1. President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton are among those mourning George McGovern, the former Democrat senator lost a landslide presidential election to Richard Nixon in 1972. 2. Lance Armstrong greeted about 4,300 cyclists at his

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A Palestinian man shouts slogans during a protest to demand civil rights for Palestinians refugees, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, June 27, 2010. Like the tangled electricity wires at Bourj al Barajne camp outside Beirut, the situation of Palestinians i

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By Challiss McDonough Beirut 17 February 2006 The leaders of the anti-Syrian alliance that holds the most seats in Lebanon's parliament are calling on President Emile Lahoud to resign by March 14, and

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Tuesday ' s Terror Attack Not First Deborah Tate Washington 11 Sep 2001 17:58 UTC The attack on the World Trade Center Tuesday was not the first on the 110-story twin towers. In February 1993, a truck

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AS IT IS 2015-08-08 Beirut Residents Fight for Dalieh Coastline 贝鲁特居民争取Dalieh海岸线 Beiruts waterfront area of Dalieh is one of the few public stretches of coastline in Lebanon. But that could soon change. This past May, developers c

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AS IT IS 2016-07-15 A Home for Killers Is Now a Museum In 1924, architects created a modern house for a wealthy family in Beirut, Lebanon. People called it the Yellow House. The building was well known for its unusual style. But after 1975, when a ci

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AS IT IS 2015-11-17 As Paris Mourns, So Does Beirut 巴黎哀悼恐袭遇难人员 The colors of the French flag -- blue, white and red -- dominated social media following Friday evenings terrorist attacks in Paris. The attacks killed 129 people and

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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Can something as simple as saying I'm sorry stop a war in the Middle East? That is the premise of a new film called The Insult. It's from Lebanon, and it's up for an Oscar. And in the film, a neighborhood fight between two men pu

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March 16th,1968The My Lai massacre takes place during the Vietnam War. US troops under the command of Lt. William Calley Jr. kill hundreds of unarmed civilians in the village of My Lai. High ranking army officers initially cover up the incident. But

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IN THE NEWS - Hezbollah in Lebanon: A Group With a History of Social Services and Deadly Attacks By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Saturday, July 22, 2006 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Hezbo

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Democracy Demands in Lebanon May Shake Arab World They've dubbed it the cedar revolution, referring to the cedar tree, Lebanon's national symbol. In one protest march alone, close to one million Leban

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By Edward Yeranian Beirut 20 September 2007 Stores, banks and some government offices were closed in many parts of Beirut to mourn the slaying of Christian member of parliament Antoine Ghanem in a car bomb explosion, Wednesday. Edward Yeranian report

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黎巴嫩反对外国军事干预叙利亚 BEIRUT, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese President Michel Suleiman expressed Tuesday his rejection of foreign military intervention in Syria, calling for reaching a political solution to the unrest in the neighb

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The voters of Beirut have had their chance to let the politicians know what they think of the months and months theyve had to enjoy stinky rubbish piling up on the street. And in Beirut, a collection of disgruntled residents and opinion formers creat

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今天我们要学的词是 abide by. To abide by 意思是遵守。南苏丹上星期五正式成为东非共同体的第六个成员国。South Sudan President Kiir pledged to abide by the East Africa Community rules. 南苏丹总统基尔保证遵守

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