Peter Heinlein The United States and Britain have offered the U.N. Security Council a fresh draft resolution that would grant sovereignty to Iraq's interim government at the end of this month. The res...
Michael Kitchen The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan says he expects an investigation into the treatment of Afghan detainees in U.S. custody to finish in the next two weeks. Speaking to repo...
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David Gollust Secretary of State Colin Powell says Tuesday he has no reason to doubt the ability of the Saudi government to maintain stability and continue oil exports, despite the weekend terrorist a...
注释: Ghazi Ajil al-Yawar齐·阿吉尔·亚瓦尔,伊拉克临时政府新任主席 interim government 临时政府 deadlock [5dedlCk] n. 僵局 cabinet [5kAbinit] n. 内阁 correspondent [7kCr...
注释: previous [5pri:vjEs] adj. 先前的,原来的 New Delhi [nju:5deli] n. 新德里,印度首都 Natwar Singh纳特瓦·辛格,印度外交部长,曾先后出任印度驻巴基斯坦、中...
注释: news conference 新闻发布会 commitment [kE5mitmEnt] n. 义务,许诺 resolve [ri5zClv] n. 决心 emphasize [5emfEsaiz] v. 强调,着重 cabinet [5kAbinit] n.内阁 Iyad Allawi伊亚德...
注释: U.N. Secretary-General 联合国秘书长 interim [5intErim] adj. 临时的,间歇的,暂定的 interim government 临时政府 envoy [5envCi] n. 外交使节,特使 Lakhdar Brahimi 赫达...
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注释: Ankara [5ANkErE] n. 安卡拉(土耳其首都) Turkey [5tE:ki] n. 土耳其 European Union (EU)欧盟 predominantly [pri5dCmineitli] adj. 占主流的,主要的 Muslim [5mJzlIm] n. 穆...
Greg LaMotte The issue of voting rights for women in Kuwait is heading for a vote in the emirate's parliament now that Kuwait's cabinet has given its approval to the proposed legislation. For more tha...
Nick Simeone Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has made a surprise visit to Iraq, meeting with American troops and touring the prison where Iraqis were abused by American soldiers. With no advance wor...
Patricia Nunan In a surprise upset, India's Congress Party has beaten the party of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in national parliamentary elections. The Congress Party, led by Sonia Gandhi, is...
Deborah Tate The U.S. Army General investigating the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. troops blamed a failure of leadership for the scandal. Army Major General Antonio Taguba, who wrote a report detai...