2008年听力资料

By Scott Stearns White House 07 June 2008 U.S. President George Bush wants $178 billion more in military spending to help pay for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, opposition Democrats are adding dome

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 08 June 2008 Israel is backing away from a threat to attack Iran. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Shaul Mofaz (file photo) Israeli defense officials have rejected comments by Cabinet Minister Shaul

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By Jim Stevenson Elmont, New York 08 June 2008 Big Brown has fallen shot of winning horse racing's so-called Triple Crown, finishing last at the Belmont Stakes in New York. As VOA's Jim Stevenson reports, the race belonged to an unlikely winner. Da'

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By Peta Thornycroft Harare 10 June 2008 Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says the country is being run by the military and police. He also says talk of a unity government is premature. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA from Harare Tsvangi

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 12 June 2008 South Korea is sending its chief trade official to Washington for what he describes as additional negotiations on a controversial beef import deal. However, leaders of mass protests say nothing short of scrapping the

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The bodies of five Rwandan soldiers, who were serving with the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force in Sudan's Darfur region, have been returned to Rwanda. They were among seven peacekeepers killed last week in the most severe attac

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U.S. National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley is meeting Thursday with Turkish officials to reportedly discuss the standoff over Iran's disputed nuclear program. Hadley's visit to Turkey comes two days before talks in Geneva in which a senior U.S. d

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This is a great time to be in the seed business in America. Middlebury College economist Bill McKibben reports that Burpee, America's largest seed company, sold twice as many seeds this spring as it did last year. And that members of the Seed Savers

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Palestinian and Israeli leaders have declared their commitment to peace before a Mediterranean summit in Paris. Lisa Bryant reports for VOA both sides have called for Europe to play a bigger role in the Middle East peace process. Palestinian Preside

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A string of kidnappings and targeted killings of aid workers in Somalia in recent weeks has prompted some international and local agencies to suspend operations in Mogadishu and in other parts of the south. As VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu reports fr

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Residents in the town of Las Qoray in a disputed region between Somaliland and Puntland say there are signs of an impending military clash between the two regional rivals, following the take over of the strategic coastal town two days ago by Somalil

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An Afghan government commission says a U.S. airstrike this week that American commanders claimed had targeted militants instead killed 47 civilians. The reports of civilian casualties come as American commanders say they are trying to counter the gr

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South Korea has suspended a high profile tourist program to North Korea after a North Korean soldier shot and killed a South Korean woman on holiday at the special tourism enclave. The woman was apparently intruding in a restricted area off limits t

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Israeli forces on the occupied West Bank raided the Nablus city hall, Wednesday, in the latest move in a wide-ranging crackdown against the Islamist Hamas movement in cities across the West Bank. VOA's Jim Teeple has details from our Jerusalem Burea

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Israeli officials are expressing concern over Iran's test firing of nine missiles on Wednesday. VOA's Jim Teeple has details from our Jerusalem bureau. Mark Regev, a spokesman for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, issued a statement saying Israel has no d

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Iraq's northern Kurdish region offers security and stability that is hard to find elsewhere in the country. It also offers historic sites, high-end hotels, amusement parks, and striking mountains and valleys. VOA's Suzanne Presto reports on the regi

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U.S. President George Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh are backing a controversial deal to sell U.S. nuclear fuel to India. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports from Japan where the two men met on the sidelines of a meeti

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Court proceedings against former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra have begun, the first since he was ousted in a military coup in 2006. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, several other corruption investigations against the former leader, his

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Tension is mounting again in Sudan's oil-rich region of Abyei, following complaints from south Sudanese officials that northern troops have not withdrawn from the area. According to an agreement signed last month, both armies were to fully withdraw

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The Indian prime minister is going to attend the G-8 summit in Japan, after having mustered enough political support at home to push through a stalled civilian nuclear pact with the United States. Anjana Pasricha has a report from New Delhi. Indian

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