CNN 2011-08-25

The situation is still very fluid. There remains degree of uncertainty and there are still regime elements who pose a threat. But this much is clear: The Gaddafi regime is coming to an end, and the future of Libya is in the hands of its people. In ju

创新英语-Libya: Gaddafi’s Son Warns of “Rivers of Blo

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son Seif has warned of rivers of blood in a televised statement. He said Libya was in danger of civil war if the pro-democracy protestors did not stop their demonstrations. He told Libyans that his father was too stron

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-08-26

An emotional memorial service has been held for the 11 victims of this week's house fire near Brisbane. Thousands of people packed a local sports complex for the ceremony. Queensland's Premier Anna Bligh told the mourners every Queenslander shared th

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-09-05

A search is continuing for a shark that attacked and killed a man in the south-west of Western Australia yesterday. The 21-year-old man was bodyboarding with friends at Bunker Bay about 300 kilometres south of Perth when he was attacked. He died at t

NPR 2011-06-06

Agricultural officials say they think an organic farm in northern Germany was the source of the deadly E. coli outbreak that has sickened more than 2,000 people in Europe. Twenty-two people have died. Investigators traced the bacteria to beansprouts

NPR 2011-10-21

President Obama is calling this a momentous day for Libya hours after the world learned that ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi was dead. Today, we can definitely say that the Gaddafi regime has come to an end. The last major regime strongholds have fal

CNN 2011-06-05

Hi, I'm Carl Azuz. And this is CNN Student News. It's June 2nd, and in our penultimate program of the school year, we're starting things off on Wall Street. Talking about the stock market and yesterday was not a good one. Experts used the Dow Jones I

VOA慢速英语--Why Is 'Colonel' Pronounced 'Ker'nel?'

Welcome to Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program we explore the origin and history of American expressions and teach you how to use them. Today we focus more on history than usage. We are going to answer an age-old quest

CNN 2011-05-13

We feel very confident from the modeling that the water has done what is going to do. What I say that is with a lot of caution in mind because we don't know that for certain. And so I think people have to understand that we consider this still a litt

Libyan-Born Italians Return to Birthplace

By Sabina Castelfranco A group of Libyan-born Italians will return to Tripoli, Wednesday, for the first time since they were expelled when Colonel Moammar Gaddafi took power. Some 20,000 Italians were

AP 2011-07-05

1. Greece is said to get a vital loan installment by July 15th. The nation is struggling financially and needs the money to prevent defaulting on its debt which could lead to a worldwide crisis. 2. The US and Spain say Muammar Gaddafi's threats of re

美国国家公共电台 NPR Not My Job: We Quiz Sen. Bernie Sanders On KFC's Colonel Sanders

PETER SAGAL, HOST: And now the game where we make important people wonder how much more important they have to be in order to have avoided this. It's called Not My Job. So a few years ago, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont was approached by an aide a

【英文短篇小说】The Colonel's Lady（1）

Narrated by Martin Jarvis The Peregrines were having breakfast. Though they were alone and the table was long they sat at opposite ends of it. From the walls George Peregrines ancestors, painted by the fashionable painters of the day, looked down upo

Gaddafi seen meeting bomber on TV

Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi has defied strong criticism from the UK and the US by meeting Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi on Libyan TV. The pair were shown embracing and talking, while Col Gaddafi also spoke to Megrahi's family. The Sco

VOA标准英语2009年-AU Leaders Agree to Disagree on Gaddafi's Union

An African Union summit has ended in confusion over the future of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's dream of establishing a continental government. Mr. Gaddafi appears determined to push toward creation of a United States of Africa during his year as

War clouds hover over Tripoli

TRIPOLI, March 20 (Xinhua) -- War clouds are gathering over here as Western forces have started launched air strikes against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces after a no-fly zone is imposed on Libya. At around 02:30 a.m. local time (00:30 GMT) o

Son of Gaddafi killed in NATO strike: spokesman

TRIPOLI, April 30 (Xinhua) -- Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, youngest son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was killed in NATO's strike against Gaddafi's house, said a spokesman of the Libyan government. The NATO attack against Gaddafi's house resulted in the

AP 2011-04-05

1. Muammar Gaddafi has issued a defiant statement after two high-profile departures from his regime, and is calling on leaders of countries attacking his forces to resign. The Libyan news agency says Gaddafi accused Western leaders of warning to crea

AP 2011-03-07

1. The man accused of gunning down two American airmen at the airport in Frankfurt has been ordered held in prison. A German security official says the ethnic Albanian Muslim has confessed targeting the US military. 2. President Barack Obama says Lib

AP 2011-03-09

1. President Barack Obama's chief of staff says the administration is looking at the nation's oil reserves as it considers options for dealing with the spike in gas prices. William Daley says officials are concerned about the impact of oil prices on