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Alec Ross, a senior adviser to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, recently discussed these efforts with VOA's Persian News Network.

最近，国务卿希拉里·克林顿的高级顾问Alec Ross在VOA波斯语新闻网络中跟我们讨论了该项目所做的努力。

Former spokesman and current advisor Tomohiko Taniguchi at Japan's Foreign Ministry tells VOA News that Tokyo strongly desires a revival of the negotiations to end the military threat to Japan posed by North Korea.

曾经是发言人的现任日本外交部长的顾问Tomohiko Taniguchi告诉VOA，东京强烈希望恢复谈判以结束朝鲜对日本的军事威胁。

Re-broadcast on VOA News Now: October 20, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster-some baseball word play in honor of the World Series. RS: We've got a classic skit about baseball.

今天的《词汇大师》讨论的是关于棒球的英文词汇，关于World Serices世界职业棒球大赛。

South Sudan Decides its Future in Vote on Independence This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. On Sunday, the people of southern Sudan begin deciding to become the world's newest nation.

这里是VOA特别英语时事新闻。周日，南苏丹人民将开始投票决定是否成为世界上最新的国家。

Sharon Behn VOA News Cairo.

Sharon Behn VOA新闻开罗报道。英文文本来自51VOA，译文属可可原创，仅供学习交流使用，未经许可请勿转载

The most high-profile election observer here, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, tells VOA News the biggest worry now is whether election losers will peacefully accept the peoples' verdict.

前美国总统吉米.卡特是最知名的选举观察员。他对记者说，现在最大的担忧是，落选的人是否会平静地接受选民的决定。

US Poverty Rate Highest Since 1993 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. A new report says the poverty rate in the United States last year was the highest since nineteen ninety-three.

这里是VOA特别英语时事新闻。最新报告显示，美国去年的贫困率达到自1993年来最高水平。

Nanayakkara tells VOA News corruption allegations have been leveled at the government for years.

拉贾帕克萨告诉VOA新闻，几年前，关于他们腐败的指控就已经被推翻。

Jim teeple, VOA news, jerusalem.

美国之声吉姆提朴在耶路撒冷报道。

South Korea's defense ministry tells VOA News that plans to send tens of thousands of leaflets northward by ballon have been delayed because of wind conditions, but they could go as early as Thursday.

韩国国防部长告诉VOA新闻，由于风力原因，向朝鲜派发数千份传单的计划暂时推迟，但是最早可能在周四进行。