2008-12-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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President-elect Barack Obama says he will move swiftly to improve the U.S. economy and promote long-term growth upon taking office next month. Congressional leaders are working wi

2008-12-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has chosen a retired Army general who criticized the Bush administration's conduct of the war in Iraq to be the next secretary of Veterans Affai

2008-12-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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The European Union, or EU, launches its first naval operation on Monday - to the Horn of Africa. The goal: to crack down on rampant piracy.

The European Union is sending six wa

2008-12-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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U.S. President George Bush is saluting Iraq's government for approving two agreements with the United States, which he says will make Iraq's democracy stronger. VOA's Kent Klei

2008-12-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Police in northwest Pakistan continue to dig through wreckage from Friday's car bomb blast in a Shiite quarter of Peshawar. At least 27 people have been killed and scores more w

2008-12-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Indian police have arrested two suspects in connection with last week's Mumbai attack.

The suspects were arrested late Friday for allegedly supplying mobile phone cards to Pa

2008-12-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Millions of Muslim pilgrims began the annual hajj in Islam's holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Saturday. Saudi authorities are keeping a watchful eye to prevent tragedies like stam

2008-12-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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As cholera grips Zimbabwe, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says the message from the international community to President Robert Mugabe is "enough is enough."

Gord

2008-12-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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The US economy lost 533,000 jobs in November, far more than anticipated. It was the worst jobs report in 34 years, evidence of a deepening economic recession. In the past

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The U.S. State Department said it expects a meeting in Beijing next week on ending North Korea's nuclear program to be difficult, but that no consideration is being given

2008-12-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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India's new home minister, appointed in the wake of the Mumbai terror siege, is admitting security failures in preventing the attack and says there must be a fundamental

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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says it is past time for Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe to step down. Her call comes amid an increasing economic and now humanit

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U.N. aid agencies said they are facing enormous difficulties in efforts to contain the deadly cholera epidemic that has affected thousands of people in Zimbabwe. They said

2008-12-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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The Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Alexei II, has died at the age of 79, ending a long church career in which he maintained close ties with the Kremlin and the

2008-12-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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The Presidents of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkey have pledged to increase cooperation in the fight against terrorism, during talks held in Istanbul Friday. Turkey hosted the talks

2008-12-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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U.S. President George Bush says the Middle East is freer, more hopeful and more promising than it was when he took office eight years ago, despite what he called some frustrations

2008-12-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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The Pentagon says its forces successfully conducted a ballistic missile defense test over the Pacific on Friday, further demonstrating the capabilities of the ground-based system th

2008-12-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Persistent fears of a deep economic downturn and deteriorating corporate performance are keeping the markets in Europe in a gloomy mode.

Lead by disappointing November U.S. unem

2008-12-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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The top executives of the three major U.S. automobile manufacturers are vowing to streamline their companies in return for billions of dollars in federal aid to shore up the belea

2008-12-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Continued economic weakness has led to another round of interest rate cuts in Europe, while the number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits has reached a 26-year high.

2008-12-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Pakistan's leaders understand the importance of finding the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks and are committed to fighting terrorism. VOA

2008-12-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Israeli forces have evicted scores of Jewish settlers who had refused court orders to leave a house in the West Bank town of Hebron. The violence Thursday left about 20 people injur

2008-12-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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The state-owned Herald newspaper says the Zimbabwe government is seeking international assistance and has declared a state of emergency about its cholera outbreak. The United Nation

2008-12-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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PM Vladimir Putin speaks in a live, nationally broadcast Q&A session in Moscow, 04 Dec 2008
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Russia will act quickly to improve relations wit

2008-12-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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World markets were mostly higher, despite more discouraging U.S. economic news. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington, where Congress and the Bush administration are exami