An [unlawful] and/or [oppressive] [precedent] set by a person or persons claiming authority.
> The embedding of [biometric] chips in or on the general population sets a dangerous opprescedent which undermines both privacy and safety.

By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 31 October 2007 An opinion survey in Pakistan indicates most people do not support military operations against Al Qaida and Taliban groups in the country's tribal areas. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad. Pakista

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 22 December 2006 Gabon's ruling party has won a big majority in a newly elected parliament, but opposition parties are making a more noticeable appearance. Voter apathy however was high in last week's election. VOA's Nico Col

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By David Gollust State Department 01 November 2006 The United States Wednesday expressed concern Syria and Iran are working with Lebanese allies to try to topple the Beirut government. The White House said U.S. officials are warning all those concer

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 24 January 2008 The two rivals in Kenya's political crisis met on Thursday for the first time since a disputed election and pledged to seek an end to weeks of unrest that have killed nearly700 people. President Mwai Kibaki and o

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Egyptians Rally Demanding Military Cede Power With a little more than a week before Egypt's first post-revolution elections, demonstrators turned out en masse to protest what they say is the military's attempt to prolong its temporary powers. A sea o

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International investors are showing a growing interest in Africa's retail market. American retail giant Wal-Mart is in preliminary talks to buy South African wholesaler Massmart for more than $4 million. And the Dutch-based supermarket network SPAR r

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It was not the first time that Iranian opposition leader Mahdi Karroubi has come under attack by government supporters, but the use of gunfire to blow out the windows of his armored limousine constitutes by far the boldest. Armed pro-government demon

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Business 商业 Dual-class share structures 双重股份结构 The cost of control 控制的成本 The trouble with non-voting shares 没有表决权的股票带来的麻烦 SHAREHOLDERS in News Corporation have only themselves to blame. 新闻集团的

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By Meredith Buel Washington 06 November 2007 Protests are continuing in Pakistan following President Pervez Musharraf's decision to suspend the constitution and declare a state of emergency. South Asian analysts say there is a small window of opportu

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By Scott Bobb Nairobi 28 February 2008 The heads of the government and opposition in Kenya have signed a power sharing agreement aimed at ending the crisis over December's disputed elections. VOA's Scott Bobb reports from Nairobi that the agreement w

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By Douglas Bakshian Manila 15 May 2007 Exit polls in the Philippines are suggesting that the opposition did better than expected in Monday's congressional elections. However, President Gloria Arroyo is still expected to keep control of the House of R

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India's Congress-led coalition government and its political opponents are wooing support ahead of a crucial confidence vote to be held next week. As Anjana Pasricha reports, the vote was triggered by deep political divisions over a controversial civ

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Sculley was thrilled by the possibility. 斯卡利对这种可能性感到高兴。 It would solve most of his management issues,这将解决两人之间的大部分管理问题。 moving Jobs back to what he did best and getting rid of his disruptiv

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Frequent hand-washing in my job as a medical technologist and the harsh Alaskan weather combined to give me very dry skin. One night as I prepared for bed, I rubbed my hands with petroleum jelly and covered them with a pair of old white gloves. As I

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 20 May 2006 A senior U.N. envoy has met with Burma's detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. The envoy is the first high-ranking U.N. official to be allowed into Burma in m

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By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 03 January 2008 Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, who was declared the winner of last week's disputed elections, is accusing opposition leaders of fomenting post-election violence that has claimed more than 300 lives. Nick Wadhams

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 11 July 2007 U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe is the latest Senate Republican to break with President Bush on his strategy in Iraq. She is cosponsoring legislation calling for a withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by Apr

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智利将不会割地给玻利维亚 SANTIAGO, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chile will not cede any of its national territory to Bolivia, Foreign Minister Alfredo Moreno said Thursday in response to a Bolivian suggestion of resuming talks to settle a land dis

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Ethiopia's fractious political opposition is planning a unified parliamentary campaign to demand a complete withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia. But as VOA's Peter Heinlein reports from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is under pressure by the internat

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Business 商业报道 Miners in Zimbabwe 津巴布韦的矿业公司 Zimplats happens 本地化进程如期而至,津巴布韦铂金矿业公司无奈顺从 Robert Mugabe's government wins a victory for indigenisation 罗伯特?穆加贝政府因本地

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学英语单词
Ag-NOR
age before beauty
aloft
ambagical
antimonials
antipedobaptism
apii fructus
Atime
B & W screen LCD television set
bandylegged
bit mask
by return of mail
caroticovertebral stenosis
caryophllene
coarse-to-fine aggregate ratio
collective note
conscious state
contractual requirement
coppas
counterclockwise polarized wave
crowded round
cryptos
Currency-trading
dead end pressure
denture adsorption
double-transit oscillator
enswamp
fairywren
ganglion ventriculare
genu internum radicis nervi facialis
globular preteins
gold-vanadium alloy
grant's gazelle
halid
hand lamp
house physician
Hughes's reflex
Indian elephant
indicating selsyn
innate releasing mechanism (irm)
integral train
interpretive rule
intraindividual
ITT Corporation
Kuru disease
limit stop valve
low cycle mechanical fatigue
Lyell Brown, Mt.
macario
Maslovskiy
meatus acusticus externus cartilagineus
mesencephalothalamotomy
metal inert-gas (mig) arc welding
motorcades
Murchison B.
network integrity control system
Nichi-Nichi
obedientiaries
pandaite
Paradera
persistence property
phenylsilatrane
phlegm confusing mind
plica circularis
polyploid cell
population
press-talk system
pugheadness
pugil
putas
quantum correction
quarter rudder
race ring
Rawas
reascended
red pill
regional understanding
rejection boundary
rip off
Romifenone
RTM (real-time monitor)
shared natural resources
shore line of submergence
snuff stick
sound tight
spolar
steel bridge
steering level
step induction voltage regulator
subduabler
subterranean palace
sugar plantation
surgeline
syndicate manager
thread roll head
toluene blue
tomorras
uronology
war cemeteries
whole-current settler
wooden tray
Yeovil