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EDUCATION REPORT - College Applications From International Graduate Students IncreaseBy Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Thursday, April 20, 2006 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report
VOICE ONE: This is Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we visit the Indiana Dunes. These hills of sand are near Chicago, Illinois. They rise on the shores of Lake Michigan, one of
The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously to shut down its peacekeeping mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea after difficulties from both nations. From United Nation's headquarters in New York, VOA's Margaret Besheer has more. It took the
A report has found that the Federal Government's role in handing down the water cuts for the Murray-Darling Basin is not clearly defined and lacks accountability. It's the first progress report by the COAG Reform Council and it looks at the 2008 wate
THE MAKING OF A NATION - President Cleveland Uses Federal Troops to Stop Railroad Strike By Frank Beardsley Broadcast: Thursday, December 01, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a progra
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 02 October 2007 The U.N. Security Council has condemned an attack on African Union peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region that killed 10 of them, but could not agree on language for a formal statement. From U.N. hea
EXPLORATIONS - The Indiana Dunes: Beautiful Sand Hills and Wildlife in America's Midwest By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And
US federal security lapses found Undercover investigators managed to smuggle (偷运,走私) bomb-making materials into key US government buildings on 10 occasions last year, a congressional report (国会报告) says. The Government Accountability Off
EXPLORATIONS - The Indiana Dunes: Ancient Hills of Sand on Lake Michigan FAITH LAPIDUS: This is Faith Lapidus. STEVE EMBER: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we visit the Indiana Dunes. These hills of sa
Activists Aim Again To Pay Women and Men Equally Activists gathered in New York City this week to call attention to a problem that has existed for a long time: the pay difference between American men and women. The United States Congress took steps t
By Daniel Schearf Irbil 21 March 2008 Iraq's presidential council has approved a law outlining provincial powers. The law paves the way for elections scheduled in October that officials are hoping will help reduce sectarian tensions. Daniel Schearf r
The U.N. Security Council is continuing to weigh whether to authorize a request from the secretary-general for an additional 3,000 peacekeepers to reinforce the U.N.'s overstretched peacekeeping mission in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. F
By Peter Heinlein U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan is urging the Security Council to act quickly to protect civilians in Sudan's troubled Darfur region. The United States is preparing to introduce a
The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution allowing member states to continue fighting pirates off the coast of Somalia for another year. The resolution also offers support for a European Union anti-piracy mission that launches n
President Obama on Thursday presided over the first meeting of his new Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. During a more than hour long session(会议,开庭), Mr. Obama told its members they have an important mission to help build American's co
MOSCOW, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Federation Council, or the upper house of the parliament, approved on Wednesday a bill which would imposes entry bans on U.S. citizens who have allegedly committed crimes against Russians abroad, and persons in
By Mona Ghuneim New York 15 October 2007 The United Nations Security Council says terrorism and the drug trade in Afghanistan continue to undermine peace and stability. From VOA's New York Bureau, Mona Ghuneim reports. Head of the U.N. mission in Afg
WASHINGTON, March 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday voted to pass a six-month stopgap funding bill to keep the federal government in operation till September, a move to avert another possible government shutdown. By a 267-151 vote
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to join fellow foreign ministers from the eight-nation Arctic Council on Thursday in Greenland's capital, Nuuk, for a meeting on polar region issues, including the receding Arctic ice cap. The meeti
今天我们要学的词是 directive. Directive 作为名词,有指令的意思。Criminal defense lawyers are concerned about a new Department of Justice directive instructing federal prosecutors to seek the most serious charges possible.刑事辩护