VOA慢速英语2017--New Government Data Show Greater Ethnic, Racial Difference in US

All races and ethnic groups in the U.S. increased in number last year. However, Asian and Hispanic populations continued to be the fastest-growing, according to the Census Bureaus yearly population count. The agency recently released the new informat

VOA慢速英语--New Government Data Show Greater Ethnic, Racial Difference in US

All races and ethnic groups in the U.S. increased in number last year. However, Asian and Hispanic populations continued to be the fastest-growing, according to the Census Bureaus yearly population count. The agency recently released the new informat

Indonesian Opposition Movement Accuses President of Being ‘Authoritarian’

Indonesian President Joko Widodo is facing a social media campaign as he prepares to seek re-election next year. The campaign has criticized him for failing to show enough sympathy to Islamic interests and the rising prices of household goods. The mo

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This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. It sounds too good to be truehelp kids feel good about themselves, and theyll l do better in school. But it apparently worked for African-American middle

英语课程计划-Indigenous People

August the 9th is International Day of the World's Indigenous People. It is a time for the world to understand the problems of indigenous peoples around the world. The day was created by the United Nations General Assembly in 1994. It wanted to stren

New Government Data Show Greater Ethnic, Racial Difference in US

All races and ethnic groups in the U.S. increased in number last year. However, Asian and Hispanic populations continued to be the fastest-growing, according to the Census Bureaus yearly population count. The agency recently released the new informat

VOA常速英语2008年-Rights Group Describes Planned Post-Election Vi

By Derek Kilner Nairobi 17 March 2008 The international organization Human Rights Watch says in a new report that much of the political and ethnic violence that followed Kenya's disputed presidential elections was methodically organized. The organiza

2007年VOA标准英语-Humanitarian Group Says Tens of Thousands Displ

By Noel King Kigali 08 September 2007 Humanitarian aid groups are sounding the alarm as fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo forces tens of thousands of civilians from their homes in North Kivu Province. Noel King has more in this rep

2007年VOA标准英语-Members of Burundi Rebel Group Flee Peace Talks

By Arjun Kohli Nairobi 24 July 2007 Key members of Burundi's last rebel group have escaped into the bush before the completion of peace talks in the country's capital Bujumbura. Government officials say they see this move as a sign of aggression. For

VOA慢速英语 2007 0602

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. What exactly is genocide? The word was invented by Raphael Lemkin, a Jewish lawyer who fled Poland at the start of World War Two and came to the United States. He lost almost every member of his family to

Concerns over Few Asians in Broadcasting, News

AS IT IS 2016-06-13 Concerns over Few Asians in Broadcasting, News Recent disputes over using white actors to play characters of color in Hollywood films have raised concerns that the media ignore minorities. Activist groups have called for more mino

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AS IT IS 2016-02-07 Why Does Saudi Arabia Consider Iran a Threat? 为什么沙特阿拉伯认为伊朗是一个威胁? Tensions continue to grow between Saudi Arabia and Iran. As Iran rejoins the world community after reaching an agreement to limit i

2006年VOA标准英语-Brazil Highlights World Cup Group F Action

By David Byrd Washington 23 May 2006 When the World Cup gets under way in Germany next month, the odds-on favorite - Brazil - faces Croatia, Australia and Japan in the first round. The Brazilians shou

VOA标准英语2010年-Burmese Ethnic Group Says Villages Fac

Ethnic Karen minority children play soccer on a muddy field at their refugee camp along the Thai-Burma border near Mae Sot, Thailand, 29 Jun 2010 Burma's ethnic Karen communities and rights groups are reporting stepped up attacks by Burma's military

VOA标准英语2011--Ethnic Politics Split US Ethiopians

Ethnic Politics Split US Ethiopians America's Ethiopian community has grown quickly since the 1980s and one of its hubs is the northwestern state of Washington. Yet, even though they live a half world away from Ethiopia, these immigrants are still in

Many 'missing' after China riots

Dozens of ethnic Uighurs have disappeared since being detained in the wake of the riots(骚乱) in China's Xinjiang region, a human rights group has said. Human Rights Watch said the 43 men and teenaged boys were taken in police sweeps of Uighur distri

2006年VOA标准英语-Talabani Rejects Iraq Study Group Report

By Paula Wolfson White House 10 December 2006 The leaders of the Iraq Study Group are defending their report, following new criticism from Baghdad. At the same time, the Bush administration is stepping up its own review of its Iraq strategy. VOA Whi

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Laghman，阿富汗一省名 Lebanese Lebanon Lahore (Parkistan's city) Las Veigas, 拉斯维加斯，在内华达州 Laos Laurent Gbagbo 象牙海岸总统 Laurent Kabila,刚果总统 Lendu ethnic gr

VOA常速英语2008年-Threat From Armed Groups Persists Amid Politica

By Derek Kilner Nairobi 05 March 2008 Kenya's parliament is set to reconvene Thursday to begin the process of enacting a power-sharing agreement reached last week between the country's two main parties. But as Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, incid

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The United States and other nations have agreed to work together to oppose the Islamic State militant group. The group now controls parts of Iraq and Syria. This week, two Iraqi girls won a personal victory by escaping from Islamic State militants. H