The result of the election is yet another hopeful sign that peace could come to the Middle East.
这次选举的结果是和平有希望降临中东的又一个征兆。
Yet from every direction — east, west, north, and south, strong winds blew upon the unlucky city.
在这个不幸的城市,风来自不同的方向——东方、西方、北方和南方——肆虐着。
East Asia is the world's electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are largely anonymous.
东亚是世界性电子工厂的聚集地,但是除了日本人之外,大部分生产商都是寂寂无名的。
So they had to come back. While independence has not yet brought prosperity, many in East Timor, like Elsa Expostu,who grows coffee in the rural highlands of the Aleiu district, say they are still better off today.
VOA: standard.2009.08.27
Political analyst Amr Hamzawy of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut says that while Egypt has yet to reconcile Hamas and Fatah, at least it approaches the issue with a peace-based agenda, something no one else has done.
VOA: standard.2009.11.03
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