President Bush Meets with U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Discusses Trade THE PRESIDENT: Gracias. Thank you. Sintese. Gracias mi amigo, David. Thank you for having me back yet again to speak. This is an opportunity de practicar mi Espaol -- (laug

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Cambodian-Americans Compete in Local Elections This November, Lowell, Massachusetts will hold city council elections. Lowell is home to the second-largest Cambodian population in the United States. Four Cambodian-Americans are competing for positions

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AS IT IS 2016-10-18 Iranian-Americans Have Strong Opinions about Presidential Candidates 伊朗裔美国人对总统候选人有强烈倾向 The National Iranian American Council says about 1 million Iranian-Americans live in the L.A. area. One study

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阿拉伯裔美国人积极参加投票 Arab-Americans make up roughly 0.5 percent of voters who will cast a ballot in the November general election in the United States. Influence is growing in Dearborn, Michigan - home to the largest Arab-American

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Pirooz Parvarandeh has been an executive in the technology industry for many years. He is also an Iranian American. But Paravarandeh believes Iranian Americans are subject to many negative stereotypes. A stereotype is a widely held but often wrong or

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Study Finds Little Short-Term Threat from US Foreign Fighters United States citizens who joined extremist groups fighting in Syria and Iraq appear to present little immediate threat to Americans or U.S. territory. A new study found that the same is t

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AS IT IS 2016-08-22 Cambodian-American Writer Reveals Mystery of Father's Death 柬埔寨裔美国作家揭示父亲死亡之谜 Sometimes writing a fictional work can help the writer deal with painful trauma. That was Variny Yim's experience when sh

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AS IT IS 2016-04-13 Nigerian-American Teen Accepted to All 8 Ivy League Schools 尼日利亚裔美国青少年被全部8个常春藤盟校接收 For the second time in two years, all eight Ivy League schools have offered admission to a teenager from

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AS IT IS 2015-10-31 Refugees Lead Alabama Shrimp Industry 东南亚裔渔民引领阿拉巴马州虾产业 Forty years ago, many Southeast Asians fled war in their home countries and chose to come to the United States. Some got on ships that sailed t

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纽约市菲律宾裔紧急救灾 The massive typhoon that slammed into the Philippines, causing the deaths of at least two thousand people and flattening entire cities, was merely the beginning of the suffering in that Pacific nation. Catastrophic f

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In pockets of excellence across this country, we are seeing what children from all walks of life can, and will achieve, when we set high standards, have high expectations when we do a job of preparing them. Instead, it's because politics and ideolog

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Books and Arts; The Spanish civil war;Never forget; 文艺;西班牙内战;铭记于心; A dark time in history finally comes to light 一段黑暗史总将真相大白 In need of a truth commission 需要真相委員会 The Spanish Holocaust: Inqu

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The yeas are 68 and the nays are 31. The US Senate handed President Barack Obama an historic victory Thursday as it overwhelmingly approved his nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice on the US Supreme Court. Senate majority le

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Iran says it has released a retired Canadian-Iranian professor, who had been detained on security charges. 伊朗表示,释放了一名伊朗裔加拿大退休教授。此人先前因安全指控被拘留。 A foreign ministry spokesman, quoted by

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Spanish police say they have dismantled a nationwide network that illegally regularised the working status of Chinese immigrants in Spain. 据西班牙警方表示,他们已经捣毁了一个全国性的非法移民网络,该网络主要非法偷渡

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The founder of Corona beer has left 2 million pounds ($3.3 million) to every single resident of the impoverished Spanish village he grew up in, sparking jubilant celebrations. 科罗娜啤酒创始人为他的出生地、西班牙一个贫困的村子里

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You know that feeling youve just had lunch, its several hours since you got up and its even longer until youll get back into bed, but you could just do with a bit of shut eye. 你知道那种感觉吗你刚刚享用完午餐,距你起床已经过了几

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A young member of the Spanish royal family has been accused of racially abusing a staff member at a theme park in Madrid, after being told that he was not allowed to jump the queue for a ride. 西班牙王室中的一名年轻成员因在马德里游乐

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On July 23, Spain has raised the minimum age for marriage from 14 to 16. 当地时间7月23日,西班牙将最低婚龄从14岁提升至16岁。 The legislation follows continued pressure from child protection groups and United Nations experts, who

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Spain's economy 西班牙经济 The worst may be over 最糟的情况即将结束 Mariano Rajoy predicts economic joy, but Spain still has a long way to go 马里亚诺拉霍伊预测经济形势可喜,但是西班牙仍然任重道远。 THE Prado

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