath-laying and warm handshakes, Barack Obamas historic visit to Cuba quickly shifted to the issue that has divided the two countries for most of the last six decades a sharp disagreement over po

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