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Latest 'Mission' Is Impossibly Good Thriller Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation is the fifth installment of the successful 20-year-old spy franchise, based on the iconic, eponymous 1960s TV series. With 53-year-old Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise still
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Reeling in Illicit Fishing Its estimated that illicit fishing accounts for up 26 million tons of seafood a year and costs the global economy as much as 26 billion dollars annually. An international agreement to help curb the problem is gaining suppor
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Growing Number of E. Jerusalem Palestinians Seek Israeli Citizenship 东耶路撒冷巴人寻求以色列国籍者增多 WASHINGTON Most Palestinians living in East Jerusalem have long rejected the option of full Israeli citizenship, seeing it as a b
美国司法部长确认之争加剧 A frustrated President Obama chastised the Senate Friday. 周五倍感沮丧的奥巴马总统严厉谴责了国会。 Enough. Enough. Call Loretta Lynch for a vote.Get her confirmed. Put her in place. Let her do
非洲移民给意大利带来的问题 LONDON Thousands more migrants have arrived on the southern shores of Italy from North Africa in the past two days. Authorities say they expect the total number of arrivals this year to far exceed previous leve
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河马对生态系统的意义 A new study says the hippopotamus is very important to the health of Africas rivers and lakes. Thats because hippos produce a key ingredient for aquatic life -- and a lot of it. But researchers warn that hippo populatio
意大利和希腊面临移民压力 WASHINGTON Conflict and poverty in Africa and the Middle East and other parts of the world are creating waves of refuges, ready to risk their lives to escape misery. Europe has been flooded with migrants and this
Iran Nuclear Deal Becomes US Campaign Issue WASHINGTON Voters in three crucial battleground states - Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania - overwhelmingly oppose the Obama administration-backed international nuclear deal with Iran, according to a recent op
华盛顿领空遭无人机入侵 空域安全存在漏洞 When Florida Postal Service worker Doug Hughes landed his homemade gyrocopter on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol, in a daring bid to deliver a political message to the lawmakers, the securi
狂犬病每年导致数万人死亡 Canine rabies kills tens of thousands of people every year and costs economies billions of dollars. A new global study said understanding the true burden of the disease may result in more resources to prevent it. 狂
德国帮渡海移民摆脱重建自信 Migrants fleeing poverty and violence in parts of Africa, the Middle East and Asia risk life and limb to reach safety in Europe. After a long and exhausting journey to reach the smugglers on the Mediterranean S
新检测方法或对彻底根除疟疾起到决定性作用 Fatuma Chaunga, a mother of two,lives in the coastal region of Likoni in Mombasa.Two years ago, most of Chaunga's income from selling french fries and deep-fried buns was spent on hospital
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