STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: When the American Civil War neared its end, Abraham Lincoln spoke of the need to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan. It's the orphans we speak of this morning - orphans of the war in Ira

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The remarkable story of Rupee, the dog who hit bottom and abandoned in a dump, only he was rescued and now hes on top of the world. Take a look. It is the ultimate underdog tale, Rupee a once abandoned pup making canine history, becoming the first do

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Blight Tourism in Detroit Grows in Popularity 底特律衰败景观旅游渐受欢迎 DETROIT, MICHIGAN The city of Detroit is known more for its iconic blight than the vehicles that once rolled off the floors of the now-abandoned factories that gave

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Young Minds Solve a City's Old Problems 年轻一代奇思妙想解决城市长久以来的老问题 Every city has its problems, and hopefully is always looking for unique ways to solve them. One eastern U.S. city is hoping the creativity and outsid

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Model 2 Where to walk dogs? Bob: Theres some talk of a businessman building a dog park in Shanghai. Laura: Really, what on earth for? Bob: Apparently there is a law against having dogs on the streets. Laura: Does it mean that the dogs have to stay in

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Lessons of Failure Lord, are you trying to tell me something? For... Failure doesn't mean I'm a failure; It does mean I have not yet succeeded. Failure doesn't mean I've accomplished nothing; It does mean I've learned something. Failure doesn't mean

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 01 December 2006 Victims of African migration are not only young people who go on reckless trips trying to get to Europe. They also include those affected by economic migration within the continent. Among these are wives left

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Japanese Nuclear Crisis Leaves Fukushima Town Broken The Japanese town of Minamisoma was hit hard by the earthquake and tsunami in March. The disaster killed several hundred residents. Tens of thousands were then forced to evacuate as reactors at the

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In the early 1990s China made it easier for families from abroad to adopt Chinese orphans, most of whom were girls. Today about 60,000 adopted Chinese children live in North America, and about 15,000 live in Europe. Many families take special tours

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Baby Bins Give Abandoned Children A Second Chance In a small street in Berea, one of the poorest neighborhoods in Johannesburg, a trap door in a wall could be mistaken for a mailbox. But it's actually a place where mothers can safely leave their babi

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Topic1 Useless Official Property Declaration SystemA year ago, Nansha District of Guangzhou started a property publicity pilot as a measure to deter and clean corruption. Recently Professor Lin Zhe of Party School of the Central Committee of CPC crit

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文本: A century later, Claudius, the club-foot stammerer, on the face of it, the most unlikely conqueror of all, was determined to get it right. If it was going to be done at all, Claudius reckoned, it had to be done in such massive force that th

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Topics: Google Book Search, Clint Eastwood, village vs. neighborhood, to retrieve vs. to recover, cooking vs. cuisine Words: search engine ambitious to scan beta public domain copyright to infringe to err on the side of caution snippets bankable to c

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The International Organization for Migration says about 1,000 Moroccan migrants who came to Italy with the promise of seasonal work, are living in squalid conditions on abandoned farms. IOM says the migrants were lured to Italy with false promises o

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今天我们要学的词是 saint. Saint 名词,圣人。Pope Francis officially declared Mother Teresa a saint, 19 years after her death. 教皇方济各正式宣布,19年前过世的特蕾莎修女为圣人。Pope Francis praised her as a merci

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The Tragedy of Chapecoense FRI 2 DEC 2016 Friends of the dead talk of their grief, following the air crash which killed 71 people.

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