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There has been more U.S. Senate action on President-elect Obama's national security team. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved his nomination of Hillary Clinton to be

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Last week, parliament members in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland elected a new president, who will have to lead the region through one of the most turbulent and unce

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The fraud scandal at one of India's largest software outsourcers, Satyam Computer Services, has again placed the spotlight on corporate governance in Asia. Experts say the region

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Air pollution in Hong Kong has gotten so bad that some businesses are losing staff and customers. A city watchdog group says the government is not doing enough to reduce pollution

2009-01-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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With freezing temperatures across most of Europe, there was heated anger, especially in Eastern Europe on Wednesday, about the suspension in natural gas deliveries from Russia thr

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President-elect Barack Obama has indicated his administration is likely to be less reliant on the threat of military force to persuade and influence other countries, and more likely

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Barack Obama will be inaugurated as the nation's 44th president on January 20, continuing the tradition of a peaceful transfer of power from one leader to another that began with

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Russia is proposing a summit of all countries involved in the current gas dispute between Moscow and Kyiv. The proposal comes a week after Moscow halted deliveries of Russian gas th

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placed national reconciliation and economic recovery at the top of the government's program to end years of political discord on Wednesday. Mr. Abhisit also called for restoratio

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Millions of Asian workers are losing their jobs because of the global economic downturn. After many years of urban job creation, governments are scrambling to find work in the count

2009-01-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Ethiopia's military commander in Somalia has handed over security of the country to a joint force composed of government troops and moderate Islamists. The landmark ceremony took

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The Israeli military has closed in on densely populated areas of the Gaza Strip, seeking to kill gunmen loyal to the militant group Hamas. Israeli war planes are pounding targets

2009-01-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has left for the Mideast to press both Israel and Hamas to accept a U.N. resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza St

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According to three former senior U.S. government officials, one of the central foreign policy questions facing the incoming Obama administration will be how to deal with a resurgent

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Russia and Ukraine remain at odds over renewed gas deliveries to Europe as Moscow says the flow is non-existent and Kyiv claims it is proceeding at a pace that is necessarily sl

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Another dismal day on the overseas markets as the global economic downturn continues. In Asia, tumbling Chinese exports are now affecting jobs there. In Europe, British retail sal

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President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for energy secretary, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Chu, said if confirmed he will pursue policies to address climate change and red

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The health crisis in Zimbabwe should be the investigated by the International Criminal Court, campaign group Physicians for Human Rights says. The physicians group also says that

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U.S. President George Bush says he is leaving office with a record of accomplishment, and says he is going back to Texas with his head held high. Mr. Bush spoke during a farewell

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A host of American dignitaries joined with their Chinese counterparts in Beijing for a high-level meeting to mark this year's 30th anniversary of Sino-American ties. The two-day se

2009-01-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says a Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip must be respected. On the eve of a diplomatic sweep throu

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Israeli warplanes have been attacking the homes of Hamas leaders in Gaza, during the 17th day of Israel's assault. Palestinian medical officials say nearly 900 people have died i

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It has been more than two weeks since Israel launched massive air strikes and then a ground offensive against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip and all the while, Hamas continued to

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President-elect Barack Obama is proposing an emergency $800 billion economic stimulus plan that would use government spending and taxing power to help pull the faltering U.S. econ

2009-01-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Middle East envoy Tony Blair is saying that the "elements are in place" for a ceasefire in Gaza, after meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Egyptian diplomatic e