THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. I want to speak about the ongoing and increasingly urgent efforts to avoid default and reduce our deficit. Right now, the House of Representatives is still trying to pass a bill that a majority of Republicans a...
JERUSALEM, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Former Israeli President Moshe Katzav is facing between five to 10 years in prison(监狱) for raping a female employee during his tenure(任期) as tourism minister in 1998, according to local media. The Tel Avi...
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A: Good evening, my fellow Americans. Three days from now, after a half-century of service of our country, I shall lay down the responsibilities of office as, in a traditional and solemn ceremony, the authority of the Presidency is vested in my succe...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Joseph Deiss, the president of the 65th UN General Assembly (GA) session, on Wednesday called for efforts to turn words into actions so as not to disappoint the expectations(期望,预期) of the millions of m...
Upper-Intermediate - Live from Washington (D0034) A: This is Madeline Wright, for BCC News reporting live from Washington D. C. where, very shortly,the new President will deliver his inaugural address.Just moments ago, the President was sworn-in to o...
Juan Manuel Santos, candidate(候选人) for the ruling Social Party of National Unity, was elected Sunday new president of Colombia for the term 2010-2014. Santos, the candidate of the ruling Social Party of National Unity (U) defeated his rival can...
A: This is Madeline Wright, for BCC News reporting live from Washington D. C. where, very shortly, the new President will deliver his inaugural ad- dress. Just moments ago, the President was sworn-in to office; following the United States Constitutio...
There is more political turmoil in Fiji after President Ratu Josefa Iloilo annulled the constitution, fired the judiciary and assumed all governing power in the South Pacific nation. Ratu Josefa Iloilo (2008 File) The elderly leader's motives are, h...
Iran's hard-line president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad said his country would welcome talks with the United States if President Barack Obama proves to be honest in extending a hand towards Iran. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad greets supporters in Isf...