Malaysian police say the two women suspected of poisoning the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had been trained. Police also are seeking two more suspects including a North Korean diplomat. At least one of the women arrested in connect

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(二)月

By Peter Heinlein New York 03 October 2006 Ban Ki-Moon South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon is on track to become the next secretary-general of the United Nations. A formal vote of the Security Council is set October 9. VOA's correspondent at t

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Indian Diplomat Seeks Dismissal of US Criminal Charges 印度外交官寻求美国解除对其刑事指控 From VOA Learning English, this is In the News. This week, a lawyer for an Indian diplomat asked a court in the United States to dismiss immigr

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A senior government official says Pakistan's top civilian and military leaders had planned to dine at Islamabad's Marriot Hotel when a suicide car bombing struck it, killing 53 people. While an investigation is under way into the country's deadliest

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is sending the top U.S. diplomat for Africa to Kinshasa for talks on the violence and humanitarian crisis in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the DRC. Assistant Secretary for State fo

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Former US Diplomat Criticizes Japan's Nuclear Response 外交官批评日本核事故后反应 A former high-level U.S. diplomat, who was posted in Japan for many years, is speaking out about Tokyo's initial response to the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Former Egyptian diplomat Mohamed ElBaradei has emerged as a prominent voice of the opposition to President Hosni Mubarak. Mohamed ElBaradei is best known as having been chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations' nucle

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US Diplomat: Military Help Sought During Benghazi Attack The attack, and the killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya, shocked the nation and sparked calls for an investigation. Eight months later, the controversy and the allegations continue. The for

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I think we have dangers in these kinds of policies. The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, prior to the Great Depression, is considered one of the causes of the Great Depression that started in 1929. So, if we're to follow these policies of tariffs, this is go

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 06 December 2007 U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns has predicted that the close alliance between Washington and Australia will continue under the new Rudd government despite differences over Iraq and climate change. Bu

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By David Gollust State Department 16 November 2007 U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, beginning a critical political mission to Pakistan late Friday, held a telephone discussion with former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Negroponte is in

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By Malcolm Webb Kampala 24 November 2007 The British Commonwealth has appointed Indian diplomat Kamalesh Sharmar as its new secretary-general. The appointment was made at the Commonwealth summit currently underway in Uganda. Malcolm Webb reports for

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By David Gollust State Department 07 May 2008 The senior U.S. diplomat in Burma said Wednesday the death toll from the cyclone that hit the southeast Asian country late last week could exceed 100,000. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meawnhile say

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The top U.S. diplomat involved in talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament says the country's human rights record is abysmal. At the same time, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill says important progress is being made to remove nuclear w

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 01 January 2008 The U.S. Embassy in Khartoum says it is unclear why an American diplomat and his driver were shot and killed early Tuesday in the Sudanese capital. The diplomat was identified as 33-year-old John Granville, his d

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By Dorian Jones Istanbul 19 September 2007 Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns has called for new sanctions against Iran because of its ongoing nuclear program. The call was made during a visit to the Turkish capital Ankara, where Burns met with P

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By Ravi Khanna Washington, D.C. 12 November 2007 It has been more than a week since President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule in Pakistan, a move accompanied by daily protests throughout the country. A former state department official who wa

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BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The 100th birth anniversary of former Vice Premier and Foreign Minister Huang Hua was marked Friday in Beijing. A veteran diplomat, Huang led negotiations with the United States on the establishment of diplomatic relation

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By Maram Mazen Khartoum 12 October 2009 Three of four Islamists (excluding man in center) accused in 2008 killing of US diplomat and his Sudanese driver, raise their hands and shout slogans as they walk out of Sudanese court (June 2009) A court in S

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On Tuesday, the Prime Minister of Fiji expelled the top diplomats of Australia and New Zealand and told them to leave in 24 hours. Then New Zealand told the Fijian diplomat in Wellington that he had to leave and go home. Fiji has expelled four New Ze

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