Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson pleaded with sometimes skeptical senators today to approve his proposed 700-million-dollar bailout of the financial services industry. NPR's Brian Naylor has more. Paulson and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke painted a gloo

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Tancredi医生知道Lincoln与Michael的关系后,趁囚犯在院子里活动时,隔着铁丝网,向Michael表达同情之心。 [00:07.50]Listen and Share [00:41.87]Tancredi [00:43.12]Lincoln [00:43.80]Michael [00:54.26]Hottest April on record. [00:56.20]Global warming. [00:56

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The families have used their right to grant clemency to the jailers, who were sentenced to death in June for killing the three anti-govenment protesters. Mohammad Kamrani, Amir Javadifar and Mohsen Ruholamini were beaten to death while being held at

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Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman is suspending his campaign for the White House and is endorsing former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. We have details from NPR's Don Gonyea in Myrtle Beach. Huntsman made the announcement at the Convention Cente

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President Obama says the big mortgage settlement reached today with major banks helps turn the page on an era of recklessness. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the 26-billion-dollar deal will settle claims stemming from fraudulent foreclosures. President

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Hello everyone, I'm Catherine Callaway at the CNN center in Atlanta with a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. At least 90 people are dead, and more than 200 others wounded in the wake of the attack in Northwest Pakistan. Official's saying it

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以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。 一、泛听建议: 1、完整听一遍,掌握大意。 2、继续听,特

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By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 18 July 2007 The United States is asking Ethiopia to grant clemency to 35 opposition members sentenced to life in prison for their role in election protests in 2005. Many people believe that the group will be freed; yet some i

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By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 07 September 2006 Australian officials are expressing concern over death sentences handed to six of its citizens in Indonesian for drug smuggling. Indonesia's use of the death penalty is a cause of concern in Australia, whic

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今天我们要学的词是 clemency. Clemency 仁慈,宽恕。Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner denied clemency for a Chicago veteran who is facing deportation. 伊利诺伊州州长劳纳驳回了芝加哥一个面临递解出境的退伍军人的宽赦请

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President Mamadou Tandja is surrounded by bodyguards as he leaves after casting his vote in a constitutional referendum that would keep him in power, in Niamey, 04 Aug 2009 A West African regional court in Nigeria says it will make a decision next mo

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导言:windy大家都知道是多风的意思吧。那在GRE词汇里,还有什么意思呢?自满大家都知道是self-satisfaction吧,那complacency是什么意思呢?破产除了bankruptcy还有别的词可以表示破产吗?好了,我们快

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NEW DELHI, April 13 (Xinhua) -- In a landmark ruling, India's Supreme Court has rejected a plea by a death row prisoner to commute his sentence to life in jail. Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar -- on death row since 2001 for triggering a bomb blast in Sept

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This is AP news minute. 1. President Barack Obama defended his decision to grant clemency convict to legal Chelsea Manning. Mr.Obama made the announcement at the White House Wednesday during his last press conference as president. The president said

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斯诺登认为没有机会来获得公正的审判 WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Edward Snowden, a former U.S. defense contractor who revealed the U.S. secret surveillance programs, wrote on Thursday in an online chat that it is not possible for h

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Lawyers representing two Australians who are set to be executed this month in Indonesia on drug smuggling charges are preparing last ditch appeals to try to have their lives spared. Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, both in their 30s, are the ringlea

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The Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has told the BBC she is the innocent victim of efforts to unseat her a week before the senate votes on whether to hold an impeachment trial. Ms. Rousseff said she intended to keep fighting her job even she is su

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Some of these pilots will be returned to Germany when their armistice is signed and will join the battle against Britain. 停战协议签署后,其中有些飞行员将返回德国,也将继续对抗英国。 The German tanks move swiftly through

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Hello, I am Zoe Diamond with the BBC news. The world's tennis authorities have announced an independent review into the effectiveness of their anti-corruption practices, after allegations that evidence of possible match fixing was not followed up. Th

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