1. US defense officials accuse Iran of building and training a militia to help Syrian president Bashar Assad regime battle the rebel fighters trying to topple him. Defense Secretary Leon Pentagon says the Iranian efforts will only add to the killing.

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1. The European Aviation Safety Agency is the latest to join the FAA in ordering the grounding of Boeing 787s. Problems with the new high tech plane's lithium batteries have emerged as the chief safety concern. Japan and India also have grounded the

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1. The court-martial is underway for private first class Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking classified information to WikiLeaks. The defense argued in its opening statement that Manning was young and naive but had good intentions, while

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This is AP news minute. 1. The Iraq war veteran accused fatally shooting five people and wounding six at a crowded Florida airport baggage claim appeared in court on Monday morning. 26-year old Esteban Santiago in Anchorage, Alaska, faces airport vio

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This is AP News Minute. 1. A new winter storm is expected to bring up to 2 feet of snow to parts of New England and New York State. Storm warnings are in effect for much of the region. 2. Jury selection began in Texas Monday in the trial of a man acc

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1. Officials looking for the missing Malaysian airliner say it could be days before they know the signals heard in the Indian Ocean come from the doomed planes black box. Ships are rushing to the area where the signals were heard. 2. Defense Secretar

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AS IT IS 2016-02-20 Ugandan Presidential Candidate Arrested, Alleges Vote-rigging Uganda held a national election for president Thursday, and there are accusations of unfair voting practices. Following the election, Kizza Besigye, a prominent candida

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今天我们要学的词是slam。 Slam, 做为动词,有严厉指责和批评的意思。维基解密WikiLeaks公布了大约40万份关于伊拉克战争的机密文件后,受到来自多方的指责,其中包括, The British Ministry of De

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An inquiry is underway into how a Texas health worker has become the first person to be infected with Ebola in the United States. The unmanned woman treated Ebola victim Thomas Duncan before he died and had been wearing protective clothing. Authoriti

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今天我们要学的词是 disposable. Disposable 形容词,一次性的。British lawmakers called on the government to impose a 25-pence latte levy on disposable coffee cups. 英国议员呼吁政府对一次性咖啡杯子征收25便士的拿铁税

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今天我们要学的词是holdover。 Holdover, 是指上届政府的留任官员。美国当选总统巴拉克.奥巴马正在过政府的过渡做准备。媒体报导说, Some of the key individuals he will rely upon to tackle the country's mos

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今天我们要学的词是holdover。 Holdover, 是指上届政府的留任官员。美国当选总统巴拉克.奥巴马正在过政府的过渡做准备。媒体报导说, Some of the key individuals he will rely upon to tackle the country's mos

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China has criticised Japans latest defense white paper, accusing Japan of using the so-called 'China threat' as an excuse for its military build-up. On Wednesday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said the white paper ignored facts and made g

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1. Democrats are neck and neck heading into 'Super Tuesday'. Both Hillary Cliton and Barack Obama have their side set on California where 370 delegates are up for grabs. Meantime Republicans are battling for votes in 21 contests tomorrow. 2. Presid

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1. Investigators say the pilot at the controls of the jetliner that crashed at San Francisco International Airport was only about halfway through his training on the Boeing 777. 2. Defense attorneys in the George Zimmerman murder trial want to introd

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Malcolm Turnbull has again insisted that he's not after Tony Abbott's job. The Communications Minister has hit out at conservative commentators Andrew Bolt and Alan Jones who are accusing him of harboring leadership ambitions but the Prime Minister s

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The Federal Government is set to end decades of political wrangling and named Badgerys Creek in Sydney's west as the site of that city's second airport. Cabinet is expected to sign off on the proposal today. The ABC understands money will be set asid

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A senior government adviser on asylum seekers is demanding the removal of children from Manus Island's processing centre. Refugee advocate Pairs Aristotle was part of the panel of experts who recommended the return to offshore processing. He says the

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Indonesia's attorney gneral has accused lawyers for Andrew Chang and Maryun Sukumaran of trying to buy time in their effort to save the men from execution. The Australian drug smugglers will now take their fight Indonesia's constitutional court after

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今天我们要学的词是lay out。Lay out,意思是布置,编排。美国现在正在为升级的朝鲜问题头疼。 As President Donald Trump focuses on fire and fury towards North Korea, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of De

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