VOA慢速英语 2008 0329

IN THE NEWS - Young Tibetans, Tired of Calls for Nonviolence, Want More Action The recent unrest in Lhasa turns up the heat on China as it prepares for the Beijing Olympics in August. Transcript of radio broadcast: 28 March 2008 This is IN THE NEWS

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[Note: I originally covered this topic September 16, 2006. The transcript you see now on the page is a new version that was updated March 5, 2009. Some of the reader comments at the bottom relate to the earlier version.] Grammar Girl here. Today's to

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CNN 2009-11-18

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NPR 2008-05-03

Turkish warplanes launched overnight air raids against suspected Kurdish separatist targets in the mountains of northern Iraq. NPRs Ivan Watson has this report from Baghdad. Shortly before midnight on Thursday, Turkish warplanes began bombing the Qa

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