McVeigh Case Delayed? In the United States, Timothy McVeigh will seek a delay in his execution for the bombing of a government building in Oklahoma. Defense layers made the request Thursday after a tw

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AS IT IS 2016-04-19 Iraqi Refugees From IS Share Their Stories 来自IS的伊拉克难民讲述他们的经历 A few days ago, a man named Arif ran barefoot with his family from an Iraqi village as American fighter jets dropped bombs from above. They

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Chapter 6 - Balashvs interview with Napoleon Though Balashev was used to imperial pomp, he was amazed at the luxury and magnificence of Napoleons court. The Comte de Turenne showed him into a big reception room where many generals, gentlemen-in-waiti

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Chapter 8 - Prince Andrew on Kutzovs staff in Moldavia. He visits Bald Hills After his interview with Pierre in Moscow, Prince Andrey went to Petersburg, on business as he told his family, but really to meet Anatole Kuragin whom he felt it necessary

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Chapter 22 - Pierre meets old acquaintances Staggering amid the crush, Pierre looked about him. Count Peter Kirilovich! How did you get here? said a voice. Pierre looked round. Boris Drubetskoy, brushing his knees with his hand (he had probably soile

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Chapter 4 - The Council of War The Council of War began to assemble at two in the afternoon in the better and roomier part of Andrey Savostyanovs hut. The men, women, and children of the large peasant family crowded into the back room across the pass

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Chapter 6 - The fox hunt The old count went home, and Natasha and Petya promised to return very soon, but as it was still early the hunt went farther. At midday they put the hounds into a ravine thickly overgrown with young trees. Nikolai standing in

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I'm going to ask and try to answer, 接下来我会问一些而且也会回答一些。 in some ways, kind of an uncomfortable question. 令人感到不太舒服的问题。 Both civilians, obviously, and soldiers, 很显然,不管是老百姓还是士

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WILLIAM BRANGHAM, PBS NEWSHOUR ANCHOR: We're turning now to the threat of ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Just a few months ago, some U.S. officials worried that ISIS fighters could actually overtake Baghdad, but there are new signs of confidence in the figh

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GWEN IFILL: Brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder are two well-known signature wounds of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But there is another injury, lung disease, that afflicts tens of thousands of veterans. Many blame a single defense c

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Life and Fate《生活与命运》 War, peace and love战争、和平与爱情 Vasily Grossmans epic novel is transformed for the radio 瓦西里?格罗斯曼史诗般的小说被改编成广播剧 Sep 10th 2011 | from the print edition Vasily Grossm

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Officials could opt to abandon their tightening stance in order to counteract the trade turmoil. But that might erase the gains from the deleveraging. 官方可以选择放弃他们紧缩的立场以求缓和贸易混乱。但这么做会抹去来自于

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The asymmetry in the trade war is another uncomfortable fact. 这场贸易战中的不对称是另一个让人不安的事实。 Since America buys far more from China than vice versa, America has more scope to impose tariffs. 由于美国从中国进口

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When Donald Trump tweeted on August 5th that tariffs were working big time, American media sprang into action to test the claim. 8月5日,唐纳德特朗普在推特上说,关税颇有成效,美国媒体蓄势待发,他们想要检验这种说法

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JUDY WOODRUFF: On Israel's border, a morbid anniversary passes this week for a raging war which has claimed more than 200,000 lives, and has left millions homeless. Four years in, and there's no end in sight to the killing in Syria. Just today, new g

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CAIRO, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- At least 51 people were killed and about 270 injured in Egypt's clashes between security forces and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) on Sunday, official news agency MENA reported, citing the health ministry. Clashes

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Britain in Iraq 英国,在伊拉克 Cameron's confusions 卡梅伦的困惑 The government flip-flops between belligerence and caution 政府在交战和警告间犹豫不决 HOW seriously does the British government take the threat from Islamic St

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In his timely new book, Easternisation, Gideon Rachman articulates a clear and persuasive idea: that recent western exertions in the Middle East, the crises that grab the headlines and consume the energies of world leaders, will be seen in the arc of

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French reforms 法国改革 Taxi wars 出租车战争 A case study of vested interests trying to fight off new competitors 既得利益者排斥新竞争者的个案分析 PARIS is the only city in the world where it is hard to find a taxi. So in 200

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Iraq's Christians 伊拉克的基督徒 Nearly all gone 几近消失 The conquering jihadists are evicting or killing Mosul's last Christians 圣战者乘胜追杀摩苏尔的基督徒 At least he's aliveamong the Kurds 至少他还活着作为一个库

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