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Iran announced today it's produced its own uranium, which could be processed into material that could be used for nuclear power. Iran's nuclear energy chief said this means Iran has become self-sufficient in the entire fuel cycle, from extracting ura
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke says the US must take further steps to stabilize the banking system even though, he says, doing so will add to the federal deficit. NPR's Scott Horsley reports. Ben Bernanke told the Senate Budget Committe
The Netherlands officially ended its combat mission in Afghanistan today, the first NATO country to bring troops home from an increasingly unpopular war. Brigadier General Josef Blotz is a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force. He
The unemployment rate is down to 8.9% after employers hired workers at the fastest pace in nine months. According to the latest Labor Department report, the economy picked up 192,000 jobs last month, but the drop in the unemployment rate is baffling.
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Terrorism is not being rolled out in today's shooting attack in Frankfurt, Germany that left two US airmen dead and two others wounded. President Obama says he is saddened and outraged. I want everybody
President Obama is condemning this week's attack on Afghan civilians allegedly at the hands of one US soldier, and hes promising swift punishment for anyone involved. The United States takes this as seriously as if it was our own citizens and our own
1. Wall Street took it on the chin again today. The Dow closed down more than 400 points. The drop comes on the heels of the AIG bailout and as investors express more concern about investment banks. 2. US officials say an assault on the American Emb
1. It was a big night for Rick Santorum, who swept the Republican primaries in Alabama and Mississippi. Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney finished second and third in both states. But Romney ended up winning more delegates than Santorum among the day tha
1. A jury has found Virginia Tech negligent for delaying a campus warning of the first shootings in a 2007 campus massacre that left 33 dead. Jurors returned the verdict in a wrongful death civil suit brought by the parents of two students who were k
AS IT IS 2014-08-19 Police Actions Cause Anger 美国警方行动引起众怒 Many Americans are angry about the police use of military practices and equipment, like rubber bullets and tear gas, against protestors in Ferguson, Missouri and New York C
AS IT IS 2015-08-15 Remembering 70th Anniversary of End of World War II 纪念二战结束70周年 World War II ended 70 years ago this week. On August 15, 1945, Japan surrendered to allied forces led by the United States. The war was, and remains, t
AS IT IS 2015-09-07 Survivors Remember Guatemalan Genocide 视频幸存者讲述危地马拉种族灭绝恐怖 Researchers are recording the stories of survivors of the Guatemalan civil war and genocide. Fighting in Guatemala started in the 1960s and
AS IT IS 2016-05-29 Confronting the Enemy After Wartime Can Help, and Hurt A new study finds public discussion of a violent civil conflict can harm some victims who have tried to forget the pain they experienced. In a civil war, a man may sometimes f
The government of Ivory Coast's incumbent president is rejecting calls for more U.N. peacekeepers, saying the entire force should leave the country because it is violating its neutrality. The head of U.N. peacekeeping wants as many as 2,000 additiona
联合国纪念国际人权日 On this years International Human Rights Day, on December 10, the United Nations will mark the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Vienna Declaration, committing states to the promotion and protection of human rights
Nearly a dozen people have been killed in fighting in central Somalia between a Sufi Muslim group and al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militants Alisha Ryu | Nairobi 02 January 2010 Radical Islamists in Somalia Ahlu-Sunna spokesman Sheik Abdullahi Sheik Abu
Wk 51 (21 December 1898) US Forces Occupy The PhilippinesThis Week in HistoryThe USA claims the Philippines as a ceded territory and takes control using military force. In 1898, US President William McKinley claimed the Philippines as ceded to the US
Wk 32 (8 August 1945) USA Drops Nuclear Bombs On JapanThis Week in HistoryThe USA drops atomic bombs on two Japanese cities at the end of World War II. In 1945, the USA dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, one on the city of Hiroshima and another, thre
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Turkey and Syria 土耳其和叙利亚 Bad blood bubbles 恶战到底 Relations between the two neighbours are getting worse than ever两邻国之间的关系到达历史冰点 A dangerous spat 一场危险的争执 After a series of mortar bombs fir