China's new Premier speaks at the final meeting of the National People's Congress denying (accusations) of computer hacking and laying out an new agenda,and in Vatican,delight of a new pontiff.I'm Marti Johnson reporting from Washington.
New Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has rejected U.S. accusations and says the two countries should not make (groundless) accusations and should work together to (contribute) to cyber security. Speaking to reporters after the close of National People's Congress today,Mr Li said China itself is major target of computer hacking and does not support such activities.
New US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew heads to China this week for (economic) talks expected to include numerous recent cyber attacks on US companies.Last month,U.S. Internet security group Mandiant accused the Chinese military of stealing large (amounts) of data from about 150 U.S. companies and organizations.Speaking to reporters at the close of the congress,the new Premier reviewed the government's agenda for the next five years.Shannon Van Sant reports from Beijing.英语口语培训
A decade after China's previous leadership promised reforms in health care,education and income (disparity),Mr Li vowed to push through the changes needed to stem rising (discontent).He said that in pursuing reform China must now navigate uncharted waters and confront protracted problems,Mr Li said maintaining China's economic growth will be one of the government's top (priorities) and he said a target of 7.5% GDP.He said that if Chinese people experience more difficulties in their lives,that may disrupt the moral and psychological baseline of the society. He says China must protect people's rights and (dignity).Shannon Van Sant for VOA news,Beijing.
Pope Francis has greeted a crowd of 150,000 pilgrims in St. Peters Square with an informal address for the first Sunday window (appearance) of his four-day-old papacy.Breaking with tradition, Francis spoke to the crowd in Italian mostly reading from his prepared text for his first weekly angelus prayer.He began his remarks with buon giorno or good day,and ended with buon pranzo,meaning having a good lunch to lighting pilgrims in the packed Vatican square,earlier,he (delivered) a short homily to several hundred Vatican workers and their family members in a Sunday mass,a small Vatican church of St. Anna's.After the mass,he shook hands with parishioners, kissed several children and walked out of a Vatican gate to greet well-wishers chanting his name behind a police barricade on a Roman street.The 76-year-old Argentinean Pope is the first Latin American to lead the Roman Catholic church.
Zimbabweans are waiting for the results of a (referendum) on a new constitutional limiting terms of a president for the first time in the country's history.The proposal would allow presidents to serve only two five-year terms,89-year-old president Robert Mugabe now in office in his 30th year and his rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai,both (supported) the draft constitution so it is likely to be approved,authorities say they expect the official results of Saturday's referendum within the next several days.易说堂电话英语
Meantime,the runner-up in Kenya's presidential election is filing a petition with the Supreme court,(challenging) the results,VOA East African correspondent Gabe Joselow reports the party of Prime Minister Raila Odinga says it will present the court with evidence of electoral (fraud).
Wearing white T-shirts with the slogan "democracy on trial",Mr Odinga's supporters shouted their call for justice outside the Supreme Court in downtown Nairobi,youth leader Andrew Onyango says he felt treated by election officials (declared) Mr Odinga's rival,Uhuru Kenyaytta,the outright winner of the March 4 vote.
You can look at my hand,I voted and I still have the ink with me,that is an (evidence).Commitment and energy,time wasted,nobody wants to feel about that.
Kenya's electoral commission,the IEBC certified Mr. Kenyatta after he won 50.07% of the vote just enough to avoid a run-off with Mr Odinga.In a (statement) Saturday,Mr Odinga said if he did not challenge the results,Kenyans would lose their faith in elections and in democracy. Gabe Joselow,VOA news,Nairobi.
Al-Qeada's Iraqi affiliated group has claimed (responsibility) for a coordinated attack on a ministry of the capital that has killed at least 25 people,Islamic State of Iraq said in a statement on line it ordered the (assault) last week on the Justice Ministry near Baghdad's heavily fortified green zone,home to several government buildings and western embassies.
I'm Marti Johnson,VOA news in Washington,more news on our website at voanews.com.
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