Earthquake Jolts Tokyo from bed An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale shook the Tokyo area before dawn, jolting many residents out of bed and causing minor injuries to at least 19 people. The quake registered at 4:46 am with the epicenter

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From NPR news in Washington, I'm Barbara Klein.A grand jury in Cleveland Ohio has decided not to indict the two Cleveland police officers involved in last year's shooting death of a 12-year-old boy. As Brian Bull of member station WCPN reports the ca

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Focus Turns to Housing Millions Left Homeless by Tsunami 工作重点转向为受灾民众提供住所 Across the affected countries, volunteers, governments and aid agencies are trying to stave off h

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Catastrophic fire warnings have been issued across South Australia with temperatures set to rise above 40 degrees. Eight districts have been put on alert, including the Eyre Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula and the Flinders Ranges. Extreme and severe warni

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What rage then drove us against these monsters! 于是我们对这些怪物愤怒至极! We lost all self-control. 我们再也忍无可忍。 Ten or twelve devilfish had overrun the Nautilus's platform and sides. 十几条章鱼侵入了鹦鹉螺号

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1. Villagers desperate to find survivors dig with bare hands through the debris of a Pakistani school that collapsed in a massive earthquake that killed more than 20,000. 2. President Bush orders cash

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美联社,新闻一分钟,US,UN,Bush,1:Days before the deadline, Iraqis vow to finish their draft constitution with the US and UN diplomats pressuring Sunni Arabs to accept it. 2:An anti-war vigil outside President Bush’s ranch by a mo

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A combined U.S. civilian and military aid effort in the tsunami-ravaged region of Asia moved into high gear Monday. Helicopters from the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln delivered, and in some cases air dropped, supplies in remote parts of

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The U.S. government says 10 of America's biggest banks need a total of $75 billion in additional capital to survive if the recession deepens. The disclosure is contained in the results of so-called stress tests for top lending institutions that were

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Launch of Tiangong-1 Success China's first experimental space lab, the Tiangong-1, has successfully entered its designated orbit, after blasting off from Gansu last night. The launch of Tiangong-1 is the first step in what is ultimately expected to b

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China calls for restraint in Syria China called on all parties concerned in Syria to exercise restraint in order to avoid violence or more bloodshed and conflict in the Middle East country. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi made the call in his sp

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But there is desperation here for the crocs well. Eat well now, and they may survive leaner times for months even a year. It's easy to forget that death is as vital to the herd as life. The young emerge from this brutal baptism stronger and wiser. Ba

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Smith Island is a lonely outpost, 12 miles out in the lower Chesapeake Bay. The shallow glassy waters around the cluster of islands that comprise Smith Island are some of the best blue crab habitat in the bay. For more than 300 years the people here

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Business Branding Japan as cool No limits, no laws 商业 日本贴上酷标签 日本文化要大展拳脚 The beautiful people join hands with the bureaucrats 潮人联手官员共同推进酷日本 THE Tokyo headquarters of Japan's Ministry of Eco

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Todd: So, Mark, when people think of Americans they often think of the hot dog and when they think of Japan they think of sushi. What are the foods that people associate with New Zealand? Mark: According to a lot of the Japanese students that I know

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1. President Barack Obama is in the German city of Dresden, a symbol of reconciliation and rebuilding. Obama arrived late Thursday from Cairo where he called for a new beginning in relations between the US and the Muslim world. Many Muslims say it's

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On the evening of the 10th of August, 1589, there was a wedding feast in one of the splendid mansions of the stately city. 1589年8月10日夜,在这个伟大城市的一座富丽堂皇的大厦里正举办一场婚宴。 The festivities were prolo

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U.S. Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, is touring Israel and meeting with Israeli leaders as part of his Mideast tour that has taken him to Iraq and Jordan. McCain, who will also visit France and Great Britain, say

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The strongest typhoon so far this year is battering the northern Philippines with violent winds and torrential rains. Super typhoon Mangkhut made landfall on the country's main island Luzon early on Saturday, blowing down trees, ripping off roofs and

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Reports from Syria say at least 12 people have been killed in the latest protests calling for the removal of President Bashar al-Assad. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across the country. Jim Muir reports from neighbouring Lebanon. 来自

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