This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. At the end of each year, the Associated Press releases a list of the top ten news stories of the year. American editors and news directors are asked to vote for what they consider the top stories. This year

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年VOA慢速英语(一)月

Syrian Protests Ripple Across Nation Despite Crackdown Tens of thousands of Syrians continued to protest against their government Friday, in spite of a growing crackdown and the deaths of dozens of people during the past week. Reports from Syria say

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 05 June 2007 Hundreds of people from West Africa are gathering in Sikasso, Mali, this week, to bring attention to problems they say developed countries are ignoring. The anti-globalization and anti-poverty campaigners call their

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By David Gollust Kuwait City 16 January 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in the Gulf region, trying to persuade America's Arab allies to actively support President Bush's new strategy for quelling violence in Iraq. The mainly Sunni Mu

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DUBAI, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Abu Dhabi-based International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said Saturday the six GCC countries' returns through renewable energy integration could hit 200 billion U.S. dollars by 2030. IRENA said in an e-mailed repor

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British Petroleum has announced it has reached a multi-billion-dollar agreement with fishermen and other plaintiffs who sued over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill off the U.S. coast. BP says the $7.8 billion deal represents a partial settlement in t

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