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IN THE NEWS -April 6, 2002: Cease-fire in Angola By Caty Weaver This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. The Angolan government and the UNITA rebel movement signed a ceas

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By Scott Bobb Huambo, Angola 24 July 2007 Princess Diana uses a remote switch to trigger the detonation of some explosive ordinance dug up by mine sweepers in Huambo, Angola, 15 Jan 1997 The world recently marked the 10th anniversary of the death of

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Angola Still Riddled With Landmines, Despite Efforts Cautiously, meter after meter, a deminer checks if the ground is clear of mines and unexploded devices. He is working on a demining zone operated by the NGO Norwegian People's Aid five hours east o

VOA标准英语2012--Angola's Economic Boom Has Winners and Losers

Angola's Economic Boom Has Winners and Losers The city has become a big construction site. Everywhere in Luanda, new buildings are rising from the ground, as a ballet of cranes is shaping the new skyline of the capital. Luanda is busy leaving the pas

VOA标准英语2012 Oil-rich Cabinda Still Waits for Independence from Angola

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Rights Group Rebukes Angola for Alleged Missing Oil Revenues

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DON GONYEA, HOST: Louisiana State Penitentiary, or Angola Prison, is known for extremes. It's an enormous, maximum-security prison. And it's so remote most of the medical needs of the prisoners are met right at the prison. But according to some inmat

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The first line of this next story sounds like it ought to be spoken by the narrator of a movie. When the Atlantic Ocean was young, sea monsters ruled. This is a true story. Some of their bones have turned up along the coast of We

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VOA标准英语2010年-Angola Arrests 2 Suspects in Connectio

Angolan authorities say security forces have arrested two individuals allegedly involved in the deadly attack on Togo's national football team on the eve of the Africa Cup of Nations. Despite the Togolese team's subsequent withdrawal, the tournament

UN Completes Mission in Angola

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 17 September 2007 Angola has completed a 10-month voter registration drive in preparation for elections next year. The balloting will be Angola's first in 15 years and is aimed at consolidating a transition to multi-party d

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The State Department confirms that Iran could enter negotiations on its nuclear program without initially meeting the demand of the United States and other major powers that it suspend its uranium enrichment program. U.S. officials say they are amen

2006年VOA标准英语-Astronauts Begin Space Station Rewiring

By Sean Maroney Washington 15 December 2006 Astronauts from the U.S. space shuttle Discovery have successfully rewired half of the International Space Station to run on its permanent power system. VOA's Sean Maroney reports from Washington with deta

2006年VOA标准英语-Cholera Reemerges in Angola

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 08 December 2006 The U.N. Children's Fund says it is rapidly expanding its activities to try to stem a resurgence of cholera in Angola. The deadly and easily transmittable disease has infected more than 62,000 Angolans since F

2007年VOA标准英语-Sierra Leone Opposition Takes Early Lead in Pre

By Kari Barber Dakar 11 September 2007 Opposition party officials in Sierra Leone say they are pleased with preliminary results released Monday that give their candidate, Ernest Koroma, a 64 percent to 36 percent lead over Vice President Solomon Bere

Angola to play friendly against Real Madrid

LUANDA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Cristoffer Laurens Komen, an envoy from Spain's La Liga team Real Madrid, is expected to check the pitch conditions for a possible friendly match here with the Angolan national team, Angolan sports official said here on Mon

VOA标准英语2010年-Activists Arrested in Angola After Tog

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