Namibian Election officials say the second day of polling went relatively smoothly although lines were long early in the morning in heavily populated areas of the country.

VOA: standard.2009.11.28

One that seems to be in fashion these days, although you never know how long the fashion lasts, is: internal uprisings that somehow these monarchical areas, when life got tough, the people must have risen up against them.

有一个理论现在很流行,虽然不知道流行了多久,那就是认为,这些王国中起义的内部原因是,当民生困苦时,人们就必然奋起反抗

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White House officials said this was not the president's long-awaited speech to the Muslim world, although it is being seen as part of his outreach to members of the Islamic faith.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06