A womans activist group based in Fresno said it is probably not going to protest as it had planned. The group, called Boobs not Bombs, occasionally rallies throughout the state to protest such things as environmental destruction, equal rights for wom

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In his first State of the Union address, President Donald Trump spoke about rebuilding America's strength and confidence at home and restoring its strength and standing abroad. The President stressed the importance of a strong military. Around the wo

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The bulldozers are back in the West Bank. The Palestinian leaders have yet to decide if they'll stick with the peace talks. They threaten to walk if Israel resume(s) building in its West Bank settlements. They say they'll decide what to do after meet

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French power and transportation company Alstom SA has agreed to pay 772 million dollars in penalties for bribing foreign countries. The Department of Justice announced the company willplead guilty of violating the foreign corrupt practices act, in wh

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Mexico Tourism Thrives in Spite of Violent Crime At the recent G-20 summit in Los Cabos, Mexico's tourism secretary, Gloria Guevara, hailed world leaders for recognizing tourism's role in promoting economic development. One of every 12 jobs in the wo

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President Barack Obama, and LaFourche Parish president Charlotte Randolph, center, get a briefing from U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen on a beach in Louisiana, 28 May 2010 President Barack Obama inspected areas of the U.S. Gulf coast on Friday, u

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Nuptial love makes mankind; friendly love perfects it; but wanton love corrupts and debases it. Bacon 婚姻之爱创造人类,友谊之爱使其完美,但不负责的爱腐蚀并使人类堕落。 培根 图片1

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CD1-track17 Journalism: Newspapers and Journalists 1. What is the lecture mainly about? A Freedom of speech and newspapers. B Journalism and freedom of the press. C How the media distorts the truth. D The history of journalism. (B) 2. According to th

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226. A unique undergraduate一位与众不同的本科生 underdeveloped-uninhabited Instead of going directly into undergraduate school, I decided to spend a year in an underdeveloped country. Im not exactly sure why I decided to undergo this unusua

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Experts Say Israeli Leader Is Rising in World Standing The Trump administration is considering setting up a military partnership with the Sunni Muslim leaders of Arab Gulf states. The proposed partnership would include the U.S., Egypt and Jordan. The

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By Nico Colombant Monrovia 04 January 2006 Later this month, Liberia will inaugurate Africa's first elected female president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. Her task will be to help rebuild her war-shattered

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AS IT IS 2016-02-01 Migrants Cower as Raids Target Illegal Immigrants The United States recently launched a campaign to expel illegal immigrants from Central America. The Obama administration targeted people who stayed after they were told to leave t

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The former deputy chief of Indonesia's state intelligence agency has been charged with the murder of prominent human rights activist Munir Thalib. VOA Correspondent Nancy-Amelia Collins has more from Jakarta. Muchdi Purwoprandjono, center, is surrou

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In Ghana, the candidate of the governing party received the most votes in the first round of Sunday's presidential election, but failed to win a 50 percent majority of the vote. As a result, there will be a runoff election later this month. Ghana's

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There is more political turmoil in Fiji after President Ratu Josefa Iloilo annulled the constitution, fired the judiciary and assumed all governing power in the South Pacific nation. Ratu Josefa Iloilo (2008 File) The elderly leader's motives are, h

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Kazakhstan: Riots Not Prelude to Arab Spring For years, Kazakhstan has nurtured an image of stability and friendliness to foreign investors. In recent days, a series of riots and protests in western Kazakhstan has marred this image. Kazakh authoritie

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Hundreds of thousands of supporters of leading opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi turned out to protest the results of the last June's election at a mass rally in Tehran, Iran (Monday, June 15, 2009) Iran's opposition Green Movemen

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President Medvedev says he has ordered drastic cuts in the Interior Ministry as part of efforts to reform the nation's widely criticized police force. Medvedev said Thursday he had ordered to halve the number of personnel in the ministry's head offic

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Drug War in Mexico Raises Human Rights Concerns The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, is concluding a weeklong visit to Mexico, where she expressed concern over abuse of citizens by police and soldiers fighting organized crime gro

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The Thai prime minister says anti-government groups could resort to violence before the anniversary of the country's 2006 coup. But the rights groups question whether the threat is sufficient for the government to keep the capital under emergency rul

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