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www.TopwayE VOA 新闻100 篇 VOA News Item 1 经济：印度及东南亚国家签署了自由贸易协定 Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma and his counterparts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations sealed the agreement in Bangkok Thursday. They met on the sidelines of the annual ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting. The agreement creates one of Asia’s biggest trading areas and integrates India’s fast growing economy with 10 of its neighbors. Trade between India and ASEAN amounts to $40 billion each year. Under the pact, India and ASEAN will eliminate tariffs on various goods by 2016. VOA News Item 2 政治：英国政党领袖进行电视辩论第二轮角逐 Britain’s political life has been dominated for the past three decades by two parties — the Conservatives, now led by David Cameron, and Labor headed by current Prime Minister Gordon Brown. But a third party, the Liberal Democrats, are turning this election into a three-horse race. Their campaign was given a major boost by Britain’s first ever televised debate last week; Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg emerged as the clear winner. Viewer polls taken after this second debate, which focused on foreign policy, showed there was no runaway victor. The last time Britain had a hung parliament was in 1974. A final televised debate is to take place next Thursday, followed by the election on May 6. VOA News Item 3 政治：参议院就索托马约尔就任最高法院大法官进行了讨论 On the second day of debate all signs continued to point toward an easy confirmation win for Sotomayor, the 55-year-old federal court judge nominated by President Barack Obama earlier this year. Although most of the 40 Senate Republicans are likely to vote against her, the decision Wednesday of Missouri Senator Kit Bond added to the number of Republicans who have committed to voting for her. Senator Bond, who is one of severa