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Attacks on a group of Iranian dissidents in a (camp) in Iraq. And a poll showing the most popular politician in the US. I’m Marti Johnson reporting from Washington.
Iraqi officials say (rockets) were fired on a camp housing Iranian dissidents, killing at least 5 people and wounding about 40 others today. There’s been no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack on the site known as Camp Liberty near Baghdad. The camp houses members of the Mojahedin-e Khalq, or MEK Party. MEK was formed in the 1960s to oppose the US-backed Shah of Iran, but took up arms up against the country’s new clerical rulers after the Islamic revolution of 1979. The group was on the terror list of the US, Britain and the European Union, but has since been removed from that (list).
US Secretary of State John Kerry says the international community is ready to respond if Iran is prepared to talk with real (substance) at upcoming nuclear negotiations. Kerry made the comments in Washington Friday, saying that the path is open.
The choice is really (ultimately) up to Iran. The international community is ready to respond if Iran comes prepared to talk real substance.
Kerry said the US is prepared to let (diplomacy) be the victor when dealing with Iran but he repeated President Obama’s policy that all options are on the table in stopping Iran from building a nuclear weapon. Iran is set to meet with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany on February 26th.
India has hanged a Kashmiri man convicted for his role in the 2001 attack on India’s Parliament. Officials say Afzal Guru was executed early today in Tihar prison in New Delhi, given a Muslim burial and a prison compound afterward. Guru had been on the death row since 2002. Protest broke out near his hometown in Sopore after the (execution).
Supporters of Tunisia’s ruling Islamist party are calling for a rally in the capital today. The ruling Ennahda party says its demonstration in Tunis is aimed at showing support for the constitutional assembly, whose work on the new constitution was disrupted when opposition leader Chokri Belaid was killed earlier this week outside his home. On Friday, there was fighting between police and protesters during the slain leader’s (funeral). Lisa Bryant reports from Tunisia.
The cemetery was a (sea) of people who scaled walls and tombstones under rain and wind, straining for a glimpse of the funeral cortege of slain opposition leader Chokri Belaid. Some sang Tunisia’s national anthem and many showed up with Tunisia’s red and white flag wrapped around them. Many expressed anger at Tunisia’s rising insecurity that culminated in Belaid’s assassination on Wednesday and bitterness that the hopes of the country’s 2011 revolution have failed to (pan) out. Belaid’s family has blamed the ruling party Ennahda for his death, however the party adamantly denies the accusations and has condemned his killing. Lisa Bryant for VOA news, Tunis. 易说堂 电话英语
President Barack Obama is calling for Congress to avoid a series of what he called harmful automatic cuts that would threaten thousands of Americans' jobs if politicians don’t take action on the country’s budget by March 1. Mr.Obama urged lawmakers in his weekly address to make sensible changes to entitlement programs and the tax cut to reach the 4-trillion (deficit) reduction needed to stabilize the country’s economy.
At a time when economists and business leaders from across spectrum have said that our economy is (poised) for progress. We shouldn’t allow self-inflicted wounds to put that progress in jeopardy. So my message to Congress is this: let’s keep working together to solve this problem and let’s give our workers and our businesses the support they need to grow and to thrive.
In the weekly Republican address, Senator Lisa Murkowski said the US is entering an era of energy (abundance).
We now have a 90-year supply of natural gas, enough oil to (eliminate) OPEC imports for decades, and a broad range of promising options for alternatives and efficiency.
Murkowski said energy projects are too often held back by burdensome regulations, delayed (permits), and overzealous litigation
An opinion poll shows former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the most popular political figure in the United States. The Quinnipiac University’s survey released Friday shows Clinton with a 61% favor ability rating among the Americans workers compared with President Obama’s 51%. The former first lady and US Senator left the post of Secretary of State earlier this week after four years in office. The assistant director of the (polling) institute said Clinton is easily the most popular person on the American political stage today.
I'm Martin Johnson, VOA news in Washington.
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