This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. On Wednesday, Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen announced measures to cut the biggest budget deficit in Europe. BRIAN COWEN: Today we've come to announce a four-year plan, between now and 2014. It'

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By Nancy Beardsley The late Johnny Cash was a preeminent symbol of country music in America. He was also Scots-Irish, a product of the Southern rural culture where that music was born. James Webb says

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Jessica: Kate, where are you from? Kate: I'm from London in England. Jessica: OK, and your heritage is..? Kate: My heritage is Irish. My grandparents were Irish, both sets of grandparents. Jessica: Oh, wow. What part of Ireland were they from? Kate:

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An Irishman walked into a bar in Dublin. He ordered three pints of Guinness(英国产强性黑啤酒之一种, 其商标名), sat in the back of the room, and drank a sip out of each one in turn. When he finished them, he came back to the bar and ord

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 14 June 2007 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas late Thursday dismissed the three-month-old Palestinian unity government and declared a state of emergency as Hamas militants consolidated their control over the Gaza Strip. Mor

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DUBLIN, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Irish(爱尔兰) Prime Minister Brian Cowen announced on Saturday afternoon that he is standing down as leader of the ruling Fianna Fail, but will continue as the prime minister until the March 11 election. At a press

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