A Puerto Rican youth is on trial for murder, accused of knifing his father to death, and his fate rests in the hands of twelve strangers. The judge further informs them that a guilty verdict will be accompanied by a mandatory death sentence. 《十二怒

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Time of India says about half a dozen billionaires are among the 234 business leaders who are seeking extension of the retirement age, which has been fixed at 70 years under the revamped Companies Act for those serving in a listed company in an execu

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据英国卫报报道,英国日前发布的一份年度电视节目出口报告显示,中国是英国电视节目增长最快的市场. 英剧在中国能有多大市场 The Guardian: Sales of British TV shows overseas grew 5% to almost ?1.28billion

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中文如今在世界各国都成为人们争相学习的外语.据法国新闻社报道,在葡萄牙的一个工业小镇,汉语普通话成为了8到9岁孩子们的必修课. 葡萄牙鞋匠也学中文,有必要吗? AFP: Five hundred years after

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赫芬顿邮报:对于很多美国学生来说,现在又到了高中生申请大学的时间了,很多学生也开始纠结上大学到底值不值得. 上大学到底值不值? Huffington Post: This is the time of year when high school seniors apply

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美国视频网站Netflix最近专门推出一个培养并鼓励观众剧透的网站,剧透用户被分为无耻型,猛料型,暗号型,冲动型和脑残型,等等几个种类. Netflix开设剧透网站 Netflix has set up a new website designed exc

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悉尼先驱晨报:在网购迅猛发展的今天,政府是否还应该对实体商场的关门时间进行限制呢? 商场几点关门,政府管得着吗? The Sydney Morning Herald: Bans on retail trading hours should be scrapped, that's accord

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在日常生活中,无论我们去超市购物,或是去提款机取钱,我们几乎每天都会接触到小票,然而,科学家称,这些小票中所含的有害物质可能会致病,例如糖尿病,肥胖甚至癌症. 购物小票成健康隐患 Th

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Mail Online: Research has revealed one in five parents believes it is more important for their child to be successful and wealthy than happy and healthy when they reach adulthood. A study of 2,000 parents of children aged between four and 18 found 20

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Daily Mail: The overbearing and interfering mother-in-law is often jokingly portrayed as most people's least favourite family member. And now a new poll on modern families reveals this is a reality for almost a quarter of Britons who said their pet d

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New Zealand Herald: On the quest to find true love, it is a well-used adage that one must kiss a few frogs before meeting a prince. 要吻过多少癞蛤蟆才能找到真爱? And it would appear this theory is accurate, after a mathematician came up

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Washington post: Some 3,100 students accepted as freshman by the University of Florida for the fall got a big surprise along with their congratulations notices. 在家上大学 They were told that the acceptance was contingent on their agreement to s

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来自瑞士的阳光动力2号本周一在阿联酋首都阿布扎比出发,展开为期5个月左右的环球之旅。全程将不使用一滴石油。阳光动力2号将由阳光动力项目的联合发起人贝特兰德皮卡德和安德烈博尔

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一名中国游客在尼泊尔漂流,因为不穿救生衣下河游泳,失踪两周后遗体在下游被找到。 尼泊尔漂流 New Strait Times: local police said Wednesday a Chinese tourist drowned while swimming in a river in western Nepal,

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现在越来越多的人对香水过敏。而且不光是香水,还有些人对空气清新剂、香薰蜡烛、沐浴液、化妆品、除臭剂、洗衣粉之类的东西反应强烈。 香水和韭菜盒子孰强孰弱 Nowadays there is an incre

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Mashable.com: Plans are afoot to launch a crowd-funding campaign for an open-air swimming pool in the middle of the river Thames in London. 泰晤士河 The Thames Baths project would see a ?10 million pool, measuring 25 metres by 10 metres, with a f

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英国每日电讯:日本东京的一家餐馆贴出声明,圣诞节前夜不接待情侣顾客,因为他们的甜蜜幸福会让其他单身的人更加觉得自己孤单. 圣诞节情侣去死餐厅 The Telegraph: A restaurant in Tokyo has announce

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2003年日本邮局发行了一张邮票,上面是一只毛茸茸的羊正在专心织毛线。而今年的邮票上,这只羊已经带上围巾,手里拿着棒针. 羊年邮票的十二载轮回 Yahoo.com: When millions of Japanese get their c

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英国广播公司,因iOS 8升级在iPhone、iPad和iPod上所占空间过多,苹果正面临一项起诉. 苹果iOS8为什么被起诉? BBC News: Apple is facing a lawsuit for not telling users about the amount of memory required by its flagship

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Chicago Tribune: Before taking a flight, many people would think about a question: what kind of stranger will I be sitting next to for several hours? It could go well or horribly. You never know. 坐飞机也可以变成一次约会 However, it turns

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