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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

VOA标准英语2009-Fundamentalists Call for Kuwaiti Women to Boycot

Kuwaiti voters go to the polls for their parliamentary elections Saturday. Some Kuwaiti Islamic fundamentalists are urging women candidates and voters not to participate in politics, saying it is anti-Islamic. But others are dismissing this claim, s

VOA标准英语2010-Traditional Jazz Alive and Well on 'Prese

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

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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.

2006年VOA标准英语-Chad's Deby Wins Boycotted Election

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